When did my generation become the old people?

I'm sure you've heard it a lot, lately, too. It's bandied about on the airwaves and on television. You'll hear someone mention it in conversation from time to time. Often you'll mention it to someone talking about regular programming. I heard it twice on the radio this morning, during my very brief drive to work.

From the perspective of most people I know, between my age and fifty or so, it's something of a statement of contempt. A lingering frustration with a glorious new media that burned itself out in the first fifteen, or so, years it existed. In some ways it is a cry of desperation "What happened to my youth?!" or "What happened to this thing which used to be so, so anti-establishment?!"

I can't imagine how it sounds to today's younger generations. You know, the kids who grew up watching thirty to sixty minute shows. "Yeah, shut up old man," or "Dude, I'm sick of hearing all you old people talk about that."

Do they believe us? Can they possibly conceive of it? Or do they simply perceive us as the old fuddy-duddies whining about "...the good ole days..."? I bet they think that I walked to school every day. Up hill. Both ways. In four feet of snow. And that I used to have to fend off grizzly bears with my loose leaf notebook.

My revelation this morning, simply is this: we're really approaching the age in which a generation will absolutely not believe that MTV, in its youth, actually ran music videos. I can just picture some kid telling me "Prove it!"

That's just too weird for me.

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In other news:

1. I ordered a belt two weeks ago and it has not yet arrived. This distresses me.2. Serenity still comes out this Friday.

3. I left my corporate card at home again, today, and I'm supposed to book travel arrangements to Maryland for 10/10 through 10/12.

4. I also left my badge at home (again) and had to go back for it.

5. I still left my corporate card at home after turning around to get my badge.

6. I keep forgetting to deal with my new lease paperwork. I have, oh, one day to do so.

7. How do we feel about the DOOM movie, fellow geeks? Frankly, I think The Rock is gonna turn into a zombie bad guy. That'll be all "Steven Seagall gets sucked out of the airplane cool". He is Sarge, afterall.