Clearly, the Mormons are the ones who've gotten it right.
South Park will back you up on that, if memory serves.
Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Burrell - Apr 11, 2012 6:48:45 am PDT #382 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
brenda m - Apr 11, 2012 6:54:27 am PDT #383 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Kat, was there a new Good Wife Sunday night?
Lee - Apr 11, 2012 6:59:33 am PDT #384 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
And middle age appears to impact cognition in good ways, not bad.
So maybe it is just the tamoxifen?
Amy - Apr 11, 2012 7:03:28 am PDT #385 of 30001
Because books.
Middle age feels like where I am right now. Getting up in the morning requires a lot of stretching and a lot of ouch. Although we also need a new mattress, so there's that.
meara - Apr 11, 2012 7:07:18 am PDT #386 of 30001
Kat, was there a new Good Wife Sunday night?
THere wasn't, roomie and I watched TAR and then were disappointed.
Zenkitty - Apr 11, 2012 7:14:35 am PDT #387 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
And yet? I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up. I've been at the same company for 18 years, been doing variations on the same job since 2000 and I still don't feel like I'm out in the real world yet.
Except 13 years, this is me.
And OK maybe it's just me but I feel like we should be giving middle age a few props as well. My life is comfortable, more comfortable now than when I was in my mid-twenties, and certainly more settled--in a good way. And middle age appears to impact cognition in good ways, not bad.
And this, too. My mind is calmer and clearer; I was - let's say "volatile" - when I was in my twenties. And I have more money, a career I get some respect for, and a much better grasp on how to handle grown-up things like money and home repairs. I wish I hadn't got fat, but I can't really blame that on getting older.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2012 7:18:36 am PDT #388 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Mind you, I'm not going to complain about the steady employment, especially in the current economy, but I'd also feel woefully unprepared if something happened that changed that (and with the industry I'm in, it's becoming more of a possibility). The last time I dealt with resumes, I was mailing them out in answer to ads in the newspaper. TWO things that aren't the way they are done anymore.
Zenkitty - Apr 11, 2012 7:20:57 am PDT #389 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Frank, indeed. I feel totally unqualified to do anything at all except what I'm doing.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2012 7:21:19 am PDT #390 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am cognitively way more fucked up than I used to be. Much slower, much worse memory. I have a better attitude towards it all, but that's mostly giving up and learning coping strategies instead of trying to be less stupid and have a better memory. However, I don't know if that's age or the fact that my brain is on fire.
And my body--I don't know if that's because I went from 90mph to zero, or it's just what age does. I have no controls in these experiments.
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2012 7:23:13 am PDT #391 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The last time I dealt with resumes, I was mailing them out in answer to ads in the newspaper. TWO things that aren't the way they are done anymore.
Me too.
Wait, I think I faxed my resume in. From a computer with a fax modem.
Yeah, I've been at the same job for 16 years. I think I'm fairly employable in the computer industry, but I haven't really thought about other job possibilities in many years.