if you ask me, age does matter. i'd like to think i'm pretty hip, but i know full well that i am almost totally out of touch with a lot of people in their early twenties, even though i'm only (only! as if) 27. this age is a little funny because it's definitely a kind of small milestone. when i was a kid i was often considered a bit precocious, then into my teens and early twenties i was "wise beyond my years," which was a compliment, certainly. but now, as i enter into undisputed adulthood, into my pre-thirties and thirties, i wonder of there is a such thing as being wise beyond one's years at this point. i mean, yes, there is a level of sage that one can always aspire to, which hopefully will grow with age, but once you get to a certain point, i imagine that you should just be wise.
wise up
and then there are those to which true wisdom never comes, regardless of age. which brings me to this fun link to a blog called things younger than mccain, which i first read about on one of my favorite blogs gaycondo. this blog is basically a list of things that are younger than presidential candidate john mccain. it is funny, informative, and kind of scary, as well as admittedly ageist. i can't imagine this guy actually getting elected, but i guess nothing would really shock me at this point.
Hi Amanda! It’s Philip, Gina’s friend. Hollah. Regarding your first paragraph, what I think you need to examine is whether or not, as you get older, if you fit in. When you are considered precocious or “wise beyond your years” isn’t that a way of being set apart from the crowd, a special case, a discerning youth? As we get to thirty (I’m turning 27 in a month) aren’t we really just afraid of losing our special-ness?
In any event, here is the link:
Anywho, I have a fashion blog! It’s about my journey through the fashion world, and how I am grasping at a life that maybe doesn’t exist. I think it’s fun, but I have heard from some that it’s kinda sad. HAHA. Mainly, my mother.
http://theperfectred.net
I’ll put yours on my blogrol if you put mine on yours! YAY BLOGGERS!
-pjh