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anotheranonFound this site on all the current slang today. Highly amusing and enlightening, as it makes me realize just how far out of the loop I am.
Fact: I am no longer Young and Trendy. To the YandT set I am now safely into Old-Crustie-dom.
And the funny thing is - it's not that bad.
I always feared getting older, not because of the inevitable physical effects of age (wrinkles, gray hair, etc.) but because I thought I'd end up like my parents - out of style, out of touch, and stuck in my ways - you know. OLD.
But it's not been like that. While I'm not up on every fashion/music/whatever trend, I am aware enough to catch myself before I fall into a rut and turn into Early 90's Fashion Cliche. Likewise, I don't chase youth to the degree that I'm a "mutton dressing as lamb" so to speak - at my age I don't WANT to dress like Britney Spears.
Re: music - I lost track of top 40 music ~10 years ago when I started my love affair with techno. While I've not kept up with techno as well as I would have liked (takes much time/effort/energy/attention to really keep up), I'm still aware that new innovations ARE happening.
I also find that I generally give less of a damn about certain things because I have my own interests going on. Sixteenth century social history is infinitely more interesting than the latest NYT bestseller, and I'd rather watch my own quirky/imported/rerun shows than keep up with the latest exploits on Survivor or its equivalents.
The physical age stuff is not so bad - I finally have hips, for one! And I'm certainly in better shape now than I was 10 years ago. When I found my first gray hair the first thing I thought was "great... one less hair to bleach before I dye it [insert bright color here]".
So one of the good things about getting older is caring less and less about staying in style. Still, I will make an effort to keep up with fashion enough so that I don't turn into the 21st century equivalent of these middle aged ladies who STILL have beehives. And I won't refer to Chemical Brothers as a "new" band.
Fact: I am no longer Young and Trendy. To the YandT set I am now safely into Old-Crustie-dom.
And the funny thing is - it's not that bad.
I always feared getting older, not because of the inevitable physical effects of age (wrinkles, gray hair, etc.) but because I thought I'd end up like my parents - out of style, out of touch, and stuck in my ways - you know. OLD.
But it's not been like that. While I'm not up on every fashion/music/whatever trend, I am aware enough to catch myself before I fall into a rut and turn into Early 90's Fashion Cliche. Likewise, I don't chase youth to the degree that I'm a "mutton dressing as lamb" so to speak - at my age I don't WANT to dress like Britney Spears.
Re: music - I lost track of top 40 music ~10 years ago when I started my love affair with techno. While I've not kept up with techno as well as I would have liked (takes much time/effort/energy/attention to really keep up), I'm still aware that new innovations ARE happening.
I also find that I generally give less of a damn about certain things because I have my own interests going on. Sixteenth century social history is infinitely more interesting than the latest NYT bestseller, and I'd rather watch my own quirky/imported/rerun shows than keep up with the latest exploits on Survivor or its equivalents.
The physical age stuff is not so bad - I finally have hips, for one! And I'm certainly in better shape now than I was 10 years ago. When I found my first gray hair the first thing I thought was "great... one less hair to bleach before I dye it [insert bright color here]".
So one of the good things about getting older is caring less and less about staying in style. Still, I will make an effort to keep up with fashion enough so that I don't turn into the 21st century equivalent of these middle aged ladies who STILL have beehives. And I won't refer to Chemical Brothers as a "new" band.
