Here are some more e-mails sent to symone.raven@gmail.com, an address that does NOT belong to Raven-Symone, but because Raven’s fans are dumb (i.e., they are children), they think it does. So they write to it all the time. This entry has more details on how this phenomenon came to be.
CHILDREN’S LETTERS TO RAVEN-SYMONE
Dec. 30, 2005:
Hi Raven!! I’m so happy I got your e-mail address! Well my name is Meg and I’m 10 years old! I live in Minnesota. I’m such a big fan! I love thats so raven on disney channel! you are so pretty and nice. you are my role model! and your hilarious!! I hope you had a great christmas and have a happy new year! If you have time can you PLEASE e-mail me back! i know your busy with your acting and singing but i am your BIGGEST fan! so please try to e-mail me back! and my e-amil is [e-amil address withheld]
[I think Meg went to the comic strip school of punctuation! That’s why every sentence must end with an exclamation point!]
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Dec. 31, 2005:
hi raven im your fan i love u soo much plz send one back
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Dec. 31, 2005:
Hey This is Danielle [last name] I was wondering If you know of any auditons for girls 11 years old! I want to be an actress when I get older!
Huge Fan!
Danielle
[Danielle even has a customized e-mail signature consisting of her name in gray letters against a black background, with a rose on either side. Good for her!]
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Dec. 31, 2005:
HI RAVEN THIS IS YOU BIGGEST FAN I LOVE YOUR SHOW AND THE WAY YOU SING LOVE YOUR GREASTEST FAN MADELEINE
PS. CAN YOU REPLY TO ME
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Jan. 1, 2006:
Please send me back. Soon too.
[Alarmingly, this person’s e-mail address follows the format of “cute_name73@yahoo.com,” with “cute_name” being my fictionalization but “73” being real. Usually, an e-mail address or screen name with a number like that in it refers either to the person’s age or the year the person was born. Can Raven-Symone have fans born in 1973? The mind reels.]
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Jan. 1, 2006:
[smiley face emoticon] hi raven i am so happy to talk to you i like your songs and shows you really funny i am the funest [laughing emoticon] person in my family when i talk every body laughs but i didn’t meant them to laugh so my email is [withheld] so please can you send me mail i will be so happy to talk to a star pretty star like you i have your pictures all over my room not any other star but you and by the way my name is Rukia i am 14 i am agirl bye i love so much [emoticon of smiley face with hearts] and your fovarite color i guess is pink
bye girl send mail.
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Jan. 4, 2006:
Hello Raven Symone, My name is Cody [withheld] and I think I’ve been to disney.com and e-mailed you on Thats So Ravens E-mail thing but ALL i’m asking is this, Raven Please give me your number i can contact you on and just lemme hear your voice just 5 times is all i’m asking for me to call you and guess what its not gonna be all the time I promise
Sincerly, Cody [withheld]
[“Come on, Raven! I only want to talk to you five times! That’s ALL, I promise! Just FIVE!! COME ON!! WHO’S IT GONNA HURT?!”]
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Jan. 6, 2006:
HI I HOPE THIS IS REALLY RAVEN’S E-MAIL ADDRESS. WELL ANY WAY , I BELIEVE MY DAUGHTER IS POSSIBLE ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS , SHE WILL BE TRYING TWO YEARS OLD ON APRIL SECOND. WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND HER A SURPRISE . SOMETHING SPECIAL I JUST LOVE TO SEE HER BRIGHTEN UP WHEN SHE SEES YOUR SHOW. I AM PROBABLY ASKING FOR TOO MUCH IF MAYBE YOU CAN SEND A VIDEO E-MAIL TOO HER OR EVEN COME FOR HER PARTY(JUST A WISH) WELL HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
MADISON’S MOM
[Madison is going to be deaf if you keep screaming all the time, Madison’s Mom. Cut it out.
And yes, I noticed that Raven’s No. 1 fan was only a year old at the time her mother wrote this. I don’t even know what to say about that, except that it’s probably the mother who’s the big fan, the mother being about 16.]
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Jan. 6, 2006:
[From MADISON’S MOM again, a few minutes later.]
very funny eric you got me
[Important fact we’ve learned: People stop shouting once you embarrass them.]
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Jan. 8, 2006:
[From the girl with “73” in her e-mail address.]
your a great friend!!!!!
[Is this sarcasm because Raven never replied to her first e-mail? What gives?]
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Jan. 18, 2006:
Hello Raven,
I love your shows. If I miss “Thats so Raven” I will freak. I am not one of those fans who are like OMG!! I love you so much. I am a fan who just likes the actor/actress/singer, because of there ability or there sound. Write Back
** Kelly
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Jan. 18, 2006:
Hi Raven I am Jasmine and I wacth your show all the time. I am having a 13th birthday party and I wanted to know if you could come. My birthday is June 2 but my party would be that weekend.I went to your concert at Kings Island. i live in Ohio.I always wanted to meet you. I love your outfits that you wear.You wear so cute on the Cosby show.
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Jan. 18, 2006:
Dear Raven Symone,
My name is Yasmin [withheld].I am your biggest fan,I know you maybe heard this your hole life,but I really mean it.Did you know my birthday is January 20,1995? Well getting back to what I was telling you I am your biggest fan.I know that your favorite fruit is bananas,your 19,and your birthday is Dec.10,1985,so happy late birthday.Well I have to go, but can you please write back to me?
From, Yasmin [withheld]
[This letter seriously cracks me up. The misspelling of “whole” is amusing, as is the assertion that she (not all the others who say it) is Raven’s biggest fan. And then she interrupts herself to mention when her birthday is, going so far as to ask if Raven already knew that. Having finished that non-sequitur, she gets back to the topic at hand: her status as Raven’s greatest admirer. Her proof of this? She knows when Raven’s birthday is and what Raven’s favorite fruit is. Perfect! This is one of my favorite Raven letters.]
