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You can make a conscious choice to take back what you feel has been lost, or to keep those things from your childhood that gave you joy. From the time I was 9 years old to the time I started grad school there wasn't much about my life that I would connect with "youthful innocence". Now I sit in a room whose walls are covered with bookshelves that are in turn laden with comic books, many of which were written for pre-teen and teenage boys, in some cases written by teenage boys. I have eleven full Diablo 2 accounts. Three weeks ago my wife and I dressed up like teenagers, wearing mini-skirts, spaghetti strap tops, and canvas tennies (not gonna do the winter boots thing) and spent the afternoon at a family fun center playing videogames, miniature golf, racing go-karts, etc. We acted like teenagers. My sister, who is a teenager, thinks she's too mature to do such things.
You get to choose how to live your life; that's one of the best things about being an adult, especially before you have children. Responsibility and wisdom don't have to come at the expense of joy.
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I'm against ending blackness. I believe that everyone has a right to be black, it's a choice, and I support that.
~Steven Colbert
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