Piping hot on Venuszine.com this morning.
Tara Murtha loves someecards.com
By Tara Murtha
Published: February 11th, 2008 | 12:00am
Sometimes a regular e-mail doesn’t have the oomph-sha-la-la to get across what I want to say, mere words being like ill-fitting jackets for our emotions and all. But I’ll be damned if I send an e-card popping with cartoon puppies and rainbows. I might, however, need to dash off a sentiment between meetings that says “Sorry I tried to make out with you before our date even started” or something only sort of ironic like “I’d like to elevate you from a Wednesday night date to a Saturday date.”
Enter someecards.com … “when you care enough to hit send.” These cards save me the embarrassment of using my own words by letting me wrap my potentially cynical feelings in pithy sentiments already written and adorned with classy-cool illustrations. As a person with charmingly faux-reluctant sentimentality lurking behind steel walls of dignity, I’m especially drawn to the “Cry for Help” section. I’ve totally sent the “I assume I’m guilty of something” card.
Tara Murtha is a Venus Zine writer.
