You may think they did this as a joke. My family is not that funny. Actually, my mom didn't have a #2 candle. So, she said, "You know that 1+1=2, right?" So please keep this formula in mind when you stare at this picture. I am not 115 years old. Yet.
That evening Amanda threw me a surprise birthday party. It was so nice. Best friends are the best. And the cake was so good with exactly 25 candles on it.
Despite all of this. I still felt a tad...well quarter of a century. Because of my career in PR, I am very conscious of the fact that retailers, marketers and advertisers now lump me in the demographic of - single female between ages of 25-30.
Today, however, I learned something that changed my whole mindset of my age.
Today I learned my age is Epic. Just so we're all on the same page as to the definition of Epic, dictionary.com attaches the following synonyms to the word: Heroic, Majestic, Impressively Great.
Today, I attended a Web Writing Seminar on behalf of my firm.
Great seminar. Very useful.
The instructor shared the following stats in regards to generations and how marketers, advertisers and retailers like to clump them:
Baby boomers
People between ages of 45-62. There are 80 million of them.
Gen X
Ages 30-43. There are 44 million in the world today.
Gen Y
Ages 10-29. 77 million of us going strong. (love this demographic)
And do you know what marketers, advertisers, retailers think of us Gen Yers? According to my Web Writing Seminar they think we are: Epic, Awesome and Technological. And they think everyone wants to be us because we are Epic, Awesome and Technological. Everyone is basing what they do on the Web to revolve around US. So when your mother told you the world does not revolve around you. She was wrong. It really does. Why? Because you're Epic, or in other words Heroic, Majestic, Impressively Great. That's why.
Whatever gets me through it.
7 comments:
I think you are EPIC! How was the B-day? I want to hear about it. Did you get my text like at 11 pm. I made it in the knick of time! Loves!
Ha ha. Wonderful! I'll join you in a couple weeks...
Best friends ARE the best.
Love this post! I totally feel Epic now. Changed my life. Hope your birthday was phenomenal!
I'm glad you are epic and so appreciative of the strawberry cheesecake which was in the refrigerator forever because you wouldn't take it home. I just had to stand and stare it because it was not gluten-free!
We were just talking the other day about generations. Hilarious that Rachel and Russell are in a different generation that the rest of us esp. since Carrie is a generation younger than Russ. I hope that you had a fantastic birthday! I can't believe I forgot all about it! And thanks for watching my boys the other day. I can't tell you how nice it was to go to the gym with Brandon and get everything taken care of. Hope to see you again soon. Oh, and I love your posts you are so funny. Such a good writer.
Awe. Some.
25 aint so bad. And I got the two #1 candles right away. Hope you had a great day!
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