Impending Dotage
Okay, so far my tactic for avoiding depression pending my fortieth birthday has been to sort of spread things out a bit: ie, to celebrate throughout the month rather than on the day itself. For example: my Third Star dvd arrived the other day. Shall I wait until Sunday to actually watch it? I rather think hell no. (Besides, what a monumental downer ( Read more... )
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Third Star made me cry more than End of Time and the series finale of Ashes To Ashes put together, but there's a lot of laughter too. It's a very intimate, very personal film. No spoiler, just a sort of alert--I thought I knew how it ended. I didn't.
Please don't be depressed about turning 40. Celebrate the achievement and do something to make yourself feel brilliant. My favorite quote: You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.
Love and birthday cake!
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It's not so much getting older that's getting me down (that's inevitable), it's more the whole "this really, really isn't where I wanted to be in my life right now" thing. Milestones kind of bring that home a lot more than usual, you know? *concentrates on the Prime Years thingummy*
Good to hear re: Third Star...I've been spoiled by so many clips and gifs and by certain peoples' artwork online that I do feel like I already know how it ends, and would love to be wrong/surprised.
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