I’ve noticed a strange trend in the music I’m listening to lately. Most of the musicians and albums getting the most replays on my iPod fall under the category of Adult Contemporary. I’m drawn to acoustic guitars and songs about disenfranchisement or lost love or spiritual journeys. I’ve been paying more attention to politics. I find myself being more comfortable with long sleeve button-up shirts, pants, and nice shoes without laces.
My Netflix queue is suspiciously filled with documentaries, classics, and art house films. My mornings start off with hot mugs of coffee. I vote. I organize my workspace and my room. I’m reading books about Capitalism and Foreign Policy. I’m listening to lectures about Greco-Roman Moralists and talking about men like Lucian, Epictetus, and Philo. I look forward to signing contracts, setting meetings, and updating my calendar.
This is the grown-up world I find myself in. And yet I still feel like a kid.
That’s a good thing, right?
i loved reading this :]
And I loved reading that you loved it. =D
yes…I realized the same thing today. I was buying milk. I have my own refrigerator. Life is crazy.
uh oh.
i still feel like a kid. Regardless of being married for almost 4 years (omgosh) and having a somewhat “important” position at my job.
i come home to play video games and watch cartoons and do silly things.
dont get too old davib.
viejito
i feel exactly the same! ps. you’re great.
I noticed that listen to NPR every day on my way to school. I don’t know if that makes me old, or just a nerd… maybe an old nerd?
Merari-mmm, NPR
Rey- I think I blacked out. Did you just compare discussing Philo to buying milk? All grown up, I see…
Dave- Old fogey. Don’t forget to relate to us young-whippersnappers every once in a while. But I’m enjoying the same phase right now. It’s nice. Odd, but nice.
And I, having just turned 48 and expecting my fourth child (actually my wife is), am about to record a grindcore song called “There’s No Stopping A Determined Asshole.”
At 53, I feel like a kid, too… still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up! I’m proud of you for all your accomplishments, Dave!
Anne, don’t hate on Rey.
Good post Dave. BTW, Mars Volta is coming to town. We will always be the “old guys” at those concerts. Later.
Yan- I learn from the best
Yes, i did compare philo and milk. Considering the fact that I’m reading Hume, I shouldn’t be hated on!
love,
the old cuban/kentucky boy