So...last day as a 37 year old.

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Tomorrow's my 38th birthday.

38 isn't a particularly interesting number, mathematically speaking...not a prime or a square or a perfect number. Okay, so it only has two prime factors (2 and 19), but that's not all that special, really.

It's not socially very interesting either, not a milestone like 40 or even a "stopping point" like 39 (as in, "It's my 39th birthday!" "What, again? Isn't this your third 39th birthday?"). It's not a demographics breakpoint.

I'm told that when you turn 38 you can no longer enlist in the Army, but even if that's correct, it's not exactly significant to me. :)

I suppose there's got to be a bunch of famous people who died at age 38, especially entertainment types who burned out early on substance abuse.

Anyone know of anything I'm missing, a reason why 38 is any more significant than 37 or 41?

Edit: D'oh! I'm definitely getting old...I forgot the Transformers connection! 38 is the number on the side of Smokescreen's car mode.

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[grant-p.livejournal.com]

I'm not a good person to ask as I missed my own birthday for almost five years running once, but every year I've made it past 17 I've considered it to be a great thing. I had not originally expected to last that long and the fact that I'm now passing into 'indefinite' is, to me, a great thing. Any birthday is a victory, you've made it another year. At least, I think of it as something amazing.