FAQ
What is Major Distraction?
Major Distraction is one of the innumerable cool ideas that has stemmed from the brain of Greg Marra. The way it works is a bunch of people send him their college snail mail addresses, and he pairs them up with someone they don’t know. Then the newly paired people write each other letters back and forth and become best buds! Everyone wins, except maybe Greg, because he will have to collate all the data.
Uhh, a letter?
The thing with the ink and dead tree? Surely you’ve seen one before. You probably got one from mom once at summer camp. I got one from Colby once at summer camp. He told me I won a TV, but I totally did not win a TV. I was so let down to find out he was lying when he said every resident of South Windsor had won a high def TV set.
That’s easy, I’ll just type it!
Slow down, poindexter! That is strictly against da’ rules! Handwritten notes only! Getting a letter in Times New Roman is considerably less fun than trying to discern whether or not your penpals roommate likes "cats" or "oats". The only exception is if you get a signed doctor's note.
Isn’t postage really expensive?
An acceptable alternative is to drive there and drop the note off yourself. You might be able to save a few cents that way.
How will I know what to write about?
You have to remember, this is the perfect opportunity to be completely narcissistic. Write about your interests, your classes, your favorite sports team, anything! Since the other person doesn’t actually have to read what you write, if you’re boring them to death, you’ll never know! It’s sort of like when people write in their LiveJournals, except odds are more people will read your letter.
Wow, cool!
That’s not a question, but I agree!