TinyEvel |
05-25-2007 11:20 PM |
Let me throw some perspective on this folks:
I'll be going to my 20 year high school reunion this summer.
I didn't like my 10 year reunion. The people who were a-holes were still kind-of a-holes. Everyone (including me) was self-conscious about who was doing what and owned what, etc. I had lost a lot of hair since high school and was VERY self-conscious about that, especially after a guy I knew very well in High school didn't recognize me.
Now, for the 20-year, I am more mature, self-confident, and happy with who I am, what I do and how I look. I think everyone else feels that way, too, by the people I've talked to.
I was class president in high school, and I am supposed to give a speech at the 20-year. I was going to make it one of those "we didn't even know what a CD was, and the only Idol we saw on TV wsa Billy Idol (rim shot)"
But I'm going to make it a sincere speech about how the 20 years perspective we have on that experience we shared in 1987 is invaluable in gauging how we live the next 20 years and raise our children.
As far as turning 30, Joie, When I turned 30, I saw it as I am now the youngest person in a new demographic. I was the youngest 30-something at work and no longer the oldest 20-something. I was the shit in a new set of dudes.
NOT trying to give myself a sunshine enema. Seriously, that's how I felt, and it felt great. Now I'm 37 and I wonder if I'll feel that way about the 40's. Hmmm.
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