Okay. I’ll admit it. Before I began drafting letters that teetered on the edge of freakish, I already knew the answer. Yet, though in my heart of hearts I knew Tiger Tiger lipstick was probably no longer, I had to try. And when my little gmail envelope flashed blue and alerted me to a MAC message, I raced around looking for my rose colored glasses. 
Alas, they are in the piles of tile dust (renos) near the front entrance of my house.
MAC sent a nice email saying that their TIGER TIGER supply was depleted and of course the fab people at MAC could help me to find a shade I liked. (I’ve already done that… love the new shade but nothing will EVER be like Tiger Tiger.) Anyhow, I can’t copy and show you the EXACT letter because of this message that came with the email:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY USE OF THIS
INFORMATION OR DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS 
E-MAIL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
I didn’t add the capital letters. They seriously were there. (I may have added the grumpy picture. If the grumpy woman would have been wearing YOU KNOW WHAT, guaranteed her lips wouldn’t be so pinched.) Hmmmm…. do you think the MAC gurus read my previous (obsessively insane) blogs? Do you think there’s an international conspiracy behind this (maybe with aliens or implants or top-ranking government officials?) Do you think if I wrote to them faithfully once a week with a different slant, they’d reinstate the best lipstick color in the entire universe? DO YOU THINK I SHOULD LET TIGER TIGER go and move on with my life??????
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My dearest friend Deanna,
September 10th, 2007 at 8:24 pmMy thoughts are with you during this difficult time in your life. Tiger Tiger lipstick may be gone, but it will live on forever in your heart. For comfort, you can reminisce with your make-up friends and keep pictures of the good times close by. Because of you, its colour will never fade and it will be a hue added to the recordbooks of cosmetics, to live on forever.
Again I want to express my deepest sympathies during this period of lamentation.
Your friend,
Alison
Dearest friend Alison,
September 10th, 2007 at 8:38 pmI thank you for your sympathies and want to let you know that the sincerity and depth of your kindness will always be treasured. Whilst we will all miss Tiger Tiger, I suppose, like you say, it will always be remembered. Its passion. Its fire. Its perfection. I must sign off now. I need a tissue.
Always, D