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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Hello everybody.
Here's something new for us to try. If you're interested in seeing a map of the locations of other white hatters click here . This is a frappr map, it allows people to put a 'pin' on the map to mark their location. Any one who would like can add themselves can do so, but you don't have to if you don't want to. Please remember, don't put any personal information (like your actual address, etc.) on the map. The frappr map had been suggested by a number of people, so we'll give it a try and see how it works out.
-Becky
Here's something new for us to try. If you're interested in seeing a map of the locations of other white hatters click here . This is a frappr map, it allows people to put a 'pin' on the map to mark their location. Any one who would like can add themselves can do so, but you don't have to if you don't want to. Please remember, don't put any personal information (like your actual address, etc.) on the map. The frappr map had been suggested by a number of people, so we'll give it a try and see how it works out.
-Becky
Saturday, January 6, 2007
::::Still hoping to get some more pictures of white hats and the people who wear them. All the pictures sent in by Sunday will be posted in one big block on Monday. -Becky :)
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----Email Message----
Subject: not alone
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
one of my close friends introduced me to the white hat movement and postsecret. i read the emails and just howled. i have felt alone for so long, especially now, because i'm in love with my best friend, and they are in love with me, but we are both married and the time has long passed and, barring some miracle, i will never be with the one i love. it makes me feel so, so alone.
but next saturday, i am going to the movies in a white hat. i will be alone, but in reality, i will be a part of all of you out there, sitting in the darkness in your hat, just one of the stars of this beautiful constellation.
thank you.
----Email Message---
My 18th birthday is coming up this month, and none of my "friends" (some of whom I have known since we were 12) invited me to their 18th birthday parties. So instead of throwing a party, I think I'm going to buy a white hat and go to the movies, because I would rather treat myself to a movie and possibly meet some new people than throw a party and invite a whole bunch of people to my 18th that didn't want me at theirs.
-liberating myself in Spokane, WA
----Email Message----
Subject: not just saturdays, not just cinemas...
I think I've just ruined my first chance at a relationship in well over a year, I finally caved, fell apart and cried on my bed. When I returned from the bathroom to wash my face, I smiled my white hat was on the corner of my bed. So now I'm typing this, teary eyed, wearing my white hat and feeling a little less alone. K, in the north west UK.
----Email Message----
Subject: my first.
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007
this saturday (december 30th) i went to the movie theatre for the first time in about 5 months. i borrowed a white beret from a friend and saw blood diamond with my boyfriend and my best friend, who wore a white headband for lack of a white hat. we didn't see any other white hat people there but the excitement of the possibility, the message of the film, and the company made the evening enjoyable, anyway.
as a freshmen in college, i have had to make a lot of adjustments this year and i have yet to really find my niche at school. i plan to wear a white hat around campus from now on, in hopes that someone else, who feels the
same, might see it, understand the significance, and find solace or, perhaps, a new friend.
-ohio.
----Email Message---
Subject: where do all the londoners go?
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
Hi, I'm a Dutch girl currently living in London. I
was just wondering which cinemas the whitehatters of
London go to. You might spot me at the Odeon in
Richmond. Ciao!
----Email Message----
and i plan to go to the movie
with my white hat
not neccesarily alone,
with my bestfriend/love interest
and maybe something will happen.
i mean, whp is magical
so maybe it will rub off.
:]
im excited for tommorowwwww.
----Email Message----
Subject: whitehatter and lover of postsecret
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006
I apologize for not emailing Frank at PostSecret directly, because I do not have his email. And, I apologize for repeating the same things you have heard a million times. But I can not thank PostSecret enough for all that it does.
It is awesome to think that such a simple idea and small actions could bring so many people together and and make a positive difference.
Horrible actions manifest our everyday lives and it is rejuvenating to find a group with good intentions. It's a breath of fresh air in our often polluted world. We feel we are missing something, like something is wrong with us and we are completely alone. Then, when we find a group like this we hold on tight because this is what a positive influence feels like. It gives us hope in the human race again, and it is truly beneficial in our therapeutic realization that we are not alone. We are together in our feelings, reactions, and secrets.
Just as one anonymously admits a PostSecret, others are anonymously reading with compassion and empathy. In this situation both sides gain. The seed of PostSecret has grown into a steady tree which can only grow further affecting all those who see it or touch it.
I can't get enough of the value that encompasses PostSecret, it is addicting in a favorable way.
TheWhiteHatPeople is a definite bonus and an extremely meaningful branch off of PostSecret. I plan on looking for a white hat of my own, while also searching for the courage to wear it (maybe even by myself!) to a movie theater in NC.
Keep being awesome
-
----Email Message----
Subject: not alone
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
one of my close friends introduced me to the white hat movement and postsecret. i read the emails and just howled. i have felt alone for so long, especially now, because i'm in love with my best friend, and they are in love with me, but we are both married and the time has long passed and, barring some miracle, i will never be with the one i love. it makes me feel so, so alone.
but next saturday, i am going to the movies in a white hat. i will be alone, but in reality, i will be a part of all of you out there, sitting in the darkness in your hat, just one of the stars of this beautiful constellation.
thank you.
----Email Message---
My 18th birthday is coming up this month, and none of my "friends" (some of whom I have known since we were 12) invited me to their 18th birthday parties. So instead of throwing a party, I think I'm going to buy a white hat and go to the movies, because I would rather treat myself to a movie and possibly meet some new people than throw a party and invite a whole bunch of people to my 18th that didn't want me at theirs.
-liberating myself in Spokane, WA
----Email Message----
Subject: not just saturdays, not just cinemas...
I think I've just ruined my first chance at a relationship in well over a year, I finally caved, fell apart and cried on my bed. When I returned from the bathroom to wash my face, I smiled my white hat was on the corner of my bed. So now I'm typing this, teary eyed, wearing my white hat and feeling a little less alone. K, in the north west UK.
----Email Message----
Subject: my first.
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007
this saturday (december 30th) i went to the movie theatre for the first time in about 5 months. i borrowed a white beret from a friend and saw blood diamond with my boyfriend and my best friend, who wore a white headband for lack of a white hat. we didn't see any other white hat people there but the excitement of the possibility, the message of the film, and the company made the evening enjoyable, anyway.
as a freshmen in college, i have had to make a lot of adjustments this year and i have yet to really find my niche at school. i plan to wear a white hat around campus from now on, in hopes that someone else, who feels the
same, might see it, understand the significance, and find solace or, perhaps, a new friend.
-ohio.
----Email Message---
Subject: where do all the londoners go?
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
Hi, I'm a Dutch girl currently living in London. I
was just wondering which cinemas the whitehatters of
London go to. You might spot me at the Odeon in
Richmond. Ciao!
----Email Message----
and i plan to go to the movie
with my white hat
not neccesarily alone,
with my bestfriend/love interest
and maybe something will happen.
i mean, whp is magical
so maybe it will rub off.
:]
im excited for tommorowwwww.
----Email Message----
Subject: whitehatter and lover of postsecret
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006
I apologize for not emailing Frank at PostSecret directly, because I do not have his email. And, I apologize for repeating the same things you have heard a million times. But I can not thank PostSecret enough for all that it does.
It is awesome to think that such a simple idea and small actions could bring so many people together and and make a positive difference.
Horrible actions manifest our everyday lives and it is rejuvenating to find a group with good intentions. It's a breath of fresh air in our often polluted world. We feel we are missing something, like something is wrong with us and we are completely alone. Then, when we find a group like this we hold on tight because this is what a positive influence feels like. It gives us hope in the human race again, and it is truly beneficial in our therapeutic realization that we are not alone. We are together in our feelings, reactions, and secrets.
Just as one anonymously admits a PostSecret, others are anonymously reading with compassion and empathy. In this situation both sides gain. The seed of PostSecret has grown into a steady tree which can only grow further affecting all those who see it or touch it.
I can't get enough of the value that encompasses PostSecret, it is addicting in a favorable way.
TheWhiteHatPeople is a definite bonus and an extremely meaningful branch off of PostSecret. I plan on looking for a white hat of my own, while also searching for the courage to wear it (maybe even by myself!) to a movie theater in NC.
Keep being awesome
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
::::Happy New Year!
----Email Message----
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
Subject: tonight
I went to see a movie tonight with a friend, but I made sure to look out for anyone in a white hat. I saw about four or five people, some who were by themselves and some who were with others. I'm not sure if they knew about WHP, but I made a point to smile at them, just in case. Normally I would hardly even glance at the people that I'm in the theater with, but the start of the White Hat People has really made me pay more attention to those around me. I think this could really help bring more people together....
- Baltimore, MD
----Email Message----
Subject: New Mexico
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007
I go to college in Santa Fe NM and am back home on Cape Cod (massachusetts) for winter break. Maybe when I get back we'll someday spot eachother in a theatre.
----Email Message----
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006
This movement is the most beautiful thing I've come across in a long time. I read the site today and apart from smiling at the pure beauty of it, I literally squeeled with excitment twice! Firstly because I saw that someone was from Chester. I'm from (very near) Chester. Secondly because someone signed off "PUNK CABARET is FREEDOM". Punk Cabaret IS Freedom.
You're bringing people together. I may not know these people. I may never meet them. But I know they're there and I know that they're sharing this and I want them to know that I'm here sharing this too.
Thankyou.
- a (hopefully) future Dirty Business Brigader in Chester.
----Email Message----
Subject: St. Charles, IL
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
In my family it's kinda a tradition to go to the movies on new years eve, and so the whole week i've been trying to find a white hat to wear. A few days after christmas i relized that my aunt had given me a pair of white gloves, a scarf and a hat!
I ran up the stairs into my room to find the set(the second winter set i had gotten). i found it and...no hat! it was just gloves and a scarf. needless to say i was very sad.
I got home yesterday from my friends and i see my sis at the computer...with the cutest whiter hat i've ever seen! i'm gunna try and persuade her to let me where it tonight, but if she won't hopefully someone will see her and say something and i can step in!
I'll be watching tonight!
~love from the girl with her fam in St. Charles, IL
----Email Message----
Subject: white hats....
I sent in a message before and when i saw it was up i went and cried.
but then i realized that its ok, and wearing my white headband made me
feel less alone. so now i wear it whenever i feel alone no matter where
i go. to the person in fairfax,va- i'm in herndon, va. so maybe i'll se
you at a theater, i haven't seen anyone else yet either, but maybe i'll
see you! [thanks so much becky!!!]
-herndon, va.
----Email Message----
Subject: White headband
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
I'm going to get a whiteheadband :) And wear it when I feel alone.
It'll remind me there are other people out there, and that we have no need
to feel alone, we are all with each other.
a girl in the UK, missing home.
----Email Message----
Subject: Plans
I'm going to tell my best friend about WHP. Both of us aren't really popular at school and usually spend weekends with each other or alone. Reaching out to somebody else will make us feel better, or at least being a part of something like WHP will make us feel a bit better when we go to the movies and see other people with their huge groups of friends and girlfriends and boyfriends together.
----Email Message----
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
Subject: tonight
I went to see a movie tonight with a friend, but I made sure to look out for anyone in a white hat. I saw about four or five people, some who were by themselves and some who were with others. I'm not sure if they knew about WHP, but I made a point to smile at them, just in case. Normally I would hardly even glance at the people that I'm in the theater with, but the start of the White Hat People has really made me pay more attention to those around me. I think this could really help bring more people together....
- Baltimore, MD
----Email Message----
Subject: New Mexico
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007
I go to college in Santa Fe NM and am back home on Cape Cod (massachusetts) for winter break. Maybe when I get back we'll someday spot eachother in a theatre.
----Email Message----
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006
This movement is the most beautiful thing I've come across in a long time. I read the site today and apart from smiling at the pure beauty of it, I literally squeeled with excitment twice! Firstly because I saw that someone was from Chester. I'm from (very near) Chester. Secondly because someone signed off "PUNK CABARET is FREEDOM". Punk Cabaret IS Freedom.
You're bringing people together. I may not know these people. I may never meet them. But I know they're there and I know that they're sharing this and I want them to know that I'm here sharing this too.
Thankyou.
- a (hopefully) future Dirty Business Brigader in Chester.
----Email Message----
Subject: St. Charles, IL
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
In my family it's kinda a tradition to go to the movies on new years eve, and so the whole week i've been trying to find a white hat to wear. A few days after christmas i relized that my aunt had given me a pair of white gloves, a scarf and a hat!
I ran up the stairs into my room to find the set(the second winter set i had gotten). i found it and...no hat! it was just gloves and a scarf. needless to say i was very sad.
I got home yesterday from my friends and i see my sis at the computer...with the cutest whiter hat i've ever seen! i'm gunna try and persuade her to let me where it tonight, but if she won't hopefully someone will see her and say something and i can step in!
I'll be watching tonight!
~love from the girl with her fam in St. Charles, IL
----Email Message----
Subject: white hats....
I sent in a message before and when i saw it was up i went and cried.
but then i realized that its ok, and wearing my white headband made me
feel less alone. so now i wear it whenever i feel alone no matter where
i go. to the person in fairfax,va- i'm in herndon, va. so maybe i'll se
you at a theater, i haven't seen anyone else yet either, but maybe i'll
see you! [thanks so much becky!!!]
-herndon, va.
----Email Message----
Subject: White headband
To: thewhitehatpeople@yahoo.com
I'm going to get a whiteheadband :) And wear it when I feel alone.
It'll remind me there are other people out there, and that we have no need
to feel alone, we are all with each other.
a girl in the UK, missing home.
----Email Message----
Subject: Plans
I'm going to tell my best friend about WHP. Both of us aren't really popular at school and usually spend weekends with each other or alone. Reaching out to somebody else will make us feel better, or at least being a part of something like WHP will make us feel a bit better when we go to the movies and see other people with their huge groups of friends and girlfriends and boyfriends together.