Life is for the living

On milestones
At long last, my mom has finally succeeded in getting me a cell phone. After further effort, I eventually managed to work out the matter of custom ringtones. That's really the only aspect of cells that ever genuinely appealed to me, but my mom can't understand why I'm so set on it. She also has no way to appreciate my determination to use Pollyanna as her tone, but that's okay, she can rest assured that internet nerds will think it's cute.

Last week, my older-older brother was in town, making it the first time in years that the entire immediate family was together. Consequently, we played Hearts, which had been a holiday tradition back when the family was together consistently. Originally, of course, the parents always swept the games decisively. I mean they'd had a lot more time to get good at Hearts than the rest of us. Eventually the older-older brother became a competitor, though me and my younger-older brother kind of still always got creamed.

But this time I totally won. It was awesome.

Anyway, I, y'know, finished school last month. I'm 25, which is in my book too old, and it's time for me to start trying to find a serious job. Which is uuurgh at the best of times, and this is not the best of times, so uuuuuurgh, but anyway. Still, at no point thus far have I ever really felt like an adult in any tangible way... or maybe I should say I haven't felt different from before. It's a big and confusing world and I don't really feel prepared for it. But I'm basically an optimist in the long run, so hey.

Current Mood: vaguely concerned

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