Things I've changed my mind on...

The so called 'special age'.

The hype building up to the big 1 8 is one that is exhilarating. You get bombarded for the week proceeding with friends and relatives promptly reminding you that in just a few days time you'll b legally permitted Just like every other 17 year old, I waited patiently for the big 1 8. But I wasn't patient really. I couldn't wait to finally 'hit the town' as some may put it, and during the month of my birthday I was, admittedly, nervous. The day finally arrived and I woke up in a hurry to make the most of it. When night time arrived, I did what the majority of 'new' 18 year old's do and that's go out, y'know since its one of the luxuries which you get when you turn this special age.

The night was good, but not brilliant, to put it bluntly. I found myself about half way through the night thinking, 'is this how its supposed to be? this mundane? really?', and yes I know some of you reading this will be sat there shouting at the screen calling me a boring so and so and you may be right, but to me, it wasn't what it was cracked up to be. Yes I do still go out and yes it has improved now I'm not such an amateur, if that even exists when you're consuming x amounts of alcohol combined with phony small talk with someone you've talked for approximately 30 seconds throughout your entire life. But nevertheless, the whole novelty of being 18 slowly wore off for me, and yes it still is a better age than 17, but in my eyes, the over hyping of it totally killed the novelty for me... I can still hear you calling me a boring so and so.