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4 December 2002 (Wednesday): in my old age

I need to remind myself that I have great plans for myself when I grow old, which is why right now I need to exercise and take my vitamins so on. Among other things, I intend to take up the electric bass, sword-fighting and working on automobiles. I also intend to devote a great deal of time to finding the perfect buttermilk biscuit recipe and reading radical propaganda. If all goes well, my husband will be a) still alive and b) if not up for the same sort of thing, at least tolerant of his wife's sudden plunge into eccentricity.

When I hit 90 I might take up smoking, and become an atrociously bad novelist.

posted by enjelani @ 07:09 PM PST

Replies: 4 comments

these past two entries remind me of alex (technicolor). occasionally, i find myself writing like her as well, although i'm not sure it was your intention to do so.

posted by dardi! @ 05 12 2002 11:38 AM PST

no, it definitely comes from reading too much techicolor.org, and going "damn. why can't i write like that? i feel terribly un-clever." :)

posted by enjelani @ 05 12 2002 12:40 PM PST

Hmmm - if you take up smoking at 90, you might void the warranty on the new lungs you'll probably want to purchase and install at 75 or 80. :-)

'Nothing wrong with writing bad novels - thems are the ones that sell the most anyway. $-)

posted by Bill @ 05 12 2002 02:29 PM PST

Alex is the Tom Robbins of blogging. I rip off her style too. What can I say? She elevates it to an artform. :)

posted by jim @ 05 12 2002 03:58 PM PST