top 5 quotes about ageing

Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.  ~Mark Twain


You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.  ~Douglas MacArthur


Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.  ~Chili Davis


In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long.  ~Nikita Ivanovich Panin


In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.  ~E.B. White


Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.  ~Mark Twain,Following the Equator


Youth is a wonderful thing.  What a crime to waste it on children.  ~George Bernard Shaw


Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.  ~Maurice Chevalier, New York Times, 9 October 1960


Do not regret growing older.  It is a privilege denied to many.  ~Author Unknown

Shallow me. Who would I have a pint with?

I am feeling particularly shallow today. Sat watching DVD's last night made me think about actors (stars) and the way we perceive them. A slight star gossip junkie, I form my own ideas about the stars from snippets of interviews, red-carpet answers, acceptance speeches, general trashy gossip stories and so on..
I divide the stars, regardless of sex-appeal, in 2 categories. This is gender neutral. Based on my superficial, judgmental and totally subjective impression of the bold and the beautiful, the question is:
WHO WOULD I LIKE TO GO FOR PINTS WITH?:
YES: Sean Penn ( Seems so interesting..)
NO: Holly Madison ( Uffffffff...)
YES: Dita von Teese ( perhaps she could teach me a trick or two?)
NO: Tom Cruise (unless I am in a foul, want-to-bitch kind of mood..)
YES: Viggo Mortensen (ehrm.. ok then, he's hot..)
NO: Halle Berry (she just seem boring... too sound)
YES: Prince Harry
NO: Kim Kardashian ( I know everything about her anyway.. how many reality shows do these girls have?)
YES: Drew Barrymore
NO: Oprah
YES: Joaquin Phoenix 
NO: James Blunt
YES: Helena Bonham Carter
NO: Hugh Hefner 

YES: Robert D. Junior
NO: Jessica Alba (yawn..)
YES: Johnny Depp
NO: Ben Affleck
YES: Christina Ricci
NO: Madonna
YES: David Bowie
NO: Renée  Zellweger

New Chapters. Those life-changing moments that steers your life in a new direction.

Sometimes something happens to rock your existence and make you "wake up" to realize it is time for a change.
Your life might be just grand. You may be happy enough or unhappy, yet surfing along in the direction and environment "your life" is in at that point in time.
Then something occurs. It can be everything from an actual happening to some sudden "this is my life" ephifamy.
The break-up from a life partner, loss of a job, the moment you become serious with a new boyfriend, a long walk in solitude, waking up in the middle of the night with one clear thought ..the "moments" are all different, but they all have something in common. You just know in the hearts of hearts that this means the beginning of something new in your life. A change. New chapter. You have grown up a little bit more.
Often these moments come to me when I have been moving in one direction, or lived in a pattern that does not fulfill me out of habit and routine, and obliviousness to my surroundings can no longer be ignored.
These "new chapters" funnily enough seem to reach me every 4-5 years. They are scary and often requires a lot of work, which is a challenge for me to wake my initiative and drive from hibernation.

So. After 16 years abroad, I am moving back to my hometown. After years and years of harping about "no way ever in my life back there".. New priorities. The 34 year old wants something different from the 24 year-old. The eternal student is ready to come home.
  

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