how old are you really?

POSTED BY: RionaEire
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 00:10
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I want to say 30, so I'll say 30. Why do you need to know, are you serving beer?

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I'm 32.

How do the old folk do it? Granted I smoke and drink, and in my past I'd done my fair share of illicit substances.... but for 's sake, sometimes I really can't believe that I should feel the way I do in my young 30's. Especially after I shed 55 pounds doing home improvements in the last 5 months and I'm just about 10 pounds to heavy to have my bling'n six pack back.

The joints.... the joints... the joints.....

Not to mention the undiagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome I'm sure I have from playing Atari with their BS joysticks way too much when I was a kid, and then getting into careers where I either typed a lot or used tools......

Sometimes I swear I'm host to a parasite that has been spending the last 2 or 3 years feeding on my cartilage. (I imagine Pac-Man eating away at me looking for power pellets)

Thank heaven I bought that top-line snow blower back in the fall for 30% off. I've only had to use it twice this VERY mild winter, but knowing that it only takes me 30 minutes of following a machine around to plow 8" of snow off the huge driveway is just too good to be true. I stand back and look at it when I'm done and imagine the 3 hours of shoveling by hand I'd have to do for the same results and how my back would hurt so bad the next day I couldn't get out of bed.

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Looks like I'm not the youngest, I already know who the youngest is.

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That was even in question RionaEire? How old are you, if you don't mind me asking the question again? If you're in your teens or early 20's I'd have to say I'm pretty impressed with you from our conversations in the RWED and outside. You seem far to insightful and empathetic to even be close to that demographic.

I've already said similar to Wishimay. I can't believe that she's just on her way to turning 32. The experiences she's had seem to be way ahead of mine as far as "grown up" things are concerned.

With Wish, I think I may just be projecting my own, ridiculous, belief that I'm still a teenager (Arrested development, which, coincidentally is my favorite comedy TV show ever made).



Haha... watching X-Files in its entirety recently, I couldn't believe that David Duchovney was my age now when the show started and Gillian Anderson was like 6-8 years younger than I am now. When I was 13 and that show came out they both seemed so much older than me. Just because I'm 32 now, it doesn't seem like things should be so different.




Not to intentionally be cliche, but live your life to the fullest. Don't waste a ton of time like I did, and admittedly, still do a lot of. I might be living "the dream" now, so to speak, and at a younger age than most could ever hope for, but it came at a huge price. I spent 5 years nearly in solitude outside of work saving every penny I could, and I'm afraid that even if I was making big bucks again in the future that I'll never be the "social butterfly" I used to be. I'm not categorically Agoraphobic now, but short of a bi-monthly several hour visit with family or friends, I definitely have no need for in-person contact outside of working a job when the internet is out there. I think it would take a lot of work on my part to get back into anything resembling a real social life.

Yin and Yang baby... Yin and Yang....

It's all about balance....

I have friends that are underwater on their mortgage and in credit card debt up to their gray hair, but sometimes I still find myself really admiring their life.


Here's hoping for a "rebirth". The house is coming along brilliantly and I should have a decent job soon. I'm hoping spending a lot of hours making money for somebody else performing my "decent job" will encourage me to enjoy my off time a lot more than I do when I don't have to work for anyone else.


So......

Long story short....

32 +

Childhood years playing Atari until I woke up unable to open my left hand without forcing it open with my right hand +

Only having computer and home improvement jo

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I'm 32.

How do the old folk do it? Granted I smoke and drink, and in my past I'd done my fair share of illicit substances.... but for 's sake, sometimes I really can't believe that I should feel the way I do in my young 30's. Especially after I shed 55 pounds doing home improvements in the last 5 months and I'm just about 10 pounds to heavy to have my bling'n six pack back.

The joints.... the joints... the joints.....

Not to mention the undiagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome I'm sure I have from playing Atari with their BS joysticks way too much when I was a kid, and then getting into careers where I either typed a lot or used tools......

Sometimes I swear I'm host to a parasite that has been spending the last 2 or 3 years feeding on my cartilage. (I imagine Pac-Man eating away at me looking for power pellets)

Thank heaven I bought that top-line snow blower back in the fall for 30% off. I've only had to use it twice this VERY mild winter, but knowing that it only takes me 30 minutes of following a machine around to plow 8" of snow off the huge driveway is just too good to be true. I stand back and look at it when I'm done and imagine the 3 hours of shoveling by hand I'd have to do for the same results and how my back would hurt so bad the next day I couldn't get out of bed.

Quote:

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Looks like I'm not the youngest, I already know who the youngest is.

---

That was even in question RionaEire? How old are you, if you don't mind me asking the question again? If you're in your teens or early 20's I'd have to say I'm pretty impressed with you from our conversations in the RWED and outside. You seem far to insightful and empathetic to even be close to that demographic.

I've already said similar to Wishimay. I can't believe that she's just on her way to turning 32. The experiences she's had seem to be way ahead of mine as far as "grown up" things are concerned.

With Wish, I think I may just be projecting my own, ridiculous, belief that I'm still a teenager (Arrested development, which, coincidentally is my favorite comedy TV show ever made).



Haha... watching X-Files in its entirety recently, I couldn't believe that David Duchovney was my age now when the show started and Gillian Anderson was like 6-8 years younger than I am now. When I was 13 and that show came out they both seemed so much older than me. Just because I'm 32 now, it doesn't seem like things should be so different.




Not to intentionally be cliche, but live your life to the fullest. Don't waste a ton of time like I did, and admittedly, still do a lot of. I might be living "the dream" now, so to speak, and at a younger age than most could ever hope for, but it came at a huge price. I spent 5 years nearly in solitude outside of work saving every penny I could, and I'm afraid that even if I was making big bucks again in the future that I'll never be the "social butterfly" I used to be. I'm not categorically Agoraphobic now, but short of a bi-monthly several hour visit with family or friends, I definitely have no need for in-person contact outside of working a job when the internet is out there. I think it would take a lot of work on my part to get back into anything resembling a real social life.

Yin and Yang baby... Yin and Yang....

It's all about balance....

I have friends that are underwater on their mortgage and in credit card debt up to their gray hair, but sometimes I still find myself really admiring their life.


Here's hoping for a "rebirth". The house is coming along brilliantly and I should have a decent job soon. I'm hoping spending a lot of hours making money for somebody else performing my "decent job" will encourage me to enjoy my off time a lot more than I do when I don't have to work for anyone else.


So......

Long story short....

32 +

Childhood years playing Atari until I woke up unable to open my left hand without forcing it open with my right hand +

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