Not-a-Fortune

For about four years now intermittently, I have ha...

2012-05-17T01:43:08.162-05:00

For about four years now intermittently, I have had some ideas about random things like making greeting cards of ill humor (super sarcastic) and making/devising fortunes with similar intent. The closest I got was making a kind of creative hand etched set of fortunes for my gf at the time, these were not rude or anything, actually the ones I gave to her were catered pretty specifically for her particular amusement and intrigue. More recently I seem to have a growing infatuation with the fortunes themselves. I just know I want to start collecting fortunes and put them in a special cookie jar I have, I only have four fortunes thus far, I could care less about the actual cookies but I plan to somehow acquire as many fortunes as I can. I do not really know why it is I want to do this, I just feel it is something I need to do. I emailed Peking noodle company this evening (inquiring about paper fortunes), as I do not feel it would be possible/reasonable for me just to buy bags and bags of cookies just for the fortunes (nor could I eat enough Chinese food to acquire), they must come from somewhere. I may end up using the fortunes in an elaborate art piece and/or mailing them to friends here and there. I do know I at least want to fill up the cookie jar (ironically I do not want the cookies just the fortunes), perhaps I am forcing the fortune but my last one said "Your place in life is in the driver's seat" and the one before "A little madness, a little kindness, makes for happiness"...lol Anyhow, I have been researching fortune cookies for a few hours now and I still cant find a place where I can outright purchase just a bag of fortunes, I am sure I could make some up, well I actually did come up with one tonight (more of a little saying than a fortune) "Humanity requires a renaissance, much struggle presupposes it"... This may sound funny and may defeat the purpose of chasing that cookie down but as an Artist I feel it is okay that I simply acquire the pieces of paper with the fortunes on put in the jar and somehow I will know when the time is right to use them in a project. Well, I happened across you website in the course of my travels tonight and I perused your wonderful blog and read some of your accounts. I believe I saw something about how a neighbor of your had given you a little book or something to collect and document the fortunes. I was wondering where the book came from originally and if the same company might sell me just the fortunes or know someone who would. I am in grad school right now working on an MPA/Nonprofit mgmt emphasis, I don't have alot of cash floating around but I can't imagine a bag of little fortunes being too outrageous. I am thinking I would fill the jar and maybe grab one out every so often then pass it on or use in a project etc. Well this comment is pretty lengthy, cool blog, I am glad someone has taken the time to put these little fortunes online and photograph them. If you happen to know of anyway I might acquire any fortunes new or used, I would greatly appreciate any info. I feel yours (fortunes) are of a different sort of value for you as you have been collecting and may like other aspects about the fortunes, while I may be of a similar sincerity, my usage would differ and requires possible bulk fortunes in shorter time frames. I love your site, I am going to go back to reading it. I can always use a good penpal, (letter writing vs. email etc.) feel free to contact me about anything fortune cookie related or otherwise.

shelt90@gmail.com

Thanks :)

My Mom had a donkey named Ishkabibble - She passed...

2012-05-13T20:10:35.463-05:00

My Mom had a donkey named Ishkabibble - She passed August 18, 2000. I was pretty darn sure when I got the "Iskabibble" cap she was saying hello!! Love it!

Awww... so sweet! I will have to read this to Emi...

2012-05-03T00:14:18.906-05:00

Awww... so sweet! I will have to read this to Emily. Well. you know... the parts about her. :) She sure did LOVE to hear your stories. I love that you got a half fortune that said plenty. And, of course, I LOVE a good story. Keep 'em coming! <3

Thank you for the article. I just about passed you...

2012-04-16T03:48:27.182-05:00

Thank you for the article. I just about passed your we site up in Bing but now I'm glad I clicked the link and got to go through it.

I thought you were going to say... "But if yo...

2012-03-28T11:57:09.352-05:00

I thought you were going to say... "But if you disagree, please, by all means, give it to me as a gift." :)

Maybe for some Chinese it matters, for me it’s not...

2012-03-19T04:31:04.455-05:00

Maybe for some Chinese it matters, for me it’s nothing. I came to eat and to enjoy the meal, who cares if things are not always goes right, there's always a place for improvement.

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Love!!

2012-01-23T17:40:43.518-06:00

Love!!

Hi there, Nice blog idea, divine topic. I am an A...

2012-01-19T13:56:02.922-06:00

Hi there,

Nice blog idea, divine topic. I am an Austinite living in Barcelona and a friend sent me the Statesman article. Congratulations for that.

I am a project and content strategist, have a professional blog and love fortune cookies. I just published a post that you might get a kick out of and I get a kick out of sharing it with a kindred soul.

The fortunes are about our projects and work.

It's called: Delight in a moment of mystery: Fortune cookies for a strategic 2012

You can take a look here if you like:

http://www.laestrategiablog.com/eng/culture/delight-in-a-moment-of-mystery-fortune-cookies-for-a-strategic-2012/

Enjoy and "mando besos a Austin",

Jenifer

You sound very scholarly about your cookies. How ...

2012-01-18T04:37:15.694-06:00

You sound very scholarly about your cookies. How much sleep were you actually functioning on though? ;)

I love the poster and the message on it. It's ...

2012-01-16T20:47:02.048-06:00

I love the poster and the message on it. It's very inspiring.

How very nice. :) (said seriously) (really)

2012-01-15T16:29:36.294-06:00

How very nice. :) (said seriously) (really)

I am glad the fire hazard is taken care of. I was...

2012-01-12T21:26:27.053-06:00

I am glad the fire hazard is taken care of. I was not up for another trip to TX to fix it. Also, I was happy to share that fortune... I feel that they are words to live by - so glad you agree.

That's fun!

2012-01-10T21:39:04.380-06:00

That's fun!

I am so impressed by your dedication to Chinese fo...

2011-12-01T12:35:20.742-06:00

I am so impressed by your dedication to Chinese food.

Totally thought fire hazard. Love you. :)

2011-11-27T21:24:01.355-06:00

Totally thought fire hazard. Love you. :)

love it

2011-11-27T04:06:06.795-06:00

love it

National Beer Day actually has historical signific...

2011-11-13T17:06:43.351-06:00

National Beer Day actually has historical significance though! :)

There are a lot of unofficial random beer drinking holidays in the US.

New Beer's Eve - April 6th
National Beer Day - April 7th
National Homebrew Day - First Saturday in May
American Craft Beer Week - Starts on the 3rd Monday in May and goes for a week
International Beer Day - Aug. 5th
National Beer Lover's Day - Sept. 7th
National Drink a Beer Day - Sept. 28th
American Beer Day - Oct. 27th

National Beer Day (April 7th) is the only with with a historically significant date.

April 7th is National Beer Day here in the US. In 1933 during the prohibition era, the Cullen-Harrison Act was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 23rd. That law was enacted on April 7th allowing the brewing and sale of beer in the United States again as long as it was < 3.2% (4% ABV). It's said that people waited in line overnight on April 6th outside Milwaukee breweries in order to legally buy beer for the first time in over 13 years. As a result, April 7th is known as National Beer Day and April 6th is called New Beers Eve.

National Beer Days around the world -

March 1st - Iceland
April 6th - England
April 7th - USA
April 23rd - Germany

Oh, Jane! I can totally see her making a point to ...

2011-10-14T14:03:11.414-05:00

Oh, Jane! I can totally see her making a point to keep all her fortunes so that she can share them with you when she sees you next. Adorbs!

You have good food selection here. Mochi looks for...

2011-09-06T20:53:56.694-05:00

You have good food selection here. Mochi looks foreign to you but you did give it a try, though. Looks like you did enjoy eating that night and just loves food and trying something new.

There seem to be two types of fortunes these days....

2011-08-31T21:17:19.706-05:00

There seem to be two types of fortunes these days. First, the misspelled and grammatically incorrect type. Second, the trying to be funny (sometimes successfully) type. And the puzzles... well, they are just fun. Can't see it well enough to figure it out though.

I hope something happen happies to me too!!

2011-08-21T21:39:38.992-05:00

I hope something happen happies to me too!!

Thanks for the mention! We are loving our little ...

2011-08-05T19:40:41.948-05:00

Thanks for the mention! We are loving our little girl and I would gladly kiss a dozen elephants for her :)

For a long time I felt obligated to store my fortu...

2011-08-05T08:47:03.299-05:00

For a long time I felt obligated to store my fortunes in my wallet. At some point, I got tired of throwing them all away when I cleaned it out, so I killed the habit. Now, I just read and discard, usually leaving them on the table.

I used to keep mine in my wallet, too. But none of...

2011-08-05T08:02:10.946-05:00

I used to keep mine in my wallet, too. But none of them seemed fortuitous enough to keep for the long haul. The only one I currently have is one that you shared on your blog- "An unexpected relationship will become permanent." I had someone in mind when I got it, and that didn't pan out. I have kept it out of curiosity as to who that person will eventually be.

I used to keep my fortunes in my wallet, but I sto...

2011-08-05T01:11:10.842-05:00

I used to keep my fortunes in my wallet, but I stopped doing that a long time ago. I'm not exactly sure why, come to think of it. That said, I currently have one that I saved, and it's sitting in the front console in my car along with a few mints and occasionally my iPod. You featured it here, actually. The fortune reads, "Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence." Not a fortune, but it did seem like something I should hold on to right now.