Comments on: 30, Flirty and Thriving.

By: myogdb

myogdb — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:18:58 +0000

That sounds delicious. Tell me what you figure out.
You remembered correctly about the Fairmont, save for one thing: It was going to be on fire when we crashed it into the lake.

By: youknowdamnwellwhothisis

youknowdamnwellwhothisis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:57:20 +0000

Regarding the cookie nachos – I agree with the fortune cookies, that’s a solid idea. I was thinking graham crackers, baked a little farther, with cinnamon sugar and a frosting glaze. Or you could go the S’mores route and use marshmallows with chocolate chunks. Fuck. I’m totally going to make these. Tonight.

My other thought was remembering how we talked about disposing of the Fairmont… If I remember correctly, you were planing on painting the stars & bars on the hood and jumping into Glenmere Lake, Dukes of Hazard style.

I still wish we would have done that.

I’m off to the grocery store to buy cookie nacho supplies.

By: myogdb

myogdb — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:37:52 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think it happens to everyone – I’m glad that it didn’t happen to you – but my 20′s were a weird time for me, when my life kind of came off the rails. I mean, it didn’t completely fall apart or anything, I just spent a the early part of it thinking I was somehow headed for happiness without really doing anything to lead myself towards it, realizing about halfway through that I was actually on a trajectory for a life that I would find pretty unsatisfying, and then struggling to right the ship and aim myself in a direction that I could actually be happy with. I tend to do a pretty poor job of planning. I’m like the gnomes in South Park who know that step 3 is “profit” but aren’t quite as clear on step 2. It seems like you’ve done a solid job of figuring out what you want and then figuring out how to pull it off, and I get the feeling that you don’t find yourself in nearly as many self-dug holes as I do.

As for the cookie nachos, the more I think about this idea, the more I love it. I’ve given it some thought, and I think that fortune cookies are a good starting point. They’re a little bland, but they’re the crispiest cookies I can think off, and you won’t need them to be too sweet anyway, because they’re going to have all of those fixins’ on top of them.

By: Atkins's Wife

Atkins's Wife — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:53:36 +0000

It’s funny, I don’t really remember having all of those depressing thoughts during my twenties. I spend most of my twenties in various levels of post-grad education. Let’s see… 4 years of undergrad, one year of grad school and then 4 years of vet school. By the time I graduated vet school, most of my 20s were gone and I didn’t really feel like I had much time to think about it.
I guess my twenties were mostly spent getting through each year of schooling. The birthdays were not big milestones–the start of each summer was.
Now that I am out in the “real world” I feel the pressure of the 3-0 bearing down on me. Of course, I saw my hubs turn 30 last Dec and he didn’t explode or spontaneously get wrinkly and grouchy, so I assume the same goes for me. And I’m pregnant, so you know, that takes the majority of my focus.
“Oh, here it is–I’m 30. Hm, I can’t drink to celebrate. Only 4.7 more months until this baby is outta me.”
My main depressive time was my teens. Sure, some of that spilled over into my early twenties but overall, by the time I reached about 24 or so, I became a much happier person. Coincidentally, this is around the same time I met Atkins.
Anyway, my point in all this is that I’m kinda excited for my 30s and I am glad you are too. I see some people on the closing end of their 30s who instead of lamenting the loss of their 30s are looking forward to their 40s. I hope that I can retain the optimism.
And here’s a little tip: If you’re going to eat nachos and masturbate, just don’t confuse the two hands. I am just assuming that it could get messy. *ahem*

P.S. We seriously need to come up with a cookie nacho recipe.

By: myogdb

myogdb — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:19:52 +0000

It’s cool, I remember feeling the same way. Just try to relax as much as possible and have fun during your 20′s. If you’re anything like me, you’ll look back and wish that you’d done more of that when they’re over.

By: Bibi

Bibi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:08:43 +0000

Good to know it gets better. Eventually. Gives me hope and so on. Not.

I’m still convinced my life has been over since the day I turned 19. What’s more to come after that? (our 18 is your 21 btw.)

Gah, not really. Actually I’m pretty happy, save for the depressing thoughts… oh well, only 8 more years and I turn 30 xD

And I don’t even have a car!