(Sorry I haven't updated much, but let's be honest here: Who really reads this anyway?)
Growing up is not what it's cracked up to be. No one's nice to
you anymore because you're young and innocent -- they're all out to get
you. Boy, that didn't sound paranoid at all. What I meant
is that the selfish people out there -- and let's face it, the majority
of us are -- are just looking out for themselves and are willing to
step on anyone ... except kids
(most of the time). As a child you can be carefree. There's
nothing to worry about. The future, grades, bills, high
cholesterol, creaky joints ... Yeah, whatever. You can attempt to
fly from the jungle gym, nearly break your bones when you crash to the
ground, cry for about five minutes, get a kiss from mommy, and then do
it all over again. The only thing we had to be upset about back
then was not getting that new toy. Heck, if you pouted enough
you'd probably get it eventually anyway. You could grow up to be
anything you wanted ... A fairy princess, a pirate, a superhero, all of
the above, and for those weirdo extra-ambitious kids, a teacher or even
a doctor.
Then you actually do grow up and your limbs
suddenly get really long in a short period of time so that your brain
hasn't registered it yet and you become awkward and think that your
depth perception is off. AND, just as you're crashing into
doorframes and knocking everything over, people expect you to be responsible
as you become ... DUN DUN DUN ... A young adult. You have to keep
your grades up and get a job. You have to actually clean your
room and make you own appointments with the doctor and get normal
skin-tone band-aids to put on you boo-boos ... er, injuries. Cook
for yourself and do your own dishes. You can go buy your own
groceries too -- but act your age ... No having someone push you around
in the cart and no gliding down the aisles pretending the cart's a
scooter. And you can forget
running around pulling coupons out of those flashing dispensers or
sticking your arms inside your shirt to keep from freezing when you
walk down the frozen food aisle.
Sure, in theory you can
still do whatever you want, but you can't get away with it anymore just
by being cute. You're better off fitting into the adult
society. Go forth and be puppets. Be responsible for your
actions, earn lots of money, and then solve global warming. Being
carefree? Ha. Who wants to be a kid and be allowed to be
blissfuly ignorant? I'd rather have to worry about paying the
mortgage and fixing this and doing the laundry and fighting
wrinkles. I don't want to take chances or do anything dangerous
(although I guess kids don't really know what danger is). No
siree. I want to plan every detail of my life out and live it
that way. No spontaneity whatsoever.
I'm going to throw a temper tantrum now.
.Born Under a Bad Sign - Cream.
Posted at 7/18/2006 11:05:33 am by sponJaneous
 | | |
Jessica
July 20, 2006 05:14 PM PDT
hate to break it to you, but michael jackson isn't into the whole mid-twenties female thing. |
|
| | |
Laura
July 20, 2006 01:09 PM PDT
Do you want to go to neverland with me? Fun road/air trip!
hmmmm... Jane, once we're out of school, I mean college/grad school/the education system in general... then what? What are we supposed to do? I've done basically the same thing for the past 12 years of my life and probably for the next 8. Then I'm expected to be entirely independent...
NEVERLAND! (maybe we'll see Michael Jackson...) |
|
| | |
Catherine
July 20, 2006 10:50 AM PDT
jane don't grow up!
lord knows i wont
but i have my height helping me a slight bit. :) |
|
| | |
Jessica
July 18, 2006 11:42 AM PDT
i knowwwwwwww what you meannn
i was watching this show last night about child development...when they begin to grasp concepts like "behind" and understand mathematics. and it is pretty sad how soon- within months- babies begin to understand universal laws. i mean, it's cool in a way, but it's also sort of depressing that people begin to expect things to happen at such a small age. and then the older you get the more convinced you are that there is a pattern or set rules in life and you just sort of follow those and do what's expected of you just because that is the way the World works.
lame lame lame
ps to answer your question i read this like alll the time. and yes, i just used the word like online. go me! |
|
