* sighs *
It had to happen, I suppose. I mean, there have been signs for some time – starting to listen to Fleetwood Mac, preferring quiet pubs to noisy bars (and what sort of music is that they’re playing in there anyway??), and getting in from gigs and putting the kettle on rather than getting more beers out.

But the thing that really brought it home to me happened over Christmas, when I went over to the Channel Islands to spend a fortnight with my parents, and also see my younger sister who lives over there.

I went to their house to pick my younger sister up and go shopping – her other half is a bit of an SF/fantasy/geek TV fan. Nowt wrong with that, I hear you cry, and I’d agree. I’m not a Buffy or LOTR fan, but with some of the crap I like, I’m not really in a position to question anyone else’s taste, but the other half has a dvd collection that would put the HMV megastore to shame – every series of The Simpsons, Futurama, Buffy, DS9, B5, et al. Shelf after shelf. If there was a version with limited edition packaging, that’s usually there as well and usually still in the shrinkwrap. Now ten years ago, or even five, my response would have been ‘aces!’ and dug out a big pile of stuff I like to borrow.

The thirty five year old me? ‘Bloody hell… when on earth is he going to get time to watch it all? You should stick it on ebay, get some space back in your flat.’ And it wasn’t me talking – it was my mum and dad, in equal measures. I was shocked for about ten seconds, then I realised I did indeed feel like that, and I had turned into my parents. Not that it’s a bad thing, I just never expected it to happen to me… or not just yet, at any rate. I still don’t wear slippers, but I am starting to feel unbearably guilty if I sleep in later than 10am or so – I feel as though as I’m wasting the day, and I *have* to get up and do something marginally more productive. It’s all downhill from here, isn’t it?
(tjn whizzing on the electric fence of life, Fri 1 May 2009, 3:55, 2 replies)

Hey...
What's wrong with listening to The Mac? ;)
(Mr. Cunt put the indy in kindy., Fri 1 May 2009, 7:17, closed)

^^ This.
I'm 18 and I adore Fleetwood Mac.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 1 May 2009, 17:57, closed)