Keeping up with the Joneses...

I refer, of course, to the prolific output of bloggers like Mr. Fabulous and Malnurtured Snay, who don't just post ONE post a day, but sometimes multiple postings. I've made a late New Year's (New Solstice's?) resolution to put up one post a day, even if it's a shortie, so even though I'm tired, grouchy and in the middle of re-reading GONE WITH THE WIND for the umpteenth time, here I am. Posting.

One of my favorite quotes from GWTW:

'She lay in the silvery shadows with courage rising and made the plans that a sixteen-year-old makes when life has been so pleasant that defeat is an impossibility and a pretty dress and a clear complexion are weapons to vanquish fate.'

Well, I didn't always have a clear complexion, but there's something about the perceived invulnerablity of youth, the years before cellulite makes its ugly appearance (or at least it's easier to get rid of...and did you know that it used to be a survival trait? Stupid survival...), when our hair is thick, our bodies and face firm and unwrinkled, and years ahead of us before old age dares to make an appearance. The world is our oyster and if something doesn't work out one week, we mourn it extravagantly (see previous post re: Drama Queen) and then start making plans for something new. Tomorrow is another day, y'know.

I'm really jonesin' to figure out the whole photo scanning thing. So far I've managed to scan the pictures, but they translate as little squares in the middle of an 8" by 10" space. I really want to put some pictures of me and Maureen in our 'Southern Belle' days, when we thought that the two of us together made the perfect modern day Scarlett O'Hara. Her figure and facial structure, my hair color and eyes. Both of us with enough youthful arrogance (if he doesn't like us, he MUST be gay!) and confidence to be really irritating to friends and family.

But we were awfully cute.

Fiddle Dee Dee!