Twilight

U2 LYRICS

In the shadow, boy meets man.

While this U2 song is about adolescence and the time of difficulty as a boy changes into a man, I think I feel this way a lot.  I am constantly looking in the mirror and wondering why this 40 year old face is staring back at me when I know in my heart of hearts that I am only 14.  I still decide to (or not to) do things based on how childish it would seem (and whether I want to emphasize the 14 vs. 40 year old in me).  Is 25 or so years too long to make the journey into manhood?  I think not.  Nor do I know how much longer it might take me (or if I will ever reach it).

I think I am constantly at a period twilight in my career as well.  This might be ordinary though as people are constantly moving up the ladder or striving to move forward in some sense.  In 9 days, an application that I wrote and have owned for 10+ years will be sunset.  The day is almost ended on that part of my career and the sun is rising on the next part (whether I like it or not).  I am excited for what comes next though.

Twilight (unfortunately) is also the name of a series of books by Stephanie Myers.  The wife has made me sit through all 3 movies in the series (with 2 more to come).  She has read through all the books of course and cannot wait for the last 2 movies.  I cannot wait for them to be over and still (despite her trying to explain it to me [multiple times]) do not understand how me watching it with her adds to her enjoyment of them.  I took a short nap during the 3rd movie (with the wife’s permission).

In case you have not caught on, my blog titles and subject matter are from the U2 album, “Boy”.  I hope to continue down side 1 and onto side 2.  I would like to head through all of U2’s albums but for now I think I will set a goal only for the “Boy” album.  I hope you enjoy this blog series.

Jon