For MC Gallagher, it was discovering that the teenage sister of his friend and fellow blogger, Anna MD, had never even heard of a band named Oasis. For Mike-Michael, it was the curious mixture of annoyance and rejection he experienced "late" Sunday night when canvassers for the University of Iowa Student Government (UISG) Go Party ticket (a) woke him up at 10:30pm on
a "work night" by knocking on his college-aged neighbors' door, but (b) did not knock on his (27-year-old alumni) door several minutes thereafter.For me, though, it was a recent realization that the US Mint's "50 State Quarters" program has officially run its course. The 10-year program started with the release of the Delaware coin on 4 Jan 1999—back when I had about as much need for a Roth IRA as I did for a razor—and I remember thinking that it was gonna take somewhere between a "wicked long time" and "forever" for the 50th coin to finally enter circulation. But now, a quick decade later, the Hawaii coin (pictured) is already here. Oh...time [single tear].
Has anything made you feel older lately?
Posts
7 comments:
I remember when Phil didn't know who George Michael was. I think living in a college town ,as we do, you are constantly reminded of it. Students you see or talk to were born in the '90s for frickin sake.
I might need a refresher on who George Michael is... That shouldn't make either of you feel old though. I just don't know anything about pop-culture in general.
I'm trying to think of something that makes me feel old, but all I can come up with is that I made a Kriss Kross reference recently and then had to explain it. That doesn't mean much though because I probably would have had to explain the same reference back in the early 90s.
On my 29th birthday, one of my students asked me how old I was. Stupidly, I told her to guess. She looked me up and down and said, "I bet you're 38." Hmph. Later the same day a different student asked me if I was still a teenager. !!!
So, I'm not sure if I'm pathetic or not, but everyday I check this blog hoping for something new. I'm not sure how many more times I can handle looking at a post about coinage before I completely give up on this blog. I need a glimpse into the life of those involved in Mic's Tape at least once every couple of weeks!
Well said, Bohle. I think our so-called blogger needs to rename his blog MicTool.doucheblog.ass.
Phil and Axe, your daily allegiance makes my eyes water, but when I think of the daily disappointment this has caused you as of late, the tears begin to fall like chocolate rain. Clearly, we here at MicTool.doucheblog.ass have been experiencing a quarter-life crisis of inactivity. Rest assured, though, that I will blog more about this soon.
Still waiting... and dying a bit inside...
Post a Comment