Saturday, January 15, 2011

The "pass it on" Project *updated* I figured it out.

In February of 2009 I started a project named "pass it on". I mailed out notebooks to friends of mine in England (Birmingham and London), Norway; Australia (Manly), USA (New York, Auburn, Murray and Baton Rouge), France (Rennes), Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver) Germany (Leipzig) and Mexico (Veracruz).   and left some of them around Victoria as well...on the bus, etc. They were given these instructions:

Find one of my notebooks. Add something to it; a drawing, a story, whatever. Send me your e-mail address and pass the book on. When the book is full, mail it to the address written in the back. If money is an issue, I can also mail you a self-addressed-stamped envelope. It's simple. It's fun. Good luck! note: if you're not interested, please give the book to somebody else. thanks!
 I started a blog  for it and everything, and updated it when people found the notebook and let me know. How exciting it was to hear from France, Germany, Mexico...it was a really cool project but it seemed to die out really quickly. And so I deleted the blog. And completely forgot about it.

Get this: today I received an e-mail notification that someone left a comment on my (deleted) blog...it was on a book that previously I had only known as being "released" in Vancouver B.C., Canada. Here's what the message from "anonymous" said:

Hey! I see that the blog hasn' been updated in a while. Anyway, I got this book in Madrid from an Italian friend from Barcelona. It has travelled with me to Beijing (China) and it is about to be given to my Chinese friend. I hope these are good news! Cheers!

Oh. My. Gosh. I am SO EXCITED ABOUT IT! Project BACK ON! But now what do I do? How can I redirect a deleted blog somewhere? Or can I re-open it? HELP!!

**update** I figured it out. Turns out, Blogger is kinda idiot-proof. Cool. 

And now I'm inspired to do a "Pass It On" part 2. Anyone interested?
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16 comments:

  1. VicJanuary 15, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    Yes!! I wanted to do the 1000 journals project but it was too hard to get in on it.(and now I'm curious how you turned your blog back on. Is there a button somewhere?)

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  2. EdJanuary 15, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    I would love to participate in something like this! Very cool.

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  3. Brenda C. BoylanJanuary 15, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    I am totally loving this, and would love to be a part of it!

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  4. ChelleJanuary 15, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Super awesome!

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  5. novaJanuary 16, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Okay guys, I'll let you know if I get anything going. And I'll make announcements and junk blog-style.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    I'd play. I'm near Philadelphia, PA.

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  7. novaJanuary 17, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    HAHAHAHA HAAAA what?

    Also mim, yeah totally!

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  8. novaJanuary 17, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    Don't go to that guy's blog btw, he's just trying to spark up controversy to drive up his traffic.

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  9. a. readingsJanuary 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    i'll play! I'm in Toronto, Canada. Not soooo far. but uh, still. I'll play.

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  10. VEGJanuary 17, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Haha, I got that comment too. I didn't publish it. Or go to the page. WTF?

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  11. novaJanuary 17, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Ashley, you're in if I ever make it happen!

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  12. PearlJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    I owuld like to be a part of this!

    Pearl

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  13. erinJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    I got that comment too. I should delete it. I didn't go to his blog but Kurt's rebuttal was GOLDEN!

    Maybe he has it out for our 'group'. Or am I just so self involved that I could come up with something like that?

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  14. ChelleJanuary 18, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    I'm getting it too. Boring.

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  15. artichokeJanuary 18, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    haha, weird spam... I'd definitely be interested in the journal project, though. I'll check back for updates :)

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  16. rachelinaustinJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:58 AM

    Wow! That's brilliant, I can't wait to hear more!

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