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[ltmurnau]

I am 50 today.
Yikes.
That is all.

Comments

[dfordoom]

I am 50 today.

I still haven't recovered from that milestone.

[ltmurnau]

I guess it's a bit of a personal milestone, but for now I'm treating it as a marvel... my personal best, so far!

[emmabovary]

Well happy birthday, cher ami. I'm glad you were born!

[ltmurnau]

Well, so am I!
I remember thinking when I was a kid that it would be remarkable to live in the year 2000, let alone be 50...

[emmabovary]

I remember viewing 2000 like that, too! I would calculate how old I would be then and think "Oh, that's so so old!"

[sabotabby]

Happy birthday!

Hey, look at it this way: You're cooler at 50 than most people are at 20.

[ltmurnau]

Heh, thanks! That means a lot coming from you.
When I was 20 I was a dour, po-faced little prig.
It took a dose of Army life to give me back my sense of humour, found in contemplation of the Absurd.
Thankfully I haven't lost it since!

[sabotabby]

I think a dirty secret of adulthood is that most of us are boring little shits at 20, and we only get better.

[ltmurnau]

Yes, they do get better, or they only get better at implanting false memories in their own heads about how energetic/ sexy/ interesting/ clever they were at 20...because they're awfully boring now!
It seems a hell of a lot of people peak at high school or college/university... another reason I studiously avoid reunions.

[dyvan]

of course as parts of the body are constantly renewing, you may have existed for fifty years, but much of you is not actually 50 - except your thought and memories and eyeballs....

Click: renewal age of body parts

[ltmurnau]

Hm, I never thought of it that way.
I wouldn't mind some new eyeballs, though... the ones I have now haven't worked well since i was 7.