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Goodbye my childhood i hardly knew ye
IRLEOIN | 5:00 PM on 09.01.2010 23 comments


right now i'm lying in bed typing on an ipod touch so i would like to apologize in advane for any typing mistakes.

My summer nay my childhood comes to an end on monday. it is on this day that i will return to school once again. i will be starting my 5th year of secondary school, which means more homework, more projects, less fun, less games and a lot less time playing red dead redemption.

On monday i will rise from bed at seven o'clock (alas i had become so accustomed to waking up at 1 o'clock in the afternoon), shower, prepare my school things and begin my half hour train ride to school. i will take that train every single day for the next year i will see the same people on that train every day but i will never know their names.

later in the school year i turn 17. that is why i feel that this school year marks the end end of my childhood soon i'll be be out looking for a job and next year i'll be sitting the the exam that will decide where i go in life. after that with any luck i'll be off to college. three years till college. that scares me a little.

Goodbye childhood i'll miss you dearly. at least we went out with a bang.
(please see my previous blog post about my trip to holland for bang)

Slán go foill,
do cara,
Eoin.



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barnes's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 17:39
barnes
:'( that touched me , i'm now a freshman and i can already feel the end coming on soon
IRLEOIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 17:43
IRLEOIN
thanks its always nice to know you touched someone (lol)
GoggleKnocker's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 17:59
GoggleKnocker
I'm 21 and I'm still not entirely sure that I've left my childhood.
IRLEOIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 18:10
IRLEOIN
@goggleknockwr lucky for some. i know a lot a lot of people that will be acting like kids for a long time to come but i just feel like i should do some growing up soon. dont get me wrong i'm gonna try and have as much fun as possible this year.
HandsomeBeast's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 19:22
HandsomeBeast
I start college in like three weeks...

Thanks for reminding me... But "growing up" isn't as bad as you think... Unless you have no friends like me
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 19:23
Mr Andy Dixon
Don't worry, you'll never truly lose it. I'm almost 29 and have a 5 month old kid and I still find the time to game for a few hours every week.
Spencer Hayes's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 19:32
Spencer Hayes
I'm 18. I'm essentially just a tall 12-year-old. If you want to find amusement in the simple things you can. If you want to become more matured you can. You don't have to be something you aren't. Chin up little buddy.
Bluth Banana Stand's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 19:44
Bluth Banana Stand
I'm a 28 year old High School Teacher...it's the same way on the other side of the classroom too for some of us. (I'm taking a break from Super Paper Mario now)
Kintarotpc's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 23:02
Kintarotpc
Just because you're no longer an adolescent does not mean you are no longer a child. I've enjoyed acting like a child for many years after graduating from highschool!

Infact, some of the most interesting people I've met still behave in childlike manners.
smurfee mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2010 23:02
smurfee mcgee
The who's watching the BANANA STAND?!?!?
Bakewell's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 01:55
Bakewell
Dude. I'm 28. I have a daughter who turns 1 on Sunday and a house that pretty much swallows all my expendable income and yet I went bowling last week and threw 2 balls at once whenever it was my go.

Childhood may end but acting like a burk is a nice way to step back into it.

Also, GIN. It's your friend.
IRLEOIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 03:39
IRLEOIN
@ everyone thanks everyone but by childhood i didnt mean having fun or acting like a child i meant i wont all that free time that i have now sure i'm gonna play games and hang out with friends i'll just less time to do it in. take for example next summer i'll be working so it's not going to be the three months of freedom that im used to having
IRLEOIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 03:40
IRLEOIN
@ crimemaster dont call me little buddy im like 6 foot 2 lol
knutaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 09:21
knutaf
Growing up isn't necessarily so bad. Getting a job where you do what you like can actually be really liberating. Not to mention that despite what they say about money, it's pretty much the awesomest thing around.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 09:22
Occams electric toothbrush
29.

I have a Master's degree.

That's the academic equivalent of saying your dad owns a dealership, by the way.

I game. I doodle in crayon. Sometimes, I can play with a balloon for hours.

It's not about age, it's about how you feel in your head.

And in my head, I'm a Manticore.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 11:30
Mr Andy Dixon
@Occam

What's your master's in? If I had to guess, I'd say English Lit, Philosophy, or Library Science.

(None of those were intended as jokes.)
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 11:41
Occams electric toothbrush
@mrandydixon: HA! Library Science, actually. Good guess. English Lit would be neat but I'm no teacher and Philosophy is boring.
GoggleKnocker's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 13:43
GoggleKnocker
Woah... I had no idea that libraries had their own science.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 13:50
Occams electric toothbrush
Not a lot of people do actually. It goes way beyond just libraries. Archives, preservation of rare materials, ethics, digital information, chrono magic.

All sorts of neat stuff.
ralphster's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 13:58
ralphster
conas ata tu?cen aois tu?ahhh 17 ceart go leor. slan
IRLEOIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 16:24
IRLEOIN
@ralphster tá me go maith go raibh maith agat. i didnt know that there was anyone else on this site who could speak any irish!!
enteringoblivion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2010 22:45
enteringoblivion
My childhood ended when I was eleven. I don't know why people get upset over high school because middle school was fucking hell. But anyway I'm in college now and I still get plenty of time to play when I want.
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