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THOUGHTS ON MY 55TH BIRTHDAY

OMG, I GOT UP THIS MORNING TO BE GREETED WITH SO MANY NICE BIRTHDAY WISHES FROM SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THIS MORNING. I SWEAR, I HAVE BEEN REPLYING TO BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FOR THE PAST 45 MINUTES SOLID!!!

THINKING ABOUT GETTING OLDER IS ABOUT AS POPULAR AS GARLIC DIP AT A VAMPIRE CONVENTION, BUT, UNLIKE THE ILL-CONCEIVED CONDIMENT, IT IS, AT LEAST IN THIS UNIVERSE (UNLESS YOU DIE) AN INEVITABLE EVENTUALITY.

 

I SHOULD AMEND THIS STATEMENT, HOWEVER, TO ILLUSTRATE THE MORE TRUTHFUL OBSERVATION. AT EARLIER POINTS IN ONE'S LIFE, GETTING OLDER IS FUN, A HAPPY TIME, A JOYFUL CELEBRATION. BUT GROWING OLDER, AS THOSE OF US WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PHENOMENA ON MORE THAN 40 OR 50 OCCASIONS CALLED "BIRTHDAYS", IS AN ODD OCCURRENCE, IN THAT IT IS FUN WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, BUT SOMEHOW GROWS A BIT LESS FUN, AS WE REACH THOSE INEVITABLE YEARS REFERRED TO AS "MIDDLE AGE".

I'M A BEREAVER

MY PAL FREDDY CALLED ME WITH THE NEWS YESTERDAY MORNING. HE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE MONKEES HAD DIED. 

"PETER?", I GUESSED. I GUESSED PETER BECAUSE I KNEW HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.

"NO", HE REPLIED.

"MIKE?", I GUESSED AGAIN. MIKE ALWAYS LOOKED THE OLDEST (PETER IS ACTUALLY ALMOST A YEAR OLDER THAN MIKE) AND HE ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE THE OLDER BROTHER TO THE OTHER THREE MONKEES.

"NO", HE ANSWERED.

O.K., SO THAT LEFT DAVY AND MICKY, THE TWO I LEAST WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO DIE SO YOUNG (I KNEW THEY WERE THE TWO YOUNGEST MONKEES. THEY ALSO SEEMED THE MOST VITAL, THE MOST "FULL OF LIFE" MEMBERS OF THE BAND.) I NEXT GUESSED , MICKY AND THE REPLY WAS AGAIN - NO.

 

OMG, DAVY JONES!!!!! ?????? YOU MUST BE KIDDING! HE ALWAYS SEEMED SO YOUNG, ETERNALLY SO. HE WAS THE SHORTEST MONKEE, THE LITTLE GUY- HE WAS, LITERALLY, MY LAST GUESS. HE ALSO SEEMED LIKE THE MOST DOWN TO EARTH MEMBER OF THE GROUP, THE SANEST (A LITTLE USED ADJECTIVE IN THE WORLD OF SHOW BUSINESS).