{"id":17337,"date":"2012-10-17T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=17337"},"modified":"2015-01-07T13:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:06:26","slug":"life-begins-at-40-eminem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/life-begins-at-40-eminem\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Begins at 40, Eminem!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is rapper Eminem<\/a>‘s 40th birthday<\/a>. I hope it’s a good one for him. One’s 40s can be a fun time. I’ve been enjoying mine since I decided I was too damn old to tolerate any more asshats<\/a> in my life. That meant I had to take a hard look at myself and figure out why I was letting those losers in. Gotta take responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming your problems on everyone else, right?\u00a0 Having been through rehab<\/a>, Marshall Mathers might have had that realization long before I did;\u00a0the Serenity Prayer sums up the situation nicely<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, happy birthday to Em, and thanks for giving me one of the most fun concert experiences of my life last year at Lollapalooza.<\/p>\n

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My crap picture of Eminem from Lollapalooza 2011. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

I swear, that day rivaled seeing Frankie Goes to Hollywood<\/a> at the Beacon Theatre in 1985, and, as you can imagine, I don’t say stuff like that lightly! (No, seriously, that FGTH concert was insane.)<\/p>\n

Oh, and any celebs who need to buy a luxurious birthday gift for their favorite rapper should holla at me. I have an idea for a custom bracelet that will blow his mind so completely that he won’t care that you’re giving it to him late.<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: Years later, I discovered the Frankie Goes to Hollywood concert was at the Ritz.<\/a> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is rapper Eminem‘s 40th birthday. I hope it’s a good one for him. One’s 40s can be a fun time. I’ve been enjoying mine since I decided I was too damn old to tolerate any more asshats in my life. That meant I had to take a hard look at myself and figure out…<\/p>\n

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