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I walked in on my dad looking at himself in the mirror
naked
He did not know I was watching him
He looked analytical, somber, reflective, and sad
Lately, my father has been losing hair
gaining weight
getting older
Making more choices to make himself seem ‘more youthful’
but ultimately acting ‘dumb’ and ’self-destructive’
He cheated on my mom
It makes her sad
but I think he is insecure
Overheard him yell, “SHE MAKES ME FEEL YOUNG AGAIN.”
He also keeps asking me ‘what bands do u listen to?’
and bought tickets to a Kings of Leon concert
I think they just need 2 talk about getting older
and embrace that life ends
and that u need 2 surround urself with ‘people u authentically <3′
Not sure if it healthy to ‘feel sad’ about getting older
Maybe there is just a time in ur life
where u need to ’sit on the couch, turn on the TV, and stop sulking’
realizing that the ‘best’ days of ur life r behind u
and in the future u will only become more physically incompetent
and unable to keep up with the pace at which society/technology changes
It makes me sad that we’re all getting older
I just want to feel and look the same
as I did during ‘my prime’
Worried that my ‘prime’ has passed
or maybe I am not ‘happy’ during ‘my prime’
Want 2 be a tween again
‘but wouldn’t give up the knowledge I have now’
If only our parents knew
how easy their lives’ were
since they didn’t have to deal with stressful modern issues
like ’sexting’ and ’sexually transmitted diseases’ and ‘information overload’ and ‘memes’
Just want 2 b happie?
They only want u when ur seventween
when ur 21
ur all old and ur sexual organs are probs contaminated
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do u feel urself ‘getting older’?
R ur parents going through ‘a mid life crisis’?
R u afraid 2 get old cuz it means ur closer 2 dying?
Do u want to die of ‘old age’, ‘a disease’ or ‘a tragic accident that is a bloggable meme.’
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kind of sad that at 24 i dress the same way as my 18 year old NYU freshmen students. just want to be a sk8r forever but not sure if society will ‘accept me’ as a serious academic. having a quarter lyfe crisis yall.
my dad is going thru a midlife crisis and copies me via watered-down versions of things like instead of a ‘weeklong bender in brazil’ he will do a ‘wine tour in northern italy’ and instead of acid wash skinny jeans he will buy thick rim glasses. kinda sad 4 him.
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//////////Reply by hey anony anony
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
@tragedy in toyland, take back nyu, yall [via reliving the memes of ur parents' youth]
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//////////Reply by littlesparrow
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
@tragedy in toyland, id prolly do u and ur dad.
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//////////Reply by tragedy in toyland
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
@littlesparrow, we would prob both do you
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//////////Reply by daffy
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
@littlesparrow, i like yr blog bitch
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//////////Reply by littlesparrow
//////////Posted April 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
@daffy, thanx, u would
old balls r the worst
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//////////Reply by yellowPaiges
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
@ballskin, there is no descrimination with testicles, all balls look the same old or new …both wrinkle.
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Lol my mum is going thru a mid life Cri$is and my dad is bed ridden. So my mom goes out about every night and cheats oon my dad. But she feels bad about it and gives me money not to say anything.
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//////////Reply by yellowPaiges
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
@Christer Blipster, Save up for an a Mac Lappy and some new AM APPY.
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
@Christer Blipster, are you antoine doinel or something
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//////////Reply by anony
//////////Posted April 17th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
@Christer Blipster, That’s completely fucked up. But I mean… what are you going to do? not take the money?
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//////////Reply by Christer Blipster
//////////Posted April 18th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
@anony,
Naw he kinda deserves all da shit that is hapenin 2 him. He was hella abusive 2 me and my othr bros, “wen i was, a yong boi”
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OH CARLES!
Ur such a “poet”.
U r lyke our generation’s “philosopher”
SRZLY THO
i <3 u
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This post gets at the melancholy sadness that lies at the heart of alt’s youth-worship (via tweens).
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//////////Reply by kd
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
@dax jax, yeah.
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Just stocked up on expensive anti-wrinkle creams yall, just want to look like a young innocent pre-pubescent, entry level alt. tease again. Want to grow up into a zany alt. M.I.L.F. like Halle Berries.
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//////////Reply by yellowPaiges
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
@yellowPaiges, oh wait I meant Kate Moss
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Its not time to make a change, Just relax, take it easy. Youre still young, thats your fault, Theres so much you have to know. Find a girl, settle down, If you want you can marry. Look at me, I am old, but Im happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy, To be calm when youve found something going on. But take your time, think a lot, Why, think of everything youve got. For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
-cat stevens
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//////////Reply by yellowPaiges
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
@littlesparrow, are you for realz?
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//////////Reply by littlesparrow
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
@yellowPaiges, that’s what she said.
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//////////Reply by kd
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
@littlesparrow, I love that. makes me feel better about life, but the end adds some tension because i know i could lose my dreams if i don’t think a lot. i’m tired of thinking
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//////////Reply by Innocente
//////////Posted April 17th, 2009 at 12:08 am
@kd, thinking hurts sometimes
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“when ur 21
ur all old and ur sexual organs are probs contaminated”
big huge lolz!
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i’m “seventween”,
it’s not that great.
honestly… :)
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//////////Reply by louis
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
@ermma, especially in suburbia
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//////////Reply by ermma
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
@louis, i hate how right you are.
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//////////Reply by cold legs
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@ermma, i thought i was the only seventeen year old that read this.
feel less “relevant”.
When I was seventeen it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights
We’d hide from the lights on the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one it was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair and it came undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five it was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls of independent means
We’d ride in limousines their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
But now the days are short, I’m in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
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//////////Reply by poutineybopper69
//////////Posted April 18th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
@Old Blue Eyes, sad bear!
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my dad keeps getting ‘older’ like captain benjamin ’scissorhands’ durden. makes me kinda jealz. when will they invent a stemcell-based genetic supplement to keep us young 4evr y’all? hope it’s b4 i turn 35 and my metabolizm goes down the diabetic shitter.
miss u shortsighted decision ‘2 live fast & die yung’ [via the managements] and h8 u unalt decision to reference a band that ‘hit their prime’ 2 years ago. feeling rly olde y’all. think i need some cialis/viagra/whatever heffbro’s on. anxious for my ’second wind’ [via 2k29] followed by ‘accidental’ heroin OD while in amsterdam, burying a prostitute, & chilling with my best bro ‘1 more time’. damn. did it again.
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//////////Reply by blipOFFurRADAR
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
@blipOFFurRADAR, feel s000 d8d [via this comment]
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he looks super sad cause his pants are purple
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CARLES
POST ABOUT THE CHRISTI CASTLES DRAMAZ WHILE IT’S STILL MODERATELY RELEVANT
GO GO GO
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//////////Reply by ratt~
//////////Posted April 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
@el fggt, wtf was up with allllllll that dramazzz??? SO DUMB! gah.
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carles, your dad is calling out to you for help via recognizing your altness. he’ll listen to you when you tell him to stop dressing like that guy from the coldplays. help him sell his kings of leon tix on “craig’s list” and help him buy some grizzly bear tix instead so you can both go to the show together. it’ll be a total bro-fest for u both.
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Don’t be sad
at one point, Hitler was sad
you don’t want to be like Hitler
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//////////Reply by blipOFFurRADAR
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
@Tyler Durden, shit. so fxxxing profound.
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Kinda like getting older. Really hated being a kid via lack of respect. Really love my job. Writers don’t get good t’ill they’re in their 40s. Can’t wait to be 40. Fucked up all my relationships cuz I was too “emotionally immature.” Can’t wait to be “emotionally mature”/ be detched enough to be able to keep that hot dude. Figure this is a better way to be. Hate being sad.
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my dad still listens 2 nothing but xtian rock and contemp. country, but he started playing bass for his church band, maybe i can get him into anco??
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that is why we all need to get twitterz so tht way we can reflect on yrs past yall.
wish i was a keut azn girl so i could take over your blog someday
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youre lying.
i know it.
this was obviously made up for blog content.
no one really says
“she makes me feel young”
besides tony danza.
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Carles, WHAT THE FUCK. Why don’t I see any blogs about the “Hipster Grifter” yet?
http://gawker.com/5215262/kari-ferrell-celebulies-and-craiglist-hookups
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//////////Reply by t.y?
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
@grandma death, <3 the hipster grifter
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//////////Reply by grandma death
//////////Posted April 16th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
@t.y?,
hellz yeah. korean abdul-jabbar is totes funnier than carles.
kinda wish carles and the hipster grifter were the same person.
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this is relevant to my birthday today. feeling a meaningful connection [via getting older]
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i don’t think people should sit and worry about getting older, and looking older, and creeping closer to death each day. just live your life.
and enjoy it. do what makes you happy, instead of living your life trying to make your future beter, because sometimes that doesn’t always work. just freakinn LIVE!
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This used to bother me until I realized that I’m the only one that cares what my age is. How you act is a better reflection on your age than your actual age.
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//////////Reply by natalee hologram
//////////Posted April 17th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
@anony, MOUTHFART
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kwl reference 2 the ladytrons bro
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