Shit I thought this was about the tight knit group of penpals that started writing each other after the infamous Tom Cruise "Cruise Club" newsletter became defunct in mid 1997, meeting each other for the first time in August of the same year for a one last get together of Cruise Club fans at the Armaggeon convention in New Zealand, per an invitation in the final newsletter. Some people even flying from the opposite end of the world to meet all the other fans, his makeup artist, and an individual from the PR firm representing Tommy. After that we've tried to all stay in touch with each other through snail mail. Even as email became the preferred method of communication we all decided there's nothing like recieving a real tangible piece of paper that someone took the time to write out by hand. Some members dropped off for unknown reasons, one tragically died, a few don't even like Tom Cruise anymore, and there's been a whole lot of life lived between all of us during the span of our continued correspondence, but the Cruisers are still at it almost 20 years later, and I'm confident the gang will still be "livin' la vida loca" as we say, in another 20 years.
