Growing up

The end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 brought some firsts to my life. I bought my first plane ticket. I traveled West of Kansas City for the first time. I made my first attempt at downhill skiing. I was shot with a BB gun for the first time. Beyond those seemingly normal 'firsts' I think I also experienced time travel for the first time.

I wore the above outfit to the mountain each day, and pretty much nobody noticed. My jacket proclaimed that this was the new attitude of the 90's, but just about everyone had gone through the same wormhole that I had. There was one person though, that seemed to be 'confused' at what I was wearing, and it may be that he was immune to this time-shift. When I went into a local grocery store, still wearing my ski outfit, a cowboy passed me, and as he walked away he turned to his wife and in a distinguished West Texas drawl remarked "that boy looked like a fruit loop."

I can't say he was wrong.

Good luck and Godspeed to all of you in 2012!