And jeez, how pathetic is it that I'm having the traditional mid-20's "I don't know what to DOOOO!" angst at 31?
I am right there with you, my sister in 31-yr-old "Well, fuck, what now?"
Of course then I'm all "I'll write a comic!  I'll go to grad school!  I'll design clothes!  I'll knit couture dog sweaters!  I'll have a girly pink sex shop! I'll fight crime! It'll be awesome!"  Then I fall over with exhaustion at how busy ideal me is.
	
 
		
		
 "I'll write a comic! I'll go to grad school! I'll design clothes! I'll knit couture dog sweaters! I'll have a girly pink sex shop! I'll fight crime! It'll be awesome!" 
I want you to do all of those things!
FWIW, I didn't publish my first book until mere weeks before I turned 40.
	
 
		
		
Then I fall over with exhaustion at how busy ideal me is.
YES.  "I'll study Shakespeare!  I'll own a karaoke bar!  I'll become a massage therapist!"  Oy.
	
 
		
		
Clearly, you and I should go into business together, juliana.  For we have ideas that are both right and good.
	
 
		
		
 FWIW, I didn't publish my first book until mere weeks before I turned 40.
I turn 40 in ten weeks. Crap.
	
 
		
		
For we have ideas that are both right and good.
Yes.  Also, we are very pretty and can hold our liquor.  
	
 
		
		
t waits impatiently for Scola's first book
	
 
		
		
I know the feeling.
Although the worst part of mine is that people think they *know* what I do already.
"You're so lucky...not having to work or anything."
I don't know whether to hit those people or feel like "Shit, your job is fucking sad.  Sorry, bunk."Dude, Scola...smile at me the right way and I could give you mine. It's not perfect, but...
	
 
		
		
 Yes. Also, we are very pretty and can hold our liquor.
True!
ETA:  My cousin has just started attending therapy.  Technically it's supposed to only be for people who survived the storm, but the therapist decided K could take advantage of the program anyway.  Point is, when she was talking about how great it is to talk about her shit and know that it's normal and stuff, I was thinking "But I don't need that!  I have buffistas to validate my craxy!"
ETAA:  Sad when the ETA is longer than the original post.