28 things (before I'm 29)

30 August 2005

  1. In less than 24 hours I will be 29 years old.
  2. I should actually have been 29 two days ago, but I was born three days late.
  3. I dislike birthdays. I feel like I'm counting down what's left of my life.
  4. Krissa and I share a birthday, with 4 years between us.
  5. I can remember thinking that the year 2000 was a long way away and that 24 was old. Now 2000 seems like a lifetime ago.
  6. I noticed my first grey hair when I was 22. Now I have several, which I use as the excuse for my regular adventures with hair dye.
  7. I'm starting to notice "fine lines" on my face. Sometimes I think I should do something about a skin-care routine but frankly, I can't be bothered. Mother nature will no doubt punish me for this laziness by giving me skin like an old handbag by the time I'm 35.
  8. I don't think I look my age.
  9. There are 21 visible (to me) small moles on my arms. I think they're breeding. I'm sure I didn't have this many before.
  10. My biggest physical scar is from an operation. My weirdest one is barely visible and was as a result of being kicked in the face by a rabbit.
  11. Biological clock? What biological clock? I was in the queue for geek-fu when those were being handed out.
  12. I don't own a car. I don't own property. I'm not married. I'm not worried, my sister has those things covered.
  13. I've never been to Glastonbury or the Reading Festival. This bothers me more than not having a car/house/husband.
  14. I've lived in more places in the last four years than I did in the previous 25.
  15. I've never been outside of Europe, and the only places outside of the British Isles I've been to are the Netherlands and France.
  16. I have one tattoo and six piercings. This doesn't seem like nearly enough.
  17. I own five cameras (2 digital, 3 film). This doesn't seem like nearly enough.
  18. I currently own two computers. I'm about to own three. This is probably more than enough.
  19. I have only one surviving parent. This definitely isn't enough. I miss my dad very much.
  20. Sometimes I think I might be growing up. This typically freaks me out and makes me want to do crazy things.
  21. I think that becoming a "crazy old lady" with lots of cats is an acceptable life goal.
  22. At some point in my life, I want to live on a boat.
  23. At some point in my life, I want to spend at least six months travelling the length and breadth of the US, visiting each and every state and tracking down the various members of my dad's family
  24. At some point in my life, I want to write a book. At this point in time, I have no idea what the subject will be.
  25. I've never wanted to see my name up in lights.
  26. I absolutely have to push the button whenever I use road crossings. Even when it makes no difference. Sometimes I even push the buttons after I've crossed the road.
  27. I hate washing the dishes.
  28. I found an acorn today. I think I might plant it and see what happens.

Left comments

Congrats on your birthday. Hope it's a gem. :-)

TPB, Esq.
31 August 2005

Happy Birthday Pix

Let's hope the last year of your twenties will be absolutely brill :-)

Annie - Tube Blog
31 August 2005

Have a fabuluous birthday. I hope you got my text in the middle of the night. Lots of birthday hugs.

Mum
31 August 2005

re: #13 - I'm glad it's not just me. :)

Have a great birthday, Pix!

Chz
31 August 2005

Happy birthday for tomorrow! Have a good one, and don't do anything we wouldn't.

Lyle
31 August 2005

Happy birthday for today. That's a perfect list - and, at recently turned 34, it's made me feel better about a whole heap of things . . .

Vaughan
31 August 2005

Happy Birthday!
Hoping all your birthday wishes come true.

kane
31 August 2005

All sounds good enough to me - happy birthday, Pix-lady!

Inspector Sands
31 August 2005

Sounds good enough to me. Happy birthday, Miss Pix!

Inspector Sands
31 August 2005

Sounds good enough to me - happy birthday!

Inspector Sands
31 August 2005

Grrr, sorry, my comment wasn't registering and I thought I'd been spam-trapped...

Inspector Sands
31 August 2005

As it is September 1st I will wish you a Happy Un-Birthday in the best spirit of Lewis Carroll (who happens to share my birthday along with Mozart, Mikhail Barashnikov, William Randolph Hurst, Dimitri Mendelev, Mohamed Al Fayed, Jerome Kern, and best of all, Nick Mason)

Hope you enjoy 29, 50 is great

Mike Abbott
1 September 2005

Have a good day - a lot of the things you wrote registered with me too!

Alex
1 September 2005

Happy happy birthday! Hope it was fantastic!

Your Secret Pal
1 September 2005

Happy Birthday Pix.

Only one more year until its time step into the fiery ritual of carousel and be renewed. Or you could run of course.

But that only works if you get the Logan’s run reference.

I turned 32 only two days ago and I have to say it feels pretty darn good :).

Alex
1 September 2005

Happy Birthday.

re: no.20 - I have it on good authority (from father-in-law who is soon to become grandfather) that you never feel grown up. You just go through life wondering/marvelling at how you got away with faking it for so long.

(God, I had forgotten that I'd passed the Logan's Run carousel threshold. Thank you Alex.)

Rafael
2 September 2005

You know, I discovered this list while I was googling the foolish phrase "I'm 32 with grey hair", as I just discovered my first grey hair today.

I realised I'm a wuss. Your list reminded me of the person I used to be, and the person I want to be again.

Hello, my name is Loria. I live in Michigan and I'm pleased to meet you.

loria
20 September 2005

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