Confessions of a Collector. It’s becoming established I collect many things. Those who’ve begun supporting me on Patreon even have photographic evidence. My collections aren’t always big and grand. Sometimes, they’re small and simple … and ride around in my coin purse for months … and have been piling up in a small box for years. Case in point:
Here’s My Challenge. Fortune cookies can contain predictions, affirmation, proverbs, encouragement, or little reminders of universal truth. Some apply better than others. Here’s your chance to personalize a batch. Write a message to slip into the fortune cookie of any cast member of the Saga & Songs. I’ll collect them here, in comments to this post. And in two months’ time (on March 4, 2020), I’ll toss all your hopes, wishes, and predictions into a hat and draw some winners (and perhaps hand-select some personal favorites) and bestow fabulous (but heretofore unspecified) prizes. You’re allowed multiple entries. Have fun! ::twinkle::
FORTHRIGHT 
I have two cookie fortunes that I have kept for years. One says, ‘Procrastination is the thief of time.’ The other says, ‘Made in the USA.’
It’s like they KNOW me…
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For Kip: “Get an order to go. You will soon be hungry again.”
No kidding, I got that exact fortune once! We all laughed and laughed. But it’s especially appropriate for Kip ~~
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I kept the following cookie fortune in my wallet for years: “Never take advice from a fortune cookie.”
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“What is given is valued less than what is earned.”
“A penny saved is a terrible saving plan.”
Or, if you apply the logic of adding either “in bed” or “beneath the sheets” to every fortune to, err, spice them up a bit:
“What is unpleasant today will be loved tomorrow.”
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There’s a Chinese buffet in my area that has the most eclectic fortunes I’ve ever seen. I snapped pictures of them, and never forgot them because they were just off the wall. If any of the cast of the Saga or Songs got these it’d be a funny and confusing sight. (I’m super tempted to turn the fortunes I took pics of into memes for this contest so others could see but I’d have to email them or something, which I don’t mind doing haha).
I can see Quen snapping open a cookie that reads: “In order to discover who you are, first learn who everybody else is. You’re what’s left.” (Quen: ???)
And I can see Gingko excitedly opening a fortune cookie, but it reads: “Ignore previous cookie.” Suddenly Gingko has to rethink every fortune cookie he’s ever eaten…
(These are ACTUAL fortunes I’ve gotten different times at the same resturant, haha).
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All are from real fortunes!
Kimiko (Prior to the accidental proposal): Your natural charm will attract someone special
Melissa: Don’t wait for success, start ahead without it
Charles Cooper: Others appreciate you more than you think
Hisoka-Sensei: Good luck is the result of good planning
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I’ve got one once and I took a picture because I wanted to keep it with me 🙂
“Look for the dream that keeps coming back. It is your destiny”
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You’re a winner! Be sure to check in with me at always.forthright@gmail.com so I can mail your prize.
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For Tsumiko: “Be the star you were meant to be.”
For Jacques “Be unique. Be adventurous. Be curious. Above all, be understanding and you will find your miracle.”
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You know you’re a winner, right? Have your address, but wanted to let you know MOAR things are coming. ::twinkle::
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I’ll never forget the time I stopped at a Chinese restaurant in the mall and my fortune read, “You will go shopping.”
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For Suzu – patience is waiting for the right moment. For if you have patience, the good will come.
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For Suzu – Good things come to those who wait.
For Akira – Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched. But if you must, count them twice.
So much fun to read the submissions here! 🙂
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For Akira: A blind man is not always a man who cannot see, but a man who refuses to see what is right before him. / A man who refuses to see what is before him is as blind as the man who cannot see at all.
For Suuzu: Even words you do not want to be told can be spoken sincerely.
For Hisoka: Sometimes, those who speak the least have the most to say.
For Hisoka: A wise man knows the importance of occasional silliness.
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You’re a winner! Be sure to check in with me at always.forthright@gmail.com to confirm your address. Then I can mail your prize! ::twinkle::
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