My Default Age

There are many reasons why I try not to write in the night. One of the reasons is that you might get the impression I am drunk. Or just full of crap.

I am always skeptic when it comes to thinking loudly online. But hey - it's my blog! I can write nearly whatever I like. And if it annoys you, it's likely more your problem rather than mine hehe...=>

Well, to cover the headline then. I have lately become concerned with my age.

Sometimes I wonder if I have missed out on lots of fun because of my default age (which seems to be 46). Throughout my life, I have generally behaved like I am older than I actually am.

What do normal 23.5 year olds do then?

I don't know if I am able to go clubbing as I don't like getting my ears trashed in an environment where I can't hear what people are saying. I could add as well that my dancing abilities are unknown since I dominated the P.E. bugg floor as a 15 year old.

One thing that has changed is, when I was little, I was no risk taker at all. I always played things safe. That has changed. Risk is amazing and to me the word equals opportunity.

There you go. Here are my public promises. The most radical ones since I bought a pair of jeans a bit more than a year ago I guess (cheers Geord).

I will:

Get another pair of jeans and another bag for my uni stuff
Give the amazing(?) nightlife of Newcastle a go
Try to move my body in a way which is appropriate to the music played

The first one will be easy. The second point will be scary as I don't know how to do. I blame the fact that I am brought up in the middle of nowhere and in a cultural context where going out was seen as sin.

The third point won't be scary for me. It will probably be very scary and embarassing for people around me though. Unless they are too drunk to remember. Which I this time hope that they will be.

(below is the moral bit which is best read in a Jerry Springer voice)

I recognise that all the changes I will make are extremely superficial and they will probably not make me a happier person. They might though give me at least a good night out in a new environment. For you, that new environment might be in a completly different place.

Anyway, on Tuesday I will go to the theatre. I know, that is so 46 year old, but it is something I usually do not do.

That's me for now. Thank you for reading. Please tell if you have found anything in my behaviour that you believe I could gain from changing.


Today Simon has:

Listened to Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare) by Kent

Read two amazing articles in the latest Fortune about Steve Jobs and Apple

Noticed that he has amazing friends in the Christian Union which do everything they can to change his default age.