Ambiguous, plain and simple, that's what Fifty Five feels like today. How does one assign a numeric equivalent to that?
+/-? Nah! 20/20? Been done! Hmmmm....
Not having been 100 yet there is no comparison, though in all probability when that occurs I'll probably slow down a little. But I have been a few ambiguous ages in the past...which one of them to choose from? (And do I REALLY wanna go there?)
No! I want a whole new ambiguosity! (who cares if that's a word or not!) So for today, because they can do it in sports why can't I do it here, Fifty Five will be the new 00!
I'm not saying Fifty Five feels like nothing, quite the opposite! There are sometimes just so many feelings splattered all over the spectrum it's hard to isolate just one.
Sometimes it's just better to appreciate the rainbow rather than only looking at the science behind it.
Some might say "Okay, but 00 sounds uncommitted...disinterested, cynical."
Well, that all depends on your interpretation of 0. 0 can mean zero. It can also mean "Oh!", or "O-ho!" or even "Ut-Oh!" Seen in that light, 0 has a lot more to say! And Double Zero has even more!
If we go waaaaaaay back to before zero was invented, we'd see just how important our old round friend is in our modern lives! Where would we be with out it? Where would our computers be without Zero? It could be argued that something else would have had to have been invented. This further illustrate the need for 0.
So for today, to me, Fifty Five is the new 00...ambiguous perhaps, unimportant? You be the judge!
When I was heading toward my Double Nickel Birthday in April 2009, the age 55 seems to be a lot of things. In this blog I will chronicle my thoughts about 55 Is The New, for the year beginning December 2009 because...well...that's when I felt like starting the blog. The entries will include that important day, my actual Fifty-Fifth birthday on April 14, 2010 and will continue for my entire fifty fifth year, concluding on April 14, 2011.
Randi on stage @ 1444 Market Street 1997
Randi on Stage 1997 at 1444 Market Street, SF, CA
Jack and yours truly today
Randi and Jack on the "Cadillac Campsite Tour"
Welcome To Fifty Five Is The New!
Hello out there!
What's it to you, turning the age of Fifty-five? You don't have to be turning it tomorrow, you could have already turned that corner a while back. That part doesn't matter so much.
While it's important what one feels, what matters most of all that one feels, that one feels anything at all.
So, as an exercise in self-examination and a way of getting over an incredible writer's block, I submit this blog to the World Wide Web, and I submit myself to a bit of mirror gazing.
Inspired by the movie "Julie & Julia," I will blog for one year, which will include my turning fifty-five, and see what I find.
Who knows? Maybe fifty-five will be something fantastic...like the New Me.
What's it to you, turning the age of Fifty-five? You don't have to be turning it tomorrow, you could have already turned that corner a while back. That part doesn't matter so much.
While it's important what one feels, what matters most of all that one feels, that one feels anything at all.
So, as an exercise in self-examination and a way of getting over an incredible writer's block, I submit this blog to the World Wide Web, and I submit myself to a bit of mirror gazing.
Inspired by the movie "Julie & Julia," I will blog for one year, which will include my turning fifty-five, and see what I find.
Who knows? Maybe fifty-five will be something fantastic...like the New Me.

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