Growing up is the worst thing that you can possibly do. When you were a kid all you could think about was growing up and being "big" so that you would be your own boss.

Time passes, you have a lot of fun as a child and you grow... time continues to pass, you don't have as much fun and you grow older... time begins to pass like a runaway freight train and you don't have any fun and you grow old.

Life has a way of killing the magic in the eyes of a child... the wonder and magic of childhood are replaced by routine and drudgery. The anticipation of the day is replaced by dread as you live a walking death.

"Faceless surgeons armed with razors cut out our imaginations" - Oingo Boingo

My suggestion: Do everything in your power to turn back the hands of time and be a kid again. Run from adulthood as fast as you can and never look back. Find the happiness that you had as a kid and don't let go of it again. Re-kindle your spirit, find your imagination and never let it go.

Actually, I have more fun now than I did when I was a kid.
I have the freedom to do what I want, when I want and it feels sooo good.

As an adult, I have the power to create my own job where I get to do shit I find really entertaining. It's not easy, but being told what to do all the time as a kid just SUCKED. So.

IceNine said:

Sounds like you're having some kind of crisis. I agree with the bit I quoted above. However I'm in the shit as well. I'm an addict and I keep on relapsing. I don't think I want to beat my addiction so I'm pretty fucked. The times I have managed to get myself together was when I rediscovered that childlike quality of innocence, trust and playfulness and humour. Doesn't last though, it needs to be worked on. It's important to have a childlike appreciation of the world where I can see the good things. It's a shame that I'm more childish than childlike. don't know if that helps or not.

I enjoy my life more now than I ever did as a child.

Time does fly, but that is why you should live life to it's fullest each and every day...

My suggestion: Allow your obstacles to become an opportunity.

I disagree. Being younger than 12 bit monkey balls. I have enjoyed my life more since I was 13, and it only gets better. I assume it will get better until I start getting wrinkles and stuff, and can't see, or walk right. At which point, I'll probably just go on and shoot myself.

There is much truth in that statement, Ice. We can all relate to what it used to feel like by just spending a little time with a small (or big) child. The way they view the world, and life in general. And the most pathetic thing is that they're more in tune than we are. Their priorities sometimes make much more sense than us adults. We're literally dying more every minute- like a wild animal encaged.

Fuck anyone who calls me Michael Jackson.

Life is sometimes like a blind man stumbling through a mine field... you don't know what's coming, but you know that it will kill or maim you.

INSATIABLE said:

Yes!

You have understood me!!!

IceNine said:

Or make you stronger! ( Don't you hate cheery people when you are in a fucked up mood! )

Mary poppin's at your service
[This message was edited Tue Feb 18 8:20:57 PST 2003 by Muse2noPharaoh]

ConsciousContact said:

Sorry to hear that man, go here for a novel approach:
http://www.rational.org/
It's not just for alcoholics.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

You're still a teenager, and life still has yet to dramatically change, especially finacial things, like having to pay your own bills, deal with emergencies (they're frequent) like your car breaking down, not to mention if you have children... and basically just being completely responsible for all of your actions, and dealing with the consequences. Not to say you're not dealing with a lot of these things yet, I don't know you too well and cannot judge you, but you're not on your own yet, and have yet to deal with a lot of bullshit.

I'm having a second childhood, i'll happily admit that.I reverted to playing video games, collecting Star Wars figures.Plus I can spend my money on whatever i like, when i like.I want a DVD, i buy it.no parents saying "NO!". It's frigging Great.

The wife thinks i'm nuts sometimes, but hey, i pay the mortgage too so she's cool with that.

INSATIABLE said:

Well, dear, I have dealt with a lot more bullshit in my life than one might think. Though you have acknowledged such, that you do not know me, or know what I have dealt with, so my statement is pretty irrelevant.

applekisses said:

Me too, and for me as well.

Marrk said:

yes, exactly... You can buy what you want, when you want it...

I want a job coloring...

IceNine said:

I always hated coloring. After awhile, it made my arm cramp a bit. But finger painting owned!

IceNine said:

i got a job where i talk on the telephone, and post on the .Org all day long, til it's time to go home, and then i may post some more!.

Marrk said:

Some people got it easy!

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I will take a job finger painting too...

Either way...

I'm with Ice.

Cloudbuster said:

Thank you! I am not alone!!!

HERE : one for the road



Oh, happy, happy, joy, joy![/quote]

I have a theory...

I believe that people are born either grown-ups or kids.

Grown-ups get sensible jobs, buy a house, and have kids,
socialize with their relatives, and have barbecues in
the back yard in the summer. They read newspapers, have
pension schemes and a desire to 'climb the ladder'.

Kids, on the other hand, do what they like, don't have
a '5 year plan' and have no interest in 'networking'.
Ask 'why' a lot, and tend to find most of human life
absurd.

Now you don't see many 'kids' around, but that's only
because, for the sake of appearances, 'kids' pretend
to be 'grown-ups'. But get 'em out for a drink, talking
about their favorite band or film, and you'll find
there's a lot more people who just 'act' like a
grown-up than you think.

BorisFishpaw said:

That is a VERY astute observation, my learned colleague.

I am 1000% a kid, but I masquerade as an adult... I hate being an adult and only wish that I could escape. I will escape...

I suggest watching 'Brazil'. It may be a somewhat
depressing analogy of the absurdity/futility of
life, but at least you get to see that one other
person sees the world in a different way too.

BorisFishpaw said:

"Brazil" was a GREAT movie and I have always loved it.



I am having some sort of existential epiphany right now and I have been an existentialist for a really long time... can you be too much of an existentialist?

IceNine said:

YES.

I wish I had the body I had at 19 with what I know now as a 35 year old woman.

I would be dangerous!!!