Birthday Bollocks

Since I'm going to be eighteen soon I've been thinking about birthdays and it occurred to me that turning seventeen is horrible. If only for the following reason...

When you turn...

12-you can be heard in a court of law. (which basically means you are finally considered a person.)

13-well that obvious really. Thirteen means you're finally a teen.

14-you can apply for your learners permit and it is also the age of consent in Canada. Meaning of course that you can sleep with anyone you want. Even that 30 year old friend of your parents.(how many levels of wrong is that?!?)

15-you can legally work. Yay you.

16-Well for reasons still unknown to be Sweet Sixteen is a big deal. And lets not forget that by this birthday you can even endanger others by getting a full fledged license.

17-????

18-please booze, smokes, gambling, marriage and lets not forget that pesky civil responsibility of participating in the (?)democratic(?) process.

So my point--- On 17 you get screwed. Nothing all that special. Just a reminder that you are a year older and big pat on the back for you, you're still breathing. This is just yet another micro-rant that has spilled onto here because it's too late for me to use that small rational part of my brain. Which I know most people will ignore.

Oh it's 11:11. Make a Wish.