{"id":35,"date":"2005-06-02T14:10:53","date_gmt":"2005-06-02T19:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/2005\/06\/02\/aging-out-of-a-demographic\/"},"modified":"2007-06-04T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T19:16:24","slug":"aging-out-of-a-demographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/2005\/06\/02\/aging-out-of-a-demographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging out of a demographic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, here’s the blow by blow from my latest Continually Recurring Acknowlegment Day…. when I went and aged for a 30th time. *sigh* With Pictures! (All of which can be clickied to see a biggie version.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\nWhen I emerged from my steam hydration cleansing (shower) Heather had prepared a surprise for me in the kitchen. See image at left!<\/p>\n
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  1. Walking stick since I’m old and decrepit. How romantic!<\/li>\n
  2. A battery for my pace maker. Hmmm.<\/li>\n
  3. A notebook so I wont forget things and have senior moments.<\/li>\n
  4. Peer Support. Guess YODA was the only one old enough.<\/li>\n
  5. Finally, a cup of mush to eat for lunch cuz I have no teeth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ain’t she sweet?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a><\/td>\nFor lunch my boss took me out for lunch. This was cool. I decided to go out on a limb and try something new. They called it a “Chicken Caesar Pizza” and I thought chicken and some dressing & maybe parm cheese would be a tasty treat.<\/p>\n

What I got was an entire caesar salad on top of a pizza.<\/p>\n

I ate it anyway and it was good. Happy Birthday to Me!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a><\/td>\nHeather sent me flowers (Right) and Balloons (Left) at the office. They smelled pretty and floated.<\/p>\n

Still floating (and living) a week later!<\/td>\n

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\nPick a Movie Format!
\n<\/strong>Low Res – WMV (250Kb)<\/a>
\nMedium – Flash (450Kb)<\/a>
\nHigh Res – AVI (3.6MB)<\/a><\/p>\n

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At EXACTLY 5:59 PM (EDT) I officially increased 1 digit. I *ehem* just happened to have my digi-cam handy so I filmed it for posterity.<\/p>\n

eval Eric += 1<\/td>\n

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Subtitles: <\/strong>
\nYou’re watching a man turn 30.
\nThere you have it folks. I’m old.
\nDon’t let your children grow up to be old. . .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a><\/td>\nWhen I got home from work there was a sign waiting for me above the front door. It read:<\/p>\n

“IT’S A BOY!” <\/strong><\/p>\n

This was to imply that I was still a boy. Still, ya gotta wonder what the neighbors thought. =]<\/p>\n

Heather greeted me in the flesh from the top of the stairs as I entered. There was a “Happy Birthday” banner hanging above her head and the smell of dinner in the air.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/a><\/td>\nYay! Home cooked dinner! Fitting that it was a recipe that I taught her: Jerk Chops over Mega-Rice with canned vegi-things.<\/p>\n

Mmmmmmm.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a><\/td>\nFor dessert, she whipped up a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake.<\/p>\n

That steaming pile of yum over on the right is what it looked like.<\/td>\n

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<\/a><\/td>\nI also had a bathroom filled with balloons!<\/p>\n

I couldn’t help it… I had to go for a swim.<\/td>\n

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After that I opened up giftsies and Heather wore my new floppy hat.<\/p>\n

The End! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks everyone!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Birthday” C.R.A.P. Audio\/Visual here featuring the live “Oldification” camera shot where you can actually see me turn *shudder* 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ericles.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}