What a day! There is a snow storm coming, Christmas is six days away, and I already received a phone call this morning from my parents, both of them singing "Happy Birthday", how cute. :)
I am 33 years old today and not ashamed to admit it! I wish I could say I don't feel a day over 23 but I would be lying big time. 10 years ago I was able to hang out at a bar until closing (4 am in NYC) and can sorta kinda tolerate the hangover the next morning. 10 years ago I had more tolerance than I do now. 10 years ago I was VERY immature in many ways although I thought I wasn't. But I was always going to stay cool and hip and continue to go to concerts every week and kick ass!
Today, I only go to shows if I know it will be over by midnight because my back starts to hurt if I'm standing for too long. I prefer to go to concerts with seats. I'm lucky if I go to 3 concerts in a YEAR now. I can't relate to the young folk. I hate the way younger people dress because I say "I remember when people dressed like that 20 years ago!!" I don't think tight jeans on men are hot anymore. I don't know any of the bands the kids listen to. I think newer bands suck and the bands I grew up listening to are now on VH1 Classics. I was at the supermarket the other day and Sweet Child O' Mine was playing over the loudspeaker!!! What??? I don't know of any other social networking sites outside of MySpace and Facebook and I don't wanna know! I became *that* person but thats ok.
This is not a "Oh no I'm old!" freak out post because I'm not old or freaking. It is just something I accept and seriously, the 30s are so much better than the 20s because you're smart enough now to actually enjoy your time and what you do with it. The 20s are just an extention of the teen years and I'm not just saying that to make up for being in my 30s, just look at the behavior of a lot of "young" adults and you'll see I'm right but go ahead, do your thing! No offense to any 20 something readers out there. One day you will see what I mean! *insert evil laugh here*
So let's see what today has in store for me, in the meantime, here's a birthday cupcake for you! Thanks for reading! :)
I am 33 years old today and not ashamed to admit it! I wish I could say I don't feel a day over 23 but I would be lying big time. 10 years ago I was able to hang out at a bar until closing (4 am in NYC) and can sorta kinda tolerate the hangover the next morning. 10 years ago I had more tolerance than I do now. 10 years ago I was VERY immature in many ways although I thought I wasn't. But I was always going to stay cool and hip and continue to go to concerts every week and kick ass!
Today, I only go to shows if I know it will be over by midnight because my back starts to hurt if I'm standing for too long. I prefer to go to concerts with seats. I'm lucky if I go to 3 concerts in a YEAR now. I can't relate to the young folk. I hate the way younger people dress because I say "I remember when people dressed like that 20 years ago!!" I don't think tight jeans on men are hot anymore. I don't know any of the bands the kids listen to. I think newer bands suck and the bands I grew up listening to are now on VH1 Classics. I was at the supermarket the other day and Sweet Child O' Mine was playing over the loudspeaker!!! What??? I don't know of any other social networking sites outside of MySpace and Facebook and I don't wanna know! I became *that* person but thats ok.
This is not a "Oh no I'm old!" freak out post because I'm not old or freaking. It is just something I accept and seriously, the 30s are so much better than the 20s because you're smart enough now to actually enjoy your time and what you do with it. The 20s are just an extention of the teen years and I'm not just saying that to make up for being in my 30s, just look at the behavior of a lot of "young" adults and you'll see I'm right but go ahead, do your thing! No offense to any 20 something readers out there. One day you will see what I mean! *insert evil laugh here*
So let's see what today has in store for me, in the meantime, here's a birthday cupcake for you! Thanks for reading! :)
YAY!!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRFDAY!!!!!!!!!
i totally agree with you about being 30. for my whole life i kinda knew that i would be more "grown up" when i was in my 30's. i'm trying to be more together with bills, cleaning, just life in general.
Posted by: steph | December 26, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Happy Belated Birthday! Funny, 33-year-olds and 43-year-olds do have a lot in common :-)
Posted by: Simone | December 24, 2008 at 07:19 AM
Happy belated birthday!!!!
Thank you! I'm happy that I'm not the only one who thinks this way, lol. BTW, did you top into my brain?;O) We are proud to be thirty something and are in charge of our destiny!! Look out world!
Posted by: Mirela | December 22, 2008 at 06:09 PM
Happy Belated Sweetie! Hope it was wonderful!
Happy Holidays too! xo
Posted by: hobocampcrafts | December 21, 2008 at 05:33 PM
Oh a very happy belated birthday to you! I could relate to everything you said here! Those twenty-somethings really have no idea what cool music is! Most of my co-workers are in their early twenties and half the time I have no idea what or who they are talking about. They all think I'm such a nanna because I'm not on bookface or whatever it's called. I'm so out the loop with youth culture. And I don't care! Coz it all sounds silly. I'm very much enjoying being a crabby old lady ;D
Hope you had an awesome birthday and I just want to wish you a very merry Christmas now just in case I don't catch up with you in blogland before then. xo
Posted by: Tracy | December 21, 2008 at 04:04 AM
Oh a very happy belated birthday to you! I could relate to everything you said here! Those twenty-somethings really have no idea what cool music is! Most of my co-workers are in their early twenties and half the time I have no idea what or who they are talking about. They all think I'm such a nanna because I'm not on bookface or whatever it's called. I'm so out the loop with youth culture. And I don't care! Coz it all sounds silly. I'm very much enjoying being a crabby old lady ;D
Hope you had an awesome birthday and I just want to wish you a very merry Christmas now just in case I don't catch up with you in blogland before then. xo
Posted by: Tracy | December 21, 2008 at 04:03 AM
Happy BDay to you!
30's rule! (so far, so good, so far much better than my 20's, 32 here)
Posted by: ismoyo | December 20, 2008 at 09:00 PM
Happy Birthday! I totally agree with everything you posted here! I have aches and pains I didn't think existed! Well happy birthday from one hip happening 33yr old to another!
Posted by: Vanessa | December 19, 2008 at 08:30 PM
happy birthday december baby!!! (i'm turning 33 this month too!) i know, i totally feel the same way as you do...when did we make this transition from this 23 year old to a 33 year old? ten years has made a big difference. 4 years ago i went europe by myself and backpacked (like i had before) but my the time i came back home i thought - i'm so over staying at hostels, i'm too old!!
anyhow, have a wonderful day!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 19, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Great post :) and happy birthday!!
Posted by: Maartje | December 19, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Happy Birthday! I'm the same with drinking too so it must be an age thing!
Posted by: Lynsey | December 19, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Happy Happy B-Day! I'm in my early twenties and hate the new bands (they really suck), and I've never liked men in tight jeans :) Lol
Posted by: inki | December 19, 2008 at 11:50 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Lovesfool | December 19, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
I agree with so much that you are writing about. There were a lot of things I did 10 years ago that I thought I would always make time for in my life. However, I'm just not interested in it anymore. Just like 22 year olds shouldn't be interested in what 12 year olds consider cool, I feel that same was as an almost 32 year old.
BUT. I still love teenage dramas on TV like Gossip Girl.
Posted by: Ann | December 19, 2008 at 10:41 AM
i'm younger than you, but agree completely. i've felt like an 80-year-old since birth, and i consistently am annoyed by "kids these days" regardless of the generation. anyway, cheers to your bday!
Posted by: tara | December 19, 2008 at 10:37 AM
happy birthday! Sagittarians are the best. :)
Posted by: Ginevra | December 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Happy Birthday! Live it up! :)
Posted by: Tina | December 19, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Happy Birthday! I totally understand the 10 years ago thing with drinking and hangovers. I hardly drink anymore how bad I deal with hangovers now.
Posted by: Andreanna | December 19, 2008 at 10:18 AM