Now I know 32 is the beginning of my prime! Only 9 more years!

Ooh, I'm in the sweet spot! I'm not sure how productive I am, but who am I to argue with the Big Idea White Board™?

That's a nice bit of existentialism too, as according to the graph, annoyingness doesn't precede or succeed existence.

I am so totally in the sweet spot. 31 was like putting my toes in the tub, 32 was like submerging both feet in the hot water, 33 I walked on the water like Jesus and now, just a week after my 34th birthday I feel like I am finally all in... and woah, not to churn up metaphors beyond recognition but I always wondered what they meant when they talked about finding their sweet spot in the tub. Now I know!

I can see that you really did put a lot of research into this one... you've got a nice annoyance peak at age 21 which, of course, is absolutely correct. It is nice to see that I haven't yet started climbing out of the non-annoyance valley yet!

kilax: 9 years? my god - you have so much time to prepare. i might suggest buying a white board sometime around age 28 or so, just to put you ahead of the curve.

claire: you really can't argue with the white board. it speaks only the truth.

asia: and you're at the early stages of the sweet spot, so who knows what you'll be doing in that tub over the next decade. sky's the limit!

dave2: yes, 21 is a definite peak year for AQ. all the white boards in the world can't stop that.

I wrote something the other day detailing my unholy and totally incomprehensible hatred of certain flip-flop wearing college youth. There are good and bad things involved with being a 35-year old grad student, and one of the bad involves being surrounded by the future leaders of America, with their overwrought self-importance and assumption that everyone needs to hear what they're yelling into their cell phone. Do I sound old? I sound old, don't I.

i hear what you're saying. don't sleep on the sweet spot. take advantage of what's to come.

Uh oh.

Oh well. YOU KIDS GET OFF MY YARD GODDAMMITT!!!1

sir: oh, don't get me started on the flip-flops. that would require an entirely new white board graph.

brandon: vegas has made you randy. your pen is, indeed, pumped.

roy: oh, come on. you've got the AQ of a 34 year old, and we all know it!

i'm annoying, huh? guess that's why all of my friends have stopped calling and i never get invited to any parties.

What is it about Buicks and old white people?

kat: are your friends in or out of the sweet spot? because if they're in the sweet spot, then yes, that's why. if they're outside of the sweet spot, then they've stopped calling because they're jerks.

rhea: i don't know... i think it's the same thing with ford tauruses and sales people. they just go together like peas and carrots.

Yea! I'm right smack dab in the middle of the sweet spot. The only drag is that I'm still annoying, so what will I be like when I'm 60? Wait. don't answer that.

See, here's the thing Kat: if you come to TequilaCon, where there will be many people IN the sweet spot, you get bonus points toward lowering the AQ for your age. Isn't that right, Jenny?

Ah man, I am SO close to the sweet spot.

I'm in the sweet spot, too. Woo hoo! Great research you've done here. I'm 41 and hoping that I don't start whining about my health problems for decades to come.

churlita: some people develop later in the AQ lifecycle, so it may be that you're still operating at a 31-year old's AQ. don't stress out - you should be less annoying next year.

shari: that's some fancy lawyer logic you just used on me, isn't it?

heather anne: awesome! then you should work hard to get all your annoyingness out now before you hit the sweet spot.

karl: thank you! it took a lot of late hours gathering and analyzing the data, but i feel pretty solid about the results.

I've got one year and two months left to dye my hair purple. Then I will immediately start writing the most brilliant novel in the world. It's good to have a plan.

Apparently, I missed the part of the sweet spot where you buy your Big Idea White Board.

I'd better hurry. I've only got six years left to get my ass to Staples.

Yes! Something to look forward to! Sweet spot, here I come!

cheryl: you should be sure to hang out at Jamba Juice a lot and look bored for the next 14 months, too.

communicatrix: get thee to an office max, woman! and take it from me, don't buy the cheapest white board stand - you need something sturdy enough to capture all your sweet spot brilliance.

vahid: it's like you have your whole life ahead of you!

Fifty-two????Are you kidding???? So that my blog became annoying two years ago when I turned 52???? Or was it just me????

Nahhh. I was MUCH more annoying at 37. So watch out.

nina: look, this study was based on national averages, so of course there are going to be anomalies here and there. some people hit their peak earlier, some later, but you can't argue with a scientific study like this.

So, does this mean if the person who falls outside the sweet spot is a quadruplet, laughing with his/her siblings, they are no longer annoying? Just wondering. :-)