when i'm 80.

christmas, christmas, christmas...

...'twas lovely, my friends.

much laughter.

much family.

much gifts given & received.

much blossomingJustDance3 addiction...

and much pictures to come, don't fret!
but here's a taste, my festive green pants and all:

anyway,

it is like....1am.

and i was just thinking to mineself.

my thoughts wandered to a story i meant to blog about, but it slipped my mind.

you see, one night in november i wanted hot chocolate...

three friends obliged and went with me.

and as we were leaving the local QT with our beverages in hand,

an old man with a newspaper stopped us.

fact: i like old people.

sometimes, i feel like an old person.

i like the stories they tell...

they often seem quite wise.

and they have perspective.

and they play some fierce uno.

anyway,

this man at the QT, he told fantastical stories.

i think he said he invented chocolate?

and maybe was friends with warren buffet?

and used to drive a shmancy car?

the details are fuzzy.

but what i remember most is that he talked a lot about money.

about wealth.

about living fancy in a hoity toity part of town.

...i feel like the newsies when i say hoity toity.

[...christian bale?!]

anyway,

now this man lives in an area he considers the slums.

he had disdain.

he was not a fan of the neighborhood.

his greatest pleasure, he told us, were his daily trips to the nicest grocery store in walking distance to get a name-brand cherry pastry-something-or-other.

we must have one of those cherry things, he said.

and you know...

i felt a little sad for him.

i hope when i'm 80 that i'm not looking down on everyone around me, even if i live in "the slums" and don't drive a fancy car or hang with warren buffet.

also, i typed "buffest" at first...

in any case,

if i don't want to be consumed by unimportant things when i'm 80...

...i sure hope i'm not wasting time worrying about them now.

though, the cherry whatever-pastry-he-said didn't sound too shabby.

i could totes be on board for that idea.

what do YOU want to be doing when you're 80?

this will be me...

yellow pants and all, kiddos.

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