Non Sequiturs

A couple of years ago a friend of mine turned 40 and said that on many online dating/chat sites he was all but invisible once he switched his age from 39 to 40. At the time I thought that there must be something about his profiles that turned people off: either some bad pictures, or perhaps some comments that were not appealing. I really didn't think much of it until this year when I had to make the fateful change from 39 to 40. Before turning 40, I didn't have much trouble chatting with people online and I wondered if I would have the same issues once I hit 40. Strangely enough, I have noticed that the number of times I am contacted has significantly decreased. As an experiment, I changed my age back to 39 to see if there was any difference. I was a little shocked to see that the traffic increased pretty substantially. I'm not the type who is age conscious and freaked out about turning older. I am certainly not going to keep my age as Internet 39 just to have a few more people contact me. It just made me curious why I was more desirable with a 3 before my age than a 4.

Been thinking a lot about aging these past few weeks. Not in a bad way though. I have been listening to a lot of new music inspired by some of my favorite bands growing up in the 80s. Funny thing is I doubt many of these new bands' members were even alive or even coherent during that period. But it is certaintly interesting seeing how they interpret those sounds in a modern context.

Lyrics Rattling Around My Brain

"If you fall asleep down by the water
baby I'll carry you, all the way home

If you fall asleep down by the water
baby I'll carry you, all the way home

everybody's gotta love some one
but I just wanna love you dear
everybody's gotta feel something
but I just want to be with you, my dear

I know it's hard
I know it's hard
I know it's hard to be in this forever
if they stop loving you
I won't stop loving you
if they stop needing you
I'll still need you, my dear"

The Drums
"Down By The Water"

"One of a kind
I need to keep you here
I need to picture you still
I need to clear the fog

We're not happy 'til we're running away
Clouds in your eyes"

Wild Nothing
"Chinatown"

"Now the waves they drag you down
Carry you to broken ground
Though I find you in the sand
Wipe you clean with dirty hands
So god damn this boiling space
The Spanish Sahara
The place that you'd wanna
Leave the horror here"

Foals
"Spanish Sahara"

Appealing Things

Getting a tan
Satie's Socrate
Zappos
80s college guitar band revival
Scoring good seats to see The National
No more medicine induced intestinal issues (for the time being)
Having your property taxes reduced 40%

Annoying Things

A feeling of dread with no cause
Having to make a decision you don't want to make
Getting your eyes dilated
Having your property value reduced by 40%
People who can't control their dogs