Today, I received the following letter in the mail:
Dear Lance,
I'll be happy to sign the poster. I recommend if you send the poster out including a return label and postage inside would make things easier. Also, so stuff doesn't get lost of held up, I suggest you not send it to Matthew or Naveen because I don't think they respond [to] these requests.
Jorge
How awesome is that? I wrote a letter, and Jorge Garcia... Hurley actually wrote a personal letter back to me! I heard he was really good about giving autographs but I didn't know that I was actually going to get a response. I figured I would get one of those template letters. "Dear fan, Thank you for blah-di-blah-di-blah." But this just made my day! And to top it off with a cherry on top, I got a personalized autographed headshot from Jorge as well! Life is good!
Well, I guess it's been confirmed that neither Matthew Fox nor Naveen Andrews will be signing my stuff (at least not through Grass Skirt Productions). I've been told that through other various fans. Plus, I'm willing to let it slide since that cast receives a ton of fan mail. Don't know if it's true but I asked one of those Lost autograph collectors, but apparently it's tough to get the Non-American Cast members to sign since they get all their fan mail from elsewhere.
Fortunately, the holy grails are Terry O'Quinn and Jorge Garcia. What amazes me is that, if his blog is indicative of when he arrived to Hawaii, responding to all his fan mail is the first thing he does when he gets there. Now, that's what you call character.
I'll be writing two more fan letters, which brings my total to 4 that I've sent to Grass Skirt Productions in Hawaii. If I get those 4, then my next goal is 8, then 15, the 16, and you know the drill. So for those of you interested, here is my list (which I will lovingly refer to as Jacob's List) and in no particular order:
1. Jorge Garcia (Hugo "Hurley" Reyes)
2. Terry O'Quinn (John Locke/ Reincarnation of Locke via some as of yet unknown Jacob-like entity)
3. Sam Anderson (Dr. Bernard Nadler, D.D.S.)
4. Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus/ Dean Moriarty/ Fake Henry Gale)
See you in another life.
That's awesome Lance! Good luck with the rest!
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ReplyDeleteJust a clarification. I think my handwriting wasn't clear.
ReplyDeleteI didn't say they don't "respect" these requests. I said I don't think they "respond" to these requests.
I know for a fact that Matthew has a service that answers his mail. I also have seen Naveen's fan mail pile up.
But you post a note like that it makes it look like I'm bad-mouthing people I really like and care about.
You can't say that I hint that they are "dicks."
I wrote that note to help you accomplish what you wanted. Now I regret sending the note altogether.
I guess you never know what going to be posted.
Jorge,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry. I misread a single word and it totally changed what you meant. I've made the necessary changes to this blog and posted a formal apology in the next one. I never meant to offend anybody. Sorry, again.