AustLit

Wow. Does it feel weird to be getting a letter from me? It feels weird to write one. Back in the day I wrote letters to a lot of my other friends from camp, but you and I never did — I wonder why? Maybe the strength of our connection called for something more immediate, present and live. Or maybe a penpal relationship with someone in your own suburb seemed unimaginably stupid, even to kids. At any rate, I can still remember that first phone call. It was after school and I was halfway through my regular ABC afternoon marathon of The Ferals:, Vidiot, Degrassi Junior High and Press Gang. Linda and Spike were knee deep in am another, angsty, sexual tete-a-tete when Mum told me you were on the phone I couldn't believe it. This was even cooler than getting a call from Julia Sawalha or Dexter Fletcher — this was Holly from Christian Youth Camp...'   (Introduction)