Now off to see Hot Tub Time Machine, which greeting cards (or anything else ever really) should also be like.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Thanks, NIHA 89. Just wanted to add that "First Day of My Life" is the way I think a greeting card should look and feel, as well as sound (well at least one of the ways; there's lots of different cards and lots of different us's). The images, tone, and portrayal of an ideal and emotion are just loverly and simply nice; it's sunshine (it surely is). Plus, is there a greater Gen Y lyric out there than "...but I'd rather be working for a paycheck than waiting to win the lottery... ?" When I write a card, I try to be soaring, anthemic, like Bruce Springsteen playing "Born to Run" in a sold out Giants' Stadium in Jersey, but in the end, I know it means so much more (and I personally buy cards like this) if that card feels like someone holding my hand and reading the Sunday comics to me on a morning perfect in the little things.