{"id":1029,"date":"2008-08-06T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2008-08-06T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T04:00:50","slug":"how-old-is-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/how-old-is-old\/","title":{"rendered":"How Old is Old?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/the-happy-red-bed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1030\" title=\"the-happy-red-bed\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/the-happy-red-bed-300x264.jpg?resize=300%2C264\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/the-happy-red-bed.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/the-happy-red-bed.jpg?w=520&amp;ssl=1 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I read a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/25847518\/\" target=\"_blank\">boring article<\/a> by Gen X poster boy Douglas Coupland about growing old. He notes that we all have two ages: the age we really are and the age we are in our heads.<\/p>\n<p>Later this month, Sister Wolf will be 55. If you are taken aback, think how I feel.&nbsp;\u00a0 No one wants to be this age but, ahem, consider the alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Being 55 means nothing much except that it isn&#8217;t considered a good thing by men who blabber on and on about women losing their appeal after 30. As if.&nbsp;\u00a0 I am completely awesome, so I am happy to refute that line of thinking.<\/p>\n<p>I have come to love my cute hospital bed and my beautiful red sheets, but all things must pass and the hospital equipment is being picked up on Friday.&nbsp;\u00a0 I love cranking up my bed to read and I love knowing I can&#8217;t fall out. Oh well. Maybe I will end up buying a hospital bed for two&#8230;.do they exist?!&nbsp;\u00a0 I&#8217;m excited just thinking about it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mischen-blue-dress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1031\" title=\"mischen-blue-dress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mischen-blue-dress-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mischen-blue-dress.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/var\/www\/vhosts\/godammit.com\/httpdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mischen-blue-dress.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/var\/www\/vhosts\/godammit.com\/httpdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mischen-blue-dress.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During my recovery, I bought this Mischen silk dress online, because it was drastically reduced and because it has zippers down the entire length of each side. The fact that I won&#8217;t ever wear it is hardly worth mentioning.&nbsp;\u00a0 Bring on the Rapture! And the fucked-up looking hem in the photo isn&#8217;t like that in the real dress.<\/p>\n<p>The age I am in my head is around 14.&nbsp;\u00a0 My oldest son is 32, and people generally think I&#8217;m his sister or girlfriend when we hang out together, but they don&#8217;t realize that in my head, I&#8217;m still a defiant hippie girl, angry and insecure but much cooler than those awful straight people.<\/p>\n<p>How old are the rest of you in your heads?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I read a boring article by Gen X poster boy Douglas Coupland about growing old. He notes that we all have two ages: the age we really are and the age we are in our heads. 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