The folks at Sunday Stealing rip off a meme from another blogger each Sunday. They give full credit and a link back to that author’s site, of course — and invite everyone to play along. This week, “The Aging Meme” comes from Eva at A Striped Armchair. She was tagged by Emily.
The Aging Meme
At a certain age women should accept that time is marching on and dress in an age-appropriate manner. That means that if you are a woman over the age of 40, you should definitely abandon the spandex pants, tube tops, and micro-mini skirts . . . and never even consider showing your midriff. If you were stupid enough to pierce your tongue at a younger age, take out that ridiculous stud that prevents you from properly enunciating your words. Ditto any adornment of your eyebrows or nose.
At a certain age men should embrace their bald spot or baldness. It’s just a fact of life. The last time my 21-year-old son had his hair cut, our stylist broke the news that his hair is already beginning to thin. And given that she has been cutting his hair his entire life — I have photos of her giving him his first haircut when he was less than a year old — she is familiar with the manner in which his hair grows and, unfortunately, her observation is accurate.
When I was a kid I thought I would marry, move away, and never again live in Lodi.
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From the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) website:
2005: 59,000 participants and 9,769 winners
2006: 79,000 participants and 13,000 winners
2007: 101,510 participants and 15,333 winners
A “winner” is one who actually completes the challenge to write 50,000 words during the month of November.
Not a great success rate.
Last year, I gave serious consideration to participating. But I don’t write fiction and when it came time to think of a plot, premise, characters . . . let’s just say that my mind was the proverbial blank slate. And somebody stole the chalk.
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The folks at Sunday Stealing rip off a meme from another blogger each Sunday. They give full credit and a link back to that author’s site, of course — and invite everyone to play along. This week, the “More About Me Me Me” meme comes from Poppingbubbles’s Weblog. She lifted it from I Read Banned Books, but it was originated by avitable
More About Me Me Me
My favorite age: Current.
My best friend(s): Rob, Lynette, Barb, Jackie, Joyce, Chingle.
My celebrity crush: Current: Jon Hamm. Former: Gandolfini.
My defining characteristic: Drive.
My most evil moment: I argued Conservatorship of Wendland before the California Supreme Court on May 30, 2001. Immediately after the oral argument, media representatives descended upon us. In particular, Good Morning, America interviewed all counsel — separately. The next morning, I turned on the broadcast and saw that my arrogant, obnoxious, overly-self-confident opposing counsel, James Braden, got the opening closeup shot and accompanying soundbite: “We lost this case today.” The best revenge is victory.
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