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Re: Mid-life crises

Post by Animavore » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:56 am

hadespussercats wrote:
Saoirse wrote:I saw the movie first and then I picked up the book in a thrift store. I really enjoyed it. Saoirse Ronan is a very talented young woman.
I've been meaning to see that movie where she plays this girl who was trained to be an assassin.

I don't ever see new movies.
Don't waste your time with either of those films. Especially The Lovely Bones.
I'm not a big fan of Saoirse Ronan. She looks too Irish. I keep expecting to see her walking down Talbot Street in a tracksuit pushing a buggy, puffing on a John Player on her way to the welfare office.
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Re: Mid-life crises

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:58 am

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hadespussercats wrote:
Saoirse wrote:I saw the movie first and then I picked up the book in a thrift store. I really enjoyed it. Saoirse Ronan is a very talented young woman.
I've been meaning to see that movie where she plays this girl who was trained to be an assassin.

I don't ever see new movies.
Don't waste your time with either of those films. Especially The Lovely Bones.
I'm not a big fan of Saoirse Ronan. She looks too Irish. I keep expecting to see her walking down Talbot Street in a tracksuit pushing a buggy, puffing on a John Player on her way to the welfare office.
"Hannah" was not very interesting. I had hopes for a teenage lesbian scene, but even that didn't work out. And the continuity editor failed badly there.
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Re: Mid-life crises

Post by hadespussercats » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:21 am

Animavore wrote:
hadespussercats wrote:
Saoirse wrote:I saw the movie first and then I picked up the book in a thrift store. I really enjoyed it. Saoirse Ronan is a very talented young woman.
I've been meaning to see that movie where she plays this girl who was trained to be an assassin.

I don't ever see new movies.
Don't waste your time with either of those films. Especially The Lovely Bones.
I'm not a big fan of Saoirse Ronan. She looks too Irish. I keep expecting to see her walking down Talbot Street in a tracksuit pushing a buggy, puffing on a John Player on her way to the welfare office.
:hehe: She had a spread in Vogue a while back and looked lovely. But then, I like Irish faces, Ani. :FIO:

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:09 am

Cable, Hades, don't pay to see it. It's a super-chick movie with a not very super chick.
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I think you should take up noodling.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:05 pm

Pappa wrote:I think you should take up noodling.
Zilla of the Nine Fingers? :nono:
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Post by Robert_S » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:31 pm

Ian wrote:Upon some reflection, I've concluded that I have a golf problem.

That is, around this time in a guy's life he usually takes up some kind of passtime to get him out of the house for a few hours on the weekend or in the evenings, etc. Decades ago my dad got into the Sunday morning cliche of golf, and he's still at it at age 65. I don't really have anything like that. My excuse for a while is that I've been too busy helping out with three young kids to take some serious time for myself. But they're increasingly self-sufficient now, so it's time I got a real hobby.

Now I just need to pick one. A manly one:
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/01/06/45-manly-hobbies/
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:42 pm

Pappa wrote:I think you should take up noodling.
Canoodling is better.
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Post by Ronja » Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:16 pm

Robert_S wrote:You should get a good camera and contribute to the Ratz photography threads.
Best idea thus far! :tup:
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Re: Mid-life crises

Post by Ian » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:31 pm

Ian wrote:Going to a good-sized meet sounds like a great way to make a happy Ian.

Especially if you're there. :)

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UPDATE: Going to the Train Wreck did indeed make me happy. Happy enough for me to start plotting the next one at my house. I've just gotta figure out when the wife's going to be away...
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Still no golf or mistress hobby though.

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:56 pm

Ian wrote:
Ian wrote:Going to a good-sized meet sounds like a great way to make a happy Ian.

Especially if you're there. :)

:FIO:
UPDATE: Going to the Train Wreck did indeed make me happy. Happy enough for me to start plotting the next one at my house. I've just gotta figure out when the wife's going to be away...
:plot:

Still no golf or mistress hobby though.
Don't get a mistress who plays golf. :nono:
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Re: Mid-life crises

Post by Faithfree » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:04 pm

I think my mid-life crisis lasted from 1994 to 2004. :zilla:
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Re: Mid-life crises

Post by Rum » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:21 pm

Never fear young uns. Your mid life crisis no sooner settles down a bit than your late life crisis begins!

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Post by Svartalf » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:22 pm

I suspect my midlife crisis started in 1997 (I was really upset at turning 30... and things have been such I don't think it's over yet.
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