Like a lot of people, I became obsessed with Elon Musk. I'm a little embarrassed by how much I admire him.

The reasons are many, but primarily, he woke up my mind to possibilities of intelligence mixed with action. I'll never be able to forget the first time I accidentally ran across a video that showed him speaking. I'd never heard of Elon Musk or Tesla Motors back in 2013.

When I listened to him speak, I thought, "Holy shit, who is this genius and why is he not on the nightly news?"

My mind was torn open and through my research of Elon Musk and Tesla Motors, my worldview shifted and I could see how the future was going to shape up in favor of electric vehicles. It was like I was lifted out of a mental fog upon that first viewing.

My obsession with everything Elon Musk has come and gone but many months ago, I felt this tremendous urge to send Tesla Motors a proposal in the mail. So, inspired I was! Mad? Perhaps, but I had to unleash the energy! I wrote the proposal and then hand-painted the case. It took an entire day to complete.

I hand-painted the case using the theme of organic, nature-inspired shapes

The guts of the proposal wasn't spectacular.

It basically presented the idea that Uber cars could be Teslas. At the time I sent the proposal I was an Uber driver. I thought it would be cool to combine the best of both worlds and have all Uber cars become Teslas. Of course, I didn't have a good idea about the costs involved, but I thought it would be a great way to introduce Teslas to new drivers. It would also solve a lot of issues with driver costs as well as the environment as we wouldn't be paying for fuel or polluting the air. Contrary to what you might think, being an Uber driver is not very lucrative.

At the end of the letter I signed it:

Thank you for revolutionizing my mind,
Leah

So, why is this embarrassing?

It's embarrassing because it was misplaced energy. But sometimes I just have to do what's inside of me, no matter what the consequences or lack thereof is.

After I sent this off, I felt relieved that my secret was finally out.

I bet Elon Musk receives all kinds of weird stuff in the mail from weirdos.

What's your embarrassing story? Will you reveal it?

ps- all the artwork on here is mine. the first image is a collage of Elon and a photo I took of an acorn. It reminds me that Elon is working for nature as well as for mad ideas.