20 Good Reasons

I'm 20 today!

















A lot of people have said "oh, how awesome, you're not a teenager anymore!" Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider not being a teenager any more a big deal. Maybe this is because a friend explained to me last birthday that I was beginning my 20th year when I turned 19, so I technically wasn't a teenager any more.



















Being 20 is kind of exciting though, isn't it - sounds older and more mature, though I'm not going to go on and on about how "old" I am now. Really I still feel quite young (I know I AM, I mean comparatively to my peers) as there are a lot of college kids in second or even first year who are older than me, so this helps keep things in perspective.

We young people (mostly teenagers, I guess) put a ridiculous amount of emphasis on age (omg! you're 20! soooo old! get out the dentures!).

Besides: teenager is just a state of mind.



























As Sara put it: "who am I kidding, we'll be up to the same mischief at 90 as we were at 19!" We sure will! :)






















To celebrate, I'm listing 20 reasons to smile:

1. going out for dinner with friends last night. that night was 20 reasons in itself.
   
2. chocolate cake.
3. my friends performing 'You Belong With Me' for my birthday (on piano, bass, electric guitar and voice). isn't that the greatest present ever??
4. singing along to my favourite Glee songs (which is pretty much all of them).
5. I finish exams in less than 2 weeks.
6. my grandmother's coming to visit!
7. it turns out I look pretty good without hair.
8. I adjudicated 7 regions in Round 2 and earned $400. score.
9. writing a comparison between a Disney movie and the original fairy tale for my Medieval literature essay.
   
10. only one semester until I graduate!
11. keeping in touch with my Make Poverty History Road Trip pals
    
12. a hot milo on a cold, cloudy Melbourne day.
13. helping out prep kids with their Monday 9am PE class at the local primary school.
14. Il Gambero reopened! rejoice, for it's better than ever.
15. speaking to a certain Indian friend last night at exactly 12am :)
16. a friend taking a one hour train ride (one way) into the city just for dinner with me.
17. being on the committee of a student-for-students philanthropy group on campus.
    
18. a job interview (last week). hush hush until I know whether I got it!
    
19. all manner of pink. stationery. teddy bear. toe socks. love.
    
20. fresh flowers in a vase on my desk.
    

x
JAG

PS: I do realise that someone has atrociously massacred the word disappointed up there. However, the sentiment remains the same.