I enjoy the holiday greeting card. It's a way to make all the losers I know jealous, and to otherwise update everyone else on what we look like if they happen to run into us at the State Fair or simply wish to avoid us in the local Safeway.
And, while Kathy does the graphics work to bring our family to pristine life, I am the wordsmith. Forging text into something poetic and wonderful, capturing the feeling of the moment and all that.
Here was my first attempt, which was nixed not for its creativity or truthfulness, but because we didn't want to have to print two different cards (costs a bit more).
The rest of the year may suck.
But really, who gives a fuck?
Merry Christmas to you,
And stop the boo hoo hoo!
Enjoy '06! The Fishers
Needless to say, too much honesty is not what we're after in America. When people say, "How ya doin?" they aren't really asking How Are You Doing?
And, before offering a few more of my offerings for the greeting card's text, here's what we ended up with...
Liam & Maxwell sprouting like weeds,
Impressing Santa with many good deeds
Mommy & Daddy watching them grow,
Now sitting, now walking,
Now running to and fro
The year ahead majestically filled,
Dreams and hopes and a future untilled. Fishers 2005
Back to drafts that never made it...
Toning things down a bit (but not enough):
2005 didn’t fly according to plan.
But really, who gives a jolly ol’ damn.
or
It’s time to forget about 2005,
‘06 is coming and we’re still alive.
Funny, but still too much truth:
‘05 was one of those years to forget,
We have hopes that ‘06 is really a hit.
But even if the year is the same as the last,
Really, we plan to not give a shit!
Enjoy ‘06, stop worrying and learn to love the bomb.
Anyway.... Like I said, I've got high hopes for the rest of December and 2006!
Posted by BilFish at December 7, 2005 05:39 AM