BreakingGlass
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Joined: 4/8/2006 From: Spider-Skull Island Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Vendaval and what is this nonsense about having to fight wrinkles and acne at the same time? Oh, thanks, I really needed that today. One of the banes of my existence is the classic oily complexion, the one I was supposed to grow out of oh so many years ago. The plus side of it is there aren't many wrinkles...now if I could just do something about that "tired" look I get around my eyes (usually from lack of sleep). I'm staring down the barrel of 34...33 I could handle just fine, since it's still "early 30s," but 34 is more or less mid-30s. Having never been a beauty I can't say I'm feeling any loss over any diminished looks and my clothes have never fit properly. I'm rarely comfortable during work hours anyway, since I can't go casual and playing Dress Up was never much fun. (At least not in terms of workplace-appropriate clothing. ) But what has been on my mind lately is...the very high likelihood that my life is just about half over. (Most people in my family rarely make it to 70.) Gives me pause for thought, particularly over what I've accomplished by this point in my life, but that's neither here nor there. Am I any happier than I was, say, 15 years ago? I may be closer to a MILF than a nubile now, but I'd say the answer is yes, for the most part. Of course there are the "could've, should've" things that pop up from time to time, but I'm a touch more comfortable with who and what I am now than I was back then. After all, I never really acted young, even when I was. If I could jump in a time machine and go back and visit who I was 15 years ago, what would I tell myself? Basically, things will always be strange, but you'll handle it just fine. Oh, and change your major to get a math or science degree, dammit.
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