Friday, September 14, 2007


At low points during the day,
I remember I am older than
Norma Desmond was in Sunset Boulevard.
sigh.

5 comments:

  1. Yes, I'm just about exactly her age. Also the same age as Bea Arthur when she began making Maude and 14 years older than Anne Bancroft when she played the "ancient" Mrs. Robinson.

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  2. If I could tango with William Holden, it might all be better. I have to go straighten my truban now.

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  3. These are the sorts of things one just can't think about!

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  4. One shouldn't think about the trouble one has typing the stupid word "turban" but one does.

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  5. Well you can always comfort yourself with the reminder that she'll always be crazier than you.

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