I'm BIG

Do you remember watching the Tom Hanks movie Big when you were growing up? I loved that movie. I think it was one of the first movies I saw that gave me an impression of what it would be like to be an adult and have a job. It was so cool that he got to go meetings, use a computer, sit in a cubicle, then have an office. He had to review reports, play with silly string, jump around on a big piano.... what a wonderful view of corporate America.

I realized a little while ago that this has become the point in life that I am at. Now I regularly use words like 'phone conference', 'meetings', and 'reports' and to be honest, I'm kind of disappointed. I remember when I couldn't wait to be able to use a computer for something. I literally used to keep a picture of a keyboard in my closet and I would pretend type on it because I thought typing was the coolest thing you could do. Now I type all the time (duh) but it doesn't seem as important as it did back then. I let corporate America sneak up on me uneventfully and I think it's kind of sad. I've done all those things (minus the big piano) that Tom Hanks did in Big. I've reviewed reports, gone to meetings, used a computer, had a cubicle and most of the time, I had no idea what the fuck I was doing, just like Hanks. In time, though, I've grown and I've learned and now I often do know what the fuck I am doing. I kind of miss that feeling of being excited to type on stupid magazine picture of a keyboard. I miss that feeling of importance because I had to go to a meeting (please don't make me speak though or else you'll know that I'm full of shit). Now I just do these things on a daily basis. I've become the corporate schmuck that Tom Hanks worked with in the movie. How do I go back to being Tom Hanks, and what was his name in that movie??? I could google it yes.. but I don't want to. I'm off to print out my color, glossy picture of a keyboard to hang on my wall.

That post made me think of this... and it made me laugh