Blink and you'll miss it...
Posted 04-16-2009 at 06:01 AM by randomly_elle
The strangest thing happened to me the other day:
I was pulling up to the house of a friend whose kids I was going to watch for a few hours, and I parked out by the curb in front of their house (which is on a cul-de-sac), dodging kids racing by on scooters and shooting hoops in driveways and whatnot. As I took the key out of the ignition and started grabbing my stuff, one of those random-observation, not-actually-thinking-about-it thoughts flew threw my head: "Why are there kids outside?"
Dude.
Think about that for a sec. I actually had to stop and marvel at what my own mind had subconsciously brought forward: the fact that I thought it was strange that kids were playing outside on a spring afternoon--just like I used to do when I was their age--instead of inside watching TV or playing video games. How is it even possible that things have changed so much in so short a time? Since when is it a rarity to see kids playing in the street? And, most importantly, how on earth did I miss this transition?
I was pulling up to the house of a friend whose kids I was going to watch for a few hours, and I parked out by the curb in front of their house (which is on a cul-de-sac), dodging kids racing by on scooters and shooting hoops in driveways and whatnot. As I took the key out of the ignition and started grabbing my stuff, one of those random-observation, not-actually-thinking-about-it thoughts flew threw my head: "Why are there kids outside?"
Dude.
Think about that for a sec. I actually had to stop and marvel at what my own mind had subconsciously brought forward: the fact that I thought it was strange that kids were playing outside on a spring afternoon--just like I used to do when I was their age--instead of inside watching TV or playing video games. How is it even possible that things have changed so much in so short a time? Since when is it a rarity to see kids playing in the street? And, most importantly, how on earth did I miss this transition?
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D: I totally would have missed that. ><
But yay kids being active! <3Posted 04-16-2009 at 08:03 AM by Legal
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nuuu the kids are getting outside! D:
*thinks*
oh wait thats a good thing, rigth?
yay! And its spring!
and sun!
and hot!
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I can run around nak..... with shorts an t-shirt! =DPosted 04-16-2009 at 08:04 AM by TheBw -
lmao BW
and They don't call ya Randomly Elle for nout
LET THE ERUPTION OF CORRUPTION BEGIN AND SET FORTH THE CHAOS OF RAMDOMNESS!!!
lolPosted 04-16-2009 at 01:35 PM by J.K.Murphy -
Unfortunately that's how it is elle. The only problem is, you and others like you, think that staying in and watching TV and all that is normal. Only that it's not as normal as playing outside. So to be able to have the best of both worlds, you need to have a balance.
Not trying to make any rude generalizations, but a most of the active members on here just sit at home and watch anime and TV all day. Hell I'd be surprised if on weekends they don't change out of their pajamas all day.Posted 04-16-2009 at 02:07 PM by SynergY -
what is outside?Posted 04-16-2009 at 03:51 PM by BlazeCommanderASCE - lol, its not a rarity. But actually its becoming more uncommon with the kids once they hit about 10 (or discover what a computer can do XD)
And normally on saturday syn, i'm not awake till 1pm, then unless i feel like going somewhere i just were a pair of shorts around the house.Posted 04-16-2009 at 09:10 PM by ultimentman2
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