9 to about 11 were good mostly. Could have been great if not for Family Weirdness.(divorcing parents...etc.)
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 24: I'm Very Seldom Naughty.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
erikaj - Jul 05, 2005 2:33:23 pm PDT #8597 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2005 2:37:01 pm PDT #8598 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
9 to about 10 1/2 were pretty good, I guess.
I'm back in DC now. It's pouring. I took a cab back to my apartment from the train station, and the driver had the interesting habit of turning on the windshield wipers for about five seconds every time the rain let up a bit, but then turning them off again as soon as it started raining harder. Also, he was wearing sunglasses.
Cashmere - Jul 05, 2005 2:37:16 pm PDT #8599 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I guess those are good years for being a girl too.
Um. Nope. Difficult as the 13-18 years.
Susan W. - Jul 05, 2005 2:38:41 pm PDT #8600 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
JZ is me, but 9-12 was better than 12-17 because I didn't mind being alone as much. (17 marked the point where life started to improve for me, because it hit me that I didn't have to be part of the same group in the same town for the rest of my life, and getting out was as simple as applying to an out-of-state college.)
One thing I've found fascinating is that the further I get from adolescence, the more I've started picking up my childhood interests. IOW, the things that fascinated me when I was 10, that I wouldn't have been caught dead doing/reading about at 14, are all back on my personal must list--everything from paleoanthropology to old-fashioned weapons.
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 2:39:13 pm PDT #8601 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are there any absolute good or bad ages to be?
Aims - Jul 05, 2005 2:39:55 pm PDT #8602 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
One day less than dead, I would imagine.
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2005 2:41:47 pm PDT #8603 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Depends on what you have planned for the day.
Aims - Jul 05, 2005 2:43:19 pm PDT #8604 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm going shopping!
Betsy HP - Jul 05, 2005 2:43:20 pm PDT #8605 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I hated junior high school (roughly 13-16), and most people I've met agree.
Pix - Jul 05, 2005 2:44:17 pm PDT #8606 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Are there any absolute good or bad ages to be?
I would say no. I was still a very much a kid in the 9-12 range and had a best friend I adored. I was geeky and scrawny and a total tomboy, and I had a great time. By the time I hit 12, though...eesh. I found that 12-15 were the hardest years, but the drama club saved me from a high school.
Just look at how many people describe high school or college as "the best years of their lives". The idea that those were my best years gives me chills.