She’s catching on.
Jun 1st, 2008 by jenzug
Daddy, can you fix my light?
You need a new light bulb?
No, the one where mama broke the switch.
Oh, that one. Yeah, we could probably fix that.
Can we fix it now?
Not today, but we can fix it later.
[pause]
Can we fix it within two years?
[hesitation]
Yeah, we could probably get it done by then.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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