I'd tell you that I don't feel a day older than when I turned 20, but everyone says that. I am, however, having more fun and in better shape than I ever have been in the last decade, so that has to count for something. But, I think it's time to make some changes. It's time to realize that I'm too old to do dumb stuff like take a Ford Escort wagon and lower it then put in a stereo so loud it shakes the rearview mirror off. I'm too old to pull all-nighters on some remote beach with my buddies. I'm too old to throw a blanket and a camera in my car and disappear for days, sleeping in the back of my wagon like some sort of 1960s hippie. Time to move onto more grown-up stuff like planning my RRSP and finally watching my fibre intake. You can't underestimate the importance fibre has on your overall health. In case you took any of the above seriously, we need to catch up...you obviously don't know me well enough. ;) How's coffee on Wednesday sound? The only things that'll change about me is the cars will get lower, the stereos louder and the roadtrips more epic. Though I did bring up a good point about fibre...
Anyway, instead of boring you with a bunch of feelings and junk, I'll give you one of my favourite forms of expressing myself...random lists:
Things I thought I'd have/do by the time I turned 30:
- Okay. Moment of truth. I didn't think I'd still be a bachelor at 30 (though a few months ago I started to suspect that that's where things were heading). I thought by 30 I'd at least be married (preferably to a supermodel/theoretical physicist...the kind of woman you see in James Bond movies), and - at times - even kids weren't out of the question.
- I thought by now I would have achieved the Holy Trifecta of awards: The Nobel Prize, the Oscar and the Participant ribbon at the annual Nanaimo Horseradish Eating Contest. But, sadly, my mantle is depressingly devoid of these lofty honours.
- I thought I'd have a car worth more than $500. Not that I don't love my stunning 1993 Ford Escort wagon, but, honestly, I thought by the time I hit 30 I'd have at least a half-decent daily driver (something made in this millennium) and a toy or two.
- I thought I'd be working somewhere where there was a reasonable chance I may last until retirement. Oops.
Stuff I can check off the "Before I Turned 30" list:
- I have lived on three continents. Not just visited, but actually lived on. How cool is that?
- I'm on my second career. Leaving the first one was my choice, and I have enjoyed both careers and like to think I have done pretty dang well in both.
- I have enough stories to tell to entertain my future grandchildren (or current friends with no means of escape) for years.
- I'm still awesome. Seriously. Thirty years of keeping it real. No small feat.
- I'm nearly debt-free with a degree in my pocket and a future as bright as the drug-dealer chrome rims on my old lowrider.
- Despite all the crap that's happened in the past couple of years, I wake up every morning loving life and I go to sleep every night (or morning, in some cases...like this weekend) thinking "damn...life's good".
- I have a perfect relationship with my family and have the world's best group of friends at home and a pretty damn sweet crew in Korea...if success was measured in terms of amount of time spent surrounded by genuinely amazing people, I'd be Bill-flippin'-Gates.
Okay...I think I'll stop there, before it starts looking like I'm trying to brag. Oh yeah...in case you're wondering, the actual birthday was awesome, thanks to my peeps in Korea! On Saturday Dawni took me out for lunch (w00t...pizza!) and we wandered around town then I headed to another one of the Masan reservoir parties...it was epic as always. At midnight I had 20+ people singing happy birthday to me...yay :) And here's where I turned 30:
Okay...that's it...except for some song lyrics...Sweatshop Union (awesome Canadian group)...Cut Back...I always think of my drifter lifestyle when I hear this song...seems especially appropriate on the day I'm turning 30...
Getting older by the minute and I'm like wow
I won't admit it but I'm in it for the lifestyle
It can be wicked but I'm sticking with it right now
...
Each time one more thing, then roll up late
In a Super 8 Motel, know this rate I won't rejuvenate so well
Oh hell, don't tell me to slow down, it won't help
I'm in it too deep to know how
Okay...now I'm done :) Ooooh by the way...few cool things coming up in the next couple of weeks...Jinju lantern festival in 2 weeks followed by the Busan Fireworks Festival....stay tuned!
T
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