into the midnight hour

nobody@flickr.com (metaphorae) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:25:01 -0800

metaphorae posted a photo:

Yes, I am typing.
Yes, I am falling asleep.
Yes, I must get it done to defend by semester's end.
Yes, I am a fool for doing life-things in reverse.
Yes, I recommend you do your Ph.D. thing before getting hitched, before having children, before having teenaged children, before the bliss of youthful exuberance and all its tangential dreams have begun to melt away night after night of burning that damned midnight oil.
Do you want to know something? I'm mentally tired.
You want to know something else? As someone who recognizes the power of cultural capital and social reproduction, I owe this to my kids. If not for me, I will finish for the next few generations because this is what I want to reproduce. Ay, pero que trabajo da aprender.

Thankfully, I type on a Mac and not on this little Underwood beauty. But character, just look at it, baby, mmm-mmm-mmm....it is something it oozes just by the act of being. Wow, talk about the power of suggestion: Just considering not being on a Mac made me shudder...and grateful all over again.

:P

Did you actually read through the whole damn spiel? Pobrecita/o.
And no, this is not the same typewriter from a few pictures ago. This one is waaaay older.

Gratitude day #8: Being grateful for modern technology does not diminish my love for old things with character.
100 WORDS Group, #12: Character.

Update: Thank you all for putting up with my rants. Especially when I am very tired. Much obliged.

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into the midnight hour