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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Anon and anon

[(Anonymous)]

You've nearly shamed me into having a LiveJournal myself, but believe me, you don't want to see what I look like any more than I do when I look in the mirror. And there is room for both Japanese musique concrete and "superficial" discussions about age (after all, I brought up both subjects) n our short sweet lives. But please don't make me feel bad for wanting to be anonymous--all my life I've just wanted to be anonymous; it's more interesting to me than fame.

But I'm not that "other" anonymous! I do quite like green tea, thank you...