I honestly didn't think 25 was such a big deal. Sure, it's a quarter century. Sure I'm closer to 30 than I am to 18. (SCARY.) And sure, I know that old people have trouble with technology...
But banning you from all e-mail? Or at least your e-mail past? Forced to create an online life anew? All the thousands of e-mails making up my young-adulthood are gone. *THOUGHT: I'm no longer an adult. I am a full-fledged adult. This is bigger than a bar-mitzvah and a confirmation, first menstruation, and loss of virginity altogether!
I'm not scared. It's a brand new stage in life. And Microsoft has ushered me in. It's like a personalized diploma from Bill Gates!
Sure it means I'll lose all contact with everyone I've ever e-mailed, but that's alright. This is more than right of passage - it's religious conversion. Today, I am a brand new person. A 25 year old, with no friends beyond my cellphone contacts and no access to every love letter I received via e-mail since 2002. (Hey, they rack up faster than you might think.)
Maybe I'll open a google account. It just might be time. Oh and Facebook - I'll have to delete that profile, and start one with a new name to go with my new ADULT persona. Maybe get an appropriately adult glamor shot to go with.
I miss cupcakes with number-candles.
***UPDATE***
After a 12 hour glitch in the system that many hotmail users experienced, everything went back to normal. Unfortunately, I had already created a new facebook profile, legally changed my name and gotten a nose job. Oops. Might have jumped the gun a bit.....
