October 25, 2006

Netflix cures homesickness

Standing in line at Blockbuster to purchase a gift card for Jo's b'day--I overheard two NYU students discussing potential story pitches for what I can only assume was their college paper--

White Girl: You should pitch a story about Netflix?
Asian Girl: What kind of story?
White Girl: Talk about how getting netflix makes you feel less homesick..like you're getting mail that aren't flyers or bills.
Asian Girl: That's a good idea...but that's not a full story.
White Girl: Well, you can add a bit about how it's like a present in your mailbox. Everyone loves snail mail. Yea, talk about subscriptions too.

Me: Wow--that's clever...I should put that on my blog.

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