Pagoda Kitchen ([info]sporkly) wrote in [info]ucberkeley,
@ 2007-12-05 11:14:00
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Pirate Mail? I Want Pirate Mail!
So deadletter is coming back to the UC Berkeley, in January of this year. And for those who might remember our last hit on campus, we show up, put our signs everywhere, videotape people wondering _what_ the signs are about, and slowly increase our presence.

Here's links to ucberkely livejournal posts from our last visit:

http://community.livejournal.com/ucberkeley/1170512.html - I'll see if Conceptual (Michelle) can get the photo fixed, or rehosted...

WHO WANTS MAIL?

This time, we'd like to come into the system with a slightly more directed hit. This means that _before we arrive_, we'd like pirate mail to be floating around the school (hand-to-hand mail delivery) to individual people... such as you!

If you post your Pirate Mail address below, we will get some stranger to write you a letter, and then it will be delivered to some random person on campus. And perhaps it will get to you, and perhaps it will not.


WHAT'S A PIRATE MAIL ADDRESS?

A pirate mail address is a description of you in terms of your network connections - who or where can we get mail to, which will then get to you?

Good formats for Pirate Mail addresses...

Name or Nickname
Place you are know or Group you are known by
Department/Major/Area of study (if helpful)
UC Berkeley

what you want someone to write you about

So an example might be...

Johnny Rip
Hacky Sacks outside Proul on Mondays
Studies Biochem
UC Berkeley
write about: awesome leather hacky sacks!



Again - if you post here, we'll have some interesting person in some other city write you a letter, which will be hand-delivered to the campus, and will then have an adventure of its own as it attempts to reach you.


We do NOT want your email address or your mailing address.

deadletter b



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[info]ariennette
2007-12-05 07:35 pm UTC (link)
LOL @ PROUL.

My boyfriend stole one of your signs during his freshman year. It's in his room.

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[info]sporkly
2007-12-05 08:07 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! he was 100% invited to do so! Will you please ask your boyfriend if he is interested in _helping_ this time? We will have people from Portland/Seattle/Eugene get the mail to him, and he could give it away!

This one is going to be super fun and silly!


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[info]ariennette
2007-12-05 10:13 pm UTC (link)
no.

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[info]boxinghobo
2007-12-06 04:55 am UTC (link)
hahahaha

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[info]heymon32
2007-12-05 08:08 pm UTC (link)


Sorry for not resizing.

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We Await Silent Tristero's Empire
[info]rhiannonstone
2007-12-05 08:28 pm UTC (link)
Wait, this sounded really awesome until I saw comments in the previous post about this being a LaRouche thing. Is it? Please don't be! This is way too cool to be a LaRouche thing. ;)

Edited at 2007-12-05 08:36 pm UTC

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Re: We Await Silent Tristero's Empire
[info]vokzal
2007-12-06 06:15 am UTC (link)
Perhaps it should just randomly be done by berkeley students. It isn't like we need outsiders to deliver our mail.

And I don't think anybody should post any "address" until anoncon starts.

Are LaRouche as bad as Scientologists?

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Re: We Await Silent Tristero's Empire
[info]yami_mcmoots
2007-12-08 10:01 am UTC (link)
LaRouche is as bad as Ron Paul.

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Re: We Await Silent Tristero's Empire
[info]sporkly
2007-12-07 01:00 am UTC (link)
Ha ha ha! No, we're not a Larouche thing - that's part of us allowing/encouraging all disinformation. Wait - maybe I should tell you that we ARE larouche!

Garh! opportunity missed! Please tell everyone when the signs start appearing that 'it's a larouche thing'.

;-b

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Re: We Await Silent Tristero's Empire
[info]rhiannonstone
2007-12-09 09:38 pm UTC (link)
No, that's lame. Plain ol' pirate mail is awesome all by itself.

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[info]cdm137
2007-12-05 08:40 pm UTC (link)
ljcut this nonsense pls

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[info]conceptual
2007-12-05 10:24 pm UTC (link)
[info]sporkly doesn't believe in lj-cut iirc

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[info]eigenvalue
2007-12-05 09:02 pm UTC (link)
Triangle Man
Drinking Arizona green tea, getting banned from RSF, busting a move
UC Berkeley
write about: steroids

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[info]conceptual
2007-12-05 10:24 pm UTC (link)
triangle man was banned from rsf? why?

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[info]lastquestion
2007-12-05 10:55 pm UTC (link)
he was abusing the weight machines.

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[info]eigenvalue
2007-12-05 10:59 pm UTC (link)
ok apparently not really banned. but: http://berkeley.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2200050555&topic=134

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[info]plumpkinface
2007-12-05 09:15 pm UTC (link)
PLUMPKIN
LJ ANONYMOUS CONFESSIONS, RECREATIONAL SPORTS FACILITY
UC BERKELEY
WRITE ABOUT: WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/PLUMPKINFACE

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[info]plumpkinface
2007-12-05 09:56 pm UTC (link)
I'M SO CUTE I CAN'T TAKE IT!

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[info]guardmisfit
2007-12-05 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Wait.

That would sound like a fun experiment, except that
a) I don't understand the purpose of your visit, and
b) I don't wish to post my name in any connection with my LJ.

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[info]sporkly
2007-12-07 12:58 am UTC (link)
Nicknames are fine - total alias is perfect! A nickname that only the people at such-and-such a coffee shop know you by is great.

The purpose of our visit is to come do another big fun mail project! We have pirate mail peeps in several towns, and we like to do mail!

http://deadletter.tribe.net

;-b

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[info]chimchimcheree
2007-12-05 11:25 pm UTC (link)
i am not particularly interested in getting mail from a complete stranger about a topic of my choice but if you need help getting the letters around to people, i'd like to play that game.

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[info]sporkly
2007-12-07 01:02 am UTC (link)
Okay, what's your pirate mail address so I can get a bundle of mail to you? And of course, you are encouraged to put as much or as little effort into 'delivering' (misdelivering) the mail as you see fit. Give it away, track down the person and deliver it, etc, etc.

;-b

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[info]chimchimcheree
2007-12-07 11:59 pm UTC (link)
is it possible to do this if i'm not really "known" anywhere?

zoha
most muslim people on campus would know someone who knows me
chemistry
uc berkeley

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[info]senshi_crystal
2007-12-06 04:49 am UTC (link)
Amanórë
Woman in science, playing Zelda
Chemistry
UC Berkeley
Write about: stars

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[info]wambamstolevan
2007-12-06 05:26 am UTC (link)
chad powell
chick with colorful hair wandering Wheeler's halls
UC Berkeley
Write about: is it mooses, moosi or meese AND bands

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[info]chasingred
2007-12-06 09:28 am UTC (link)
Dee Dices, Shay-D, The Yellow Bruce Willis, Big D-Ill, D-Wreck
Ridge House or The Oakland 42nd Street Rap All Stars Crew
Dept: Political Science, Major: Poli Sci, Area: Political Economy, Curb Serving, and the finer things on The Fine List

write about: whiskey, politics, trees, or the vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)

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[info]l8rdrew
2007-12-07 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Andrew Cerda
Is a PA in dorms
Studies Anthropology
UC Berkeley

Write about: post graduation plans, jobs, graduate programs, how to get a life, and solutions for my complete lack of post-college plans.

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[info]azarethsakura
2007-12-08 01:14 am UTC (link)
puja
the dwinelle outskirts, erryday in the afternoony am
premed + italian studies woo
uc berkeley
pirates, ochem, the violin, speaking other languages, mountain dew code red

have a nice day! (:

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[info]yami_mcmoots
2007-12-08 09:58 am UTC (link)
ΦΔϘ
Hiding in the corner with the drafty windows and the pile of empty bottles
Earth and Planetary Science
UC Berkeley

Tell me about your mother.

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[info]smileordestroy
2007-12-09 01:11 am UTC (link)
This is totally wicked, and if I can help in getting mail out, I would be more than game!

Talia! Scout.
Riding a pink and blue hoopty fixed gear bike.
Interdisciplinary Studies/Middle Eastern Studies
UC Berkeley

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[info]rhiannonstone
2007-12-09 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Misty aka RhiannonStone
Often found in the Linguistics lounge, SLUgS meetings, or anywhere else Cal's Ling majors gather (so basically Dwinelle)
Linguistics
UC Berkeley
How do you feel about Dr Pepper?

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i'm so in!
[info]goldasdirt13
2007-12-12 12:08 am UTC (link)
* for me:
Au
Cal Dems
History & Linguistics
UC Berkeley
[ write me about: your favorite wikipedia article/adventure ]

* and for my lj-less friend:
Gil
The Dwinelle Benches, Squelch
English
UC Berkeley
[ write me about: hot new indie bands, long walks on the beach, and why/why not you want to go to australia ]

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