The View From Lower Down

I had a birthday this August. I won't tell you what day or which birthday, because identity theft. Suffice it to say, I'm now in my late 20's. Now, I knew how old I was for most of the year, which was good. But then, in about May, I decided: Actually, I'm a lot closer to {my age circa August 2020} than I am to {my age circa August 2019}. So I started calling myself that age. Obviously, if I needed to sign something official, I would have given my real age; although in that case, they would more likely need my date of birth, which I do know. Towards the end of July, I realized that my birthday was coming up, and therefore I was going to turn a year older. However, by this point, I had already been calling myself that age for 3 months, and I was used to only getting older on my birthday, so I convinced myself I was getting another year older on my birthday. As if this wasn't confusing enough, I then made the tragic mistake of telling my family this, so ever

SPOILERS FOR MAMMA MIA (MM1) AND MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN (MM2) AHEAD Just to be clear, I'm not the first person to talk about this and I doubt I'll be the last. There are a load of continuity issues between MM1 and MM2, especially concerning Donna's diary entries, but that's not what this post is about. Want to know more? Click here . Or here . 1. Okay. We'll start by addressing the most obvious one. In the first movie, it is mentioned that Sophie is 20 years old. Therefore, as the first movie was released in 2008, that would mean she was born in 1988. Seems legit. However, in the second movie flashback scenes, it is clearly stated that it is set in 1979. All you number crunchers out there will have worked out that that means Donna was pregnant for NINE YEARS! Believe it or not, this is actually wrong. MM1 was released in 2008, but it is actually set in 1999. SIDE NOTE/QUICK QUIZ: After 1987, there were many years where at least one number in the y