{"id":1634,"date":"2010-01-05T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:58:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:58:05","slug":"on-turning-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/on-turning-30\/","title":{"rendered":"On turning 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was my 30th birthday, and while it’s a milestone that can bring some heavy baggage to bear, it passed without incident.\u00c2\u00a0I even received an amazing gift from my wife that was very unexpected: a t-shirt with some Super Mario power-ups sewn on.<\/p>\n

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She says she’s making me a second one, as well, so I’ll be sure to post that as soon as it’s complete.<\/p>\n

As for the birthday itself, I had to work. It was a pretty busy day, thanks to its being the first day back from winter break. But it passed smoothly enough.<\/p>\n

I spent the evening playing video games (Marvel Ultimate Alliance<\/a>, to be exact \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I received the sequel<\/a> for Christmas and I’m trying to finish the first before I play it), and enjoyed a good meal and a wonderful cake (butter vanilla cake, cut in two with strawberries in-between, and topped with cream cheese frosting).<\/p>\n

I was struck with a thought yesterday, though, while at work. I’m 30 years old. I have spent 30 years struggling to breathe, eat, and just live on this planet. I haven’t composed a masterwok of storytelling as I’d always expected. What I’ve done instead is raise a remarkable young man in Avery, and started down a successive path with Liam. I’ve married an amazing woman that puts up with my bullshit better than anyone else, and loves me through it all.<\/p>\n

I’ve even managed to finally find a way to get back to what I love with the impending creation of Dead Wait<\/a>, and while I’m in front of the camera, instead of behind it, acting\u00c2\u00a0is<\/em> the very thing that got me interested in this business in the first place.<\/p>\n

I don’t have any regrets about what I’ve done with my life and I’d make the same decisions again in a heartbeat. How many can say that about turning 30?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was my 30th birthday, and while it’s a milestone that can bring some heavy baggage to bear, it passed without incident.\u00c2\u00a0I even received an amazing gift from my wife that was very unexpected: a t-shirt with some Super Mario power-ups sewn on. 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