I am now 24 years old.
I had a wonderful birthday thanks to my wife. She purchased a professional massage and some of the sickest aviator goggles in existence for me, catered to my every need and then took me to watch my favorite comedian Doug Stanhope perform at the Oriental Theater. It was one of the best birthdays I've ever had. Thanks Nicole.
I get up every day and put on my dress shirt and slacks, a pair of beat-up DVS skate shoes, grab my Da Kine backpack and skateboard and then head off to the bus stop. I can't help but feeling like kind of an idiot standing there in a freshly ironed shirt and pants while holding my skateboard at age 24. I feel like I'm too old for my skateboard and too young for the dress clothing. I'm at an awkward place in life and I don't quite know how to handle it.
I don't want to get rid of all my t-shirts, baggy shorts and skate shoes but then again, I don't want to be caught in public by anyone I respect in a pair of cut-off army pants so full of holes I have to wear two pairs of underwear so my peen doesn't pop out.
I ride the train feeling like a tool in my button-down, tucked-in shirt but laugh at the 20something punker with the pink hair and gauged ears.
I don't know what I want to be... This growing up is tough.
Comments (3)
you're very welcome, you deserved every bit of it.
By the way, I'm really glad you finally feel as confused as I do. All joking aside, it seems as though we really ARE having a quarter life crisis. I'm glad neither of us has to go it alone.
Here's to getting through it together!
Posted by nicole | June 26, 2007 10:15 PM
Posted on June 26, 2007 22:15
Happy birthday man, see you at your party.
Posted by Dan | June 26, 2007 11:27 PM
Posted on June 26, 2007 23:27
happy birthday dom. you da man. i completely understand what you mean, and i actually had a discussion with an old friend of mine who was similarly having his own quarter-life crisis just as i imagine most of us are. it really hit me when i thought i'd forgotten how to make friends. i thought it was strange that i hadn't really made any new friends in a while and i think i just took for granted the fact that when in school we had an endless supply of people to buddy up with. now that we're in the real world, that faucet is turned off... i'm really looking forward to going back to school. but for all i know i'll probably regress in maturity. see you saturday. go buffs!!
Posted by dave | June 27, 2007 2:26 PM
Posted on June 27, 2007 14:26