The End Of An Era · 9:26am Oct 14th, 2014
You know that feeling when you want to complain about something, and you just know people are going to look at you funny? I'm in that situation.
Y'see, it's official. In less than a week, I'll stop being a teenager.
That means it's harder for me to identify with Raphael now, which is sad
This also means that this saturday is my birthday. October the 18th, the date I turn twenty years old. Teen no more.
Seriously, now I only have two things in common with Raphael. Why is life so harsh?
Now, I know a lot of people are gonna say something like "dude, I'm twenty-two, shut up." Which is pretty fair. You are indeed twenty-two, and I should indeed shut up. Problem is, I'm too immature to do so.
See. See, that's the thing. I'll turn twenty. I SHOULDN'T DO THAT.
I'M NOT READY TO BE AN ADULT YET.
GODDAMMIT I'M THE LEAST SIMILAR THING TO AN ADULT EVER. I THINK "CORNETTO SALAD" IS A HEALTHY MEAL, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
SOMEBODY HELP.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
I gotta admit, tho, Donatello is cool as shit too.
AAAAAAAAAAAH.
Oh, by the way, I'll try to do something special for my birthday, tho chances are I'll manage a couple lollipops and little else. I think I'll finally post them as a story -- all my lollipops, plus like four or five new ones, for you to... enjoy? Look in disgust? No idea.
Oh yeah and this happened:
2014 likes. That means I now have two stories with more than 2k likes, which is better than having one. Yay. And Soge reviewed another story of mine, so go read it. He seriously deserves more views.
So. That's all. Anyone wanna give me a birthday present? No? Hm. Thought so. Eh, I'll still make a blog post "celerbating" it. I mean, it has literally no upsides. In my country it's legal to drink at eighteen, so you can't even say "you're closer to the 'drink beer' age now!" because I ain't. I've been drinking for almost two years now. Goddammit I don't wanna be an adult.
Dude, in less than a month I'm going to be fifty -- and I'm still not sure how ready I am for adulthood. And I've been married four years.
Heh.
This twenty-something isn't irritated at your reluctance -- I feel for ya -- but I am jealous of your mad skills at such a young age. I mean, here it turns out you've been a teenager the whole time, Charcoal Quill evidently wrote Nosflutteratu his freshman or sophomore year of high school... at this rate, we'll see a fic by someone in the single-digit-aged target demographic oust Hard Reset from the top slot. Or at least, that's how things look once you've got the trackless ages of two dozen years behind you.
Also, it's probably ironic in this context that I follow you thanks to a fic about immortality. This must be how Celestia felt on her 1000th birthday!
Happy Early Birthday, Aragon.
You gonna need it 
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As long as it keep generating great stories, I don't mind killing my pride
A number does not define you. Who you are defines you. You don't have to stop being a kid to be an adult.
Two weeks from today, I'll be 37. People I went to high school with have kids in high school. And you know what? It doesn't matter. Because you don't have to change on the inside just because you change on the outside.
Age ain't nothing but a number. I'm twenty five and I'm still not an adult.
Happy Birthday by the way.
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Though I do find it amusing that I can still pass for a college student. 
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2531921 Now I don't feel so bad about being 36 and still not being ready to be an adult.
Oh, and happy birthday too, Aragon.
Not to mention making me feel old briefly enough to remember being a kid when this was a thing:
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Hey, don't feel old. I friggin' loved that show when I was a kid.
That's why I like Raphael. He's cool but rude. You don't get better than that.
Let me fill you in on a secret that seems to not be so much of a secret, just in different words:
Aging is inevitable; maturing is optional.
Just because you're out of your teen years doesn't mean you need to automatically switch gears. The process does take time. The real issue is when you need to start being mature about some things early, in which case you need to make up for it by totally not acting your age when it comes to other things.
Also, happy early birthday!
Happy birthday! Don't worry, I'm not ready to be a teenager either.
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Think of it as being a year further away from drinking age? Anyway, as long as you enjoy shows about cartoon ponies I don't think you are grown up yet.
Or you could go see the new TMNT movie and give your youth a viking funeral?
It's okay, my dinner last night was homemade PBJ muffins dipped in Bailey's, with more Bailey's to wash it down. I think a cornetto salad is a fantastic way to own your adulthood.
lol I don't even know what the heck cornetto salad is!
More like "An End of an Aragon", Amirite?
You better believe I'll write a shitty story for your birthday!
I could complain about being 30-2, but hey, I still watch cartoons. I still imagine whole worlds. I still want to dress up as Gohan or Zero and go to my first con ever. After all, one does not simply tell Zytharros that he's an adult.
I still feel 10, after all.
Happy birthday! Congratulations on not dying along the way!
2532447 I hear ya. Heck, I'm in my 30s, but I still feel like a teenager.
Speaking as one who can see 30 shortly, growing up is still something I haven't mastered. I wouldn't worry too much.
Tell me the other two things you have in common with Rapheal. It's mutant and ninja, isn't it?
I would write something for your birthday, but it goes without saying how everything I'd do would just be laughable and if anything insult your twentieth anniversary. Therefore I'll just be lame like everyone else and just do a casual "HB yo".