Quote:
Originally Posted by Katsunami
How old is your father?
<SNIPPAGE>
To be honest, I can't really see myself becoming like that, because I work in IT. Everything changes all the time, and it will for the next 30 years. So, there's no way for me to get 'stuck' in 2015 like current old people sometimes seem to be stuck in 1975.
|
Yeah. Nobody ever sees themselves becoming like that, and guess what? Everybody DOES. It's like aging. When you're young, you tell yourself that you'll
age gracefully. Do you know what that's code for? "Aging gracefully" is code for NOT AGING. It's such utter BS.
And then, despite the fact that you logically knew you'd age; despite taking care of yourself, working out, etc.,...you AGE. Not gracefully, either, no matter how young you look
for your age. (The ubiquitous qualifier). And then you learn that all that logic doesn't help--you really DID age, and ARE aging, and...yes, it's happening to you, too. And then forget all the crap showing up on your face and body, it starts happening INSIDE, just so you don't forget that the grim reaper awaits.
Yeah. Nobody plans on being that old codger. And then everybody
IS an old codger.
Quote:
|
(Yeah, I still play 20 year old computer games for nostalgic reasons, but I do so on a *new* computer; and I play new games as well. Even though I thought some games were beautiful to look at back then, I can clearly see that they're crap nowadays, especially on LCD-screens that don't have any other resolution than their native one.)
|
Yup, and next thing will be something around the house, or a pair of glasses you don't want to let go of, or your computer setup...just wait.
Hitch