So I turned 40 on Sunday. And last night I went to the U2 concert in Charlottesville. And there were no, I mean ZERO, young adults in the crowd. My brother-in-law quipped, "The only young people at this concert are here with their Mommies and their Daddies." It did look like a Mothers Morning Out event at Starbucks writ large.
Something else: I'm training for the Richmond marathon. And I had a nurse come over to the house to examine me for a life insurance policy. And if her measurements can be believed, I have lost eight pounds, but gained an inch in my waist size.
How is that possible? Is that what middle age does to you? Does everything sort of, you know, sag down and forward, and no fitness regime can stop it?
The concert, by the way, was mind-boggling. Bono's, "Is Thomas Jefferson in the house?" was clever and warmly received. Muse, the opening act, performed well. I hear that they have a great following in Europe, and their style was well-suited to warm up the crowd for U2.
If they come to a stadium near you, I urge you to get on that walker of yours and hobble out to see them.
But...but..I thought U2 was the key to drawing hip young people into the church!
Happy birthday, by the way.
Posted by: Lee | 03 October 2009 at 11:58 AM
The concert reviewer in the Times-Dispatch said that Bono looked like Jack Nicholson in red-tinted sunglasses. And of course Larry Mullen Jr.'s hair is snow white. But maybe today's youth dig old people more than baby boomers themselves did when they were young!
Posted by: Marvin | 03 October 2009 at 12:13 PM
Welcome to the club! If you think 40 raises questions, just try 50;)
I'm closing in on 51 and I think I'm just learning to accept the fact of another decade older! First time visitor to your blog...I'll be back!
Posted by: Vern | 04 October 2009 at 06:35 AM