Cursive: Dead or Alive Writing Style

In a previous post I made mention about my new hobby at work, learning to write with my left hand. My writing has really improved in the past few days, so to challenge myself I decided to try cursive...

Then it hit me, I have no idea how to write cursive...I have completely forgotten how they letters are formed! All those days sitting in writing class in elementary school, carefully writing cursive on thick green dotted lined paper...gone...

It also occurred to me that it has probably been 15 years (or more) since I have even written cursive.

So for all of you out there reading this, I am curious...do you write cursive? Do you remember how to write cursive?

And a better question is, do we even need cursive anymore? What is the point?
Print writing is just as good, and isn't it now a days more important to learn how to type than to write? Don't get me wrong, writing is very important, but what is the point of cursive, does anyone really care if your writing flows beautifully across the page? Sure it was fine when all correspondence was hand written, but really can any of you remember the last time you wrote a letter? A real letter, the type you write on paper which is sent to someone via the mail (the kind where a person hand delievers it to your house?!). I can't remember that last time I wrote a letter...and even when I did, it was done in regular print. So again, what is the point of cursive?

On a completely different note, last night while having dinner at my parents house, my mother startled my brother, Grande and I by joining our discussion about Alan Moore the comic book writer...she informed us of his latest novel and told us she thought it sounded interesting! None of us knew what to say, we just sat there silent and motionless hoping that the creepiness would fade away...it didn't...
(for those of you who aren't going to click the novel or just don't care for whatever reason, the newest novel by Alan Moore is a porno book about alice in wonderland, dorthy from the wizard of oz and wendy from peter pan -- yes i said porn!)
My mom then proceeds to tell us that the entire novel (it is in three parts) sells together for $75.00 and would be a great Christmas gift...the ick factor passed creepy to disturbing...we quickly nodded and changed the subject.