The talented Megan Crane on the virtues of enthusiasm:
I love romance novels, chick lit books, perfect pop songs, so-called “predictable” stories that still make me teary, just about every romantic comedy ever made, boy bands (particularly old school boy bands with appalling hair), Disney movies (especially the kind featuring un-animated singing and dancing by supernaturally good-looking teenagers), and almost every single show on the CW. I like to dance, for hours, often by myself. I like to scour the internet for mentions of former teen idols who I still love, and feel protective of. And if a band is only loved by a handful of scraggly-looking holier-than-thou hipster types who will abandon them at the first whiff of a record deal, that is probably not the band for me. Until they “sell out,” that is, and have their latest song featured during an emotional moment of Gossip Girl, at which point I will buy their entire catalogue from iTunes.
Enthusiasm is not a dirty word. I promise.
AMEN TO ALL!
(‘Enthusiasm’ is also a wonderful gem of a book by Polly Shulman, and well worth the read!)