That Which Doesn't Kill You...
And, honestly, getting old is not a bad thing. It's for damn sure better than the alternative... And I've got to say that I like the 2005 Christian better than the 1995 Christian. Not that the '95 model was a bad guy or anything, but let's just say that there have been some major upgrades in the last 10 years. That said, I can't help but be a little jealous of the 1995 me. He still gets to do a lot of things that I'll never get to do again. He gets to ride around smooshed into a pickup cab with three other guys to go get pizza at 2:00 A.M. from Pizza Shuttle. He gets to stay up all night at Kinko's working on design projects with his friends and eat Burrito King at 3:00 A.M. He eventually gets to go through review in his design program, and after dropping off his portfolio to be reviewed, proceed to begin a 14 hour drinking marathon. He even gets to make out with teenage girls!
The funny thing is I don't really miss any of that. Hell, I don't think I even liked most of it while I was doing it. I mean, Pizza Shuttle actually kind of sucks, I hated pulling all-nighters, Burrito King will clean you out like freakin' Roto Rooter, drinking for 14 hours can kill you, and as far as making out with teenage girls goes, well, like Jon Spencer says, "I need a full-grown woman." So, it's not really the experiences themselves, but the act of experiencing them I miss.
The bright side of all of this is since I am getting older, I get to keep having more new experiences. I get to celebrate my five year wedding anniversary, Megan and I get to move into our new house together, I'll get to help decorate and pick out our new furniture, and I'll get to eat fresh vegetables picked from our garden for the first time. Call me lame, but this stuff excites me. Give me another 10 years and I'm sure I'll be reminiscing over all that as well.
posted by Christian at 4:40 PM
6 Comments:
wow. I like the 2005 kate a lot better than the 1995 kate. I like being almost 28 and ten years out of high school and being the person that I wanted to be in 1995. That feels awesome. I like that I didn't let that 17 year old girl down. werd.
good post by the way. I expect a full report from both you and max about your reunion.
Be sure to say hi to Max for me.
So when I first read this post. I thought that you said that it is nice to celebrate our five years anniversary this year. I was thinking, WOW, he is tired.
By the way, pray for our vegetables. When you don't live in the house where your tomato plant resides, it is easy to forget the water part of the equation.
I agree with Kate; I like my 2005 self much more than my 1995 self.
Yeah, the 18 year old me sucked. he was pushy and loud - all he would do was yell lines from movies no one watched..
...wait a minute.
I was much more likeable and calm ten years ago.
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