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Just a quick post to unleash all the things that I've been working on lately!

The chapter 1 event of LAMP went AMAZINGLY well, with several hundred people turning up and hunting love letters all over the streets. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u21MfMKDkGU

And here are all the love letters, including bits of things you guys sent in (all made anonymous!) for you to read:
http://thisletterislost.com/letter_directory.html

Annnnnnd here's a bunch of stuff that went into the scavenger hunt part, if you're curious:
http://thisletterislost.com/loveletters/index.html

LASTLY, I got a write up in MissionLOCAL, about the love letters: 
http://missionlocal.org/2013/02/love-letters-in-the-mission/

Hope you're having a lovely Valentine's -- or Anti-Valentine's! -- and that your heart is warm.

Know you are loved.

large, large hugs,
olga

Just a reminder! The LAMP Act 1 event is happening this Saturday-- and is all over San Francisco event calendars as the Love Letter Scavenger Hunt. 

Here's the Facebook event, if you want to spread it around:
https://www.facebook.com/events/403617779723723/

And if you're not in SF: don't worry! I'll be filming everything and there will be ways for you to follow along from elsewhere. Follow https://twitter.com/letterislost to keep abreast of things. 

SECRETS. http://vine.co/v/b10X17Tttz5 


many supremely whizzing-at-the-speed-of-light hugs
o

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

I want to be exceeding clear on that point. I am never-endingly grateful for your patience and words of support.

I've been planning all sorts of aspects of this since before I even launched this Kickstarter, so I am exceedingly excited to announce that the ginormous LAMP Act One event is happening in San Francisco, February 9th!

If you're in San Francisco: COME. TELL YOUR FRIENDS.

If you're not in San Francisco: TELL YOUR FRIENDS! And don't worry: we'll be filming every bit of it so people on the internet can watch and play along.

EVENT INFO FOR ACT ONE:
http://thisletterislost.tumblr.com/post/40995980333/the-love-letter-scavenger-hunt-is-a-one-day

ACT ONE WEBSITE:
http://thisletterislost.com/

TWITTER FOR REAL TIME UPDATES:
https://twitter.com/letterislost

And as ever, if you're not following me on Twitter, I announce stuff there before anywhere else:
http://twitter.com/olganunes

I'll do a longer post soon on what has been happening behind the scenes, but I wanted to share this with you as soon as I could! 

Some short bits in the meantime:
I managed to win an Awesome Foundation grant a couple of weeks ago to help offset some of the unexpected costs that came up with the Act One Event. (Three words: Worldwide Helium Shortage.)
http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/16004

And for those of you wondering about the album, I'm going straight back to recording in March! I'll be a little less secretive when I get there. I have a bad habit of loving surprises. ;) 

Giant, giant happy hugs,
olga

May your upcoming year be filled with the good kind of mystery, delicious secrets that unfold before you like flowers, and surprises that will leave you grinning from ear to ear.

I spent the days leading up to Christmas-- and Christmas day itself!-- plinking away on toy pianos for those of you who wanted toy piano songs for Christmas gifts*.  Contenders for top favorite plinky-plinky songs are below, for you to enjoy as you get dazzled up for evening festivities, or to take in as you find yourself recovering from the night before. :D

OCTOPODS

TOAST AND PIE

THE PARADE SONG

(*If you got in touch with me and said your toy piano song wasn't a gift, you'll be getting yours soon!)

Sending the warmest of twinkling champagne-fizzy hugs,
olga

Hi there again, wonderful humans. :) 

I wanted to share a lightning-fast project I pulled together over the weekend, which will become part of LAMP. 

It involves strangers leaving me voicemails, recounting their memories.

You can read the blog post I wrote about it here.

Or jump right in and start wading through the recorded memories of strangers, here:

http://thisisamemoryof.tumblr.com

I really, really love this. There's something strange and magical about it.  And while it may not be immediately apparent, these memories will be tied to LAMP a little ways down the road. (Mystery!)

(If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, you can go here to find out how to call.)

Love and squooshings and moar love,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Olga