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Every once in a while they surprise ya
don’t they?
my kid sister called me early this morning
to tell me that seein as I’m cracking a half century this year
she’s gonna purchase the ipod of my dreams for me for my birthday
cos I’m too cheap to get one for myself
I can always find something more important to spend that money on…
like….
hmmmmm…
I don’t know?
groceries?
rent?
unimportant stuff like that there

so altho I’m not turning 50 till the end of July
she wants me to get it now
so that I can have it for the full riding season

and the only payoff she wants
is to be able to hear me say out loud
I’m 50

at which point she giggles like a little kid
what a kid eh? (she’s only 42)
I am all farklempt
and if yer looking for me today
I’ll be standing in line at Future Shop
waiting for them to unlock the door!

and Kelly….
I”M GONNA BE 50 JULY 28 2005!

memories are a funny thing

today…during a conversation with Kelly
I had to admit out loud that I’m going to be 50 in July
I joke around all the time
about “how the hell did that happen?”
and
“where the hell was I when that happened?”

but the truth is
I’m kinda proud of it

there were times when I was positive
that I wasn’t ever going to make it
just as
there were times when my health
was bad enough that I didn’t want to make it

one of the things that aided me thru the years
is my ability to submerse myself in a book
I’ve always been able to read
and lose myself enough
that I could step away
from the reality of the day to day
for a while

I’ve read a lot of crap
and
I’ve read a lot of good stuff

a lot of people suggest that TV
was the downfall of reading
but I don’t think so
I feel like it’s a sort of adendum to reading…
just like movies

that being said
if a movie is based on a book you’ve read
don’t expect the story to be the same
…but I digress

today I was flippin channels
while waiting for my supper to cook
and on PBS I stumble across an old Lawrence Welk show

the Lennon Sisters

and all of a sudden I am transported back
to being young
and curling up with one of my first hard covered books
the thrill of reading a Janet Lennon story.
(here’s where showing my age comes in)
remember those books?
Dale Evans, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys…

the kids now days would read those stories
and laugh at how “sad” they are
wouldn’t you rather that your kids
and grandkids
read them
instead of learning about Britney’s pregnancy
from People magazine?

yup
I’m gettin old