This is probably what you do when you get old. Bitch about the new generation. I'm finding that I have no time for the blend of ignorance and arrogance that comes from those born in the 1990s. But wait a minute. I was once 21 too. Did previous generations bitch about me? Perhaps I was too arrogant to notice & if I could go back and visit my 21yr old self (boy could I teach him some things) would I want to punch me? In nearly 36 years of life I have seen, experienced and learned a lot. So maybe I feel that when I talk to these people I'm talking to 21 yo me. Does every generation do this? Hell I still don't listen to my Dad & I assume he's resigned to the fact that I can own my own mistakes now & I'll get by.
They say never look back. It's hard not to though when u think that one decision takes you on a path you never thought you'd be on. All in all I am fortunate to be who I am and to have lived long enough to: witness Halleys comet, see the original guns n' roses live, ride my bike on the road before there were helmet laws, see all of Australia get behind Australia II win the Americas Cup, get to go home from school early cos of the first ash Wednesday fires, use a computer with no HDD that used to share a 7 1/4 floppy drive with 8 other computers through a manual switch, know a time where there was no Internet, mobile phones were carried in bags & only bought outright for over $1000. I've seen stars from my childhood like Gary Coleman and Michael Jackson tragically die and each time it happens a small part of me dies with them.
It's time to look to the future. I don't know what that means or what I'm gonna do but I'm not dead yet. I guess that's the beauty of life. You get to write your own story...
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