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Hello. (understated, i know. what did you expect, trumpets blaring?)

For some of you, i wonder if you remember me... eh... hehe, don't really care.

Anyway,

I realized something last night. Well, two things. One, my roommate joe snores exactly like my wave sound generator... so i can sleep peacefully now when he snores. I worry about that.

And two... turning twenty-two yesterday was like being recast into life, which is part of why i feel like posting now, after so long. I feel like i have something to say and the motivation to say it.

Do you know why 22 is significant? Simply... because it's not.

When you're born, there are birthdates to look forward to: 16 - driving, 18 - the draft (okay, that could be pro or con), and the façade of adulthood, 21 - buying alcohol...

Then... 22. There is nothing after twenty-two, at least not for a long time, just like when you're born. Sadly... after 22, the only thing to look forward to is 40 - midlife crisis. Oh... and death... we can't forget that one... but really that doesn't count cause you don't know what your last birthday will be before death... so really, it's only 40...

ooh... and 65 - retirement, but that seems to gradually increase, until one day there will be no retirement, only specialized machines that allow you to work until your unknown death date.

I don't mean for that all to be dark and gloomy... rather i find this newfound age to be great. I'm not held back waiting for another birthday so that i can do more things. I can do more things now, cause their really are no restrictions set down according to age.

And i feel... refreshed. Yeeup... like a browser window, when all the crap on the screen starts to bog down the system, and you go up and hit refresh and it all comes back faster... and whatnot...

hmm, okay, crappy analogy...

but still... you get the point.

right...