July 20, 2004
I'm Getting Old
By Byron LaMasters
13 - You're a teenager. You're important. Finally, people listen to you. Finally, they take you seriously. You are somebody.
15 - Drivers Permit. You can drive with mommy and daddy. You can go places. You can drive. You feel a sense of liberation. Finally.
16 - No more mommy and daddy. You have a drivers license. You can see the city. You can do whatever you want, if you can get away with it. You are free, really.
17 - Age of consent. You can f*ck (what's that, Dick Cheney?) whoever you want. Well sorta.
18 - You can vote and you can smoke. I could care less about smoking, but I'm still just as proud today as I was in November of 2000 that the first vote that I ever cast at 18 was for Al Gore for President. I was proud of that vote when I cast it, I'm proud of it today, and I'll be proud of it the day I die.
20 - No longer a teen. Now you really get taken seriously. Sort of.
21 - Officially. You are an adult. You can drink (legally). A year ago I had a blast down in Austin with my friends. Good times. Fun times. Now what?
Today, I turned 22. I'm officially old. What else is there to look forward to? Getting older? I love being 22, I'm happy, but there's nothing left agewise to look forward to. Just getting older. I guess I'll just take my grandfather's advice. Getting older is a heck of a lot better than the alternative. Amen to that.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at July 20, 2004 11:56 PM
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Happy 22nd Byron! Three more years till the magic 2-5. =)
Happy birthday Byron. Sorry about that Sandy Berger thing. I guess it's better for Kerry to have this come out now than closer to the election. When are you leaving for Boston again?
OMG, 22!
You'd better start stocking up on Depends and batteries for your hearing aid.
Best of the day.
:P
You think it's bad now, wait until you hit 40! LOL
Chris is right - it's 25 that really matters. That's because it's at 25 that your car insurance premiums go down. Trust me on this, that's a big deal.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Byron!
There aren't that many milestones anymore. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
25 - Your car insurance rates go way down. :-)
Happy Birthday.
Yeah man, and you can run for congress when you are 25, Senate at 30 and President at 35. Happy birthday friend!
30 - Can be a US senator
Happy birthday
and at 25, you can rent a car without all the big hassle and extra charges. Whoohoo
At 26 or 27, dating became a whole lot easier. Several of my friends thought the same thing.
At 30, your metabolism slows down for the first significant time, and people in college become "kids." You also get to claim things based purely on your experience. :)
You also know at 30 for sure what your balding pattern will be.
Happy birthday, for one of the last ones with good expectations. :)
Happy Birthday, Byron!
I was going to tell you that you could look forward to lower insurance premiums and running for office, but I see several folks have already beaten me to the punch.
Oh, and isn't 27 or something like that the last age at which you could be drafted if there was a draft on? You might want to look forward to that.
Happy Birthday. I don't think I'm old, and I'm older than you. So hush. LOL.
look forward to 25, your car insurance rate DROPS!
