Ump-ump-umpteen

[imomus]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this recent exchange on alt.fan.momus:

xyzedd: The sad thing is that Momus is one of the few "pop" artists over 30 who has become yet more original and inventive as he grows older; most of them run out of ideas or run their ideas into the ground by the time they get their first gray hair.

Roshan: Sometimes when my friends are talking about how horrible it will be to be middle-aged, I usually just point to people like Momus and say that I can't wait. I mean, imagine all the books you'll have read, people you'll know!



Roshan, it is great, but sometimes I feel like when people ask my age, instead of the real answer (44, m**********r!) I should just say umpteen.

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[moonorchid.livejournal.com]

the following makes me feel so cool: I have a dancing date with two 40 year-old women! One's married, the other's cute. I'm so honored that someone that much older (16 years) would find me interesting or at all desirable. I totally agree with "it's a lot easier to have fun, and to have it with more people, as one gets older" - I love the company of older people for this reason, because they've relaxed into themselves more. And because they're so wise. But: not older people who have fallen into the trap of 'older people' - arrested development until the midlife crisis. I like people who are always having their crisis a little bit at a time.

[honeychurch.livejournal.com]

And because they're so wise.

that just kills me.