girl nutkin in the BA: October 2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013

when #AARP meets #birthday #dating

do the math ... last year when my friend pho queen was giving me dating advice, i declared in august 2012 that I would be 49 years old.

(SQUEE)

yes, it's an

appropriate response.

fifty ... yes, this year (and in fact, this month) i am turning 50 years old.

i have been to my 30th high school reunion.
i am at the AARP target market age.
i am generally good-to-go with 80s trivia (and maybe even some 70s trivia given the 13" television set my brother and i adored and the teenage magazines i LOVED!).
i saw madonna's the virgin tour when i was in college, for which i also experienced the beastie boys for the first time.

and while i am at it, i stared up at andy bell's (of erasure) red-costumey-leather-jockstrap-thing from the floor of san francisco's I-Beam when concerts were under $15. (fun time during them I-Beam nights!)

my genes (and moisturizer) keep me looking youthful.
i definitely have to stretch more than before, and whether it really helps, i take a multivitamin religiously.
i had to REALLY think about whether it was a good idea to hook-up for a two-night stand with a younger guy - because making bad dating decisions is a timeless, ageless thing - aka 1503 ... remember this, piragua?

july 8, 2010
1503.

i read (and have read) dr. christiane northup's women health writings since i was told my eggs would start "rotting" (aka being less viable).
i appreciate (for the most part) when other people SQUEE when they learn i'm turning 50.
i thank bouncers and age-checkers for not carding me.
and finally, i know how to spell ~~perimenapaws~~ ~~perimenapause~~ perimenopause.

back to the dating thing ... last year pho queen (who is approaching mid-30s in a few years) had silver-lining advice for dating older and dating younger men.

this year, pho queen and i still talk about dating, sex and the city episodes, old school ways of meeting guys, and scary-shitty on-line dating. (yes, this means she and i are single.) now piragua (a mutual friend, also single, also in her 30s) has posed the question -

"have you signed up for our time?"
~ piragua

~~fuck.~~ shit.

i'm turning 50.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

in process for 2014 reboot

regroup + reboot ... it is THAT time of year again. 2014 is around the corner. 4th quarter of every year, i get into yhd* mode (albeit i am always in a kind of yhd mode), which has evolved into a mash-up of vision + goals - a form of my keep-on-keeping-on!

inspirational posters wanted ... as i am writing this, i am VERY AWARE that i have not spent time blogging and writing as much as i have in past years. the most recent posts have been -

girl nutkin - my last post on girl nutkin was on august 11, 2013, and meanwhile, to date, i have had only 11 posts in 2013. eleven. wait ... ELEVEN?!

for the love of vogs - my last post with my MotleyFlue chicas was in march 2013 about the bellevue family of shoes, and in fact, i have only posted 6 times - however, i have quite a bit of backlog started and sketched out topics. (i post as the anthrocubeologist.)

anthrocubeology - my last post is the same as girl nutkin's, only two days earlier on august 9, 2013.

capturing my vision + goals ... GlobalNiche (on web, twitter, facebook, Google+, pinterest) has GREATLY contributed to providing me the space for giving and community of receiving support. in fact, perhaps obvious to others in the GN community - my mindset of creating, engaging, and cross-cutting/cross-pollinating communities is what GN is all about - while retaining one's individual and authentic voice. (YES, REALLY!)

- with that, my 2014 reboot means that my 2013 mash-up originally shared in the new year in january (with a refresh in febrauary, then another(!) refresh in may) -