No One Wants To Grow Up

You may be asking the following question. Why a picture of the cast of Facts Of Life? The bigger question for me...WHY NOT?!

It has recently struck me that everyone has held on to a trait or behaviour from their youth. I'm not talking about some cute sort of thing. I'm talking about the sort of trait you wish would just disappear. The sort of trait that rears its ugly head at your worst or weakest moments.

I have often complained at work that some of my fellow employees act like 8 yr. olds. Behaving like a petulant child is not the best thing to do past the age of 12. And on someone over 30, it is even worse. I am not above such behaviour, believe me. I know a split second before it happens that it is going to happen, and some of the time I am unable to stop it.

Why the hell can't I stop it? Am I, in some truly deep seeded way, clinging on to my youth? Am I unable to handle the world as an adult so I revert to being a child? Is being a real adult just too damn scary at times?

I know one of my big shortcomings (er...oxymoron anyone?) is taking things too personally. Well, let me clarify that statement. Most of the time, I take things too personally when the comments come from people I respect. The people I want to please, or impress, or have like me are the people I worry over the most. Everyone else I could give a poo less about.

How is it so easy to recognize my childish attitude, yet so hard to really get rid of it? I know this is all a bit rambling. I'm trying to figure something out without really telling you all the situation that lead up to this particular thought getting caught in my head. Boy, today's blog sucks.

On to other random things:

I hate being my age and still having crushes.

Strange Days is a better film than you think.

Becoming Jane was disappointing. Should have had more of her wit.

Sort of on the same topic...we need more balls to dance at...and they must be filmed on a beautiful English estate.

Writing a year end performance review for someone who has worked for you for about 3 weeks is easily one of the most annoying and dumbest things a person can do.

Love the first single from the new Foo Fighters cd. That would be "The Pretender."

And finally, the next blog will be better. Probably.

PS. Laura got the quote. It is from The Breakfast Club. I'm working on the next one.