Over 30 in the Square?

[world.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity, wondered how many of you folks are old like me. :) Hardly any of my friends are local these days, so looking to meet a few more neat, interesting folks, to chat with on an occasional cold winter night, preferably people a bit closer to my own age, who normally prefer cafes and movies to late nights in bars and clubs. So, what the heck-say hi if you like!

Comments

[artemii.livejournal.com]

how about almost 30? ;)

[world.livejournal.com]

That is certainly close enough. :) I just said that because I know many people on this are early 20's, or even younger, and I'm more likely to have common frames of reference with someone who was at least alive during some portion of the 70's!

[artemii.livejournal.com]

yeah, i know what you mean. :) feel free to email me if you want (i've got an lj address).

[halo-bender.livejournal.com]

Yup I'm almost 30 too. Does seem like most people i know in boston are mid 20's. I guess its just the colleges.

[world.livejournal.com]

I'm actually mid-thirties, and so is my roommate-but we don't seem it or feel it! But yes, Davis seems to have a lot of folks in their twenties.

[halo-bender.livejournal.com]

Well I mean like the other person who responded I'm almost 30.
I don't really feel like i'm gonna turn 30 either. In many ways I still feel like an adolesent.

[world.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, so do I! As I've said, I have no problem with BEING my age, I just feel that at my age, I should have, uh, accomplished a little more more in my life! That, and all the other people at my maturity level are just...way younger. :)

[halo-bender.livejournal.com]

Well if you ever have an "old person" in somerville get together let me know. :)

[world.livejournal.com]

Well, I barely know any yet, but if I do, absolutely!

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hi! Um ... waaaay over 30 here! (In my 40's) is that too old? :) So yeah, I remember the 70's! In fact I remember the 60's!

[world.livejournal.com]

Certainly not! Well, I was BORN in the 60's, but I can't say I really remember them. :)

[ex-meta.livejournal.com]

Hi if you like!

[world.livejournal.com]

Hi, "Meta"!

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I do cafes and movies, don't do bars and clubs, and can't tolerate late nights, but I'm only 25 -- do I count? (I was alive during the 70s, but don't ask me to remember any of it...)

Anyway, I'm generally at the Diesel on Sunday mornings surrounded by a heap of Latin textbooks and a lesson planner. (So you can probably guess why I don't do late nights.) Feel free to say hi :).

[world.livejournal.com]

I will do that. :) I used to do the cafe thing more often on weekends, then got lazy and apathetic and realized I could have my coffee and paper at home. And, now I'm starting to realize that it's hard to meet people without leaving the house. I tend a little more toward the Someday, but the Diesel is cool, too.

25 is fine, too, the over 30 isn't written in stone, I was just curious to see if I WAS the only lj-er in Davis over 30. :)

[in-parentheses.livejournal.com]

Hi from another more quietly inclined mid-twenties Somervillian. Also, I noticed in your journal that you're in library school (and having the same sort of issues with it that I am, it sounds like), so presumably we're classmates. :)

[world.livejournal.com]

Well, we might be, but you're probably at Simmons, and I'm doing URI part-time (they offer a few courses a semester at contributing campuses in MA). :) How far along are you, and how do you like it?

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Ah, this is one of the major reasons I haven't bought a coffee maker -- I really would never leave the house if I had one ;).

[noire.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely well over 30. Mid-late 30s, in fact. And I know a fair number of other people in the Davis area who are in the same age range as well. As to how many of them are in this lj community, however...???

I tend toward Diesel, usually Tues. evenings (poly folk meet,) sometimes for goffee (goth coffee on Thursday nights) and am contemplating taking the laptop down to work there possibly more often of an afternoon. (It's too busy in the evening for me to feel right about taking up an entire table, let alone a booth, to work.)

Sooo--"Hi."

[world.livejournal.com]

Neat, I really will have to get down to the Diesel more often. I'm pretty far from goth, but am pretty goth-friendly-have had a few friends into it. :)

and another one..

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

Hi from me, as well. I just had a bday (last week) which puts me one year closer to the "1/2way to 40 mark"; but frankly if I act like I do now, then, then I'm not too worried about becoming "old". :) It's all a frame of mind anyway. I currently live in the area, but will probably be moving from it - however I still go to the same nights as noire mentioned above for coffee and convo. (I know noire IRL, as well. She's pretty nifty.) So, yeah... hi. :)

Re: and another one..

[world.livejournal.com]

Well, happy birthday-and thanks! :)

[marlatiara.livejournal.com]

I turned 30 2 days ago. I don't feel much different...

My husband is over 30 as well.

So we're out there. ;)

[dougo.livejournal.com]

I played a board game last night whose instructions said "the oldest player starts". It turned out that I was the only one (in a group of 8) who was 30 or over! That's the first time that's ever happened to me (I just turned 33). What's weird is that I could have sworn two or three other people there were around my age, but everyone was at least 4 years younger. I guess I'm just a terrible judge of people's age.

[bds.livejournal.com]

Funny. What board game?

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Citadels (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/viewitem.php3?gameid=478). The oldest player becomes the first King.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Oooh, fun game :).

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I'm newly 36 but have been crochety for far longer than that. :)

I rarely make it to the Diesel Tuesdays, but I know many of the people who do.

Hi.

he was 19 going on 40

[cthulhia]

when I met him.

I was shocked and horrified to find out he's not enough years older than me.

which is a roundabout way of saying that I am over 30 too.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Someone who just turned 34 here! I just moved out of the Square, though, three subway stops down the line.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

33 over here. :)

[komos.livejournal.com]

All of my fabulous twenty-something friends say I'm old.

[world.livejournal.com]

Wow, a lot of posts, how very nice! :) Good to know, I'll have to look at some of these ljs when I have more time, good to see you all exist!

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I've just hit the 30 benchmark.

But even when I was in my 20's, I was never much for the bar scene. I'm all for movies, nights of games and just hanging out talking.

I have to say, I'm glad Someday upgraded some of their furniture!

[kalessin.livejournal.com]

I'm 37, though I look a bit younger.

I'm another one of the people who tends to hang out in Diesel on Tuesday evenings. I wear a two-tone black and white leather jacket with "Vanson" in script across the back, and I'm usually playing cards at one of the booth tables. Ask for Joel. :-)

[world.livejournal.com]

I will look. :) It's funny, I've always been more of a Someday person than a Diesel person-but pretty much every responder here has mentioned the Diesel!

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Whoa. You do look younger.

lol..

[ardras156.livejournal.com]

world, I go day shift in two weeks..feel free to hijack me out of the flat..:)

Re: lol..

[world.livejournal.com]

Yay! I will, maybe some evening!

[purpleglitter.livejournal.com]

34, but *no where near* old!