Featured Letters from the past

Time Travelled — 12 months

Remember

Dear FutureMe, I hope this finds you well. I hope it finds you still doing all the things you should be, and not wallowing in the ones which hurt you, like depression and self-destructive behaviors. Remember how good you felt when you wrote this? It was hard work getting there. Please say you haven't let it all go. I genuinely love you. Until recently I didn't even know that. Most...

Time Travelled — 12 months

To Future Me

Dear FutureMe, This is the 2006 me sending you an email, straight through the time bag (that's a bag that can travel through time) hoping you will read this. Have youg graduated yet? Still doing CG work? Got a car? If so, I'd like to know if it's $4 a gallon to fill those things already. Tell me if we are already past Hubbert's peak of world oil production and if nasty stuff has happene...

Time Travelled — 12 months

how are you

hey future me, i hope you are more than what i am today. you sent this exactly a year ago. what are you doing now? you've graduated from high school. do you feel more independent? wiser? cooler? hah, you were never cool. i wonder if you managed to weasel your way into harvard. is the winning streak still in tact, or did you and roydan mess it up? i have no idea what to write... a l...

Time Travelled — 12 months

What's the bet this ends up in junk mail?

Dear FutureMe, Okay, let me start this letter off with this: YOU SUCK. Why? Because the time is 11:00pm, and you (I? you? or perhaps the Royal We) have (y)our first exam tomorrow. Maths. And well, true to your legendary procrastination ways, you have not studied at all. Your ruining my life. I'm ruining your life. I wonder if I'll ruin your life ? Time for some changes huh? Yeah, change...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Future musings

Dear FutureMe, Are you rich yet? Can I just sit back and relax, knowing that my future is secure? Do the millions you earn every single day bring you comfort? I'm counting on you, don't screw it up. It's me we're talking about. -Paul PS: 1) Milk 2) Frozen shnitzel 3) 2 Bottles of coke 4) 6 pack of pot noodles

Time Travelled — 12 months

My life

Dear FutureMe, Am I still here at the same job at U of L oh God please no, let me at lease be making a living wage or something I hope I went back to school and left Louisville this most terrible place I ever lived, depression is spelled Louisville Kentucky.

Time Travelled — 12 months

Life

Dear FutureMe, Right now, you're always tierd. Work is good. Your just hoping not to screw up and get hurt, which would most likely mean getting fierd. Today will be the first time you'll meet your sister, Melissa. How's it going now? Rosalie may have cerebral palsy, but after your huge tumor in January, you're trying to stay optimistic. You just got your student loan paid off, and ...

Time Travelled — 12 months

dearest

one week in june, summer of 2006 from monday 19th 5:45am to monday 26th 5:45am you were so very in love (you never had been before) with an american boy named chris tinsley it felt different and more lovely than any of the others. you pretended to get married in the airport as the rain poured down before the sun came up and wore little black strings around your fingers and he promised...

Time Travelled — 12 months

fat

today i am over 220 pounds. lose some damn weight. if i found out that i haven't lost any weight in a fucking year, i am going to come back and retroactively kick my ass. this is not healthy. i am smarter than this. and prettier than this. good luck. you fat disgusting slob.

Time Travelled — 12 months

balancing act

Dear FutureMe, I hope it's been a fantastic year. Things have been rough around here lately. Our dog died three days ago and today I quit my job. It was a tough decision but I think in the long run it will be better. I hope you have been able to enjoy time with your kids. I hope your husband isn't so stressed out. I hope you have managed to make enough money. I hope you are more in love with ...