I am so old

[ravenstar]

So I was fluffing about on Youtube last night when I came across a scene from Evita the movie. It was one of my favourites and I was thinking, oh I remember going to see that film at the movies when it first came out. Then I realised it came out in 1996 and I thought "Shit really, that's a whole lifetime ago for some people."

Anyway, here's the song, I'll meet those who remember the theatrical release at BoBo's for the early dinner special at 4pm.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

4pm? You aint about to have me out all hours of the night. Just bring me some applesauce and turn on Matlock.

 

[ravenstar]

Now Karen we've talked about your Matlock fetish before. I'm not having you get all hot and horny over Andy Griffiths again. Remember what happened last time. You'll watch Wheel of Fortune and enjoy it.

 

[GamerBear]

I was watching the movie Toys (with Robin Williams) the other night on Netflix and saw it was made in 1992, I thought to myself shit that was 20 years ago, a lot of JUB's teenagers probably have never even heard or seen the movie...

 

[ravenstar]

I was watching the movie Toys (with Robin Williams) the other night on Netflix and saw it was made in 1992, I thought to myself shit that was 20 years ago, a lot of JUB's teenagers probably have never even heard or seen the movie...

I regularly have that conversation with my staff. They're all 21 or so and have no idea what I'm talking about most of the time. When one of them told me that I was making it up that the Muppets had a TV show I nearly hit them with my walking stick.

 

[ravenstar]

It was her at the height of her skills Jason. I don't think she's ever sounded better before or after.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Now Karen we've talked about your Matlock fetish before. I'm not having you get all hot and horny over Andy Griffiths again. Remember what happened last time. You'll watch Wheel of Fortune and enjoy it.

Hater!

 

[ravenstar]

Hater!

I can't stand it when you sulk, go knows where you're going to hide your dentures this time. Here take this to your room and get your rub on....

 

[gaystorm]

This amuses me. Muppets the tv show is on dvd.

 

[ravenstar]

Shit I had this single on vinyl.. I want a grumpy old man smiley mods, get on it for me.

 

[bankside]

The muppets did not just have a TV show. They were a cultural force. A movement. A turning point in history.

 

[ravenstar]

The muppets did not just have a TV show. They were a cultural force. A movement. A turning point in history.

 

[bankside]

I must say I'm aging well. Better than many peers. Good genes from my mom's side. (I blame any shitty attitude on the other side).

But there is a phenomenon about approaching 40 that I think ought to be explained to 21 year olds. I'm the same person. 40 feels exactly like being 21, except having survived a time travel experiment that allows you to know the 1970s in a level of detail and vividness that makes you forget that the other 21-year-olds haven't done the time travel thing.

Even stranger, I can reflect on the passage of time and recognise that I've not stagnated. I've grown, in confidence and in experience. In my work life, at home, in bed. I even recognise a change in my base cognitive functioning; my thinking is less precise and detail-oriented than it used to be, and much faster at accurately tying those hazy details together into "the big picture."

Yet as much as life has changed in the last two decades, it exhibits a remarkable continuity. I'm enjoying that!

 

[ravenstar]

Absolutely, I feel no different to how I did when I was 18, maybe happier, more centred, definitely more filled with energy and excitement. This thread was not about me lamenting my lost youth, it was about how old Madonna's gotten.

I'm soon to be 39 and quite frankly, you couldn't pay me enough money to be 21 again. It was good at the time but I like my life and myself so much more now.

 

[ravenstar]

I'm still broke these days johaninsc but hey I make it look so much more fabulous these days ;0

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I must say I'm aging well. Better than many peers. Good genes from my mom's side. (I blame any shitty attitude on the other side).

But there is a phenomenon about approaching 40 that I think ought to be explained to 21 year olds. I'm the same person. 40 feels exactly like being 21, except having survived a time travel experiment that allows you to know the 1970s in a level of detail and vividness that makes you forget that the other 21-year-olds haven't done the time travel thing.

Even stranger, I can reflect on the passage of time and recognise that I've not stagnated. I've grown, in confidence and in experience. In my work life, at home, in bed. I even recognise a change in my base cognitive functioning; my thinking is less precise and detail-oriented than it used to be, and much faster at accurately tying those hazy details together into "the big picture."

Yet as much as life has changed in the last two decades, it exhibits a remarkable continuity. I'm enjoying that!

Grandma aint nobody ask you all that. youre like the old person who sees someone walking a dog and stops them to give them your life story about the dog you had when you were seven. By the time youre storytelling drifts to that barfight you had when you were 26 the passerby is annoyed and forming an excuse to cut your monologue short.

 

[ashonfire]

See you at BoBo's!

I was still in primary school but remember really liking the single from the film. No wonder my folks weren't surprised when I came out.

 

[G-Lexington]

Getting older kicks ass.

Lex

 

[Kester]

I was in grade 3 or 4 when this movie came out. I remember my parents had free tickets to see it and they went to see it not knowing that it was all singing and stuff.

They didn't like it too much LOL.

 

[csb999]

age . I am maybe 20 years older than that , 1996 is yesterday . I suppose that AIDS in the 80s fairly neatly killed off all my contemporaries . As I might have put it to my grandmother , when all your grandchildren have grey hair then you know you are not young .