I just realized that my birthday this year as expressed in Roman numerals is XL (as in EXTRA LARGE).
Oh the pain! Bad enough to be turning forty in three (painfully) short months (literally, from tomorrow), but to have that reminder that I have some work to do in the physical size department is just too cruel.
How did I figure this out? Well, thank the Panthers for that! With them making headway towards the Superbowl, I was prompted to look up some info. on the NFL website and saw the logo for this year's game--a game that was born the same year as yours truly. And there it was: Superbowl XL.
*sniff*
I can't decide which I want more--to be younger, or thinner...
Posted by insomnomaniac at January 17, 2006 3:35 AM | TrackBackSo this XXXL shirt I'm wearing makes me 20 again? Hard core, the larger I get the younger I get (though at XXXXXL I assume I'd vanish).
I'd say "want thinner" more than "want younger." Thinner will make you feel younger, so the benefits are multiple, and that calendar thing is sort of non-negotiable. I dealt with 40 by celebrating it when I turned 34, and then went through the decades each birthday since then, so I went 33-40-50-60-70-80-90-100 (turning 100 on my 40th) and went to centuries with my last birthday, so as I calculate it I'm 200 years old.
And I look pretty good for my age.
Posted by: Murel Bailey at January 19, 2006 4:16 PM