Week Five

Big thanks to Kent Tayler for the postcard this week, be sure to find him on Twitter - @TaylerToons. I have two more from the same delivery and promises of more from other potential participants. I'm hoping this will be a good way for people to showcase their work as, what started as an annoyance for a close relative, has quickly become my most popular project when comparing average monthly views.

I'm keen to get another point this week as last week's blip has rocked the boat a little. My brother is due to come down to Cornwall in May and, technically, it could be all but over by then if he doesn't reply in the meantime. I'll still send more postcards after I pass 27 points but it will be more as a lap of honour than anything.

This week's offering takes the score to 4-1 to me as it stands. Without feedback from him I'm not sure what his favourite kind of postcard is so I'm assuming he's enjoying the variety I'm trying to offer.

Week Four

Outside forces have intervened. I met and spoke to someone my brother went to school with after he recognised me. He asked how we were all doing after which I returned the questions and, before we parted, he asked me to say Hello to my brother for him. This meant I had to send a text and, without having to buy a stamp, he saw it as the perfect opportunity to mention the postcards.

It went exactly like this:

Me:         "*Name of person* says hello, he's a fireman now"

Brother:   "Hello right back have recieved [sic] your postcards you weirdo....."

Me:          "Weird is a state of mind"

A few things to mention here. Firstly, he couldn't even be bothered to check his spelling on the message to me. He's an educated young man, he went to university for more than a one day football competition and literally saves lives every day. Also, this is where the conversation stopped. I haven't spoken to him since May last year and I'm assuming everything's alright with him but this highlights the importance of regular contact with family quite well in my opinion.

I'm reluctant to give him the point as he didn't directly contact me to ask about the postcards and took no time to write a letter or call me at least. However, he has replied and used the word 'postcard' so I will give him this one. This makes it 3-1 to me. 

One final point - I hope Moose Allain doesn't mind me turning his character into a protester.

Week Three

Still nothing back. It occurred to me that he may be receiving these, thinking I've gone over the edge and throwing them in the bin. Perhaps he really is too busy to reply? I only hope the post office haven't marked the stamps so he can at least re-use them if he has time to steam them off. I'm not even certain that works with the self adhesive stamps though.

I'm not quite sure where I was going with this one as, admittedly, I winged it. I'm fairly happy with the pickled egg beating story and wondering if he'll consider a ban on pubs a good thing or not. I wouldn't like to speak for him, mind.

I'm going to put this down as 3-0 as it stands. If he replies this week I'll add it to the score next week. I'm getting a nice early lead, something I always strive for as the stress of getting behind is too much for me to bear at times.

Week Two

As explained in the postcard it's a bit of a double episode this week.

I've acquired some postcards from Moose Allain who sells his superb artwork on www.worldofmoose.com and appears on Twitter - @MooseAllain. I bought the positive postcards which come with slogans such as 'I am in awe of your superb brain' which I was very tempted with. However, if you know my brother, you'll know he doesn't necessarily need slogans like that in his life.

I started with the usual and went straight into it. Apologising for the time of delivery is just good manners as I'd hate for him to reject the postcard. I haven't yet heard back from him regarding the first one and will start scoring soon; not that he's time limited, but I should get the point until he does so. He probably took receipt of the first one and thought 'there's no way I'm playing into that idiot's hands by replying' which is fantastic for me. A 52-0 whitewash will look excellent on my CV.

I coloured in the front myself although I have to say thank you to my four year old for her use of the brown pencil. That was a drama in itself as I was offered a black pencil and a brown crayon before we got the right equipment. I couldn't believe it.

The initial greeting was almost forgotten this week so I wonder how long I can keep it up for before it's lost forever. Two weeks is pretty good for me.