My Email to Ingrid

So once upon a time, I sent Reiki energy toward winning one of the signed Ingrid Michaelson posters in her 12 Days of Ingrid special. Unfortunately, because of time differences I entered at the wrong time and was not qualified to win. Defeated, I shut down my computer and turned out the lights. But then the Reiki still lingering in the air told me to get up out of bed and write a quirky email to her. It was not my usual writing style which made me believe the energy was in the works. We will see what happens.

Dear Ms. Michaelson,

Hi Ingrid. Hi. I'm guessing this will go to your management first instead of you, but I hope your eyes see this letter at some point. Now let's start with introductions. My name is Liz, and I'm a college student from Philadelphia. I buy your music on iTunes and listen to it in my car and while I study. I was very excited to see your 12 Days of Ingrid holiday specials, and I put it on the calendar in my phone to visit your store at midnight on the 15th to be one of the first 15 customers at your store so I could get a signed poster.

Now you see, I transferred to another college this year, and I'm moving on campus next semester with new people I've never met before in my life. I had been wanting one of your posters to spice up my new room, which I'll share with a stranger, and I decided to wait a few days when I saw I could possibly get a signed one. It would be a nice conversation piece, good energy, you know, all the rest. So before midnight tonight I went to your store and picked out a shirt I liked, entered my credit card info, and at midnight I clicked the button to place my order. I got a confirmation email, but there was a problem. It said my order was received on December 14 at 9:00 PM. I didn't account for time differences, since I think of you as East-Coast-based. Now it's a nice t-shirt I ordered and I look forward to receiving it, but I'm really really sad that I can't get your signed poster because of time differences. I have work tomorrow and studying for exams, so I really can't afford to stay up until 3 AM my time to order cool stickers or something so I can have another shot at getting a signed poster.

That being said, it would be really cool if: a) you could specify time and stuff on your site, and b) I could have another shot at a signed poster. I would say something like I have leukemia and my dying wish is to just get a signed poster from you, but it's not really true, and it's not really fair for me to make that up when there might actually be kids with leukemia who wanted that poster and couldn't get it because of the time difference.

Sorry to give you extra reading material when you're already busy with how many other emails, but I thought it was something that should be expressed. Not meaning to sound bitter and angry, I must at least acknowledge how much I appreciate your lovely music, poster or not. Keep on playing, girl.

Best wishes,

Liz