Yeah, seems like yesterday I couldn't wipe my own ass. I'd just sit there swinging my legs until my mom came. She'd look at me and smile and then proceed to wipe my asscrack. After I was done, I'd run back to the living room and continue to watch Jersey Shore while my mom would continue cooking.
Oh yes, the good days ol' days where you didn't have to do much. You wake up, brush your teeth, get dressed, take your lunch and go off to your kindergarten class. You'd learn some ABC's, drink a juice box here and there, get some pussy, take a nap, learn some more letters, pledge for a fraternity and then head home to drink some more juice boxes and eventually get your ass wiped by your mom. Life seemed so easy. You didn't have to worry about what you wear, or what clique you hung out with. No, the biggest problems were the wedgies you had that went so far up your anus it felt like you were being lifted by a higher being.
I turned 20 two weeks ago. I turned 13 yesterday, at least that's what it felt like. In a blink of an eye I went from being a skinny, quirky kid excited to be a teenager to a skinny, goofy, hormone filled 20 year old. It's crazy how fast time flies. Take a look at your parents. And I mean really take a look. You can see the years catching up to them. It was like yesterday that I viewed my dad as Batman but since we're Indian, Bodega-man!! I look at him now, and I could see the bags under his eyes and the wrinkles in his skin and see that in 20 years he truly has aged. I'm thankful I still have both my parents and thankful for all that they've done. (Thanks for wiping my ass mom!!)
20. Thats a fifth of a century. That's how long I've been living. In America, I'm still young, innocent, not ready for the real world. In Sudan, I'm a soldier, mature, prepared to die, lucky to even be 20. In Sudan, many children as young as 8 become child soldiers and are sent off to fight "government forces." Life gets crazy when you compare everything to a third world perspective.
My point of this blog isn't to say I'm sad that I'm not a teenager or that I'm emo. But just that I feel like our generation isn't aware of how fortunate we are to be living in a country like the U.S. Believe me, I'd be the first to say there are so many flaws but just basic living conditions here are so superior to those of the rest of the world. We can complain all that we want, but when it comes down to it, I have several options on which toilet paper works best to wipe my ass whether it be Charmin, Scott or the good ol' Stony Brook brand.
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Be grateful for all the things you have. Live life to fullest and take full advantage of everything. I love you all. GO OUT, HAVE FUN, STOP STRESSIN BABY AND LIVE!!!!
