Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Ruminations
So today I was thinking of taking our Cuban guy friends out of their context here and putting them into the context of the United States. Now, their ages are 24, 25, 26, and 30. However, except for Ruben (the 30 year old), all of the guys act much younger than their contemporaries in the United States. That's not to say less mature by any means, but it's more so that they are less serious than mid-20-somethings that I know in the United States. I can't decide if that's a positive thing or not. I guess I was thinking specifically of a lot of the coworkers that I've had over the past few years, and they (myself included as well) sometimes seem to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. It's definitely not like that with our Cuban friends- despite the fact that they have their own set of worries. Just an interesting thought.
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I believe you had the same thoughts when we were in Egypt. It's an astute observation, carry on!
Interestingly, I think that it could be the kind of work a person is in... u know I associate with males of all ages and nationalities, but it seems to me, that guys in the same types of PROFESSIONS within about a 7 year radius all act the same. Like dudes who work outside tend to seem younger than guys who are paper pushers...teachers are younger acting than bankers...unemployed dudes are the youngest acting of all. eh, just my opinion. Hey, thought u might like to see this...it is what won me and jay 2 tickets to a murder mystery dinner and a hotel night stay at the intercontinental boston on valentines day. feel free to share with your buds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PW1E0uvVK4
and if utube doesn't work--i think i read that somewhere in your blog, then maybe this will work. i can always email it to you... miss u dude, tell me more about this boytoy of urs
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5139390916014657752
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