introspective periscope : peeking inside since Y2K ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- those hallmark cats and their damned advertisements.... before work. - fifth of april, 2001: sunshine daydream, i don't have much time, but i wanted to share this before i left; before i forgot. i spent the day at the grove. it was gorgeous. i came home, made some mac n cheese and curled up with Gatsby, the book I picked up at the library today. I had the Bill Cosby Show on for some noise that would just be empty sound that wouldn't catch me up in its lyrics; that would block out the five o'clock traffic. and then, this commercial came on. it was a hallmark commercial and even though i appreciate their cards, a commercial is a commercial to me. i occasionally find a favourite for a few days, but its just an ad. but this one made me cry. i don't know if its just because i've been over the top happy lately or if it was just a really sweet message, but my cheeks are still sort of wet and the person that wrote it did their job, obviously. it went something like this: a family was on their porch. "hi, charlie" they each said in turn to the mailman who was bringing them heaps of letters and junkmail. "hi, charlie." the old woman across the street comes out and looks in her mailbox. i wasn't suprised to see that it had nothing in it. its an ad. where are they going with this? Well, the mom in the house with the loads of mail went out and got that old woman a card that said something like " a card to brighten you day. is it working?" next scene: little boy brings some lovely jar of something that only old women can make that probably tasted really good (because canned things from old women ALWAYS taste good unless its like....i can't think of anything not good. eh.) and says that the old lady brought it over and she was crying. skip to next scene: mom and old lady hugging. i don't know why it made me cry. it was just an advertisement trying to entice me to buy some 99cent cards (a bargain, you'll know, if you've ever been a fan of hallmark. i, have always been a fan of ripple effects cards, but who's asking me, anyway? nobody. right. moving on.) anyway, it made my heart get all swollen. it made me think of the nice people in the alley: the old ones that i made cookies for a few times this summer. i think i'm going to spend my weekend alone making some cookies and writing some letters. as nice as backpacking sounds, i think i need a little time to myself. anyway, ees time for work. just wanted to leave a note. be well, cats. soak up that sunshine. i believe i'm getting some colour already! *hugs to everyone, even the sick ones* *wink* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .what came before. - .what happened next. a diamond at the bottom of the drain - 20 october 2017 |
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