I think I've grown old too early

Yesterday I had a job and was working with an 18 year old guy. Throughout the day conversation was minimal, he kept bringing up people and musicians I had never heard of. He kept making fun of me for not having a cell phone (not that I minded), he had a blackberry that he let me use to phone my brother and I couldn't even figure out how it worked, I was dialing my brother's number but it kept typing words instead. Eventually he had to dial the number for me. Then we finally found some level ground and started talking about books. He went on for awhile about some books he liked, then I brought up Hemingway and he said, "who's that?", I explained and the conversation ended. Then we got in the truck and drove back to the boss' place. The whole drive back he had rap blared (Jurassic 5) and the whole way all I kept thinking was that the music was too loud and he was driving too fast.

I felt like an old fart by the time I got home.

 

uhh, none of that makes you old. It just makes you not a part of today's lame pop culture society

 

nothing wrong with feeling old

usually it means you're smart too

 

Haha, I used to pride myself on not being able to work these newfangled phones. But then I got a fancy schmancy one and I'm acting like a little kid with a new toy. It's probably still so outdated in comparison to what most people have these days, but it's got one of those keyboards that flips out the side with the teensy little alphabet keys and a $2 memory card expanded it to 4 gigs so it kicks the shit out of my MP3 player. Haha. But everyone at work makes fun of me because I'm terrible at texting and it takes me FOREVER to type out a message. My boss was on a weekend vacation last week and I had to get ahold of her to find out about someone's schedule and instead of bothering her with a phone call, I figured I'd just text her really fast...shit, that took way longer than a phone call would have.

 

Also, the great thing about not having a cell phone is you get to choose whether or not people can find you. I mean, yeah, you can turn off the cell phone, but people get all butthurt because having a cell phone must mean you're automatically supposed to drop everything for a phone call any time under any circumstance. That's why the only person at my work who has my cell # is my boss and that's only because I know she respects me enough to only call it in an emergency.

 

I was just thinking yesterday. Sitcoms were better when the phone was on a wire...

 

I'm feeling progressively older, with each passing day. I feel like my body is falling apart. lol My back hurts everyday, I feel like I'm already getting arthritis in my hands and my knees. This could all be due to all of the extremely taxing physical labor I've done over the years, as well as the massive amounts of drugs I've done, but I think most of the reason my back hurts so much is because I've been sleeping on a couch literally EVERYNIGHT for a little more than a year.

 

usually excessive drug and alcohol use along with inadequate sleeping and eating patterns can lead to early physical and mental health problems

 

define old...is old a number of years...is old an attitude...some combination of years/attitude/ Just what the hell is this old shit you guys are talking about?

 

Attitude, as well as how old your body feels. lol I'm only 27, but I've put my body through some crazy shit.

 

depending on the drug of the day my body has a lot of range as far as feeling

 

I often feel like an old fart...for instance, today is Friday and I will be spending my Friday night organizing and doing laundry.

Don't worry, luna, you aren't the only old fart around here!

 

Basically when you wake up each morning and death is staring at you in the mirror


Hotwater

 

We all start dying as soon as we're born anyway.

 

jurassic 5 is music from your generation, not his...

i never listened to them, but i do remember this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG2iu2T5fv0"]YouTube - Jurassic 5- Whats Golden(lyrics)

from this game:

well, that is kind of the definition of aging...

 

Well of course, but I shouldn't be FEELING like I'm aging so quickly, from day to day. lol I feel like my body is falling apart, along with my mind.

 

for most of us we've already passed the halfway mark so I consider us old

 

I think I probably passed my halfway mark at least 5-10 years ago.

 

same here..I consider anything over 50 to be bonus time

 

Hell, I never thought I'd make it past 21, let alone live to be 27. haha I'm a little more hopeful than I used to be though, so I espect to make it to at least 35.