This is my very first task. It ended up taking much longer than I expected it to, but it was worth it.


13:20 I decided to complete this task, and began  searching for a phonebook. I was dismayed to find that all the phonebooks I have are the  Yellow Pages only. I decided to continue search on whitepages.com.

13:27 I  decided to search for Gael (Garcia) Bernal, and found a man by the name 'Gael G Bernal' located in Boston, MA. I then proceeded to locate an appropriate greeting card and envelope for this task.

13:47 I began to practice writing out my heartfelt letter. I found that I have forgotten how to write many letters in cursive.  After completing my first draft, I began the slow and painful process of writing the actual letter.




Dearest Gael,

Let me begin by saying this: You rock my world. You are my sun, my wind, my guiding star. You are a man of beauty and grace. Your film performances have been a great inspiration to me. Your performance in 'La science des reves' was absolutely breathtaking, but I think I fell in love with you during my first viewing of 'Diarios de motocicleta.' Your portrayal of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was so honest and pure; no one could have played that role better than you.

Your films have truly moved me. The walls of my home are covered with photographs of your beautiful face so that I am constantly imbued with the inspirtation that your divine features provide me. Your beauty has transformed my home into a sanctuary.

It is my sincerest wish to dine with you in a romantic, candle-lit restaurant much like the one pictured on the front of this card. For the time being, I am much too entranced by your beauty to pursue such an endeavour, but please know that you are in my thoughts always. You are the man of my dreams.

Love, 

Ambrosia, the woman of your dreams


I would be thrilled if you contact me at [here I inserted one of many 'extra' e-mail addresses I possess].


15:11 I completed writing the card, and decided to give it a couple spritzes of the 'With Love' fragrance by Guerlain. I then began addressing the envelope, and realised that I was lacking the ZIP code.

15:36 I utilised the USPS ZIP Code Lookup only to receive a message stating that the address I input may be non-deliverable. There's a recipie for really misdirected fan mail. Having already spent a wealth of time writing my precious letter, I was determined to send the letter to anyone by the name of Gael Bernal. I searched for other people by this name, but to no avail. I then returned to my original search on whitepages.com and I noticed something: Gael Bernal of Boston MA is apparently a 'Board Member' at a place called 'Newbury Comics.' I moseyed on over to yellowpages.com and found 1 record of a 'Newbury Comics Inc.' in Boston MA. I addressed a new envelope to one Gael G Bernal at Newbury Comics Inc. 

02:08 I remained out of range of a mailbox the entire day. I went to sleep determined to mail my card sometime the next day.

02:41 I hadn't actually fallen asleep yet, so I decided to add an e-mail address to my card (good thing I hadn't sealed the envelope yet) so that the recipient may respond if he wishes to do so. I'm eager to find out whether he responds! Note: Line of text containing the e-mail address was not pictured in original photos of the card.

12 September, 2008 I finally made it to a mailbox, letter in hand.

26 September, 2008 At this time, I have not (yet!) received any e-mails from Gael. :(