"Wait a minute, you have to be 18 to get into the attic!" "Not true! You could be 54!"

I'd really like to get to the bottom of something.  Often, when I go out to eat at nice places, I can't help but revert into a mode where I'm being taken out by my parents.  I tend not to order cocktails, veer toward fish and chicken on the menu, and even act a little more humbly.  It isn't the expense per se, I think it's just that I'm not totally willing to accept the fact that I am or am becoming a relatively mature human being and going out to eat at nice places while paying for it yourself is not a huge deal.  I don't know any other mature adult who makes frequent blog posts about Nintendo, Kanye West, and misfortunate scientists, so I don't think I'm all the way there yet.  However, if I took catalogue of my life right now and compared it to what I was doing, say, ten years ago, I don't think things would be that much different.

• 24: Compulsively watching "The Wire," "Weird Science," "Rushmore."  14: Compulsively watching "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Weird Science," "Mystery Science Theatre 3000."
• 24: Playing Halo 3, Mario Kart, Zelda.  14: Playing Zelda, Tecmo Super Bowl, Mario Kart
• 24: Listening to the Clash, MCR, Kanye West.  14: Listening to Rancid, Smashing Pumpkins, Puff Daddy.
• 24: Being totally awkward at social events, getting drunk.  14: Being totally awkward at social events.
• 24: Going out to eat, paying for it.  14: Going out to eat, not paying for it.