I'm now 20 years old. OHMYGOSH! I'm no longer a teenager and it's so weird when I think about that. But other than that weird realisation that comes over me at the most randomness of times and places, I feel exactly the same as I did yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that. To be fair, I think I have matured over the past few years in some areas in my personality. For example, whenever someone comes over, I automatically want to feed them or offer them tea, which is exactly what my nonna does, which means I'm like a 90 year old lady in a lot of ways. However, I also still find it exciting if I see a rainbow, I still like watching Disney, I still laugh at toilet jokes, I still like running after falling leaves, I still walk into walls by accident, I still use my hairbrush as a microphone when I'm dancing around my room, and for that matter, I still have one-person parties whenever I have the house to myself. I still listen to audio books some nights if I find it impossible to get to sleep, I still have no self control when it comes to Tim Tams, I still have no filtering system when I speak. And the list continues...
But as a whole, this Simple Plan song pretty much sums up my feelings about growing up very well: 'Grow Up' is about rebelling the idea of growing up and to be "immature and stay[ing] that way forever, until the day I die" and telling the world that I "promise that I won't change, so you better give up." And not only is this song about defying the normal idea of ageing, but it is also a nostalgic song for me, as it is from Simple Plan's first album ('No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls'), which was from 2002, and a much loved song from my childhood. I can't believe that was thirteen years ago... what have I done with my life since then? I actually have no clue. But I definitely remember when this song was a new release and I was dancing around my room listening to it, and how excited I was when it was in the Scooby-Doo movie, which I saw at the cinema... twice. Does anyone remember that movie? It was fantastic. I remember how much my friend and I laughed when we saw the scene where Shaggy and Scooby were having a 'fart-off.' I was seven at the time, but I still laugh so much in that scene even now when I'm... I'm... aagghhh, I'm 20!
But as a whole, this Simple Plan song pretty much sums up my feelings about growing up very well: 'Grow Up' is about rebelling the idea of growing up and to be "immature and stay[ing] that way forever, until the day I die" and telling the world that I "promise that I won't change, so you better give up." And not only is this song about defying the normal idea of ageing, but it is also a nostalgic song for me, as it is from Simple Plan's first album ('No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls'), which was from 2002, and a much loved song from my childhood. I can't believe that was thirteen years ago... what have I done with my life since then? I actually have no clue. But I definitely remember when this song was a new release and I was dancing around my room listening to it, and how excited I was when it was in the Scooby-Doo movie, which I saw at the cinema... twice. Does anyone remember that movie? It was fantastic. I remember how much my friend and I laughed when we saw the scene where Shaggy and Scooby were having a 'fart-off.' I was seven at the time, but I still laugh so much in that scene even now when I'm... I'm... aagghhh, I'm 20!
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