Call me Anachronism. And why is that? I am an anachronism (albeit a proud anachronism) because:
- I wear slippers.
- I wear pajamas.
- Communal meal times are sacred and should not be marred by one's answering the phone or watching television. (If one is alone, anything goes.)
- I use the
word "one" like an old fuddy-duddy (see above).
- I use the word anachronism.
- I loathe multitasking.
- The demands and rigors of quotidian, paid labor do not intercede upon my every waking hour and every thought in my head (except for all-consuming anxiety, paranoia, and neurosis related to same).
- I read books (fiction even! and poetry!).
- I read newspapers -- in print.
- I watch news (worse yet, I listen to news reports on the radio).
- I have not the slightest idea how to use an iPod or the MP3 player that my satellite radio comes with.
- I know what a preposition is and understand that in item 11 I ended a sentence with a preposition -- and I'm perfectly okay with that.
- I have diagrammed sentences on a blackboard.
- I have to gladly say I have split infinitives.
- I continue to obsessively rant about something called the serial comma.
- I was taught by Mrs. Rivers in seventh grade that these words take predicate nominatives: is, am, was, were, have been, has, had, appear, feel, grow, become, look, taste, remain; consequently, "I feel bad" is the preferred form. (Hunh?)
- I used to know the Our Father in Latin (let's see now, how does that go? "Pater noster qui es in caelis...").
- My car lacks one of those automatic key starters and has manual locks.
- I am a sinning believer, a member of a religious institution who tries to attend and partake of its services regularly.
- I am an anachronism.
Rarely on time.
What century do I belong to? What era? Victorian perhaps?
What era is your era?