sweepstakes

Today I did something that takes me to a special era of America: I entered a sweepstakes.

Nowadays when there's giveaways you punch in a code online or submit your email on a website if you want the chance to win a prize and most of the time the offers are "no purchase necessary". What this particular sweepstakes required was putting my information on a 3x5 index card and mailing it into the contest headquarters. I think they're banking on people not making the effort and I thought it was a funny concept so I mailed it in. There is 1,0000 prizes to be given which motivated me to enter even though the entrant pool will probably be astronomical.

The only times I've won a sweepstakes, which is impressive that its been multiple times, have been raffle entries. In high school I won something from a radio station that came to play at our school, in college at the NAB I won a Sony Clié and a book during a senior event. It could happen