Lately I've been watching movies that people have been telling me for YEARS to watch. I had somehow never seen the following:
- Ghost
- My Cousin Vinny
- Roadhouse
- White Men Can't Jump
- Parenthood
- more movies to list that some day I will do a blog on each one I watched...spoiler alert, I don't think I really missed out on much (although the monster truck scene in Roadhouse should be studied for YEARS in any film school, it's a masterpiece. Actually that's my next blog, reviewing each of the "new" movies).
While watching Parenthood I had two thoughts. 1. It's really not that funny, it's super depressing. 2. Steve Martin is about to have a 4th kid in that movie...did you see his picture above!? He looks 60! Guess how old he was when they shot the movie? Go on...guess...
44. I'm 4 years away from that. How did our generation decide to age just a little bit better than the previous one? I see men and women that are 44 now that can easily pass for mid 30's. Is it the fashion? Better availability of botox? Both!?
So that movie got me to thinking a few things (besides the fact that Mary Steenburger has aged wonderfully, her vs Julia Louis Dreyfus in an ultimate cougar battle, who wins!?). I started to wonder the above, but I think I figured it out (it's botox and plastic surgery and social media forcing us to all still look young)...so I solved that one. The second one, where is my mid-life crisis?
There are a lot of theories to that, but I fell upon a Tik Tok (pre-banned Tik Tok, so if you read this in the future, Tik Tok is an application that steals your information, the only difference is that app is from China stealing your information, while you're probably getting a link to this blog on Facebook or Twitter, apps stealing your information in the good old USA!), this Tik Tok video went in to great length to describe why my generation hasn't had a mid life crisis. It was quite interesting, clearly we've gone through numerous crises (crisees!?) already, we've also had significantly less wealth built up than the boomer generation who had money saved up enough to go buy a new car or spouse.
My generation has also grown up a lot different than the ones before and after. We got to experience rotary phones, dial up connections and everything in our phone. Video games? We've had them all, from hooking them up on the back with a screwdriver to playing all of those games on my phone just last night! Ways to pirate movies? Covered in every aspect through my life. Tapes to LimeWire to "redacted". Music? Our oldies are still cooler than whatever this generations songs are called. (Side note, I had a joke about how I'm so old The Next Episode by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg is an oldie...I also had a joke that I'm so old I can fart the beginning seconds in the restroom every morning after my coffee). Us older millennial's are a weird in-between of the old ways vs the new. REMEMBER 1-800-COLLECT!?!? YOWZA!
I think we've experienced so much in such a short time we didn't have time to have a mid life crises. Or we're aging so differently (and better) than previous generations that our midlife crises will be around age 50. But by then I'll be so old my main crises will be where do I start when I re-watch all the Marvel movies? Or when will I finally see Limp Bizkit (0 for 3 this decade, come on Fred!)? Maybe I'm one of the lucky few who didn't have one?
Life is pretty crazy now and most if not all of you reading this are around my age, so we're all just trying to navigate a post-Covid world involving work and school and social functions. Handling kid stuff and figuring out how to have them live their best lives and be involved in as many cool things as they can, BUT at the same time do enough for yourself (like binge watching shows and catching up on dramedy's about parenting from the 80's that you've never seen, oh and staying healthy because cholesterol is a thing now). Or if you don't have kids, just figuring your shit out. Because that's life, and life is tough (did I steal that from Parenthood!?).
One last thought on my age, based on the title, turning 40 now is insane. I don't feel like I'm 40 until I sleep the wrong way on my new pillow. Then I feel like an old ass 50 year old. I also have to watch my cholesterol as I stated above, but I could seriously f with some Taco Bell right now. Listening to music with the windows down I'm cranking some rap or rock but then I get a ringing in my ears. And I love to drink and go out, but boy do I love having a drink or two at home and being in the house by nighttime. Those my age reading this who still go hard like I did 10 years ago, my hats off to you...but I'll always remember passing out "early" on a floor and my cousins best friend going "Wow, if Jeff Kleeman knew what he was doing now he would be so disappointed in himself!". Best quote ever, thanks Spud.
I will leave you with another quote from my seriously brainy, super cool daughter from this week that really got me, so wise for a 6 year old to say the following: "Remember the years go pretty quickly to 100...now let's go get ice cream!". Smart kid.
Thanks for reading and sorry, not sorry, for all the parentheses!
Jeff
PS Steve Martin is a legend and must be protected at all costs. Coming next time, movies Jeff watched that are old and he writes about them!
PPS I wrote a book! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTRPH7RW?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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