thirty-five isn’t that old
Written on September 16, 2008
a couple weeks ago i was taking pictures of a number of the incoming freshmen at occidental college. as the day went on i started to feel increasingly old in a room full of kids and mentioned that feeling out loud, to this girl (above) named yelka. the dialogue went something like this:
college freshman: “how old are you?”
me: “thirty-five”
college freshman: “thirty-five isn’t that old. my mom is thirty-six!”
somehow this didn’t make me feel better. and, of course, corporal bennett starts laughing hysterically, and repeating the exchange to everyone else we see that day. the moral of the story seems to be that no matter how young you feel, you’re always going to be an old fart to a teenager.
very nice portrait Max
Ha ha. Yeah, people don’t like that “you’re as old as my parents” comment. I have young parents and know (in Hollywood) quite a few people my parents age, who are my friends. I’ve made the mistake of saying that once or twice, somehow I meant it as a compliment but it doesn’t get taken that way. I suppose it’s like when I ran into my old track coach, once while home, and he mentioned his 18 year old daughter that was born after I graduated! I suppose it just makes a person feel like they haven’t accomplished very much in comparison.
The first time a high school kid in my photo class said”my MOTHER took Photo from you too!!!” that was the first time i felt OLD!!!
Damn Teenagers don’t take naps before they hit the town on a saturday night either.
the first time i saw you (3 or 4 years ago), you were walking out of the cypress college photography department’s stockroom. my first thought was, “why is there a 12 year old walking out of the stockroom? i wonder who’s kid he is.”
it turns out you were an instructor. ooops!
you aren’t THAT old max.