when electronic-mails were still underground,
waiting to take over the world ..
we used these papers ..
for sending friendly messages,
for writing love letters.
They often came with matching envelopes, bookmarks, stickers ..
Some of them were so shiny, we could use it as mirrors.
Some of them were completely made of clear plastics -
we wondered if permanent markers or overhead-projector markers were needed.
Some were in funny shapes, we didn't even know how or where to write on them.
Sometimes they were too fancy ..
(I mean, seriously, how could you scribble on Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, My Melody or Tuxedo Sam?)
so we just bought to keep ..
or kept one set on file and traded the rest with friends -
the fastest way to build up our collection ..
and the fun way to spend time with our friends
(y'know, messing with their collections, testing our skill of persuasion)
No matter how efficient and powerful e-mails are now,
they will never look this cute and they are not collectible.
I have been keeping all these papers for almost 30 years.
All good.
