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Quarter Life Crisis Part One: Celebrity Envy

So I'm 24 right now... which means everything is scary. I'm old enough to do things like drink and be employed and you know... do things, but I'm still too young for people to really take me seriously. And its like I just finally got done with school and now I feel like death is creeping slowly... very slowly but still its still like Time and The Grim Reaper or whoever are having lunch and they're like "You're too old for that honey. Contribute to society." So here I am. Contributing.

And I wasn't that freaked out, but I was listening to Lady Gaga and I was thinking of high school and stuff and I was like "wasn't I surprised by her age when I was in high school? Didn't I find out she's 24 and thought that was old? Aren't I 24 now?" I googled and then checked my birth certificate and it is in fact sadly true. I am in fact 24 and Lady Gaga was also 24 when Born This Way came out.

And I was like... wow. I used to think she was old but she's my age? And she had an amazing cd come out when she was this age? She's my age? I mean not now, she's 5 years older than me, but the song I was listening to at the time was made by someone my age? Why don't I have enough life experience to relate to this? Why don't I have her money? Can I be on American Horror Story in 5 more years. Will American Horror Story even be on in 5 years? What will it be???? American Horror Story: Why Are We Casting Randos? Will I be playing Jessica Lange's part? WILL I BE JESSICA LANGE'S AGE IN 5 YEARS????? No... But doesn't it say something that they put a 29 year old in Jessica Lange's role? Well... I guess they wrote it for a 29 year old. They're good writers at AHS. Maybe I can write this crazy season.

Also not only was she my age when Born This Way came out... she was even younger than that when her previous album came out. She was 21! My The Fame and The Fame Monster years are behind me! Now all I have is Art Pop and Cheek to Cheek... which are fine. Lol. Its Lady Gaga, she's just phenomenal.

But yeah... I'm probably too old to be a pop star now. Not that I ever was going to be one, I mean I kind of suck at singing in front of people and dancing and writing songs... but you know. I was at least in the age group that I could have been the next Gaga... but Gaga isn't going anywhere and I'm not going to dethrone her.

 I guess I will dethrone Tina Fey. You here that Tina Fey, I'm coming after you. No, I'm just kidding Ms. Fey... I love you and respect you more than I respect most humans. You are one of the best humans in the world and I will serve my life honoring you and hoping that we are somehow related.

But yeah. Then I was like "Well I like David Bowie better. How old was he when The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust came out. Surely he was wayyy older than me right?" WRONG! He was 25. 25! That's one year away! So I have my Born this way year and then The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust? Whattt? Can't there be a buffer year or something.

So... yeah. Its not like I was trying to be a rock star... but I feel like my window for rock-stardom has passed. So long. Good thing I didn't want it anyway.

Bye
-Shannon

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