As you get older, does the fire still burn?

[Trevor]

I've realized that at the age of 42, I am pretty much the same now as when I was a teen. I may look a lot older (and I do) but the same things that made me laugh, think, frown and cry still make me laugh, think, frown and cry ~ let's not talk about the things that grossed me out then, they still do.  

I still have a hunger to achieve things and I still prove all the naysayers wrong ~ those people that wrote me off way back and still know me today go a little bit   when they see they were wrong about me.

What about you? Does the internal fire still burn?  

[joejoeherron]

I know how you feel. As I get older, I seem to be more lost in the world. I wake up every morning trying to figure out how to change someone's opinion about me. Most people have pretty much written me off.As far as myself, the fire burns burns more as I get older.

[indianasmith]

My philosophy of life has always been that you are never too old to have a happy childhood.  I am still the same annoyingly goofy guy that I have always been.


There's just a little more of me.

[Jack]

I've never had any of what other people call "ambition".  I just wanted to meet some cool, good lookin' chick, spend the rest of my life with her, and not have to worry about money.  Be Mr. Average.  I try to be good at what I do, like when I was in college I worked really hard to get good grades, or when I was in a band I worked really hard to be a good guitar player.  But I've never had any big dreams about doing much more than anybody else does.

I'm certainly as immature as I ever was   I can't even comprehend what it is that makes other people turn into adults.  Gawd that must be boring.  People who can have an hour long conversation about the real estate market, or how to be more successful at their job - and actually be interested in it...WTF? 

[Newt]

Who's older?  I'm stuck at the age of 24.  Maybe 28 on a 'mature' day.  I can out-fun most people less than half my age and I apply myself toward  goals that I am sure many would tell me to give up.  To quote John Carter of Mars: "I still live!"

[Trevor]

My philosophy of life has always been that you are never too old to have a happy childhood. 

Amen to that sentiment, brother. 

[Trevor]

I'm certainly as immature as I ever was  I can't even comprehend what it is that makes other people turn into adults.  Gawd that must be boring.  People who can have an hour long conversation about the real estate market, or how to be more successful at their job - and actually be interested in it...WTF?  

That reminds me of what Dad once told a few buddies of his about me: "My son has the ability to talk about film like it was the Gospel and he won't ever bore you out of your skull with it.  I think that describes almost all of the people on this board.

[Trevor]

Who's older?  I'm stuck at the age of 24.  Maybe 28 on a 'mature' day.  I can out-fun most people less than half my age and I apply myself toward  goals that I am sure many would tell me to give up.  To quote John Carter of Mars: "I still live!"

That is very cool indeed. You sound like a person that I would really like to meet someday, Newt. 

[Leah]

Can't say cuz i'm 15

[Trevor]

Can't say cuz i'm 15

[The Burgomaster]

I'm 45, soon to be 46.

* I still play board games, PC games, X-Box 360, etc.  So, I haven't outgrown my toys yet.

* I have a good job as a business consultant, but I still have ambition to advance my career.  I'd like to own a business some day (but probably not in consulting).  I'd really like to own a bar / nightclub with a really interesting theme, creative layout, and unique furniture and decorations.  Some ideas I've had over the years:

1) Old West Saloon Theme - complete with dancing girls, a piano player, and bartenders, waiters, and waitresses dressed up in 1880s attire.

2) 1920s - 1940s Supper Club Theme - like you see in the old movies . . . tables facing a dance floor with bands playing live music . . . employees wearing tuxedos or evening gowns . . . a coat check girl . . . a girl walking around selling cigars and cigarettes off a tray (although, you wouldn't be able to smoke them inside).

3) Movie Theme (of course) - with lots of posters and memoribilia . . . maybe a few big screens showing public domain film clips set to music . . . different events like movie trivia nights with prizes.

4) Or maybe just a place that has a different type of entertainment every night (live bands, DJs, karaoke, open mike night, stand up comedy night, Monday Night Football with cheap appetizers)

This will probably never happen, but I think it would be cool.

[akiratubo]

Nope.  My fire has almost gone out, at the ripe old age of 30.   

[Silverlady]

As I get older, I continue to surprise myself.  I will be 59 next month and in the past 12 years I have gone through a divorce, remarried a great guy, raised his two sons  ( his ex-wife didn't want them) had emergency gall bladder surgery, lost my job, finally got another one after 18 months, and just recently found out I have an ulcer.    BUT I keep going.

  Life is a journey - not a destination.  Or to be less serious ... it's like LET'S MAKE A DEAL.  You don't know what you're gonna find behind door #!, door #2 or door #3, but you still have to pick one and live with your choice. 

I'd rather have the new car then a donkey, though. 

[Newt]

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
"WOO HOO what a ride!"

One of my favourites.   
(Sorry: I do not now its originator: can anyone help there?)

[trekgeezer]

I will turn 19 for the 36th time in April.  Although, I 'm not as obnoxious as I was the first time.