grumpy old man

man i feel old.

my sister linked me to our cousins daughters myspace. creepy. i have vivid memories of a summer at their house when she was only 6 and i was 12. man i played a lot of super nintendo then, beating great games such as aladdin, the addams family, and mortal kombat. couldnt beat the fatally flawed smash tv though. that summer i also learned computer programming was a difficult feat for trying to teach oneself. especially considering my level of math exposure at that age covered things like 5 + x = 8. solve for x. anyways, i feel old realizing shes 15 now. reading this only amplifies the effect: (click for zoom)

geez, when she was 6, green day's "welcome to paradise" was MTVs latest buzzcut, and gwen stefani belonged to a real band. collective soul's december was one of my favorite alternative rock songs too. and i think the age defying teri hatcher was still on the adventures of superman.

so she seems like a typical teenager. at least she joined the good community service club and not the naziesque one.

it just feels bizarre remembering conversations with her about uniforms at ft. washington elementary, her own sonora experience, being a swimmer, and now shes "all grown up" and has a myspace. when i was 15 the internet consisted of downloading demos of computer games and retrieving email for my parents. indeed the times have changed. now my dad can check his own email. oooooooohh.

i actually blocked my younger relatives on AIM, quite frankly because i thought a lot of links in my profile would somehow get me into trouble should the elder relatives find out. but now i dont give a rats ass. so frances, if youre reading this, sorry i blocked you on AIM. also, dont be offended if i called your profile something of a "typical teenager". nothin wrong with it, unlike you, i wasnt cool in high school. im actually proud of you for not being a prep. and even if you are, im sure youll be one of those studious preps that turns into a social nerd later on in high school. our familys got brains.

and yes im a potty mouth when not at family birthday parties. but dont tell anyone about this, because i want your parents to like me later on down the road so they can babysit my kids for free.