First off, an apology to those of you that read this blog. I had to take some time away because I have been angry. I was angry for many reasons that I could not disclose on here. And honestly all I wanted to do was write about it. I did however jot it all down in a journal that for now will stay for my eyes only!
I will now continue on...my birthday is quickly approaching, I will be celebrating yet another anniversary of my 21st!! I am by no means old, but I am definitely feeling that way! I was talking baseball to a friend the other day, we were discussing the price of tickets to go watch MLB. It's insane!! And before I could stop myself the words were coming out, "when I was a kid it was so cheap to go to a game." I remember when I was a kid going to see the St. Louis Cardinals play in Busch Stadium. The family loading up our own coolers, yes for you younger readers you use to be able to take your own shit into the ballgame! We would go and wait in line for bleacher seats in the outfield. I didn't make the purchase for these tickets, I was only maybe 9 or 10 at the time, but I know for a fact that it wasn't more than may be $6 or $7 a piece! Don't worry I didn't follow up by saying "and when I went to school I walked up hill both ways in the freezing cold, barefoot blah blah blah...." But, I realized something though, I am getting older and some things, well most things will never be as they were when I was younger. I'm not just talking the price I pay for many things, but how we function as a society as well. For example, I am sitting in Starbucks right now, using their wi-fi to write this blog. Blog...a word only recently introduced to our vocabulary as well. Not only is the wi-fi running on my laptop but also on my i-Phone by my side, I am texting my sister and forwarding my friend Rita a recipe. Again, I'm not that old, and it wasn't that long ago that I remember the first cell phone. That big Zach Morris Saved by the Bell heavy gray monstrosity. The only thing it had going for it was the big orange numbers! And now, there isn't much I can't do on my phone. If this is how technology is now, I can't even imagine what kind of amazing things my niece and nephew will get to be a part of.
Something that makes me giggle, is how with all this ever changing technology and everyone needing the latest and greatest gadgets and phones and computers that somethings have made comebacks. Things that we thought were long gone, and over. For example...fashion. Big fashion designers are taking past fashions and just putting different titles on them. 70's dress is "bo-ho sheek" , 80's dress is "new age hipster". Actually no, style thief, its just the fact that you can't find anything new! Another example, food. All these new restaurants doing Asian-cuban-all american-gastronomy-fusion....but doing this to say, peanut butter and jelly, hamburger and fries. Hey morons, your paying hundreds of dollars for shit that I just made in my kitchen for about a buck! And to top that all off PBR is the cool thing to drink, PBR!! Are you fucking kidding me?! Ladies and gentlemen not just PBR but PBR in a "tall-boy". Sorry, I think I got on a tangent that has more to do with hatred toward hipsters. Anyways, I believe I just made a realization in that it's self. Times may change, prices will go up, technology will continue to become more and more amazing. But I know that even though I may pay hundreds of dollars for a baseball ticket, it's still the same game. I may do a lot of my shopping online now, but I still get the same feeling like when I was a kid and got new clothes, I was so excited that I had to wear them right then!! I still do that. I have embraced the world of downloading books, but still love the smell when I go into a bookstore. I may send birthday wishes via Facebook, but its still a good feeling to know people are thinking of you on your special day. Getting older will bring change, no matter what era, you can't stop it, you can't fight it, you can't hide from it! So...saying that, bring it on 31, what do you have in store for my next year of living? ...at what age can I be considered a cougar??
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