Lydia Interview: ‘If I Live To Be 65 That’s Going To Be A Problem For Everybody’

“It doesn’t feel like it existed,” Leighton says.

Then, out of nowhere, Matt makes the biggest announcement of the night.  “I turn 26 today.” Everyone yells “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” in unison.

“Two-thousand-thirteen, I turned 26,” Matt says again.

“You should have started the interview with that,” tells Matt.

“They probably would have given you more love over there,” Justin says.

“If you guys want to ask me questions about my birthday.”

“So what are you doing after the show?” I ask.

Justin follows up with, “How does it feel to be 26?”

“Kind of like 25 except a year shittier,” Matt says. “And I weigh more than I did last year. That happens to me every year.”

“What do you get when your 25, you can rent cars?” Leighton ponders.

“Yeah, the only things I have left to look forward to are, at 35 I can run for president, and at 65 I can retire from being a musician,” Matt says.

“You can’t retire at 65. I don’t think that’s a thing anymore,” Leighton says to Matt.

Matt agrees, “We don’t retire ever. We forfeited that option when we didn’t go to college.”

“If I live to be 65 that’s going to be a problem for everybody. Like my kids, my family, they’re going to be like ‘Gotta take care of this guy,’” Justin says.

All Leighton can say is, “65?”

“That’s old,” Matt says.

“Nowadays people live to be 100,” Leighton adds.

“I don’t know if I even want to do that,” Matt says seriously.

“You’re over a quarter century down,” Justin exclaims.

Leighton makes it clear that he absolutely does not want to live to a hundred. Matt just says it’s a long time.

“A hundred? Are you kidding me? Get out of here. Take me out,” Leighton declares.

“When I am no longer physically capable of running…” Matt starts to say before Leighton chimes in.

“Maybe not running, but if I can’t get a quick jog in…”

“Yeah!” Matt agrees.

“A shuffle,” says Justin.

“If I can’t make it home in time to watch Matlock,” Matt laughs.

“If I can’t get a quick hustle, just a quick little, you know. I’m ready to go out,” Leighton says.

Justin, seeming a little surprised by how morbid were getting, says, “That escalated to death really quickly.”

To prevent the night from getting even weirder, I moved on to the final question. “What are your new years resolutions?” I ask.

“I haven’t even thought about that,” Matt says.

“I haven’t even gone Christmas shopping yet,” Leighton says, hanging his head in slight shame.

“I just need to get something for my mom,” Matt adds.

Justin, with the most ingenious idea of the night, says “I’m just going to get everyone in my family lottery tickets. I’m going to spend like $10 on one and if you win I’m going to be like ‘Good for you!’”

“Do you think that’s an acceptable gift?” Matt asks.

“Absolutely!” Justin replies.

“I kind of want that,” Leighton says.

“If you win a million dollars, I’m going to be like yo hook me up,” Justin says.

“You mean like scratchers or like straight lottery ticket?” Leighton asks with genuine interest.

“Lottery tickets,” Justin explains.

“Like, with numbers?” Leighton asks.

“Yeah,” Justin says.

“You should get scratchers,” Leighton suggests.

“I was going to get scratchers…”

“Like the nice ones, like the $20 scratchers,” Leighton says.

“Yeah, the big ones. My eight-year-old nephew is going to have lottery scratchers in his stocking, ‘Uncle Justin got me this!’”

“Well, that wasn’t even the question, so. What’s your new years resolution dude?” Leighton asks, trying to bring the guys back on topic.

“My new years resolution…” Justin says while looking up at the ceiling. “Is… I don’t know. I have a goal. I’d like to continue to- my employment to be playing music and traveling around the world. I don’t necessarily have a resolution, I just hope things continue to go forward.”

“I would like to start donating less money to children’s charities all the time,” Matt says. “I’m just kidding. I don’t donate any money to children’s charities. Realistically, I’d like to start eating better, start taking care of myself, that sort of thing.”

“I don’t know. That’s like- in the future still. I like to take things as they come,” Leighton says.

“The answer I just gave is subject to change,” Matt adds.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever made a new years resolution. What is your guys new years resolutions, do you have one already?” Leighton asks Rosemary and me. (She was in the room the whole time, but was busy snapping photos.)

“Nope,” Rosemary says.

“She does,” Matt says, pointing at me.

“Mine is pretty much always that one.” I say, pointing back at Matt.

“I feel like 90% of people who make them, break them. And then by February 2nd they’re like ‘FUCK!’” Justin says.

“There goes January,” Matt says.

“Back to drinking 20 beers,” Justin says with a shrug.

“I had a friend that worked at a gym, and he said like December 26 through the 29 a ridiculous amount of memberships were bought, like literally thousands and thousands. And then two weeks later there are thousands and thousands of cancellations,” Leighton says.

“Twenty bucks a month?? I’m not paying for this shit,” Justin says outraged.

Matt and Leighton finish off the interview with some words of wisdom that probably apply to more scenarios than New Year’s resolutions.

“This is me stepping on my own toes… Bottom line is like, eating healthier and taking better care of yourself, if you need December 31st to roll around to do it, you probably don’t care that much,” Matt says.

“Absolutely, if you need a date to tell you do something, you’re not going to do it,” Leighton says.