Simich wrote: > << Hold onto your youth. It's the only thing left that you can truly call > yours, and when they take it away, make sure you don't go down without a > fight. >> Mike replies: > Thank you Simich. That is the understated message that I was trying to make. > I feel like I'm losing what little teenage philosophy I still have. The sad > part is, I'm not ready to fight for it. Then Camille goes on to say: That's exactly the point I was trying to make in my own convoluted way (don't worry Scottie I'm sure you didn't make it past the first paragraph - and hey! Your own posts tend to have a couple of fifty-cent words in 'em themselves you know(: ). There's a moment there where you can almost feel that all the fighting spirit has drained out of you. I don't know whether it's age or situation or what it is (I suspect it's the age because just about everyone reported it on or about their 20th birthday). Maybe what I'm saying is: Hold on to Your Inner Holden (: Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest