July 2010
6 posts
Cool Things About Getting Older: You learn that...
Reposted from August 28, 2009
One day you have your dream job. The next day you don’t. Childhood pets pass on, along with the house you raised them in. Boy meets girl—girl isn’t you. Shit happens. But you live. And you’re stronger. And you wake up the next morning and keep doing your thing. Because finally you understand that crying will only get you so far, life always...
Cool Things About Getting Older: You start taking...
Reposted from August 27, 2009
I don’t by any means live in a palace. I have roughly 400 square feet in an air condition-less, pre-war structure that they say once housed Al Capone. The pipes sound like a dying cat whenever a neighbor showers, a recent garage plumbing backup caused my car to smell like a chili eating contest after-party for an entire weekend and there is a slight pest...
Cool Things About Getting Older Revisited
Last year, just before my 25th birthday, I started making a list of reasons why it was actually cool to get older. I stopped after reason number three (I’ve never been great on follow through). But I’ve now decided to continue the series as every day I’m finding new reasons why I’m enjoying being 25. Plus the sole commenter on my last blog asked me to. So as a courtesy (or...
