^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hearing this. i tell people i'm 56.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 7 November 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
(j/k about the "tell people i'm 56" part)
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 7 November 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
(btw i meant that as a self-image thing -- no one actually says that to me!)
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
As long as there are seats lol j/k
not a joke for us
― sleeve, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
(my wife and I)
Definitely downshifting on various fronts, only been to a few shows this year, etc. etc. Not complaining, though -- the part of me that was always "I'd rather just chill and read/listen/whatever at home" is now feeling plenty justified, while I still have lot of great show memories anyway.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
Our Amber went to see Taylor Swift with a friend and her mum, about 7 years ago. Bieber was support. She thought T was ok, B was rub.
Did not have to take her. I did take them both to see Busted, back in the day.
― Mark G, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
The funny thing is, the only live venue in Reading mainly puts on bands that people my age would go see (Bad Manners, The Orb, Cast, etc)
― Mark G, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
yes, also part of the great 48 and can't really tolerate, any longer, gigs where i have to stand for long periods, where it's hot or crowded, where there are poor sightlines or a noisy bar, where it's too big a venue, etc etc. can't imagine i will ever go to an outdoor festival of any description, again. on the plus side, the need for comfort, decent sound, attentive audiences etc has driven me towards many more 'classical' etc performances, which is a new and sustaining pleasure.
so i don't think i'm done w/ consuming stuff just yet.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 7 November 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
Oh, we did Reading Festival like we used to: go see bands we want to, also go to stages at random and find bands we don't know but discover they're great, sort of thing.
Only difference is Amber is locked down the front w/ her friends.
― Mark G, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
Now that I'm almost 40, I'm really glad I wasn't 40 when I had kids.
yes, also part of the great 48 and can't really tolerate, any longer, gigs where i have to stand for long periods, where it's hot or crowded, where there are poor sightlines or a noisy bar, where it's too big a venue, etc etc. can't imagine i will ever go to an outdoor festival of any description, again. on the plus side, the need for comfort, decent sound, attentive audiences etc has driven me towards many more 'classical' etc performances, which is a new and sustaining pleasure.so i don't think i'm done w/ consuming stuff just yet.― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, November 7, 2014 5:26 PM (4 minutes ago)
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, November 7, 2014 5:26 PM (4 minutes ago)
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 November 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
I feel quite good for an old bastard. The metal in the ankle occasionally throbs, the tinnitus drones at night, I get mighty tired sometimes and the eyesight is fucking terrible. I suffer from insomnia and sometimes worry about all the asbestos I have been exposed to. every time I look in a mirror some fucking bent-nosed grotesque with receding hair is impersonating me. Yeah I love getting old!
― xelab, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
The sidies are getting grey mainly, a few eye wrinks, apart from that ..
The eyesight is much the same as it ever was, might even have got better as I thought I was going long. Full hairy head, you know its ok.
― Mark G, Friday, 7 November 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
i don't really go to shows anymore, but for different reasons than being old
and my drastic nearsightedness has actually been eased by the farsighted tendencies of age
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
Just turned 49. I still go to a LOT of shows, but because I'm out in the suburbs with only a vague income for the time being I'm mindful about where I'm spending my $$$. Far more excited about $10 club shows than I am about dropping $60 + $parking at a fancier seated venue. The biggest show I go to these days is Austin Psych Fest.
The biggest change as I've gotten older is that I see far fewer movies in a theater.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 8 November 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
I am waiting for this to happen to me.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 8 November 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
i am only 31 but i DO have one kid and another on the way next year and tbqf i really love this thread
― marcos, Saturday, 8 November 2014 07:02 (nine years ago) link
Josh in ChicagoPosted: November 7, 2014 at 3:30:53 PMI feel like I turned 40 as soon as I had kids. Now that I'm almost 40, I'm really glad I wasn't 40 when I had kids.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaaa oh no
― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Saturday, 8 November 2014 07:51 (nine years ago) link
I'm weirdly feeling healthier as I trudge into my 40s (tbf plenty of reasons for that, mostly involving ahem well life and habit decisions). Weirdly timed getting my shit together far later than the rest of the world, so this seems like the golden awesome years most of the times. Still lots of shows (kid dependent), lots of friends on the same arrested development schedule, outside of oh shit my parents will die sooner than I want, my 40s are awesome.
Be back in a week when my organs all turn to mush and my hip explodes to recant.
― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Saturday, 8 November 2014 07:57 (nine years ago) link
i think when i turn 35 i'm just gonna force myself into a "i'm an awes 60 year old" mindset and aging will be a breeze
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 8 November 2014 08:00 (nine years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/secret-fantasies-adults
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 November 2014 12:21 (nine years ago) link
i think when i turn 60 i'm just gonna force myself into a "i'm an awes 35 year old" mindset and aging will be a breeze
― Pontius Pilates (m coleman), Saturday, 8 November 2014 12:35 (nine years ago) link
My thing is dancing, not rock, and dance clubs don't like people over40 much. I'm on a strict diet and exercise program so that I can look young and fit in the dark in dance clubs.
― Threat Assessment Division (I M Losted), Saturday, 8 November 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh-9W19da-I
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 November 2014 12:54 (nine years ago) link
(for the first few seconds, but stay for the rest)
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 November 2014 12:55 (nine years ago) link
I just turned 60 today. I am trying to summon the mindset that I am an awesome 60 year old, but getting regularly zinged on ilx for the past few years opens the door to some pernicious doubts.
― oh no! must be the season of the rich (Aimless), Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
<3
― individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Don't you mean >>>>>3?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Happy birthday, Aimless!
― peace, joy, pancake (doo dah), Saturday, 8 November 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
Congratulations.
but getting regularly zinged on ilx for the past few years opens the door to some pernicious doubts
God, no.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
No the doubts are good totally keen on the doubts never stop doubting aimless
― individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
happy birthday aimless!
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah that top
― individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
o
― individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
HB, Aimless...several fine upstanding people born on this day, and also me.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
FP'd u for fishing for a hb in the guise of wishing a hb also hb
― individual meta dater (wins), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
You too, WC. (Fish caught!)
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
he wants the hb.
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
HB, dudes.
I'll take the FP as well as the HB -- BRB, on my way to the WC.
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
...and many happy returns WmC!
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
Happy birthday to you too, WmC!
― peace, joy, pancake (doo dah), Saturday, 8 November 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
Happy natal anniversary, WmC. We who were also born today today salute you.
― oh no! must be the season of the rich (Aimless), Sunday, 9 November 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
happy birthday, aimless and wmc.
― estela, Sunday, 9 November 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
There is only one thing worse than being zinged about.
― Eric H., Sunday, 9 November 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
a paper cut?
― oh no! must be the season of the rich (Aimless), Sunday, 9 November 2014 05:16 (nine years ago) link
HB Aimless and Rock, you are both standup people I admire massively for all the reasons both of you have posted about over the years and then some. xx
I'm struggling a bit at 43 with my level of fitness - I smoke and drink way more than I did in my 20s, bit of a reverse childhood I guess? I have a partner with kids now, so these things weigh on me more than they might have, as well as said partner having a heart condition. Health and get up and go mean a lot now. Its like being a shark - move or die. I despair looking at my sagging face in the mirror but tbh for a 43 year old i know i look good (im way too fat though). I drink and smoke too much, but life is short and shit, so I'm grabbing it by the hojos.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Sunday, 9 November 2014 08:46 (nine years ago) link
so I'm grabbing it by the hojos
The Howard Johnsons?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 9 November 2014 09:42 (nine years ago) link
Meant to post this yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPhLtIJIiyI
― The Clones of Doctor Atomic Dog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 November 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
ffs today I pulled a muscle in my shoulder putting on a jacket
― just like Nietzsche but with jokes (snoball), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link