After last update's more serious and reflective Hiphop blog, it's time to return to the more humorous reflection! I'm takin time off from the NBA until the playoffs cause it seems nobody cares until then and nobody wants to play like they want it (except Toronto and a few other teams). So I'll chill til April. Besides, with all the injuries any predictions are a moot point. Til then, here's a lil somethin for my older folks (late 20's and 30's)...enjoy witcha old ass!

SIGNS OF AGE

30 is the new 18. That's what they keep telling me because I recently celebrated the "Big 30". But with the aches, pains, thinning hairlines, changed views and realizations that are going down, I've realized maybe 30 is the new 30 haha. That ain't a bad thing, but if you are part of this "Grown Folks Club" (maybe 28 and older) put a fist up with pride and see how many of these points apply to your decrepid ass. I will add more as I think of them...

YOU KNOW YO ASS GETTIN OLD IF...

1. You've tasted Crystal Pepsi (RIP) and just knew it would be the next big thing (nope).

2. ALL the food in your high school cafeteria had trans fat and there were NO healthy alternaties.

3. You wore your shirt tucked in so people could see your beeper.

4. You owned a Black Bart Simpson t-shirt.

5. You had an African Medallion or Malcolm X laminate medallion bought from a Korean man.

6. You remember buying a bootleg cassette tape for the first time and being mad that there were no liner notes.

7. Your first time seeing Chris Rock was ordering ribs and soda in I'm Gonna Git U Sucka.

8. You had a crush on SOMEBODY from Head Of The Class.

9. You remember the internet was supposed to be a fad. Better yet, your school computers were only for typing/data.

10. You saw Gangstarr's "Just To Get A Rep" video or heard Ice Cube's "Steady Mobbin" and went out and bought a pair of Patrick Ewing Sneakers. You had a Starter Jacket or hat to match the Ewing sneakers if you had the money or were a good thief (I bought a used Miami Dolphins Starter off my boy).

11. You wrote your favorite rappers/girls/athletes/artists names' on your binder/Trapper Keeper for school.

12. Your school was closed for an asbestos scare and you thought you were dying of lung cancer.

13. Your mom was nervous about you seeing Juice, Menace II Society and Boyz-N-The Hood in the movie theater.

14. Designs and parts in the hair are NOT retro to you.

15. You remember the whole school buggin out when it became known Magic Johnson had HIV.

16. Every Monday, you re-enacted a line you heard on In Living Color or The Simpsons the night before.

17. You were happy in 1993 cause cheap clothes were in fashion (field coats, fatigues, bald heads). You were mad in 1997 when Puffy and Ma$e made it mandatory to rock designer clothes and fresh cuts weekly.

18. You've done the Kid-N-Play kick step or running man dances.

19. You're scared to play pick up basketball cause you know you'll be in pain for a week.

20. You thought Capri Sun had the most genius packaging ever.

21. (Athletes only) You tried to get out of practice early so you could catch the World Premiere video on Yo! MTV Raps. And for my New Yorkers, you didn't miss Video Music Box on "Nervous Thursdays" cause Crazy Sam was hosting.

22. Health insurance is now a real issue!!!!

23. You blew on your video game cartridges when the game wouldn't load.

24. You wore a Triple Fat Goose coat inside out cause it looked like an MCM jacket and only costed $89.

25. You snatched the Mercades Benz emblems off the hoods of the cars and rocked em on a necklace or sold em. (1991, big up! My school banned these)

26. (Unless you're 300 pounds) You woke up one day and realized..."I'm a grown ass man, what the fuck am I wearing a XXXL shirt for?" Then proceeded to put all your clothes in a bag and dump em in the Good Will bin.

Welcome to the club!!!!!!!!!!