Like the Dickens
“Why can’t you be more like Charles Dickens?” she asked.
I was unprepared for the question.
“Dickens? What are you talking about?”
“Do you know how long it took him to write A Christmas Carol?”
“No, I d-“
“Six weeks. It took him six weeks, Jenny.”
“Wow. But, I mean, did he have a day job at the time?”
“And what about Anne Rice? Interview with a Vampire? One month.”
“Geez. That’s… that’s impressive.”
I remember Kirsten Dunst’s hair kept growing back, every time she cut it.
“You need focus. That’s what you need.”
“I want to take a bee-keeping class.”
“Charles Dickens!”
Filed under: General on January 19th, 2009
January 19th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
What about Sylvester Stallone? Script for “Rocky” in THREE DAYS. Maybe Sly needs to be our role model.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Hey, thoughts about bee-keeping are very important indeed!
January 19th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Bee-keeping!! Yay!
What? What did I say?!
January 19th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I’d take that bee-keeping class sooner rather than later.
Our bees are disappearing.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:08 am
vahid: what? three days? no wonder they built that statue of him in philly.
hilly: thank you! see – you get it.
shari: hey, i’m going to need an apprentice bee-keeper at some point. now accepting applications.
dave2: i know! saving the world, one hive at a time – that’s my motto.
January 20th, 2009 at 9:28 am
But bee keeping is so edgy. Who needs to knock out some novel in a few days when you can pursue such a cool hobby?
January 20th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
It took F. Scott Fitzgerald nine years to write Tender is the Night. I’m assuming he did some beekeeping between drafts.
January 20th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Maybe you could write a book about bee keeping.
January 21st, 2009 at 6:58 am
sizzle: i could totally be an edgy beekeeper. i’ll paint the hives black.
cheryl: excellent point! think of all the honey i’ll have in those nine years.
churlita: that’s not a bad idea! kind of like an insider’s take on beekeeping. i could call it something like the secret life of bees. it has movie potential even.
January 28th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Q: What type of bees make milk?
A: Boobies! (Boobees)
Q:What type of bees eat brains?
A: Zombies! (Zombees)
February 6th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Jenny, bee-keeping is great I’m sure, but blogging is better. I’m just sayin’.