Just Call me A Yindie (or how Arrested Development is Dead)
Alas, this easter I’ve had *alot* of time to watch TV.
Oh, and read some blogs.
Oh, and IM some cool People.
Oh, and do my Taxes.
Oh, and forget about SOMETHING (Making me so mad! I’m getting so old I can’t remember anything!)
Oh, and chowing on Sushi.
The sad part is that I found something that made me sad.
It looks like Arrested Development is dead.
I’m going to need a moment for that.
The article proclaiming the death of Arrested also references the new emerging Yindies
or Grups. The headline says it all.
He owns eleven pairs of sneakers, hasn’t worn anything but jeans in a year, and won’t shut up about the latest Death Cab for Cutie CD. But he is no kid. He is among the ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap.
The article talks about the change of adulthood in America. It used to be that there was a definate gap between ages. Apparently my agegroup doesn’t want to grow up?
Good thing I have my Toys-R-Us Shirt.
Anyone else agree with the article?
I didn’t read the full article… just because I get to like page two and the event is something like this…
*Reading article…. reading… rea…* Hey let’s go ride bikes! *goes to ride bikes, sees shiney quarter, stares at it for the next 30 minutes*
My mind is very side-tracked =( But I do agree with the article. I think it’s more then that though. Granted your age is 7 years my senior, I can still relate, kinda.
We have a society that lamblasts us daily with ways to stay young, how old is un-attractive and if you’re un-attractive your husband will leave you for his secratary and no one wants to be left for a trashy secratary so we try not to grow old. Compound that with a shallow society who doesn’t look any further then skin deep and you see the problem.
I think another part of it is the generation before hand which raised the current generation never really had good contact with their grandparents, or the extream and the current generation was raised by their grandparents so there’s really no transition there that says “hey, it’s okay to age and to age gracefully”. I personally don’t mind getting older. My grandfather is the funniest man alive 🙂
You know.. It really wasn’t even about that.. Alot of it is about Passion.
The last page talks about it.
The ways to motivate a
Baby Boomer: More Money
Gen X: Time Off
Yindie: Allow them to persue something that they love.
I think at the end of the day, we’ve looked at what our parents gave up (passion) for security (jobs) and say the security is no longer there, so why should I give up on the passion.
I think that’s entirely valid.