{"id":45813,"date":"2018-04-19T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=45813"},"modified":"2020-08-06T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:04:54","slug":"thirty-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=45813","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-six"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doesn\u2019t feel any different than how thirty-five was.\u00a0 I have the same mundane grown-up responsibilities as I did the year prior, I still feel like time is flying faster and faster the older I become, and physically I don\u2019t really feel much different than I did when I was twenty-six.\u00a0 I still feel pretty out-of-touch with the trends of the world, I\u2019m quick to find popular trends obnoxious, and I often feel like nothing today stacks up to how things were in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The only slightly noticeable difference is that I think I\u2019m approaching the age in which unfortunately, death is emerging as a more prevalent presence in the lives of everyone around me, and with the ever-present presence of social media, it\u2019s so quick and easy to spread the bad news of whenever anyone passes.<\/span><\/p>\n

My brog is still down, but if all goes according to plan, maybe by the summer, I\u2019ll have taken the necessary steps and effort in order to get it back up on the internets for the forseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really know why I\u2019m writing all of this; despite the fact that I\u2019m pretty low-key and reluctant to speak about my birthday to my peers and acquaintances, I still feel some sort of necessity to write something on my birthday, as if it\u2019s some sort of slate cleaning and arrival of a fresh canvas to decorate with the happenings of another year of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve long passed the days of when I expected to have big parties or grandiose gatherings in celebration of just me, and frankly I\u2019d rather just not be annoyed, dejected or upset on my birthday and call it a day.\u00a0 A complimentary meal and a slice of not over-sweet cake are nice, and were delivered by mythical girlfriend, which are really just a few of the things that I\u2019d ask for.<\/span><\/p>\n

Admittedly, the thought crossed my mind to have a party since I have a sweet sizeable home in which to host people, but despite the fact that it\u2019s nearly been a year since I moved in and mostly have settled completely in, there were still some little things and accessories that I had in mind that I do not own yet, and by the time I had the idea to maybe host something, it was already at that point where it would be too late to create an event and actually expect anyone to not have already committed the time to something else previously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe next year.\u00a0 Maybe by then, I\u2019ll have lots of string lights, some adequate lawn and patio furniture, and the weather will hopefully not be too bipolar chilly and with a metric ton of pollen in the air, and I\u2019ll be able to have a pleasant mostly-outdoor shindig with barbecue, lots of snacks and refreshments, and a projection screen where everyone can announce their arrivals and goings with entrance music like in professional wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n

But until then, thirty-six is probably going to be more of the same, which isn\u2019t the worst fate in the world.\u00a0 Birthdays aren\u2019t really at all that important to me, but far be it for me to deny those who feel differently.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doesn\u2019t feel any different than how thirty-five was.\u00a0 I have the same mundane grown-up responsibilities as I did the year prior, I still feel like time is flying faster and faster the older I become, and physically I don\u2019t really feel much different than I did when I was twenty-six.\u00a0 I still feel pretty out-of-touch … Continue reading Thirty-six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67,83,133,156],"class_list":["post-45813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-birthday","tag-observations","tag-old-man","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45814,"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45813\/revisions\/45814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}