On Growing Up

Yes, yes I know. We all have aspirations although too much of that and you will be out of breath, aspirating I mean. But I want to yam a bit about this whole idea of growing up. People have been possessed by this one facet about other people's lives since time immemorial. A father asks his child - what do you want to be when you grow up? Sometimes a stranger asks a newly met acquaintance the same loaded question. To which there are a few possible answers depending on the mood. 1. What do you mean growing up? How else should I be growing? Skewed? At a slight angle to the earth? How slight? What examples of angular growth can you cite? 2. Why are we all obsessed with this idea of growing up? To respond to the 'where did you grow up?' question there are also many possible answers like - I mostly grew around the buttocks then some rapid expansion in the groin area followed by some bulbous activity behind my ears. Sort of like Al Neuman. Also some of these questions presume that its a one time event and not a continuum as is more realistic. Why not ask - where have you been growing up? as opposed to where did you grow up? Then I could respond more specifically saying - I started my growth on the Indian peninsula then transitioned to the North American continent where I continued to shed some top layer of keratin. Now I will stop yamming and let you all go back to your growing.