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Esquire. What a stupid magazine. I spit on them and their ridiculous taboos. All of my men must be ready to rock, as well as saying "2 points" when they throw something in the trash - no matter what their age.
On the other hand, they must be able to distinguish between its and it's correctly.
No, that's what I meant: That's what it is, passport says. "passport" is my name for another part of my anatomy. I'm sorry, I should have explained that.
4. Hacky sack. (Once.) 10. Skip. 12. Let his father do his taxes. 13. Tap on the glass. 26. Air drum. 28. Eat Oreo cookies in stages. 30. Sleep on a bare mattress. 37. Call "shotgun" before getting in a car. 38. Dispute someone else's call of "shotgun." 39. Whine. 41. Purchase fireworks. (What the fuck? Why shouldn't I?) 44. Sport an ironic mustache. (For about fifteen minutes, after weeks of not shaving due to laziness. Actually, I may do this tonight, to surprise my girlfriend when she gets home.) 50. Purchase home-brewing paraphernalia. (What the fuck is wrong with this?) 58. Whippits. (Sure, it's dumb, but why should a man never do it?)
Gah. I hate the content MSN puts up regarding men and women (and their relations, that is. I suppose most of their content is about men and women, in a larger sense).
I recall a very heated exchange between myself and a young woman—still a teenager, I believe—on mofi on the topic of what is appropriate behavior for adults. It came as no suprise that a teen would be very judgmental and narrow-minded on this matter; but, even so, I found that it pissed me-off much more than I expected. Clearly, there's some defensiveness on my part. But that's a bit of a surprise to me because for the most part I feel entirely impervious to the social pressure of assigned roles like these. I suppose I was mostly responding to what I retrospctively recognize as "ageism", and in this retrospection I think I understand what ageism is more than I have before. It's offensive and oppressive like other bigotries because it sees a class or classes of people as "other" and doesn't allow them the full range of human experience the bigot assumes is essential for himself.
People don't get boring becaue they get old - they get old because they get boring.
I have done all of the following not only after 30, but after 40 also: 6, 10 (just the other day, in fact), 13, 22, 26, 37, 38, 39, 47 (not every time, though), 51, 54, 55 (not at a panetarium, though), 56, 57 (not yet, but I will soon).
On preview: matildaben, I have both mortgages and babies and can assure you that you do not need to be boring to get either. Also: Yes! *holds up lighter*.
Yeah, that list is extremely lame. 30: Where fun goes to die, eh?
Maybe the editors just don't realize the difference between "being a poser" and "genuinely enjoying an activity, such as going crazy at concerts, home brewing, and flaunting the law".
Aww, fuck, I didn't get the end last time. They want my whippets too!?
Uh no, whippets forever man. Ever touch your live dead fingers to the cold just-popped canister? Sweet like sex on LSD but short Mary Lou Retton on the side horse.
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