parties
I've gone to a rash of parties lately that all get lumped into the same mental space in my head. That thing is "we think it's funny to pretend like we're adults, but oops, we actually are." They've been great parties, for sure, but I feel like everyone's a little "oh my god, wouldn't it be cuh-RAZY to have a fancy dress-up cocktail party, just like adults do?" Maybe I'm projecting and everyone is totally comfortable with the fact that having potlucks, white elephant parties, and cocktail parties where more formal attire is requested is a grown-up thing to do and it's just me that is feeling the dissonance. Regardless of all that, it's nice. I like to go to parties where it's not inconceivable that the hosts have bought alcohol for the guests and where it's not weird if I'm wearing high heels. If I ever stumble into a party where a fresh-faced art student holds out a red plastic cup and says, "uh, it's $5 for all the keg beer you can drink" again, I might die.
Ah, growing up. It's been a few years now that I've been grappling with that idea. 30 is the new 20!!! I guess. I talk to some friends and they act like it's stupid when others are considering getting married to the people they've been dating for years, or that it's weird when people our age have babies. Think what you want about the institution of marriage or the idea of reproducing, but you can't really deny that it's not exactly abnormal to be doing these things when you're coming up on 30.
Then again, most people I actually hang out with are un- or underemployed, not homeowners, not married, not having babies, and eating out of dumpsters, so maybe it's not normal to be doing anything else?
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I'm going to try to write in this thing more often. It's been really hard for me to use it like a journal like I used to. I guess I'm a lot more private than I used to be. Maybe people don't use lj as much anymore because the culture of it does seem to lead users to want to use it a little more like a diary, whereas other blog sites tend towards public personas and almost citizen journalism-type entries, if not just re-blogged photos, stories, and tweets (ugh).
Ah, growing up. It's been a few years now that I've been grappling with that idea. 30 is the new 20!!! I guess. I talk to some friends and they act like it's stupid when others are considering getting married to the people they've been dating for years, or that it's weird when people our age have babies. Think what you want about the institution of marriage or the idea of reproducing, but you can't really deny that it's not exactly abnormal to be doing these things when you're coming up on 30.
Then again, most people I actually hang out with are un- or underemployed, not homeowners, not married, not having babies, and eating out of dumpsters, so maybe it's not normal to be doing anything else?
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I'm going to try to write in this thing more often. It's been really hard for me to use it like a journal like I used to. I guess I'm a lot more private than I used to be. Maybe people don't use lj as much anymore because the culture of it does seem to lead users to want to use it a little more like a diary, whereas other blog sites tend towards public personas and almost citizen journalism-type entries, if not just re-blogged photos, stories, and tweets (ugh).