Billy’s Existential Neurosis
There is so much to unpack here.Billy’s rage for instance: is the transition from 6 to 7 that bad? I remember having a great time at my 7th birthday: I got all sorts of Six Million Dollar Man toys, a Pulsar doll, and even a Big Wheel! So Billy, if you don’t want any cake, can I have some? Oh, and I’ll take those presents off your hands too since you don’t want ‘em.
I don’t remember age even being much of an issue to me until sometime in my late 20s when, like Billy’s Grandma, I started noticing that the weeks and years had picked up speed. I empathize with Grandma’s “tell me about it”, because 40 is coming quickly, and I still feel like a kid.
Then there’s the undeniable fact that everyone in the Family Circus has been the same age for nearly 50 years. “Not fair”? Billy, you’ve been 6 for for longer than I’ve been alive! The only member of your family who’s aged, so far as I can tell, is PJ, who was originally drawn with a head as bald and smooth as Charlie Brown’s, but got a little spritz of jagged hair sometime in the 1970s.
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October 11th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I have noticed that, as I’ve gotten older, the primary change I’ve noticed is that the people around me start looking so much younger.
Other than that, I don’t feel all that different (except for the damned cigarettes).