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[kymical]

i was walking around and ran into my old TA from sculpture, Ilan. he was always chipper and insightful in class. and he was working at the new coffee shop on campus. and he was playful in getting my attenion and we talked briefly. then just out of earshot of his co workers he mumbled about this job

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[jfrog78]

I just turned 26 also and the one thing you can always say to put it in persepective is two find out what age you are half way to. So 26 time two would be 52. Warning do not call your mother on her birthday and try this out. It is not a good way to start the day.

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[kymical]

the funny thing here is i am being unsuccessfully persued (some might call it stalked) by a man who is in fact twice my age!

26 seems really young then.

really young. eeeeww...

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[daramsala]

WHAT???

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[kymical]

for reals.
twice my age.
totally wants to have teh sex.
totally does not see why i would not be interested.
thinks that accentuating the difference by calling me a "sweet young thing" is a turn on.

it is awkward to say the least.

[marty_the_party]

Interesting commentary by william safire on that very subject last sunday, I'm not a fan of his views though though his wordsmith column I enjoy. Here's his take on the extended lifespan of the current generation.

"But to what purpose? If the body sticks around while the brain wanders off, a longer lifetime becomes a burden on self and society. Extending the life of the body gains most meaning when we preserve the life of the mind."

His point is we need to exercise the mind as much as the body. Entire column is found at

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/opinion/24safire2.html?oref=login

[kymical]

hm, not me.
i have a mild deathwish.

i would like to die before 40 or menopause or directly after menopause when i am fucking the brains out of a boy at his sexual peak (but legal) at 19.

i would much rather take my projected lifespan and cut it in half. and use that as a guide for how long to keep it up.
of course in the rare and unlikely even that i met someone who wants to spend the rest of their life with me. then the double homicide would be the way i would want to go. i hate the idea of leaving someone that close to me in mourning.

i am a bit torn, i can and can't wait to die. i think humans put too much value on this thing that we really don't do for very long. and people want to have babies to carry on their legacy, or whatnot. meh.
getting older is signal for me that i am getting closer to death and i say "about damn time."

[daramsala]

All of this is such happy talk.
I neither wish for death or fear it, unless that death arrives by some sort of horrific event.
What really scares me is dying and not being able to protect my child. Because if that happens and certain people get their hands on him... you can bet your ass that I will haunt him until that person goes mad and stabs out their own eyes with crocheting needles.

Other than that, some people are so daft.

[kymical]

write a will. that is the absolute best way to handle things i think.
i thought more about mystatement. i guess it would suck if the guy i might marry didn't have a deathwish as soon as mine. but that would be his own fault. when i am done, i am done.