It is often said that people's attention spans are getting shorter, particularly when reading online. With this in mind - plus the fact that I can't be arsed to string a full sentence together - today's ramblings will comprise single-word descriptors (OK pedants, a few phrases and compound words as well) of each decade of my life; a sort of concise, pocket-sized version of my time on planet earth.
0 – 10 years: hazy, poo, magical, summery, Procol Harum, giddy, peeping, kaleidoscope, chips, ice-cream, Santa, tooth fairy, kiss-chase, Dion, climbing-rope tingles, doctors-&-nurses & tonsils.
11 – 20 years: wanking, rejection, heartbreak, fear, fury, idealism, wanking, Chi-Lites, exploring, experimenting,groping, fingering, wanking, Eagles, dribbling, escaping, wanking, Barley Wine, preening, angst, puking, posing, pissing & wanking.
21 – 30 years: shagging, intoxication, studying, shagging, bingeing, all-night parties, achievement, qualifications, love, commitment, Leonard Cohen, shagging, poverty, worrying & shagging.
21 – 30 years: shagging, intoxication, studying, shagging, bingeing, all-night parties, achievement, qualifications, love, commitment, Leonard Cohen, shagging, poverty, worrying & shagging.
31 – 40 years: weddings, breeding, striving,
promotion, progression, frenetic,
sleepless, fathering, exhaustion, caring, doting,
vasectomy & cask ales.
41 – 50 years: mirror-gazing,
plucking, introspection, Merlot, fillet steak, trimming, blogging, lettuce,
regretting, reflecting & mid-life wobbles..
51 – 60 years: retiring, writing, publication, walking, Viagra, haemorrhoids, greyness,
drooping, sagging, loss, funerals, closeness, intimacy, shrivel, Port, aching, holidaying, cruising, spending kids inheritance & contentment.
What would your life look like in single words or phrases?
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What would your life look like in single words or phrases?
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S U P E R B.
ReplyDeleteMine would look a lot like this, except the wanking & Viagra!!! ( 10 years old? ) really?
------Love how I can continually get my (SMILE) on when clicking into your virtual universe!!
Your support appreciated - as always. Not sure where the 10-years-old came from - are you reading it off a mobile phone?
DeleteMy one would say 'Previously messed up but on the mend'. I wonder what your next years would look like since you seemed to have done it all so far!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the week mate, RPD
Thank you, RPD. I, too, like to believe I'm wiser now, and more content.
DeleteYOU HAD CLIMBING ROPE TINGLES? Mine were monkey bar tingles. I had no earthly clue what was happening, but I stayed in the playground all the time.
ReplyDeleteMonkey bars never did much for me. But the climbing rope - I clung to it like a limpet!
DeleteActually, you've pretty much summed up my life. We don't call it wanking, though. And I still...oh, I've said too much already.
ReplyDeleteLOL - so what is the American word for it, Al?
DeleteSpanking, whacking, beating the bishop, tugging, polishing the missile, beating off, shaking hands with your buddy, jacking off, tossing off, choking the chicken...I could go on.
DeleteNo, I think that's enough. I'm losing my sight by just reading your list!
DeleteI have to give this some thought. It's an interesting challenge.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the CC version. Take care.
DeleteHmm, I could probably say it this way: 0-16 Moving every 2-3 years (dad in Army). 16-18 - huh? (high school years). 18-40 What a mess. 41-Now I met Alpha Hubby and wow (plus lots of s*x which I noted on your end lessened and lessened?) - plus LOVE "spending kids inheritance & contentment." Yeah. What you said!
ReplyDeleteYes, LBD, the sex reduced in frequency, but improved in quality (at least I like to think so - Mrs Jones might give a different version!)
DeleteClimbing rope tingles? Cool! I had monkey bar tingles. I had no idea what was happening, but I never left the playground.
ReplyDeleteI got my usual laugh! and now I'm thinking. Doing this exercise can be better than an hour on the psychiatrist's couch. :) I'll try it if I ever feel the need for therapy and save the $ that the shrink would get.
ReplyDeleteThere you go - Bryan Jones' Diary can save you money! Thanks for dropping by.
DeleteThis was strangely beautiful. Reading. Understanding. Reacting. Thinking. Commenting. End.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Daniel, for your concise response. I think I'll try going a whole day using only one-word utterances.
Delete0-10 playing (6 brothers & sisters); 10-20 learning (not much); 20-30 boys (until I met The One); 30-40 working (too hard); 40-50 consolidating (built our own house etc); 60+ (not at 70 for quite a few more years) playing (again).
ReplyDeleteYour segments seem healthy and normal. And great to hear that you're now in a 'playing' phase (I can identify with that). Thanks for reading and commenting.
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