We all want things that are not, perhaps, practical. A cocktail dress, for instance, is not the most practical item of clothing for an Alaskan girl who never, ever goes to cocktail parties, but I have several. I also have several huge cocktail rings. If I’m not getting any use out of the dresses, why buy rings? Uh, because I needed a gigantic enameled flower ring that matches my gorgeous black cocktail dress that is currently languishing unworn in my closet. It’s a theoretical outfit. And it looks damn good on me, theoretically.
Continuing in this vein, I know it’s not practical and that I probably wouldn’t use it, but I want a typewriter, and I want it now. I want it yesterday.
I know it’s silly, not least because I HAVE A COMPUTER, but my computer is not pink, ok? And the keys on my computer do not make the satisfying clack that a typewriter makes. My computer does not have little arms that pop up and leave their mark on paper, clickety clack. My computer does not make a cheerful little ringing noise when I hit the return key. My computer doesn’t even have a return key. When I reach the end of a line, it begins a new one automatically. And I must be a total ingrate, because I want a return key with a little bell.
But vintager typewriters are tres expensive. Some people are charging $500 for them, and I’m like seriously? You want $500 for that anachronistic heap of scrap metal? How about $450? Can you take a personal check?
If I had a typewriter, I would obviously also have gorgeous hair. I would listen to Glen Miller on the Hi-Fi whilst writing the Great American Novel, clickety clack. Yep, me and Dorothy Parker, with our trusty typewriters.
I could be just like Dorothy Parker except with better hair. And I wouldn’t swallow a bottle of shoe polish. Come to think of it, I’d rather be like a more contemporary acerbic wit.
Oh Tina Fey. I want to be you when I grow up. And I want that typewriter, even though I know for a fact that you write scenes for 30 Rock on a Mac.
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I used to have a typewriter! Not a pink one but still. I used to get my fingers jammed in between the keys and it chuffin hurt. I'm with you on collecting beautiful but completely impractical things and clothes - it's like dressing for the IT-girl you believe, in your hearts of hearts, that you ARE! ondressingup’s last blog post..it's so hard to find the words
I would LOVE a vintage typewriter too! and pink would be oh so perfect :) That's alright, don't worry about not stopping by often. I've just been blogging non-stop lately, it's hard to keep up with myself! xo Anna’s last blog post..show your heart
it's sooooo cute!! Raquel’s last blog post..Rainbow
ooo a pink one !! every girls should have one !
A typewriter, and a vintage one, is also one of the things I'm looking for right now. I think it would be absolutely amazing to have one and to write pretty letters on it. They don't seem to be that expensive on ebay, from what I can recall. Have you looked there? Actually spring doesn't come until May or so in northern Norway either - sometimes there's even snow that hasn't melted away by June. Terrible. That's why it's so nice to be in southern Sweden now, where it does come a bit earlier :) Ariella’s last blog post..Vintage hair
Desire does not have to be reasonable...that's half the fun, right? :) The Clothes Horse’s last blog post..All Wrapped Up
i have one..... my mum found it while out thrifting and has now passed it on to me. its not pink, its green and slightly peeling. it also needs a new ribbon and a service but i just don't know where to bring it. when i was younger, my mum worked in the philippines for the government. my nanny took me to visit her one time, and i remember seeing rows upon rows of ladies in lovely heels and pencil cut skirts typing away... there were a lot of clickety clacks and dings to be had. i loved it. at home, i later took an empty pill packet, bent one side and pressed down on it pretending to type... it just wasn't the same but the sound was close. E’s last blog post..i heart bourjois
Hola guapisima.... este post no lo he entendido xD. Pues lo del statcounter lo voya mirar porque en google analitics no te dice los feeds.... jajaja pero vamos que tampoco tengo tantisimas visitas como para emocionarme mil pero bueno no viene mal no corazon un besazo sertonina’s last blog post..¿pero? … ¡¡YA ES PRIMAVERA!!