Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have a convert. Abby's a fresh college graduate and an extraordinary writer who edited our literary magazine last year. The pink GoLightly was a gift from me and a sterling example of Writertypes' fine mechanical voodoo.
I don't know another soul on the planet who would change out type bars to cursive and paint an old Sears Forecaster just the right shade of ballet slipper pink. What a man.
Abby says,
I swear, it was meant to be. I typed away until I was out of ideas, which is something that hasn't happened for me in a very long time. Something about the medium of a typewriter makes words feel so deliberate and special, without backspace, every sentence and thought is, am I meant to say that or maybe I needed to say that.Shake the tambourines, brothers and sisters.
August 15, 2009 3:01 PM
Can you GIMME hallelujah!
Word ver: rimpropa: to install the proper-sized spinners on your Escalade.
August 15, 2009 5:45 PM
Rimpropa is the best one of the day. You win. For Christmas, I may put spinnas on Em's minivan.
August 15, 2009 7:26 PM
AMEN to the typostles !
Type it from the rooftops (and the Maine lighthouses!)
August 15, 2009 9:38 PM
Hallelujah! Welcome, Sister Abby!
Word verification: lizediz. Yeah...that'd be me.
August 15, 2009 9:58 PM
I couldn't be more proud. Seriously. Although I suspect every poet needs a typewriter anyway.
(On a side note, is anyone else having problems with the Firefox update? That badboy's wreaking havoc with me. It keeps assassinating my uploaded pictures and stumbling around Google like it's drunk.)
August 15, 2009 11:47 PM
Every writer needs a typewriter. Great job!! Spread the love of the typeosphere Monda
August 16, 2009 12:08 AM
Yea and he said unto the people "Type up some stuff." And it was good.
August 16, 2009 8:31 AM
Jealous of that. I covet everything. Guh.
So glad you got a convert on your hands, though; I just converted one of my friends and she took home this beautiful Adler J5 that I'd been coveting. Bummer for me, but it types like a dream for her, and the bell sounds so cute.
I'm jealous of the pretty pink typer, though. If it were mine, I'd name it Molly, because Pretty In Pink is one of the best movies ever and Molly Ringwald is akin to a saint in my world.
And Firefox is making Livejournal eat its logins for me, so I am not happy with it.
August 16, 2009 9:33 AM
I wish I'd named this blog "The Typewriter Gospels" now. Too late, James and Mike. I'll use that title for something.
Julia, you're better off without the Adler. I've never typed on one that didn't have an odd feel. Adler's may be the only typewriters I've ever turned away from.
You've got a point. Molly Ringwald played a sweet girl from the wong side of the tracks, while Holly Golightly was prostitute from Arkansas. Big difference.
August 16, 2009 10:45 AM
I was so in love with that Adler, didn't feel weird to me at all. After my dad got it all cleaned up and stuff it typed like buttah'. I wouldn't call it weird, more just like the super-early computer keyboard I had to play with as a kid...maybe that's why I liked it so much, idk.
August 17, 2009 7:05 PM
Keep on typin'
August 21, 2009 4:05 PM
I had to stop by and say congrats on your blog of note today. I've always enjoyed Easystreet Prompts (still reading it in my reader). Delighted now to see Fresh Ribbon make headlines. Keep up the good work girl. Have a great day.
August 21, 2009 6:06 PM
Michelle, thank you! I had no idea until I read your comment!
August 22, 2009 3:19 PM
awesome
August 23, 2009 12:39 PM
the best
August 23, 2009 5:59 PM
Thanks, GLT and De Vaden. Glad you could come by!
August 24, 2009 3:35 AM
wonderful！
August 24, 2009 6:36 PM
Why thank you, groupbuyer!
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