This week’s post
Well as I say around this time every year (at least for the last 5 or so), I’m getting old. Having just turned 24 (or 24 for Chris Langley) and coming back from a run with my brother in which my knee is totally killing me the previously stated fact is definitely true. Unlike many on the web I’m not here to prove how deep I can be and instead like to be straight to the point.
I had an interesting conversation with a good friend of mine on my birthday and we talked about seizing opportunities and being at an age where you should go out live and have fun with life. This was interesting as my party, which I had planned to be large and more over the top than my usual outings (last year was finding an xbox and copy of rockband and playing it all night), but ended up being hanging out at the bar for a couple of hours.
While I enjoyed the night out and all of the unexpect (and amazing) presents at the end of the night I couldn’t help but feel a little underwelmed by the experience and for that I have no one to blame but myself. I’m making my night sound bad which it definitly wasn’t but maybe this is just a lesson in expectations and how to manage them. I’m sure I could have dragged everyone dancing and will at some point in the future but the night seemed to move at a slow pace and continued that way until the end of the night.
I’m now left to ponder the parallels between that night and my own course on the road of life right now, and whether I should even care. Currently I’ve taken the road that has lead me to finishing my university degree in 4 years and then 2 weeks after that starting my career which will be one year old in a few weeks. While this has left me with in a very stable position in my life it is never the most fun course to take and my friends are great but usually low key (ex. The bachelor party with no strippers).
Maybe I need a little more spice in my life (not the Dune kind) or maybe I’m just a reserved person who doesn’t really go over the top and has settled into his spot in life, the only problem right now is that I can’t really tell where I am. Like Battlestar Galactica (at least until the final episode) I don’t really have the answers just a lot of question, so we’ll see where they lead.
Apparently my next post will have to be comedy related to make my previous statement about not being pretentious on my blog into a reality, onto something with YouTube and hookers!!
Nice post Scotty. Next I’m up in Ottawa we shall have to plunge into a deep life discussion (which, early in your blog you said you weren’t here to prove, but did so anyway
) while shattering all your expectations by getting hammered and doing the most random things. The only objective of the night will be waking up either outdoors or at a stranger’s (dude or chick – WHO KNOWS!?!). Oh, and I’m still laughing at the spice comment.