Day 72: Closure Day

"We all form a strong attachment to our first toy. Today, call up your kindergarten and ask them if they've found your rattle. Explain that you lost it a good few years ago now, but only recovered the memory of this last week. Emphasize how important to your psychological health that they find it (if necessary, send a letter from your psychiatrist)."

I never really though about this before reading this part in The Book. We all do get really attached to our toys as kids, don't we? They're always one of the most important things when we're young, but we always seem to grow out of it at a certain age. While some people unfortunately lose some of the things they once found most precious, I've managed keep my favorites.

This is Andrew. He was probably one of my best friends up until the age of about 6 or 7. I distinctly remember when I was about 4 thinking that his hair was too long and he couldn't see, so I had to cut the hair around his eyes off. His nose also got chewed off by our dog at the time.

 Due the the COUNTLESS hours I spent on this, I now have hand-eye coordination and problem solving skills like a boss. Ski or Die, Flintstones, Fester's Quest, Mario & Duck Hunt; even today, these are still some of my all time favorite games.

And of course, my transformers. I had more of these things than I could remember. I always loved being able to take things apart and putting them back together to make something new. I remember how I would always lose the little bits and pieces and find them again like a year later. I know that I had Spiderman and Megatron ones floating around somewhere, but this is all I could find.

I know this day was supposed to be about closure, but I really don't want to bring any closure to this. I don't ever want to forget how much these things all meant to me, and still mean to me today. A lot of people would call is childish or immature to like toys so much. But I like video games. I like action figures. I like comic books and Saturday morning cartoons. Being in college has changed me in a lot of ways. I'm able to think about what my life and career can hold in the future, and I can make plans in order to make sure that what I want to happen happens. But I just can't seem to grow up.

And you know what? I don't think I want to