Imagine all the people.

I'm on the road this week so congratulations, here's a bunch of week-old emails:

from: kat
to: abigail!, heather! anne!, jennie!
date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:24 PM

okay, so this story isn't all that great, but when i was little i always wanted to have an imaginary friend, but i couldn't (a) imagine one up myself, or (b) remember to keep it up. so i used to pretend all the cereal box mascots were my imaginary friends, but i'd only pretend that while i was actually in the cereal aisle.

and that's my story.

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from: jennie!
to: abigail!, heather! anne!, kat!
date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:27 PM

OK, but who was your FAVORITE cereal box mascot friend?

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from: kat!
to: abigail!, heather! anne!, jennie!
date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:31 PM

yeah, i totally didn't have one. i couldn't even come up with fake conversations to have with them, so i just pretended they were walking next to me or sitting on my shoulder or something.

and LITERALLY, as soon as we left the cereal aisle i stopped thinking about them.

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from: heather! anne!
to: abigail!, jennie!, kat!
date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:32 PM

Then maybe they really WERE in the cereal aisle, but couldn't leave it.

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from: kat!
to: abigail!, heather! anne!, jennie!
date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:33 PM

or maybe i fundamentally lack the druthers to be a real live writer.

also, i have no idea whether i used that word right or not.