Age

On Friday I went out with a whole bunch of coworkers to send off an account guy who is moving to LA. It was a blast, Mullen picked up the tab at the first bar and then people kept buying me beers. And finally, I was able to actually relate to coworkers and talk to them about non-work stuff for more than a few minutes.

But a group of people I was talking to kept asking my age. I forget how it came up, but I avoided the subject so clumsily that I was hounded by the question all night. They guessed that I was 25. Pretty common, most people think I'm older than I am. But I don't usually avoid the subject.

It made me think about age. How it affects us differently in different social circles. I didn't want to tell my work friends about my age because they are tied to work, and in work age is tied to power. And regardless of what anyone says to the contrary, power affects friendships. The more of a difference in power the tougher it is to relate to someone. That's why it's hard to be friends with your boss (also because everyone seems to think their boss is a douche). That's why celebrities have famous friends more often then they have non-famous ones.

Well, hell. This isn't about at all what I had planned for it to be about. I suppose I'll have to talk about age another time. This is just a random smattering of ideas.

On a side note, one of the people I talked to was a copywriter. We talked a lot about copywriting and the business. In the end she had me feeling much better about it. On the other hand she encouraged me to go into it just because I'm funny… which really makes me reconsider how tough it is to write copy. This at least helps clear things up though, hearing about it from a copywriter's perspective. A drunk, honest copywriter.