I'm proud to be a kid

Today's youth is growing up a lot quicker than their predecessors and it's not by choice. An evil yet brilliant marketer realized that the quicker kids grow up, the sooner they will have spending power. Children and pre-teens are ridiculously conscious about their style and appearance. Some are almost a decade younger than me but are less of a kid than I am.

I recall some butt ugly outfits I wore when I was around their age. In the summer, I'd wear a pair of red shorts with a white t-shirt and brown vest. In the winter, I'd wear a pair of Georgetown Looney Toons fleece pants, a white t-shirt, and a long-sleeve jean shirt. Dorky plastic glasses adorned my face until I was 14 when I finally switched to metal frames. I repeatedly caught balls with my face throughout my high school sports career and didn't wear contacts until university. I had a rat-tail until I was 17. Make-up is still not a part of my regular routine.

It always seems to me that I'm five years behind girls my age when it comes to this stuff. But you know what, I'm still a kid and proud of it. There's no point for me to grow up so soon. Youth is precious. I have another 60 years [hopefully] left to be an adult and I'm in no hurry.