"Usually, writers will do anything to avoid writing. For instance, the previous sentence was written at one o’clock this afternoon. It is now a quarter to four. I have spent the past two hours and forty-five minutes sorting my neckties by width, looking up the word “paisly” in three dictionaries, attempting to find the town of that name on The New York Times Atlas of the World map of Scotland, sorting my reference books by width, trying to get the bookcase to stop wobbling by stuffing a matchbook cover under its corner, dialing the telephone number on the matchbook cover to see if I should take computer courses at night, looking at the computer ads in the newspaper and deciding to buy a computer because writing seems to be so difficult on my old Remington, reading an interesting article on sorghum farming in Uruguay that was in the newspaper next to the computer ads, cutting that and other interesting articles out of the newspaper, sorting—by width—all the interesting articles I’ve cut out of newspapers recently, fastening them neatly together with paper clips and making a very attractive paper clip necklace and bracelet set, which I will present to my girlfriend as soon as she comes home from the three-hour low-impact aerobic workout that I made her go to so I could have some time alone to write.”
— P. J. O’Rourke
The Wit and Wisdom of P. J. O’Rourke
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
On Avoiding Writing
Posted by An Old Fashioned Girl at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Quotes, Wordy Wednesday, Writing
Thursday, November 26, 2009
That Day that Comes But Once a Year...
It's because this big farm house surrounded by never-ending fields is home to some of my favorite people.
Posted by An Old Fashioned Girl at 10:53 AM 2 comments
Labels: Erica, family, Farm, Friends, pictures, Silliness, Special Days, Vacation
Monday, November 23, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
New Look
I did this all on my own, so there's bound to be some tech problems... but anyways...
Do ya like it? Hate it?
Hopefully a new look will inspire me to post more... ya never know.
Just to see how pictures look with the new backround...
Posted by An Old Fashioned Girl at 10:05 PM 11 comments
Labels: blogger
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Maid Marian the Herione
Scarf: Gift from Israel
Pants: Second Hand
Boots: Payless
Vest: Maurices
Shirt: Wal-Mart
Sword: Civil War Replica
Posted by An Old Fashioned Girl at 12:30 PM 4 comments
Labels: Acting, apparent apparel, Maid Marian, pictures, projects
Maid Marian in Purple
Posted by An Old Fashioned Girl at 12:29 PM 2 comments
Labels: Acting, apparent apparel, Maid Marian, pictures, projects
Maid Marian The Lady
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