One of the facts during mid-life that we had talked about during class-0, was the risk of routinization. And my immediate response to this was, "Oh, no thank you!". And the "routine" given in my title does imply someone who is of later-life, but nonetheless proves a point. This is that yes, many people do fall into some sort of sync by older age. My parents can attribute to this fact (although I hate to admit that...). My older brother and sister and me are all living away from home, and only my little brother resides at home currently. My parents are 50 and 52, and whenever I get a call for an update, the update is generally the same as always. My dad wakes up around 5AM and proceeds to head to work, returns around 7:30-8:30PM, eats dinner, watches T.V. and goes to sleep. His strict schedule doesn't necessarily allow too much of a change. My mom is a little less routine, but she never really does something too spontaneous. I extremely dislike when my parents get into these little routine ruts, and whenever I come home I make an attempt to spice things up a little, which they enjoy. The same goes for my grandparents. This occurrence always gets me thinking about when I will reach that age. And although the odds are against me, I am determined to never fall into some boring routine. Ugh, how BORING. My plans for the future are already pretty quirky, so I can only take further positive action in regards to the routinization standard. And when I die, which will probably be when I flip my 'vette at age 90-something (kidding?), I will go out without any what-ifs!
Speaking of old people, I thought you guys might enjoy this from CollegeHumor.com. It is from the section of the stupidest questions from students:
Professor: And this would be a geyser.
Genius: Are geysers really old; is that why we call old people geysers?
Professor: We call old people 'geezers' so no.
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