Reader Poll: How should I express my midlife crisis?

17 April 2008 13 Comments

Today I’m putting you, the reader, in control. I recently turned 40, and I was informed today that I was supposed to engage in some sort of midlife crisis behavior. Apparently, I missed that memo. I’ve been giving it some thought, but haven’t come up with anything good. So, I thought I would put it to a vote.

Should I:

Buy a sports car.
Get a tattoo.
Die my hair blond. Or brown. Or orange.
Quit my job and wander the country taking pictures of doormats and living off vermin.
Devote myself to the advancement of prosthetic limbs for armadillos.
Run for president.
Start the movement to get President Taft added to Mt. Rushmore.
Write a screenplay.
Other.

Let me know what you think.

Carry on, Citizens!

About The Author
Jeff Stanger is an author, talk show host, professional fundraiser, and the answer to several obscure trivia questions. He writes for food and occasionally for spite.

13 Comments »

matt said:

9

# 18 April 2008 at 5:46 am

matt said:

Perhaps my answer was too obscure. What I meant by that was:

9. Other

# 18 April 2008 at 5:47 am

matt said:

Or, if you aren’t in the mood for that maybe you should try:

1.2: Get a tatoo for your car.

# 18 April 2008 at 5:48 am

matt said:

2.7: A tattoo for your hair?

# 18 April 2008 at 5:49 am

matt said:

4.6 Eat only the limbs of vermin. . .and replace with prosthetics?!?

# 18 April 2008 at 5:50 am

Brian said:

A tattoo of Tattoo…on your rear.

# 18 April 2008 at 11:46 am

Melissa F said:

Tattoos are too much of a norm now… like getting highlights or chin implants.

Okay, so chin implants aren’t THAT common now.

I say, write a screenplay. I could definitely see Kansaska as a movie. And whilest doing that (I like pretenting to be British once in awhile – hence, whilest), you could let your hair grow, eat vermin – but not armadillos (they are considered vermin in Texas – well, not really), start that movement and take funky pictures…. Perhaps while doing all of that, you could keep a video blog and post them – keeping the rest of us utterly amused.

Who says you have to have a midlife crisis at 40??? =)

# 18 April 2008 at 9:36 pm

Jeff (author) said:

Melissa,

Chin implants? I’ve never heard of that. I must write a post about chin implants.

# 18 April 2008 at 10:28 pm

Brian said:

Get a butt implant…and get a tattoo on it.

# 19 April 2008 at 9:31 am

Amanda said:

9. Other – Llama farmer.

# 19 April 2008 at 11:15 am

Melissa F said:

Perhaps I watch WAY too many medical shows…

Yes, chin implants. They are all the rage in California, where people are never quite perfect. I watched an episode just recently where a nearly perfect looking man thought he needed a nose job and a more striking chin. At first I thought he was crazy. He looked like a Ken doll. But afterwards, he did look ‘nicer’ – okay, even MORE like a Ken doll, but he said he wanted it because people in Cali are so vain and he wanted to fit in. LOL

Scary thing is – they do have some sort of boo-tay implant – and I know lots of men who could benefit from that…. =)

Oh – and they have calf implants too! For people who think that they can’t get defined enough looking calf muscles. Again – how silly is that?

I do have to say – most of these are done by men. In California. With highlights.

# 19 April 2008 at 3:35 pm

bnpositive said:

9. Other (blog more) and install the Democracy WordPress plugin so people can actually vote live! =)

# 20 April 2008 at 8:49 am

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# 22 April 2008 at 8:56 am