Random thread: Where's your postcount now, (tpd) bitch

[Aaron]

This may be corny but, I really think its a mental state instead of years... Coworker B is older by a couple years then coworker L. However, if I had to guess I would put L as older then B. Mostly to how they act and what not. (However, L has cancer or had. Either way, I'm sure that ages a person.) And B was well, a hippie. He dropped lots of LSD, did lots of shrooms and whatever else he could get (tons of weed to). So maybe that has to do with it to.  But I really think its more of a mental state then anything.


Also if GOD can still rock out and be as old as he is. Hell Robert Fripp is as old as he is, and they STILL ROCK like the best of them. (Maybe it's cuz they are the best of them! DUN DUN DUNNN) You don't have anything to worry about!

[luna]

speaking of being old a way younger co-worker was talking about a wedding she is going to and said something like "it's weird they're getting married now, they're OLD! they're like 30!"
to which i responded "um i'm 30, i must be OLD! "

anyway, i got id'ed at the liquor store yesterday so....yeah (ok i've arrived at a point where they apologize after realizing i've been old enough to drink for 11 years but whatever )

[chimera]

Yeah, 50 looks good on DC, but then again he's happy and if you're happy you're always going to look that good.  And my dear acquaintance is almost 60 and he's incredibly spry for a near-pensioner.    I'm just being a smartass, I'm perfectly fine with being this age.

[r00]

I have finally arrived at the point where I keep a short beard so people show me more respect at work.  I can't believe what a difference it makes when people realize you are in your 30's instead of your 20's.

[rokken like dokken]

I have finally arrived at the point where I keep a short beard so people show me more respect at work.  I can't believe what a difference it makes when people realize you are in your 30's instead of your 20's.

I might have the same sort of thing going on, but in reverse - I look older than my age so people sometimes respect me more than I'm due (due to being still at the bottom of the engineering totem pole) which is kind of funny to me.

[Naylzie]

I have finally arrived at the point where I keep a short beard so people show me more respect at work.  I can't believe what a difference it makes when people realize you are in your 30's instead of your 20's.

This is why I wear makeup and never leave my hair down.  I am not yet far enough removed from being a recent college grad for many people to take me seriously.  I get carded constantly, which is no big, but I also still get treated like a kid obnoxiously often.  About the only time I don't is if the clerk is trying to push a store sponsored credit card.  This is especially problematic for me at work; some of the parents I'm dealing with have kids who are MY AGE.  It tends to undermine my authority a bit, and, in their eyes, my credibility.  I've been lucky so far in that when I have had to deal with parents, either they have not been belligerent or I have had the backing (and presence!) of my department/administration.

I don't want to wish my life away, and I don't really want to change my look, I'm just at a frustrating point in my career for ageism 

[amputee]

Went to a friend's wedding last night. They had the ceremony and reception at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley; a large science museum. The wing we were all in had a dinosaur exhibit going through, so this presided over the reception:



Motion activated, fully animatronic.

I've been to many weddings, but that's going to be hard to top.

[r00]

fucking awesome.   

[individualzero]

That's wicked! I bet that was the coolest wedding bonus ever!

[amputee]

There were also some dinosaur hand-puppets, and at some point, someone found some latex dino-gloves and a raptor mask. After all the drinking started to set in, things got strangely awesome, if not very confusing.

[TPD]

comedy pterodactyl sex option

[Aaron]

I saw one of my old coworkers today. He quite/got fired awhile ago. (I think he got fired, by quitting aka not showing up any more) Anyhoo he had longer hair, a lip ring thing. And was missing an arm. (Ya missing an arm) He asked how I was, and I what I had been up to. I asked what he had been up to. He told me in and out of hospitals for awhile. I (being dumb) asked for what, he goes amputation.  He said he got an infection in his arm and he got some hella strong antibiotics. Then got flowen to a bigger hospital, and they did two operations, and the infection was bad enough they had to cut off his arm.


Craziest thing about it. He really didn't seam to have changed much. (he comes off as an a (ex?)stoner) And still did missing an arm and all. Also, while I have no clue as to what/how/why it got infected, my first thought was Requiem for a Dream. *shudders* But ya, I have no clue... It sucks he lost his arm, but he seams cool with it. So I guess it could be worse...?

[threatsicle]

tonite's namedrop:

i was walking to my car, leaving this wine bar where i'd just gotten out of an awesome meeting. i was smiling immensely, feeling really good about what had just transpired, and this dude caught my eye. i let that smile carry on to him and he gave me a huge smile back. and that's when it hit me -- it was shia labouf, lol! he kept smiling, real genuine one, and told me "drive safe", winked, and i just looked away and drove off, laughing.

if bumping into shia labouf is any sort of omen, i hope it's a good one. cuz knocking on wood this project goes through cuz it's a good one.




oh. and i might make it as an actual payroll employee for this company i've been freelancing for a while now. crossing fingers that happens, because after deciding not to fully dive into the adult world over the weekend, this seems to be my only backup plan before i really the vanilla market. gigs are fun, but steady income is a total godsend. (i'm not made to be a STARVING artist.)

[r00]

Good luck with the new prospect!  That is a great story.   

[r00]

I just spent 50 bucks. On what? A 7x7 Vcube (its a rubik's cube, different band name is all.) Ugh... I'm not sure why, but I kinda feel ashamed of it...

Have you ever tried one of those android or iphone apps that generate rubiks cube solutions for you?  Supposedly you use the app to take pictures of each side and then it compiles the move sequence for the quickest solution.  I was wondering how accurate it was.