So I remember when I was little you had a perception of older people. That when you reached a certain age you acted a certain way and were responsible for certain things. Like when you were in your early 20’s you were getting out of school and time to find a job. Mid-20’s you got more responsible, had a little nicer car and getting into your groove. Late 20’s you would get married and then at this time to your early 30’s you would have kids. I don’t know why I thought this way. I blame sitcom television and living in a predominately white neighborhood my whole life.
But the older I got I realized life was not this simple and you needed to make your own path. If you followed a path then it’d probably be pretty boring first of all. Another thing is that the world has changed a lot now then it was in the 80’s. Also it seems as though 30 is the new 20, 40 is the new 30 and so on. I think this gives us all a excuse to act like kids still. I also think that it is why we live longer then we did before. I know as I grew up I always tried to act older then I was and act more mature. This was due to thinking that’s how I would grow up faster. But then I realized soon after High School that you have to just be you and let life come to you. Why rush it, it’ll be faster then you expect it to be.
I feel that although I may not be where I envisioned I should be where I would be as a kid, that doesn’t matter to me. No one knows where I should be or could be but myself. And at the end of the day as long as I am good with where I am that is all that matters right?
Posted in: aaron, my life, thoughts.
Tagged: do you feel your age
So I have been really lazy lately and that’s not saying much has changed. But one thing I tend to not do enough although I should is that I don’t take the camera out as much as I should. But for the past few years this site and their year end posting is something that is both inspiring and a great reflection on the world. The culmination of the year is a time of reflection and this is one of the best that I have seen, and its primarily in photo form. Check it out, you won’t be disappointed.
Click below for the link….
Boston.com 2009 in Photos
photo from boston.com
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Tagged: 2009 in photos · boston.com
I had the coolest bedroom spot in the world when I was a kid. Since I was the older sibling I got to chose my bedroom spot. I got the one right above the garage facing the street. What was cool and I am pretty sure the reason I picked that room was that I could open the window and be on the roof. The overhang of the roof was long due to being over the garage so it was pretty cool. My sister’s room also had access as well, but the view sucked and it was a lot shorter on her side of the house. Probably the most annoying thing was that being above the garage though, since I could hear it open and close. You would think that would bother me though, but it really didn’t. Much like to this day, I was a night owl, so when my parents went to work in the mornings I was in deep slumber.
So the the roof spot was money. I mean I had the screen and stuff on there, but I could pop it off or on in literally 3 seconds. This may also be the reason it would sometime blow off during huge storms, but sometimes that’s the price you pay for convenience. I mean having quick access was like having home field advantage. With water balloon fights, or any type of fire fight, having the higher ground is always the advantage, ’nuff said. If I wanted a good view to the fireworks or the block party, go grab a seat on my window perch. If i wanted to spy on who came to the door and listen to what they were saying, my quick roof access was the way to go. I was like a damn ninja, literally, climbing all over the roof. Sometimes my sister and I would just open both our windows and walk from one room to another using the roof as the walkway.
But the best reason that the room was the greatest was the ability to climb out onto the roof with my sleeping bag and just stare out into the horizon to gaze at the stars. If you were one of the lucky people that I chatted on the phone with back then for hours on end, then more then likely I was sitting on my roof. I think that room made me what I am today and the reason I stay up so late at night. My old room is something that you could only have as a kid though. Well without people thinking you were crazy, I mean I would literally live in that room again for the same reasons as before. I think I’m going to drive by my old house and reminisce.
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