Film_Fatale Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Thanks, FF. I think I'm going through my third mid-life crisis wherein I'm considering dying my hair scarlet red, painting my nails black, purchasing a Harley, and joining a punk rock band. > > And I'm actually 5,000 years old. (like Frank, only he still looks like a mummy) What makes you think maybe I don't have you beat by a couple of years? As for Frank, I don't care if he looks like a mummy, I still look forward to seeing him in a tuxedo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Trust me, you're not as old as moi. Okay, here's a test: Do you personally remember November 22, 1963? Were you excited when the Beatles came to America? I guarantee you were not even a twinkle in your parents' eyes then, young'un! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Trust me, you're not as old as moi. Okay, here's a test: > > Do you personally remember November 22, 1963? > Were you excited when the Beatles came to America? > > I guarantee you were not even a twinkle in your parents' eyes then, young'un! Does it count if I watched *JFK* and *I Wanna Hold Your Hand* ? OK, I concede! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Frank in a tuxedo? Where is he going? Uh-oh, I must have missed reading some posts here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 LOL No, they don't count, sorry! I told ya!! (now I feel like Methusala) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Frank in a tuxedo? Where is he going? Uh-oh, I must have missed reading some posts here.... That I'd have to see to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 IT HAPPENED TOMORROW and THE GHOST GOES WEST would be a great double bill. I've got to go now and take down all my stuff off the walls and move furniture because the painters are coming tomorrow. I don't know why taking this down is causing me anxiety. I don't like to see my apartment look so empty and bare. I know it sounds crazy. I have to remove my lovely anchor clock and who knows if I'll be able to get it back up again looking like it used to, what if it falls down. Am I neurotic or what? Also I have year-round wreaths and paintings and seashells, they all have to be moved. I don't like things in disarray. It's like I feel everything won't be put back the same way or something. Please be an amateur shrink; why do I feel this way for such a simple decorating procedure that people do all the time? They'll clean and prime and then start putting on the Belgian Waffle, it'll all get done tomorrow and maybe Sunday morning. Then Hurricane Ike will come next week and blow everything away. And nothing will be "O.K." after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 hahahahaha. Poor crablet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 You just have to shift your perspective of the process a bit. Look at it this way: for a little while your apartment will be "bare" but think of the Shinbone-Tom Doniphon's-Room- For-Hallie aura it will take on...Shaker-like simplicity, serenely unpretentious and undecorated, strong and pure like your love for Tom...better now? And then you have the fun of starting everything "new" and your favorites will seem like they did when you first got them. They'll perk up in their nice, clean setting, you'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 You did it for me, Goddess, I'm actually calm now....it was the bareness that represented a kind of "death" for me; my apartment is my home, and my home is being re-arranged, which is a change, and change is always loss, and loss means separation, but, behind the so-called "reality" of nothingness, is actually wholeness, and wholeness is Love, and Love is noble and pure and simple, and is constantly re-generating itself, so I'll be strangely comforted by the "newness" of the old, the cycle of Life itself! Ahh, I feel better. But now I'll bet YOU have a headache. I can see you reading this, LOL, "What the hell is she TALKING about?" Okay, I'm going now. Bye! Thank you kindly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Do you personally remember November 22, 1963? Were you excited when the Beatles came to America? Sorry to interrupt..Don't mean to butt in, but I never would have guessed.....And here I was thinking I was the only oldie. Now I do have to confess I was only about 2 mos old on Nov 22 1963..and if I got excited when the Beatles came to America it was more than likely because I was getting strained pears for lunch and not because of the Fab 4....but I was at least on the planet then.. And remember...we're not getting older....we're just becoming "more established" in our surroundings. And PS--don't worry about tomorrow...just look forward to the beauty of the Waffles!! I think you will be so happy when you get it all together you will have forgotten all about all the stress involved...and maybe things will be ok on the storm front yet...let's hope Ike will just take a Hike. Will pray all goes well and everyone stays safe. :-) Message was edited by: rohanaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Happy Birthday Miss Butterscotch.... I finally got a chance to read back far enough to find out what all is going on....hope your day was terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 "Butt" in any time, Kathy! (I've got my anchor wall clock down now!) Well, another whippersnapper, eh? Let me say that I wasn't exactly an adult when those two events took place, but I can remember the New York Times coverage of the assassination; the articles went on for weeks and weeks and weeks...Yes, I was old enough to read the newspaper, and The Times at that, but not old enough to go out on dates. I'm dreading the day when young grocery clerks call me "young lady"; they only do that if you're 103 years old. (I should live so long, however) And I don't subscribe to that "you're not getting older, you're getting better". ****! I was the best at age 17! Oh, well, I guess I'll take down my wreaths and paintings....I hope the Belgian Waffle won't look too beige, but here I am worrying all over again....thank you for your prayers and sweet thoughts....we are all nervous about that Clanton Ike; it only takes a slight swerve to send it our way and then BAM. So we'll prepare for the worst but hope for the best. Nite-nite, Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 metsie, for Halloween I read how people make all these disgusting things like eyeball blood punch, wormy pasta, cake with vomit-looking frosting. I could never go to a party and actually eat that stuff; I'd probably throw up. For my birthday send me an assortment of Godiva dark chocolate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I was the best at age 17 Not me...I was a rotten spoiled brat. I think I wouldn't mind 30 again....(that's when I got married....and probably one of the last times I felt young.) Oh--that sounds like a slam on my husband.--didn't mean it that way. I've just had a lot of things going on over the last 15 or so years that have sort of brought out the "gray" in me....(no grey guy...I don't mean in my character...I am talking about my hair) I'm dreading the day when young grocery clerks call me "young lady"; I get called Grandma sometimes at the grocery store...a lot of the time people think my daughter is my Grandchild....I DO have two young (step)grandsons...so I guess it is ok. (I actually became a Grandma before I became a mom) But no matter how old I feel....I just keep reminding myself...my husband is 8 years older...that always makes me smile! (and yes...that WAS a slam on him this time...but he's heard it all before!) :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'll bet your husband looks like Ronald Colman, and you're Greer. When I was 17, I was in love with Bela Lugosi, Moe Howard (of the 3 Stooges) and Paul Muni. I had a lot of problems, lol. I remember when I saw my first gray hair; this was about 15 years ago. My mother kept telling me we go gray "early" and that troubled me no end. I marvel at women who don't feel the need to use hair color; they must have tremendous self-confidence. Although I laugh at Jamie Lee Curtis; she's so pretentious even in her un-pretentiousness, if you know what I mean -- now she's telling everybody how freeing it is to "embrace" her age and let it all hang out. Frankly I think she looks lousy now. I wouldn't be without my L'Oreal Dark Ash Brown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I'll bet your husband looks like Ronald Colman, and you're Greer. You are a bit closer in your description of him than you are of me!! I don't think even a blind person would be able to compare me to Greer the actress.(though they might think I was close to the same size as Greer the football player/actor) :-) And I don't know if you'd call me confident in wearing my gray hair--I just figure I've earned every one of them so why not brag a little. :-) And my husband is WAY grayer than I am--every year on our anniversary we get together and count the new gray hairs to see who is doing a better job of tormenting the other....and so far I always win....but he is starting to catch up--as my gray-ness is starting to become more apparent...I can't seem to hide the individual strands by creative combing anymore...they are starting to band together now. I'm just hoping for that whole "wisdom comes with age" thing to kick in. (So far I'm still waiting.) And on that note...I think it is time to hit the hay...I've been up since about 5:30 AM and this is one old folk who needs her rest. Pleasant dreams...and let me know if there is any bacon in the waffles tomorrow--or I guess by now it is "today" :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > LOL > > No, they don't count, sorry! > > I told ya!! > > (now I feel like Methusala) Well you shouldn't feel like that, you're genuinely young at heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 >And here I was thinking I was the only oldie. Where? Look at my name. If I'm not the oldest I'm sure I feel it. My wife always reminds me I was born old. Someone mentioned 17. Hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Hi Miss Dark Ash Brown! Miss Light Golden/Light Ash/Medium Warm/Irridenscent Platinum/ Natural Beige/Light Reddish Blonde, here. How did the "stripping" go? Did you have a glass of champoo on hand? I should have mentioned that makes stripping much easier. I mean walls, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Look at my name. HA!! I should have thought of that...it would have made feel at least a little younger...and as far as "old" goes....my husband still has you beat by 2 years. But for me the age is not as bad as the "worn out" status. To borrow from Indiana Jones...it's not the years, its the mileage. And I think I have definitely surpassed the factory warranty limit on my odometer. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Thankfully I can say I am in great health. I come from good stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minya Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 *I come from good stock.* This made me grin. My roots are Yugoslav, Irish and Scots on my mothers side and French and Irish on my Dad's side and I always tell people that I've got hearty peasant blood flowing through my veins and that's why I don't get sick a lot. I also wouldn't want to go back to 17-I miss the bounce back factor I had when I was a teenager, but I know myself better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I think for me it was a case of hitting 40..and then 40 hit me back. I'm not feeble (except maybe "minded") --but the spring in my step seems to have sprung lately. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I remain firmly convinced that life does indeed begin at 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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