I was born 18 years ago at 11 AM. I'm gonna go out to eat with the family and a few relatives this evening. I figure I'll register to vote republican and get my driver's license in a month or two. I'll probably wait alot longer than that before I buy any firearms. I've still got 1 year of high school left. It's interesting. I'm legally able to vote, marry, buy guns, drive, have sex with adults, work without papers, buy lotto tickets, and join the Army, yet I don't feel like an adult. I won't really be independant for a while, and then I'll have to worry about money. It's funny, my grandfather was drafted at 18, married at 19 or 20, and bought his own land and built his own house in his mid-twenties. He had many technical skills I don't, too. It might as well have been a different world back then.
I just hope I have a better adult life than my childhood. Being a kid could really suck.