One Hundred and Sixty Eight

You know,

I was thinking,

what's up with the enigma of the 60's, 70's, and 80's?


I mean, if you think about it, it was JUST LIKE school and friends and family these days. They made good and bad grades, they got together and broke up, they had fights with mom and dad.

What's the difference?

The more I realize how things at that time seemed "just like the present" to them, just as "the present" is to us, none of us realize how cool we are for living right now. Sure, in retrospect, the 60's and 70's and 80's were "like totally RAD" but the older I get the cooler the 90's seems. It's some kind of identity marker: the 90's generation. And the people just young enough to not be able to remember what all went down in the 90's don't really understand our pride, but give it some time and TRENDS (because all things are cyclical) and we'll be back in the prime.

I supposed the thing that makes the older decades living so much more interesting is that we have something to compare it to now: "the normal." But I think the normal could be appreciated and seen as something unique that later generations will rue over.

[damn you. you imminent new year!]