When I Grow Up

[tcepsa]

When I grow up, I shall be able to play videogames or read past my bedtime
And my parents will not tell me that I have to go to sleep
When I grow up, I shall be able to go in the hot tub at the YMCA
And stay there until closing
When I grow up, I shall be able to have peanut butter and jelly for every meal
And ice cream whenever I want
When I grow up, I shall be able to skip my shower or bath
Unless I want one
When I grow up, I shall be able to leave my things lying wherever I want
And nobody will tell me to pick them up
When I grow up, I shall be able to have my own house
And rooms for all my toys
When I grow up, I shall be able to write many wonderful books
And people will love my stories
When I grow up, I shall be able to use a snowblower
To spend less time shoveling and more time playing in the snow piles
When I grow up, I shall be able to wear whatever clothes I want
And nobody will tell me that they're not nice enough or cool enough
When I grow up, I shall be able to make a huge blanket fort
And nobody will tell me to take it down
When I grow up, I shall be able to have a job in a research lab
And do awesome science experiments all day

Are we there yet?

Comments

[janeoftrades.livejournal.com]

Course you're there! You can also eat ice cream for breakfast! ;)

(It doesn't say the job *pays* for you to do research, just that it's a job...)

[sucsays.livejournal.com]

For the most part, I would say we are there. However, anything that relies on the aforementioned "people" and "nobody" is simply unrealistic. Some people a) have nothing better to do than get all up in everyone else's business, b) believe that their opinions actually matter to all people and cannot resist "sharing" them, c) never really got it when their mommies told them "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," or d) some combination of a), b), c). I think a major part of "growing up" is realizing that many more people than one would like to think suck big time and to ignore them and concentrate on having your own fun.

And as far as I remember, I thought you didn't really like ice cream so it doesn't matter if you can eat it whenever you like, does it?