Writing styles

I've noticed in the last year a couple new styles of writing. Sometimes I wonder if a pamphlet goes around the US to inform all the cool people that they should start writing this way and because I live in Bolivia, I didn't get the memo. Then, I think it's probably cause we are so all interconnected on Facebook that the trend catches on. So, this is what I've noticed:

1. Addressing a letter to an inanimate object:

Dear maternity pants,

You looked so nice when I first tried you on but after an hour or so, I found the bum sagging and lots of loose fabric around my thighs. As if losing my waist and gaining a bulging belly were not unsightly enough, now I have to look as though I have nothing to fill out the back of my pants with. How much more weight do I need to gain in my rear before you will conform?

Sincerely,

Unattractive in baggy pants

2. Addressing the weather:

Dear La Paz winter,

I think you have done your job quite suitably and I would cordially invite you to move on. We have welcomed you into the home with gas heaters and heavy winter jackets. We have willingly added an extra comforter to our bed and frozen our tooshies on the toilet seat each morning. We have even canceled school for a few weeks so that our children don't freeze to their school desks. But we feel the sun getting stronger and now we ask you leave. Please don't bring your arctic friends with you next year.

Sincerely,

Tired of being cold

3. Empahsis

With periods. So. Many. Periods.

Well, just a little observation. I find it fascinating.