So I'm 21.
This is pleasing enough. I'm old enough to get my slant on in America. I'm old enough that I can call myself an adult if I so choose. I can say I've done/haven't done something in "years" and it's fairly believable.
But goddammit if I don't feel hells of old. Not 21. Twenty-one isn't bad. But I'm in my fifth year of higher education. My baby sister is turning 16 on Sunday. And after Christmas I'll be 22.
There is something about 22 that I can't quite stomach. Twenty-one just feels like... I can still be a "girl." I can still be young and naive and pure and virginal and adorable and all that. I can go dancing and I can wear little tarty outfits and I can think I'm invincible. But 22 is a straight-up adult. "Girl" is an insult at 22.
This could be just paranoia and silliness. In fact, I know it is. I'm not going to suddenly be old on my birthday. I won't lose my laugh or my energy or my lust for life.
It's just a number, and I've never paid attention to the number before, but it suddenly feels so important. I only have three months, but I want to stay 21 forever.
"But 22 and bangin' round in restaurants, is it that much prettier than bangin' round in bars?"
So, yeah, 21 forever.
20 comments:
I was so happy to turn 22; too much baggage attached to turning 21...my dad gave me $100 for not taking up smoking. That was a great thing. Now in my hmm... 60's I am at the gym or swimming every day with a set of tennis thrown in besides. Life only gets better. (Except for my eyes that have difficulty deciphering itsy bitsy print.)
It is better to turn 22, than to turn dead. Cherish the passing of time and adore the new age.
25 was the scary one. 22? Eh, thats still young 20s. You can still dress like a tart and be invincible. But at 25 suddenly everyone is getting married and having babies and you're odd if you're still acting like a "girl"
I preferred 22 to 21. When you're 21 and order a beer in a restaurant, people always look at you like, "Oh great, here's another lightweight who doesn't know what they're doing." But when you're 22, I feel like there's not so much derision.
For the record, I'm 24 now and much prefer it to all the other ages I've been, except for maybe 5. Kindergarten was good to me. :)
~Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ~Mark Twain
21
or 22
or 50 or 60
you will stay as
Rhiannon.. and that...
is all that anyone
could ever
hope
for.
I dont know if you check this anymore because it looks like you havnt blogged in months. Blog!!! I love your stuff. you are the totall average canadian.
uncool - lol - then get cool. cool is being cool when u r not cool and knowing how to stay cool when u r cool at being cool ...cool?
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