the dilemma of 2011

people keep getting married.

or having babies. or both. and when i say "people" i mean "people my age that i used to throw rocks at on the playground". i've seen these people as children, and now they themselves are spawning children. and when i say "i've seen these people as children" i mean "i've seen these people piss their pants and cry when they were 8 years old". and when i say "spawning" i mean "spawning".

this freaks me the f*** out. mostly because i still consider myself a child. minus the pissing my pants part.


.....the worst part is i know this is going to happen again in about 20 years when their kids are getting married and having kids. i'll have seen 3 generations of piss pants.

to all of you who are getting married/having babies, do not be confused- i do congratulate you and am truly happy for you. i'm just not jealous. ...yet.

alright enough about pissing pants. this is serious, people. marriage. babies. the future is closer than you think. and i'm sitting here trying to plan for the future while at the same time having no expectations. i'm thinking about my career - the when, where, how's - and i used to have a pretty good idea of what that involved. now all this marriage+babies shit is getting to my head and i'm thinking about family, homes, minivans and what color leashes i want for my kids. and let me tell you, these 2 things (career+family) are at complete opposite ends of the nicole lee life spectrum.

here's the problem:










career wants this^ family calls for this^

obviously, in both cases i am a millionaire. and, yes, that is the plaza hotel in new york to the left. so i may have watched home alone 2 too many times. sue me, they're my dreams not yours. i also plan on having tim curry bring me banana splits and dry clean my underwear. i'll tip him with chewing gum.

speaking of tim curry, check this out:

.....yep. that just blew your mind a little didn't it. these are just a few of the tim curry images that have had a solid impact on my life - as well as the voice of Hexxus in fern gully (with the famous line "mother's milk" ...well, famous to my roommates and i).


anyway we're getting a little of topic. i'm not having babies or getting married. but i am graduating this year. which means a career will be happening very soon. and while it's very tempting for me to run off to the plaza hotel in the big apple, i know some day i will want to get married and have kids that tim curry will thoroughly confuse and scare the shit out of.


i'll call this predicament i'm in the Dilemma of 2011. wish me luck on solving this puzzle. advice, persuasion, opinions, and cash bribes are all welcome. ;)