“but the airport’s almost empty this time of the year,
so let’s go play on a baggage carousel.
Set our watches forward like we’re just arriving here
from a past we left in a place we knew too well.”
Now there are some fun and inspirational lyrics from the band The Weakerthans. I especially love this quote from the song Watermark from the album Left and Leaving because not only does it encourage wiping the slate of your life clean and starting a-new, but it also encourages our topic for today – ACTING LIKE A FUCKING CHILD!
It is my opinion that a day of regression could be extremely therapeutic, especially for all you 9-5 types (myself included) who are stuck in your cycle of Work-Home-TV-Sleep. It will bring you back to at time when all you did was have fun, which can never be a bad thing. Here’s how it works:
1. Sit down for a little while and write down all the things that got you extremely excited when you were anywhere from 6 to 15 years old.
2. DO THEM!
It could be anything. Take a trip to the petting zoo (or the aquarium in Riverhead)!
Grab a huge sheet of paper and some paint and make a picture of your house with your family in front and your dog flying over the house with a cape on while kicking a dinosaur – with your fingers!
Get messed up on Pixie Stix!
Have all your buddies over for an all night “sleep” over and watch some horror movies with boobs in them (read: Species) and gasp and give an astonished “WHOA” when you see them, but afterwards act like you see naked girls everyday.
Play on an escalator (no one’s there to tell you you’re going to break your head open, now)!
Playgrounds rule OFTEN!
My personal favorite is beating The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Masterquest in one night with 36 cans of soda, 3 dominos pizzas and 2 close friends. Believe me, its an amazing accomplishment and I still brag about it to everyone I meet (and they all want to have sex with me but i very rarely oblige).
As for my girlfriend Joyce and I – we’re building/flying kites, going to the mall for a slice of pizza and HOLDING HANDS! Then maybe we’ll do some rollerblading to 7-11 to get slurpees.
You’ll probably be amazed at how much fun you’re having, despite the fact that you thought you outgrew all this childish crap. Well good news, the only reason you stopped doing it is that you were at one point expected to by an authority figure, be it a parent, a teacher, a sibling or Wyatt Lewis (it was widely believed that Wyatt Lewis was the coolest d00d in all of Slocum Elementary. He probably was. One time he got stabbed in the chest with a pencil. God he was so COOL!)
Just remember, your capacity for having fun hasn’t changed, just your size and social expectations.
FUCK SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS!
Redefine what “being a grownup” means.
- <3
Tags: baggage carousel, breaking cycles, pixie stix, regression, Slocum Elementary, social expectations, Species, The Weakerthans, Wyatt Lewis
July 17, 2008 at 1:55 pm |
I guess thats one of the better things about being an adult, you can still do all your favorite childhood activities but still keep your adult privleges(cursing, driving, spending as much money as you want on games since its your money now!) and probably more so since now you don’t have to ask mom and dad for money or a ride.
hehe, I can’t wait for out day of regression! especially seeing us rollerblade for the first time in YEARS!
July 17, 2008 at 10:19 pm |
LOL @ pixie sticks and wyatt.
I really want to do Zelda again! Can we pleassse?
Having fun is awesome…i really should do it more often. Thanks for inspiring me.
July 19, 2008 at 10:36 am |
Ahh, Tim. How much I agree with all of this!
Great post, my man. Now, we gotta hang out soon! It’s been far far too long, which I know is mostly attributed to me being a jerk and being sick. WHAT’S UP WITH THAT, HIGH FEVER?!
Anyways, we’ll have to get started on The Exorcist / sleepover plan soon, BROSKY.
July 19, 2008 at 11:17 am |
so i really really enjoyed minigolf last night, and as me and martin were musing, it was because that was probably the first time, marty, bryan, me, steve and steeph hung out and just had fun. like the olden days in high school. i mean the college years of chillen have usually been us loitering at steve’s (which isn’t any different than the past) but we would have fun playing video games, card games, board games etc. Lately it seems like everyone’s been gettin on each other’s nerves, or everyone is on the go for something (eh me and pickin up my pops) so last night was the same faces but actually just kickin it and having a good time.
that’s why bryan i kept feeling last nite was really fun, and you kept telling me it wasnt.
wow the comment on this and the next entry are just personal confessions against bbmak hahaha
July 31, 2008 at 4:09 pm |
Siickkkk blog post, broham! I completely agree with all of it and I admire you oh so much more after reading this. I read it later than everyone else, obvs, but better late than never, eh, am I right?
Seriously, though, I love to try to live my life like that daily. Little bit of regression here and there, that’s what I’m talking about!(*^%(%##@!!!
Now, let’s go in my backyard and pretend we’re the ninja turtles with keith and Shredder is after us.. ::ugh!:: again…