It's really not fair is it? My teenage son goes out, drinks 10 pints of lager, comes home at 5 in the morning and then spends the most part of the day in bed sleeping it off. And he's only 13 (joke). I spend a long afternoon and evening with my friends having a few drinks, quite a bit but nowhere near 10 pints and I can't sleep it off because either a) I have to get up to do something the next day or b) I have to get in 3 times in the night to relieve my ageing 50 year old bladder. Life's not fair, youth is wasted on the young! Although, it seems to be much more difficult for youngsters to get drunk in pubs these days. When I was a 15 year old all you had to do to get served in a pub was grow a beard (obviously this was quite difficult for the girls). nowadays you can be a David Bellamy lookalike (compost corner!) but if they suspect you are not 18 then you are not getting a drink.
This afternoon myself and DC (one of my ever growing band of posters) are off to Teddington to watch a live tv show called 'Not Going Out' being recorded. I've never been to one of these so I'm looking forward to it, and it's another thing to tick off the list of 'things to do before I die' list. I guess it might be time to revise the list as it seems England have solved their left-sided midfield problem.
Anyway, just to stir up a bit of controversy as people will have their own choices, and just to show that all of my cultural references don't end in 1979, heres a short list of some of my favourite films since 2000.
1) Bubba Ho-Tep - Elvis and JFK battle the mummy. No really, check it out it's great.
2) King Kong - Big monkey climbs Empire State Building, fantastic.
3)Hi-Fidelity - for music lovers everywhere.
4) Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - Homer's Odyssey set in the Deep South in the 1930's
5) Downfall - Adolf gets his comeuppance.
6) Kill Bill vols 1 and 2 - live and manga action.
7) Vera Drake - great recreation of the 1950s.
8) United 93 - but you know the ending.
9) Lord Of The Rings trilogy - I love hobbits
10) Little Miss Sunshine - a road movie with a difference
2 comments:
Hi Huhesy, Finally got here again!
Anyway, I'll leave the "Perks of Being 50" post to you now I sent it through!
Not sure what you think, but I'm also somehow drawn to lots of different knowledge as I approach middle age (!) Such as.. I'm thinking of doing an A level in psychology for no other reason than I'm intrigued by the subject.
If I've won the lottery this week (I'll check the numbers in a moment), I think I'll take up saxophone lessons; surely THE most FUNKY instrument in the world.
Is it me or is there just so much darn interesting stuff to do out there that we never considered when we were young? Something to do with the beer, I'm sure - talking of which, I'm also sure I once said that when it reaches a pound a pint I'm packing it in......
Hi Frank,
thanks fior being a regular contributor! I''m not sure anyone reads it unless I email them which kind of defeats the object so please advertise as it makes for more meaningful discussion!
I'm not sure about different knowledge, but certainly in the last few years I've been trying other stuff (like writing a blog). I had a stab at teaching myself the keyboard which was good fun although I'll never be Elton John (I'm just too damn straight). I keep prmising to get myself a full size piano and have proper lessons - one day.
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