So I'm about to be 31. This is the past year I've really felt the decade gap between myself and 20 year olds. You know the saying, you are only as old as you feel, but what about what you see. Lately, I've seen some young bucks wearing the haircuts I wore in the early 90's and the sunglasses are going back to the 80's. I feel like I'm in a time machine.

More than that, I find myself calling programing on MTV and BETjunk...just like my mother would do when I was watching Rap City or Yo MTV Raps. Has the programming dropped that much in quality or is it just that as much as I hate to admit I've gone and gotten "old". I suppose it's inevitable, you can't be young forever.

What sealed the deal for me was earlier today, when I was outside taking out the trash and these kids was throwing a volley ball back and forth outside. I spoke to them, and they waved. On my back from the trash dumpster, one kid hit my truck with the volley ball by mistake. He told me he was sorry and his mother who had been sitting out side watching, yelled at him telling him to say sorry sir and to respect his elders. ELDER? So I'm an elder now? I'm not really ready to be an elder, I just want to be a regular guy not an elder. I looked at the woman who looked to be maybe a year or two younger than me, to see if she was joking, but I could tell she wasn't. I suppose, a kid referring to me as sir is ok, it's good to teach the youth respect...but I don't think I'm ready to be an "elder".

I suppose I don't have a choice in the matter. Time doesn't wait kiddos, so live life to the fullest.

Since this will be the first topic discussed in my first ever blog it's only fitting that I begin with something that's baffling to me.

A few days ago I accompanied a female friend of mine to the mall. Big mistake, because I don't really like shopping, I'm a traditional guy. If I need shirt, enter store, find shirt, shirt fit, buy shirt, leave store...That's it. Not women though, they embark on a shopping pilgrimage dragging their helpless male companion up and down aisles of clothing. Asking for our opinions which they rarely take into consideration anyway. I was outside of a store taking a well deserved breather, when out of nowhere this extremely fine and edible looking young lady walked into the book store across from me.

Now I was blatantly checking her out hoping I'd catch her eye, but she never looked up at me. She left the book store walked past me, didn't acknowledge me at all. So I dismissed her from my mind. About four minutes later she again walks into my view right past me, not looking at me once. I'm not a small guy and at 6'5 I'm anything but invisible, but I did not receive a glance from her. After my friend finished shopping we head to another store she wanted to go too. On the way there, I see that we are approaching Miss Edible again. This time how ever it is different, she is looking right into my eyes as we approach her. She is staring not letting her eyes leave mine at all. My friend even noticed it and commented on it asking me if I knew her. When we passed her my friend turned around and said the girl had turned back still looking at me.

This isn't the first time this has happened to me. I can't figure out for the life of me why I get more attention and looks from women when I'm out with female than I get when I'm just solo. I'm the exact same guy she passed a dozen times before without acknowledging my existence. Why when she saw me walking with a woman did she stare at me like I was the doorman at the pearly gates? I know I can't be the only guy that has experienced this. So ladies speak up let me know why you do this. Guys let me know what you think too. Give me theories, I want to know.