mail me a smile

i recieved this peculiar little fellow in the mail a few days ago, a gift from a faraway friend who is living proof that geographical proximity does not always a genuine friendship make. not to say that those friends of mine that live nearer to me aren't great friends (they really are), only that in this world, true altruism still exists in the rarest and most unexpected of forms. this particular friend from whom i recieved the delightful pencil case pictured used to make me laugh till i cried when we were in school together, and the fact that she thought of me when she happened across this relic of our gleeful times spent together brought a smile to my dial when i opened the bubble-wrap-padded envelope. in short, it made my day. and by the way, sneezing is a lot less fun when you become prone to random nosebleeds.