Comments on: On being a grownup http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/on-being-a-grownup/ Dispatches from behind the picket fence Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:28:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: “Just let the music set you free” « Broken Corset http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/on-being-a-grownup/#comment-92 “Just let the music set you free” « Broken Corset Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:50:54 +0000 http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-92 [...] past week, I read an essay entitled On Being a Grownup by an old friend from high school.  In addition to making me laugh, I found myself later [...] [...] past week, I read an essay entitled On Being a Grownup by an old friend from high school.  In addition to making me laugh, I found myself later [...]

]]> By: Space Nakji http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/on-being-a-grownup/#comment-87 Space Nakji Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:43:53 +0000 http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-87 I love the specifics in your list. I also looove grocery store bakery cookies. Especially the sugar cookies with the inch-thick layer of pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles. [Insert Homer Simpson moan here.] Here's my list of threes (retyped after wordpress deleted it for me, thanks): 1. Rules: Choosing to work freelance means working from home, setting my own hours, and never having to wear pants (except when the pizza guy shows up). Sucks: No health insurance. 2. Rules: Leaving the country whenever I want. Sucks: Seeing how old my parents have gotten while I was gone. 3. Rules: Making dumb choices and not having to explain them to your parents. Sucks: Making dumb choices and having to explain them to yourself. Bonus Round: Pros and Cons of Living in a Major City that's not called LA: Rules: Public transportation means never having to buy tires! Sucks: People, people, all the damn time, people, ugh, stop brushing up against me, stop breathing in my air, stop cutting me off on foot, oh my god, if I had a car right now, I would so run you off the road... I love the specifics in your list. I also looove grocery store bakery cookies. Especially the sugar cookies with the inch-thick layer of pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles. [Insert Homer Simpson moan here.]

Here’s my list of threes (retyped after wordpress deleted it for me, thanks):

1.
Rules: Choosing to work freelance means working from home, setting my own hours, and never having to wear pants (except when the pizza guy shows up).
Sucks: No health insurance.

2.
Rules: Leaving the country whenever I want.
Sucks: Seeing how old my parents have gotten while I was gone.

3.
Rules: Making dumb choices and not having to explain them to your parents.
Sucks: Making dumb choices and having to explain them to yourself.

Bonus Round:
Pros and Cons of Living in a Major City that’s not called LA:
Rules: Public transportation means never having to buy tires!
Sucks: People, people, all the damn time, people, ugh, stop brushing up against me, stop breathing in my air, stop cutting me off on foot, oh my god, if I had a car right now, I would so run you off the road…

]]> By: saracallow http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/on-being-a-grownup/#comment-86 saracallow Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:40:17 +0000 http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-86 Now this one really made me laugh. "Blah" said Toad. Why do I feel like toad so much more than frog? Because being a grownup is exhausting. And my saving grace is Sudafed... but now you have to ask for it at the pharmacy... thankfully it is still available if you're willing to sacrafice your personal information and enter some crazy national database. But it's worth it. My Three things.. 1. Totally agree on the naps 2. and the little feet. 3. And then there's the fact that while I aspired to adulthood for all of its freedom, I don't mind the confining aspects at all, and find that with the responsibility comes the joy in just being at home, enjoying a book, a family dinner, or a game on a rainy evening - in front of the fire. Happy Blogging. Now this one really made me laugh. “Blah” said Toad. Why do I feel like toad so much more than frog? Because being a grownup is exhausting. And my saving grace is Sudafed… but now you have to ask for it at the pharmacy… thankfully it is still available if you’re willing to sacrafice your personal information and enter some crazy national database. But it’s worth it.

My Three things..
1. Totally agree on the naps
2. and the little feet.
3. And then there’s the fact that while I aspired to adulthood for all of its freedom, I don’t mind the confining aspects at all, and find that with the responsibility comes the joy in just being at home, enjoying a book, a family dinner, or a game on a rainy evening – in front of the fire.

Happy Blogging.

]]> By: redteam http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/on-being-a-grownup/#comment-85 redteam Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:53:34 +0000 http://pedrobot.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-85 So being a grown up means going to work with no pants on? No wonder people tell me that I'm "wise beyond my years". So being a grown up means going to work with no pants on? No wonder people tell me that I’m “wise beyond my years”.

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