for some, the crest of the hill appears at 30?

July 13, 2006 under Life

Somebody’s turning 946707779 seconds old today. Who dat? It’s Pat 🙂 From reading his words about turning 30, he doesn’t seem to be taking it all that well, as evidenced here and even here.

Maybe it’s because my 30th is still five months away, but I’m not seeing why it’s bothersome to him. Back in my younger days (ahem…3 years ago), I rambled on about the perception of time. It was an aimless rant, but I stand by some of it. Age, as in the number of years that have passed since you drew your first breath, is a number that is (seemingly) required by law. You have to be a certain age to go to school, get a driver’s license, rent a car, buy alcohol, get a job and collect pension. All of these are government-regulated by way of age. Albeit, he is employed by the provincial government, so perhaps they got to him! Other than government-regulated milestones, what does age actually mean. If you have a nasty crystal meth habit and you’re 18 years old, are you really “young”? To the government you’re one year shy of being able to buy alcohol, but your body’s organs probably feel twenty years older than that. Age really is just a number, in terms of how you feel. Now when age comes into question in a stituation such as pedophelia, then definitely age counts. Shoot the sick bastards! But for how you view yourself, age shouldn’t get you down.

I see no need for him to be depressed about thirty. He’s lived a good life thus far and he’s healthy. Why the need to fret over turning 30?

PS: He’s right in the ode to his family, though. They’re good people. Well, Dadoo might be a little touch ‘n’ go, somewhat 😉

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