Because I am old...
Dec. 31st, 2009 09:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaisson...I am jumping into bed a little after 9pm on New Year's Eve. I even got a bit of writing done tonight (a paltry 218 words, but at least it's something).
Catch you all on the flipside, people. Have a great New Year's, be safe, and I wish you all the best in 2010. Peace.
Catch you all on the flipside, people. Have a great New Year's, be safe, and I wish you all the best in 2010. Peace.
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Date: 2010-01-01 08:42 am (UTC)I left home at 5:00 this morning, got home at 7:00 tonight, and was so exhausted, I slept for a couple of hours after dinner.
But, I'm looking forward to 2010 so much that I made myself get up to welcome it. And, besides, I have to go get
Wishing you all the best of happiness and success in 2010!
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Date: 2010-01-01 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-01 08:34 pm (UTC)'You are old, Father William', the young man said,
'And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head --
Do you think, at your age, it is right?'
'In my youth', Father William replied to his son,
'I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again.'
'You are old', said the youth, 'as I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door --
Pray, what is the reason of that?'
'In my youth', said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
'I kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment - one shilling the box -
Allow me to sell you a couple?'
'You are old', said the youth, 'and your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak -
Pray, how did you manage to do it?'
'In my youth', said his father, 'I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life.'
'You are old', said the youth, 'one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -
What made you so awfully clever?'