ARG-Spotting
Posted on | April 18, 2007 | 2 Comments
My husband is starting to pick up on the idea that alternate reality games can and will invade a person’s “real” life. He has a tendency to rampage through the mail and throw away things he doesn’t recognize, so I’ve instructed him NOT to throw away anything with my name on it (or the names “October”, “OctoberDreaming”, “Darkstar October”, and variations thereof.) Since the only address I’ve given out in the ARG world is my P.O. address, I only expect ARGish stuff to come through that particular portal. However, I forgot to mention this to David, so he’s been saving (and examining) all the junk mail to our street address with a little too much enthusiasm.
Our conversation today went something like this:
David: This might be for an ARG.
Me: *stares at an envelope bearing the unlikely crest of “Ducks Unlimited” and emblazoned with “You Are Pre-Qualified!” in big red letters* It’s a credit card offer.
David: It’s from Ducks Unlimited.
Me: It’s… a credit card offer. Shred it.
David: *holds out the envelope with a hopeful look* At least open it.
Me: Why?
David: *desperately* Because who would send a credit card offer from bloody Ducks Unlimited??? It’s gotta be a… rabbit… thingy.
Heh. No one can say he’s not super-supportive.
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May 27th, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
He is Validated.
January 8th, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
lol — I love it. we do the same thing at home — especially with random voice mail messages that are probably wrong numbers, but you never know…!