Care Packages to Foreign Lands

A Magic 8 Ball guaranteed to give accurate fortunes! I have one on my desk and it never lies to me. I think they come in keychain size if the regular is too heavy.

Recepient is a female university student who is apparently a huge cosplay fan (hence the sappy fashion mags). Yes, it's cafe girl, the one from the picture to those who have seen it. =)

From the little Japanese I can read and the translations I get from my Japanese exchange student friend, she's either a bigger geek than I am or a total psychopath. ("super otaku" as he put it, and that was coming from a guy who can identify most Gundam mechs -- and their pilots -- without looking at the box.)

Tabloids: Ahhh! She might think we're overrun with 800-pound men, celebrity babies, and spiders the size of your car. It would probably terrify her, although I'm sure they have similar crap there.

Souveniers: I totally forgot to include Texas crap! I don't think the "rides horses to work" myth is as prevalent there as it was in western Europe though.

Music videos/ads: good idea, but she's not a computer person. I think her mail gets sent through a combination of her mobile phone and public university computers.

Sports: no idea if she likes sports, although the vast majority of Japanese people I've met seem to all have a basic understanding of baseball. I'm not a baseball fan so I'm stuck here.

Magic 8-ball: Ha! I could send a keychain version, which would probably make her go.... whaaaat? That did make me think that I should probably find some distinctly american keychain or cell phone strap type object to send along.

Thanks for the suggestions! Let me know if you come up with others.

Lets see, American, How about the DVD set from the show "Married With Children" That should spark some juices flowing. HEEHEE!

How about, dare I say it some good old 60s,70s,80s cartoons, Bug's Bunny, roadrunner,jetsons,flintstones,Ect?

Roy

Send her a "don't mess with Texas" shot glass~ There's so much goofy stuff here.

i would suggest-
1) a plushie of your university mascot
2) postcards of your city
3) some us currency ( especially the new colored bills) and a susan b. anthony coin or half dollar
4) a sweater
5) photos when you were little
6) minature flags of your state
7) tourist sovenirs- license plates, snow globes, etc..
8) representative food of your state ( non perishable of course)
and a nice letter to cap it.