I'll be 40!
Hmph.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 07, 2006 8:44:40 am PST #2357 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scrappy - Mar 07, 2006 8:45:53 am PST #2358 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Standing with Hec in the "saying goodbye to the 40s" corner.
JZ - Mar 07, 2006 8:46:25 am PST #2359 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Also, in 5 years I'll be 38. Ugh.
What-EV. I'll be 38 in a hair under 4 months.
My evaluations are fairly painless (though pointless, as nobody in admin or clerical on the university side has gotten a raise in 3-4 years). The only stressy thing is that my boss keeps wanting me to take accounting classes. I would rather push rusty nails through my lower lip.
sarameg - Mar 07, 2006 8:46:40 am PST #2360 of 10001
You know what? I don't think I ever knew your exact age before, msbelle. Funny.
The numbers don't get me. Except when they are funny and cliches that I don't really buy into happen. How quickly I can burn through a decade, now that can alarm me....
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2006 8:46:59 am PST #2361 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's like a cascade of curmudgeonness.
I, for the record, don't mind being about to be 38. Except for the part where it terrifies me that I haven't done enough yet. But I've (honestly) been feeling that way since I was ten, so I'm thousands of dollars of therapy away from not having that panic.
msbelle - Mar 07, 2006 8:48:03 am PST #2362 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I will not EAT IT!
You people can express dismay at whatever age you'll be, too. In my pea-sized brain I am (depending on the day) either 22 or 30.
Calli - Mar 07, 2006 8:48:31 am PST #2363 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I am 38, AIFG. It would be FGer if I had more money, property, and a love weasel to call my own. But still, it's pretty durned good.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2006 8:50:13 am PST #2364 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
EAT IT, both of you.
What Perkins said.
Signed,
Turning 40 in July.
p.s. Back in my day, 5 years was always in dog years! Chew on that, whippersnapper!
msbelle - Mar 07, 2006 8:50:15 am PST #2365 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Except for the part where it terrifies me that I haven't done enough yet.
perzactly.
But I've (honestly) been feeling that way since I was ten, so I'm thousands of dollars of therapy away from not having that panic.
you should get started on paying off that therapy bill.
I don't care about the age thing, it just seems odd. People never think I am as old as I am and I never lie about my age.
sarameg - Mar 07, 2006 8:51:31 am PST #2366 of 10001
The fact that my brother is 27, now THAT is freaky.