10:14 Mid Monday Morning (9 November 2009)   Childlike vs Childish I am lucky to have some friends who would rather play board games than get drunk off their asses. I'm not knocking the occasional drunkenness, but for me that has to be the exception rather than the rule. Anyway, I cannot play games when I am tired. Or really ever. I get cranky and throw fits and whine. I go from the thought processes of a 21-year-old to those of a 3-year-old in 30 seconds flat. Is that an acceleration or a deceleration? I also like a good romp in leaf piles (I am not entirely sure that anyone ever grows out of that), chasing my cat or husband around the house (whoever's willing to run, really), putting puzzles together when there are less than 50 pieces (and the pieces are huge!), and running around playing pricesses or pirates on playgrounds. In many ways I am just a very large child who pays bills. It's just too bad that with some of the fun childlike qualities, I also kept the mood swings and temper-tantrum throwing skills of small children. I keep telling my dad- I don't need to have children when I myself am still a child! anyway I just thought I'd share just one of the qualities of my endlessly flawed personality.