Youth is something the best of us have strived for but none have received. As the years climb higher, your last breath is drawing nearer and nearer until it hits you, all the regrets and the things you wish so desperately you could change the outcome of, to do the things you wish you would have and spend longer time with the people closest to you. But sometimes, youth can have its drawbacks.
After an incredibly stressful audition, I called up my best friend, Genine to vent to her about it.
"Hey Agnes," she greeted me gleefully. "What have you been up to?"
"So, you know that show I've been a fan of since I was a kid?" I asked.
"Do you mean 'Sam and the Blue Ape'?" she asked.
"Yeah, that one." I replied. "They finally decided to turn it into a movie and I went to audition for the part of Sam. You'll never believe what they told me. They said I was too old for the part."
"Oh Agnes, I'm so sorry," she comforted me. "Isn't Sam a kid in the show though?"
"Well, they were looking for someone that could pull off looking like a teenager." I said.
I knew I was in my fifties, but looking in the mirror, I knew I could have easily pulled off looking that young. I guess the fancy Hollywood filmmakers want the hot young faces. It didn't keep me from feeling any less disappointed.
Genine told me about how terrible Hollywood is and how picky they are. We talked for a good thirty more minutes before she needed to head out to a doctor's appointment.
I can tell you, getting old isn't the greatest feeling in the world. The years go by so quickly that the twelve months pass by in a single week. The days fade into each other and before you realize it, another decade has gone by and you haven't done much in your life. I hate that feeling. Oh, what I wouldn't give to turn back the clock. To at least look young enough to be in that movie.
I pulled out my phone and looked up 'Reverse Aging' just to see what kind of results would show up. I was surprised to find the first result was the most appealing. It's called 'Ageless'. I clicked on the link and read up on it. Apparently, it's a diet and exercise program you can sign up for that is supposed to make you look and feel younger.
I shrugged, thinking it can't hurt to try it. I went and ordered a month's supply, figuring I have nothing to lose.
It didn't take long for the package to arrive at the door. It was a bunch of prepackaged food and an instruction booklet. The booklet was to tell me what kind of exercises to do alongside the meals. It promised I would look and feel younger or they'd give me a full refund. It wasn't that expensive anyways, so a refund is something I could care less about.
So over the next few days I followed what the booklet told me to do, which meals to eat when and what workouts to do after I ate. Of course I was a little light on the exercises. The food tasted amazing though.
There were all kinds of food from chicken sandwiches to brownies to pancakes. Nothing that even seemed remotely healthy with the flavor to back me up. I didn't really understand how all of this was supposed to make me look younger.
A few more days in and I wasn't seeing any results. My hair looked a little less grey and a few wrinkles may have cleared up from my face. Then again it could have all been wishful thinking.
I ended up giving up on the program completely. The booklet warned against it, but the program was pretty bad anyways.
What I ended up doing was just eating the food as snacks and full meals whenever I felt hungry. They tasted amazing. So amazing that I literally bit off a little more than I could chew and cooked up a ton of meals. I was feeling incredibly hungry, I needed things to eat. I stuffed my face with as many meals as I could.
After all the food I ate, I felt dizzy and passed out.
When I woke up, I found that the floor was a little closer to me than I realized. Had I gotten shorter? I ran to the mirror, perhaps it was the food that was working on me, the exercising was a load of crap.
When I got to the mirror, I stared at my reflection in confusion and slight panic. Why did I look like I was ten years old?
After an incredibly stressful audition, I called up my best friend, Genine to vent to her about it.
"Hey Agnes," she greeted me gleefully. "What have you been up to?"
"So, you know that show I've been a fan of since I was a kid?" I asked.
"Do you mean 'Sam and the Blue Ape'?" she asked.
"Yeah, that one." I replied. "They finally decided to turn it into a movie and I went to audition for the part of Sam. You'll never believe what they told me. They said I was too old for the part."
"Oh Agnes, I'm so sorry," she comforted me. "Isn't Sam a kid in the show though?"
"Well, they were looking for someone that could pull off looking like a teenager." I said.
I knew I was in my fifties, but looking in the mirror, I knew I could have easily pulled off looking that young. I guess the fancy Hollywood filmmakers want the hot young faces. It didn't keep me from feeling any less disappointed.
Genine told me about how terrible Hollywood is and how picky they are. We talked for a good thirty more minutes before she needed to head out to a doctor's appointment.
I can tell you, getting old isn't the greatest feeling in the world. The years go by so quickly that the twelve months pass by in a single week. The days fade into each other and before you realize it, another decade has gone by and you haven't done much in your life. I hate that feeling. Oh, what I wouldn't give to turn back the clock. To at least look young enough to be in that movie.
I pulled out my phone and looked up 'Reverse Aging' just to see what kind of results would show up. I was surprised to find the first result was the most appealing. It's called 'Ageless'. I clicked on the link and read up on it. Apparently, it's a diet and exercise program you can sign up for that is supposed to make you look and feel younger.
I shrugged, thinking it can't hurt to try it. I went and ordered a month's supply, figuring I have nothing to lose.
It didn't take long for the package to arrive at the door. It was a bunch of prepackaged food and an instruction booklet. The booklet was to tell me what kind of exercises to do alongside the meals. It promised I would look and feel younger or they'd give me a full refund. It wasn't that expensive anyways, so a refund is something I could care less about.
So over the next few days I followed what the booklet told me to do, which meals to eat when and what workouts to do after I ate. Of course I was a little light on the exercises. The food tasted amazing though.
There were all kinds of food from chicken sandwiches to brownies to pancakes. Nothing that even seemed remotely healthy with the flavor to back me up. I didn't really understand how all of this was supposed to make me look younger.
A few more days in and I wasn't seeing any results. My hair looked a little less grey and a few wrinkles may have cleared up from my face. Then again it could have all been wishful thinking.
I ended up giving up on the program completely. The booklet warned against it, but the program was pretty bad anyways.
What I ended up doing was just eating the food as snacks and full meals whenever I felt hungry. They tasted amazing. So amazing that I literally bit off a little more than I could chew and cooked up a ton of meals. I was feeling incredibly hungry, I needed things to eat. I stuffed my face with as many meals as I could.
After all the food I ate, I felt dizzy and passed out.
When I woke up, I found that the floor was a little closer to me than I realized. Had I gotten shorter? I ran to the mirror, perhaps it was the food that was working on me, the exercising was a load of crap.
When I got to the mirror, I stared at my reflection in confusion and slight panic. Why did I look like I was ten years old?
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