Closing down...
The Nasty Sunday Approacheth. As predicted, the week has flown by. I've now just got one day left - tomorrow - in which I'll have to get my books, clothes and work sorted out. Probably have to get some shopping in too, which is never fun.
The past couple of days have been mostly relaxing. I got back in touch with a few friends via the internet, and it was nice to find out how they've been getting on. I've also watched a fair few DVDs, finally getting to see the first episodes of Star Trek Voyager that I'd somehow managed to miss every single time they were repeated on Sky One. That was fun. They really don't look like they were made 10 years ago now.
As usual though, there's always something that ties me down. It's uncanny how I manage to encounter an event that gets me thinking about more depressing stuff. My brother has a football calendar, on which is listed the birthdays and the years that the footballers playing for this team were born.
I flicked through it out of curiosity and noticed that the ages were closing in on mine. Most of them were early 20s. But there was the '84s, '85s' and 86's creeping in. Even a 1987. This is what scares me. Some of these kids are younger than me now. I remember when I'd look up to football stars, and they were all older than me. Now they're all beginning to look like child prodigies.
Makes me wonder. These people have only just started their lives, like me. But they've achieved an awful lot already. And probably making a lot of money too - this is a top football team I'm talking about here.
It's not just football though. There are a lot of musicians now who are ridiculously young. 14 year olds being exploited by the record companies. 16-19 year olds forming bands, like McFly.
Being in a band has always been one of my ambitions. And these people have achieved it all, and younger than me.
It's making me feel old. Damn...
The past couple of days have been mostly relaxing. I got back in touch with a few friends via the internet, and it was nice to find out how they've been getting on. I've also watched a fair few DVDs, finally getting to see the first episodes of Star Trek Voyager that I'd somehow managed to miss every single time they were repeated on Sky One. That was fun. They really don't look like they were made 10 years ago now.
As usual though, there's always something that ties me down. It's uncanny how I manage to encounter an event that gets me thinking about more depressing stuff. My brother has a football calendar, on which is listed the birthdays and the years that the footballers playing for this team were born.
I flicked through it out of curiosity and noticed that the ages were closing in on mine. Most of them were early 20s. But there was the '84s, '85s' and 86's creeping in. Even a 1987. This is what scares me. Some of these kids are younger than me now. I remember when I'd look up to football stars, and they were all older than me. Now they're all beginning to look like child prodigies.
Makes me wonder. These people have only just started their lives, like me. But they've achieved an awful lot already. And probably making a lot of money too - this is a top football team I'm talking about here.
It's not just football though. There are a lot of musicians now who are ridiculously young. 14 year olds being exploited by the record companies. 16-19 year olds forming bands, like McFly.
Being in a band has always been one of my ambitions. And these people have achieved it all, and younger than me.
It's making me feel old. Damn...
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