On getting old
When you're 21
- Start drinking with your uni mates at 8 p.m.
- Run out of vodka by 3 a.m.
- Realize you haven't had a proper meal in the entire day. Walk to a 24/7 greasy spoon on the other side of town to get a hot meal (with occasional cockroaches in it) at 4 a.m.
- Back in the dorm room by 5 a.m. Smoke and talk about literature, politics, philosophy, and whatnot till 7 a.m.
- Realize you have lectures at 9am.
- Sleep for an hour and attend lectures the rest of the day.
When you're 54
- Wake up and celebrate the fact that you slept well and didn't have to get up during the night to pee.