I was watching TV yesterday and there was some commercial about something to which I wasn’t going to pay any attention until I heard a certain phrase: Act your age. It took me a few seconds (I don’t multitask very well when I am eating ice cream) for the phrase to fully sink in.
What exactly does that mean, really?
Who gets to determine what each age should act like? Is there a book somewhere, or a rule? My husband is still fond of playing videogames, and I have been known to wear a tiara while cleaning the bathrooms. I still chase down the ice cream truck (I know the guy and he is no longer afraid of me). We watch old cartoons and rated G movies. I own action figures and still have a Joe Cool Snoopy. And a Hedwig. And some of the stuffed animals I had when I was a toddler. I still color with crayons and use finger paints. Let’s face it: I am far from “acting my age”.
And so are many other people, I’m sure. My personal experience tells me that it is one thing to act like a kid and quite another to act immature. Acting one’s age can lead to boredom, which leads to dissatisfaction, which leads to crankiness, which leads to immaturity. Ergo: you need to play like a kid in order to be a happy mature adult. SCIENCE!!! You’re welcome, world!!
Anyway, time for me to get going. I have my Legos out and need to finish building my castle, complete with moat and archers 😀
Sithy Things 
February 9th, 2015 at 7:42 PM
Act your age not your shoe size has never made sense to me as a taunt.
February 10th, 2015 at 8:40 AM
I feel your confusion 🙂
February 9th, 2015 at 7:51 PM
I still have yet to be able to define the difference between immaturity and silliness. So it goes.
February 10th, 2015 at 8:41 AM
So it’s a fine line? 🙂
February 12th, 2015 at 9:04 PM
0.5 mm Pentel.
February 9th, 2015 at 8:18 PM
I like crayons. And bears. And I refuse to give away the kid’s Legos and Playmobil.
February 10th, 2015 at 8:41 AM
Playmobil is awesome 😀
February 9th, 2015 at 9:07 PM
Legos rock. I have a set of Star Wars Lego minis at work on my desk, several Stitch figures, and Disney’s “Pete” dressed up as Boba Fett. My desk at home contains a few Spawn figures (never really read the Spawn comics, just saw these in Toys R Us and drooled over the awesome details), 1/144 die-cast WW2 planes, die-cast Star Wars fighters (and one BSG Mark4). I play video games on my computer (currently playing Diablo 3, may start a seasonal character when Season2 starts, but have played most of the Lego games) and own a Nintendo Wii and a NES (my Sega Genesis and several hand-held “portable” systems are somewhere at my Mom’s house, I need to pick them up the next time I’m in Austin). Nerf rocks!!! If you can’t have fun in life, then Life becomes Work. And boring.
February 10th, 2015 at 8:43 AM
The only thing missing from your desk area is a string of Christmas lights. You need those 🙂
February 11th, 2015 at 9:10 PM
Nope. There will be no Christmas lights. I do, however, have two personal fans (one Honeywell on the floor, and a smaller fan on the desktop) that drive several of the ladies in the office nuts. Apparently those with thin blood can’t understand us hot-natured individuals, and seem to forget that even though its 12 degrees (Fahrenheit) outside, its not 12F INSIDE. So those fans will be running if I’m in the office that day, regardless.
February 10th, 2015 at 4:24 PM
Playing is important to your good mental health, it doesn’t require that you be immature. I have lincoln logs, they make a great castle. It would be even better if I had lego’s. I guess my granddaughter will get Lego’s for her birthday. 🙂 I love doing puzzles too; can’t wait till the granddaughter is old enough to do puzzles with me
February 10th, 2015 at 7:49 PM
Oh, if you think I buy Legos for the kids, you are mistaken. They are for moi 😀 Seriously, go get yourself a set STAT!!!
February 11th, 2015 at 9:11 PM
^^^ The Sith has spoken.
(random thought….saw a license plate on a car that said “V8DR”. Not sure what the original intent was, but I read that as “Vader”)
February 12th, 2015 at 2:27 PM
Sure looks like Vader. That, or Vate Drive 😀
February 12th, 2015 at 6:16 PM
well my birthday is coming up soon….. I’m on it
February 12th, 2015 at 2:24 PM
Aggs, surely you agree this is an abomination that cannot stand! 👿
February 12th, 2015 at 2:26 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! If it makes the writer feel any better, I’m sure the winner will have spent all the money in a record amount of time 😉
February 12th, 2015 at 3:57 PM
http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/super-page/charlie-sheen-writes-a-twitter-poem-in-support-of-brian-williams-yup-still-completely-insane/
February 13th, 2015 at 7:22 PM
“one thing to act like a kid and quite another to act immature”
Amen!
February 13th, 2015 at 8:47 PM
You know, it’s really hard to understand why they aren’t held in greater esteem! 😈
February 15th, 2015 at 11:21 AM
I think maturity means knowing which wine to drink with your animal crackers. Or something like that. 😛
February 15th, 2015 at 3:25 PM
That works 😀
February 17th, 2015 at 5:13 PM
With all the ice everywhere in NYC, how will the Worst Lady climb the outside of the Empire State Building? 😈
February 19th, 2015 at 8:27 PM
I’d write something, but I need to get back to my “Call to Power” game.
Paul