Solid Block of Ise

Yep, the topic pretty much sums it all up. Not only is it my birthday, today is the day that I leave the 20’s behind and take my first steps into the 30’s. In short, I turn 30 today. 30 years ago I got pushed out into the world.

I’ve come to the conclusion that perspective as to age is a pretty interesting thing. Ten years ago, being thirty was essentially being dead. Ask any 20-yearold and they’ll almost always say that 30 years is essentially the same as a thousand years. When you’re 30, you’re old.

Ask any 30-yearold if he/she feels old and they’ll say that they don’t feel any older than when they were 20. The only thing we usually feel is wiser. When I look back over the last ten years I realize that I’ve become quite a lot wiser and more mature. I won’t say that I’ve completely lost my inner child, but I feel a lot wiser than ten years ago.

In fact, this age-perspective thing works the other way as well; when I see a 20-yearold I see a child inside an adult body. Physically we’re just as mature, but psychologically it’s light-years difference. I doubt that my current me would have gotten along with my ten years younger me if we’d been forced to spend time together. My current me would probably have felt that the younger me was an immature brat, while my younger me would feel that the current me was an old codger trapped inside a younger body.

We had a little celebration yesterday. Due to various unforeseen circumstances my dream of a large party with all my friends was rudely shattered. Instead I invited two of my local friends and we ate scones (with jam and whipped cream!) and drank copious amounts of tea. After that we chatted and had a pretty good time. Even though it wasn’t how I had wished to spend my birthday it turned out pretty nice anyways.

Oh, and again I want to thank my parents. They visited us from Thursday until yesterday, and Friday they treated us to dinner at an Indian restaurant here in town. Expensive, but oh so delicious. My tastebuds still vibrate at the very thought of that dinner. Yum.

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