Sunday, August 13, 2006

76. Creakin'...

Bloody hell. Everything they say is true. Growing older is no fun man. You know why? I'll give you ten:

1. You can't act like a retard anymore...damn straight...somehow, it just doesn't seem right for anyone not in their twenties to scream and shout like stark-raving loonies in a club or bar, drink till your eyes bleed and howl at the moon after...piss in the wind...shoot moon-travellers into people's home or at your buddies...start mini-forest fires when camping...ah, you just get all misty-eyed thinking of the good ol days...

2. No more raves...yeah, true...no more PvD...bummer...

3. You can't move like you used too...those days running 5 km was a cinch...now, you're lucky if you make 500 metres...and you can't beat people like you used to on the football pitch...and you're out of breath after climbing a few flights of stars...and let's not get started on those extra pounds eh

4. You get overly picky in the films you watch...somehow watching Pirates 2 just doesn't do it for you anymore like how it may have in those days...come to think of it, the only thing worth watching this year was Lady in the Water...and even then, everyone else hated it...

5. All your freakin' friends are getting hitched...and don't wanna hang out anymore...thus forcing you to maybe re-assess your priorities in life...for the whole of 2 seconds at least

6. You're friends turn mellow...thus inevitably making you semi-mellow and just a bit world-weary?

7. You turn from an idealist to a realist...and in no good order...somehow going for political rallies or demonstrating on the streets like a firebrand gone loco just doesn't do it anymore...too much to lose?

8. You get too bogged down on work and other shit to do those little things that get you off, like say, writing in a blog or something...

9. You start questioning people's intentions...sincere or not...too much has been experienced that you just can't help yourself...

10. You never ever get round to finishing that epic novel you started when you were 16 and so far have written like 6 chapters on...but it shall be awesome when if it's ever finished, you just know it would be.

11. You forget things, like how to count...did I just say ten things or what?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

drew: i just thought about this a few days ago!

13. You wonder if you're going to join the legions of overweight, gut-full-of-booze, profanity-induced footie fans?

14. You know you're old when the players in the team/sport you love are all younger than you.

15. You find out that unicorns are not real.

16. You saw Michael Ballack pulled away from a challenge in the Charity Shield game, and you feel his pain. Get well soon, Mike.

Anonymous said...

Obviously you 2 are ancient since you both can't count. No. 12 is missing!

joe said...

17. Watching your fav bands like radiohead go from brilliantly weird to just plain weird

18. Witnessing the demise of the era of grunge...the heart still mourns...

19. Seeing the day that the Scousers beat Chelsea, albeit in a meaningless match...and knowing that Adam was at fucking Cardiff to witness it...that bastard!

p/s - Don't worry 'bout ol' Mikey, he'll be fit as a fiddle come Sunday

Anonymous said...

drew : omission of no.12 was intended for the exact reason. just like in the movie, ocean 11,everything is part of a plan.

joe said...

everything happens for a reason