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And it didn’t hurt at all.

For this week’s LitWit Challenge we’re giving away a hardcover copy of PostSecret, extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives, compiled by Frank Warren.

Warren handed out 3,000 postcards inviting people to share their secrets for a group art project. The secret could be “a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything—as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.”

The contributions, all anonymous, were collected and shown at art galleries then compiled into this fascinating book.

PostSecret is sad, funny, disturbing, and ultimately liberating—there’s nothing like getting rid of baggage you’ve been trundling around in your head for years and years. This book reminds us that humans are more like each other than we care to think or admit.

As this is supposed to be a time for reflection, LitWit Challenge 2.5 should be therapeutic. We do like to hang on to our secrets, don’t we, letting them fester in our psyche, and for what?

So tell us something about you that you’ve never told anyone before. It doesn’t have to be earth-shaking, it just has to be true. Let it go, you’ll feel better afterwards.

Post your secret/confession/revelation in Comments. If you’re worried about anonymity, edit the details in your user profile. If you’re worried about being judged by other readers, don’t—we won’t allow comments on other people’s secrets.

On Sunday all the entries will be included in a raffle; the winner gets the book. We’ll accept entries until 12 noon on Sunday, 4 April 2010.

The Weekly LitWit Challenge is brought to you by our friends at National Bookstore. Do you have something to tell us?

Askaniclan!

You can view the winning entry here.

Congratulations. Please post your full name in Comments (Your details won’t be published) so you can claim your prize next week at National Bookstore in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell.

Thanks to everyone who joined 2.4; 2.5 begins shortly. The Weekly LitWit Challenge is brought to you by our friends at National Bookstore.

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Askaniclan, I got your note. Yes, you can send your cousin to pick up the book. Tell him to go to the Customer Service counter of National Bookstore in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati, any day starting Tuesday 6 April. Thank you.

James Reyes made these earrings out of colored wire.

I found these stamp earrings in Auckland, at a shop called Elephant on Parnell Street. We literally had to run there because the stores close at 4 or 5 pm. On a Saturday. Unlike the service staff in our malls, Kiwis have lives.

In Auckland you can get accurate information from total strangers. I was wearing my white and black eyeglasses (on the right) and somebody said, “Cool frames.” I said, “Do you know of any vintage stores where I can get eyeglass frames?” He said he didn’t know of any, but I could try the market on Eliot Street. I got there at closing time, and found a booth selling big retro frames. Voila, a pair in black and white (on the left) to match the white and black. My optometrist will be pleased.

Thanks to Gilbert in General Santos City for sending me this book with the lovely note. Anything with Edward Gorey in it, I love. I’m sending you a book next week.

Photo: Edward Gorey lived with cats all his life.

Thank you to David Byrne and Todomundo for sending me a copy of Here Lies Love, the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim Imelda Marcos disco musical. It will compete with the neighborhood rendition of the Pasyon, which will no doubt incorporate the melody of Lady Gaga’s Pokerface (Hu hu hu hu hu das).

No thanks to DHL for hitting me with customs duties, etc to the tune of P1,498. On a gift. They won’t deliver unless you pay up. For some reason this never happens with FedEx. And after thrice reminding me that they require cash on delivery, they still didn’t deliver the package! This is why I always use FedEx.