Act your age!
Mar. 3rd, 2005 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearOkay, I am officially more than 43 years old. Back when I was less than half that age I thought someone 43 years old is, well, old. Not ancient, mind you, but someone who has reached a certain staid level of maturity and set in his ways. Someone who would listen to Muzak-style Living Strings instrumentals, drive the speed limit in the slow lanes, wear a brimmed hat, etc, etc. Fast forward to now. I should at least partially resemble my stereotypical old man from my youth. Granted, I have my own ways of doing things, but I find myself far more open than I thought I'd be.
Should a 43 year old man be picking street races with teens in their slammed Hondas? Blasting Korn or Limp Bizkit at work? Using words like "w00t" or using 1337 5p34k in internet forums? I could go on, but you get the idea.
I dont conciously do these things in some sort of way to hold onto my fading youth or any such nonsense, I just seem to fall into place, as it were. It feels entirely natural, not forced or contrived. I'm just... me.
Is this the putting into practice the old adage "you are only as old as you feel"? Because, especially lately, I feel much older than my years. But at the same time, I am still the big kid at heart. Get me on the biggest rollercoaster you can find and I will stay on it all day, unless there are other cool-ass rides to get on. Gimme video games and I am like a 10 year old in front of the screen. Play the Living Strings' rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema" and I want to leave the room. Likewise, I will do most of the things men my age do, save for golfing, and you already know of all the other things I do to pass the time or better my life.
I guess I will simply continue to be "me", and with it, continue to be rather unclassifiable. The day I finally get old is the day I want to die. I just envision what I would be like in a nursing home. I'd be a little terror.
Should a 43 year old man be picking street races with teens in their slammed Hondas? Blasting Korn or Limp Bizkit at work? Using words like "w00t" or using 1337 5p34k in internet forums? I could go on, but you get the idea.
I dont conciously do these things in some sort of way to hold onto my fading youth or any such nonsense, I just seem to fall into place, as it were. It feels entirely natural, not forced or contrived. I'm just... me.
Is this the putting into practice the old adage "you are only as old as you feel"? Because, especially lately, I feel much older than my years. But at the same time, I am still the big kid at heart. Get me on the biggest rollercoaster you can find and I will stay on it all day, unless there are other cool-ass rides to get on. Gimme video games and I am like a 10 year old in front of the screen. Play the Living Strings' rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema" and I want to leave the room. Likewise, I will do most of the things men my age do, save for golfing, and you already know of all the other things I do to pass the time or better my life.
I guess I will simply continue to be "me", and with it, continue to be rather unclassifiable. The day I finally get old is the day I want to die. I just envision what I would be like in a nursing home. I'd be a little terror.
