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Eras (or thoughts on turning 50 this year)
Feb. 5th, 2024 09:36 am1's: the Manila years. Tropics and the centuries deep roots of a family that has called a place home before history existed. Fiestas and church. Playing soccer in fields and parking lots. Typhoons, power outages, daydreams
10's: the Wandering. California, then Vancouver, then Boston. Catholic classes and boarding school. Living in snow for the first time. Camping. Rugby. Owning a walkman. British music magazines and Canadian poetry. Winning awards for stories.
20's: the Party. Choosing Boston. Raves, goth clubs, college radio, and watching the sunrise on rooftops. Bridget. The Netgoth Shelter, the NonSequitur, the Crackhaus. Bad decisions. Scars. Cigarettes. Ecstasy. Livejournal.
30's: the Adventure. Nicole. Japan, Paris-Brest, Kilimanjaro, Patagonia, Australia, China, Turkey. Randonneuring. Rock climbing. D&D. Watching the sunrise on a mountaintop. Club DJing. Wedding officiant. Disaster relief. Facebook
40's: the Nesting. H. Marriage. Home ownership. Citizenship. Doing something, giving back. COVID. Running. Cats. Realizing how 20 year old friendships are roots of a different and rarer kind. The Moth and Stories from the Stage.
I'd gotten back into watching The Crown last night, and caught up to the episode where Princess Margaret dies at 71. A morbid take would be that I might only have two of these left, and one of them may just be dominated by decay and disease; but on the other hand, I also see how each era built on the last, and I honestly can't wait to see how this one turns out.
10's: the Wandering. California, then Vancouver, then Boston. Catholic classes and boarding school. Living in snow for the first time. Camping. Rugby. Owning a walkman. British music magazines and Canadian poetry. Winning awards for stories.
20's: the Party. Choosing Boston. Raves, goth clubs, college radio, and watching the sunrise on rooftops. Bridget. The Netgoth Shelter, the NonSequitur, the Crackhaus. Bad decisions. Scars. Cigarettes. Ecstasy. Livejournal.
30's: the Adventure. Nicole. Japan, Paris-Brest, Kilimanjaro, Patagonia, Australia, China, Turkey. Randonneuring. Rock climbing. D&D. Watching the sunrise on a mountaintop. Club DJing. Wedding officiant. Disaster relief. Facebook
40's: the Nesting. H. Marriage. Home ownership. Citizenship. Doing something, giving back. COVID. Running. Cats. Realizing how 20 year old friendships are roots of a different and rarer kind. The Moth and Stories from the Stage.
I'd gotten back into watching The Crown last night, and caught up to the episode where Princess Margaret dies at 71. A morbid take would be that I might only have two of these left, and one of them may just be dominated by decay and disease; but on the other hand, I also see how each era built on the last, and I honestly can't wait to see how this one turns out.
