Is it old school or just old?
It's hard to admit this but I'm getting old. I know...I know..everyone is but there's a difference between getting older and getting old. And it seems the universe is giving me signs. EVERY. DAY.
I'm a few months from reaching 65. Yep, senior citizenville. Facebook lets me know this by sending me a targeted ad about Medicare..every time I turn on my computer. Getting info about Medicare is a good thing and I'd be fine if it was just that but it's not...and not even close.
A few days ago I saw two people talking about Mah Jong. You know who plays that game? Old people! Well really, it's Jewish women over the age of 55, so phew, I catch a break on that one.
Next there's a new grocery store in my hood. It's an upscale, supersized Whole Foods. One of the perks is they have an arcade with free video games. I like that free part so I can only complain a little that the games are Frogger, Ms. Pacman and Donkey Kong. Old school? Maybe. Old? For sure. I see little kids come into to play, look at the games, then give their parents a WTF look.
You'd think having the high score on Frogger would make me feel good. It just means that I've been playing this game for forty years. FORTY!!
Well at least there's music to keep me young. Sure, there is. Yesterday, someone asked if I wanted to go to a concert on Friday. It's Aretha Franklin. Yanno...'The Queen of Soul'. She's great and I love her music but she got her nickname more than fifty years ago. If that's not bad enough, I went to Vegas last month and who was playing at my hotel? Englebert Humperdinck! Really!! It's like they knew I was going to be there and said who can we have playing here that would make everyone feel like they were 100 years old? ENGLEBERT!! Pfffft. The crowd was excited to hear him sing 'After The Lovin' because it helps them remember the good old days of Englebert and sex.
But as bad as all this stuff is here comes the worst....BINGO!! I've been to three places in the last month where a Bingo game has broken out. REALLY? Is there a game that says old people more than Bingo? You know you're in a vacation spot that caters to seniors when you hear the words "Bingo in the lounge in five minutes". And then they call out the numbers "B8...the first space is B8". Yeah dude, if I'm playing Bingo, I really can use a B8.
I dunno...maybe I should accept all of this instead of fighting it. It's kind of tiring dealing with all this. I'm thinking a nap sounds good about now. See ya in a couple of hours.
Here's the piece I wrote in January about turning sixty-five.
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