Age Challenged rQQzy: A Bit Sad

Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Monday, October 30, 2023

A Bit Sad

I feel so sad about Matthew Perry.

“Friends” is always my GO TO when I’m looking for something light to watch, something to kill time, something for a laugh or something that helps me relax and unwind.

I have the Friends trivia game, a Friends coffee cup and the complete boxed set of Friends dvds for when I can’t find it on any of the streaming platforms. I follow lots of Friends FB pages and I love to see their quotes and memes pop up on my feed every day.

Like many people in this world, the cast of Friends feel a bit like family to me. They are reliable and comfortable and predictable and soothing and always make me feel good.

They are familiar.

Now one of them is gone. One of my favourites.

All future possibilities of Friends reunions, continuing series’, follow up movies or specials are now wiped. They just can’t happen without Chandler and even using AI wouldn’t work for true Friends fans.

Even though it was short lived, I actually enjoyed Matthew’s version of The Odd Couple and I’ve watched his movies 17 Again, The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards a few times.

I’m a fan.

So seeing this today really touched me …

“I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life. I'm still working through it personally, but the best thing about me is that if an alcoholic or drug addict comes up to me and says, 'Will you help me?' I will always say, 'Yes, I know how to do that. I will do that for you, even if I can't always do it for myself! So I do that, whenever I can. In groups, or one on one.

And I created the Perry House in Malibu, a sober-living facility for men. I also wrote my play The End of Longing, which is a personal message to the world, an exaggerated form of me as a drunk. I had something important to say to people like me, and to people who love people like me.

When I die, I know people will talk about Friends, Friends, Friends. And I'm glad of that, happy l've done some solid work as an actor, as well as given people multiple chances to make fun of my struggles on the world wide web...

but when I die, as far as my so-called accomplishments go, it would be nice if Friends were listed far behind the things I did to try to help other people.

I know it won't happen, but it would be nice."

~Matthew Langford Perry

(August 19, 1969 - October 28, 2023)

My day was uneventful. Lots of Harley love.

I have an early start tomorrow with meditation and Qi Gong so sleep time for me.