Your Inner Child

[Florida Girl]

A thought sparked by the wisdom of SillyGirl: That we've all got a child inside, and try to hide it.

Isn't it a damn shame? Remember the utopian hope, the belief that fairies were real, the way the world was filled with wonder, how a new teddy bear could make your day?

It's so important to nourish the healthy parts of our inner child.

I still like coloring books, especially seeking out Winnie the Pooh. It's a stress reliever after a long day, gives me something fun and mindless to do while my subconscious mind processes and thoughts wander through my head.

I love walking through grass without shoes, swimming in ponds and wading through rivers, chasing frogs (and letting them go). My friends and I still go to parks to visit swing sets, and beaches to build sand castles. We stopped with snowmen - we've grown to hate the cold! Children's movies and cartoons are also a group activity with friends.

During family gatherings, I inevitably spend most of my time with all the kids, playing with them. Not just because I love kids, but because I love their toys (lego especially), and I think they can sense it. They can tell that I'm not just an adult playing with them, I'm actually joining the group and playing with toys! I realized this when my niece ran up to me one day and said "I have a toy you're going to LOVE!!"

Oh and finger painting parties!! Those ROCK!

How do you keep your inner child alive?

 

[Eds]

We all know that King and your PSP LMAO!!

I still play pacman and watch Tom and Jerry sometimes :mrgreen:

 

[Ultraman Tiga]

:: you'll always be a kid at heart bud.

 

[littlemoomaid]

I have pacman on my iphone but I suck at it. Much better at Tetris!

I'm salivating over the coming of 3D televisions - I CAN'T WAIT FOR 3D PLAYSTATION!

 

[hellokity017]

Don't buy it yet Lauren wait a year you'll pay half the price.

 

[Disabled Vietnam Veteran]

I like to watch. Just watch life go by without the adult filter, and see what happens. A child-like observer.
Same thing when it comes to conversation. I like to let my mind float free of the stereo-types we develop as adults and say what comes to mind. I’m a non-linear thinker, so I get used to some odd glances
Unfortunately the “real world” requires I don’t let my imagination free as often as I’d like.

 

[Kar]

My inner child is well and alive, and pops out mostly in my outlook on life, the universe and everything: like a child, I tend to trust people rather than expect the worst of them, and I've never lost my ability to look at the world with the wonder of a child.

The world would be a much better place to live in if so many people hadn't murdered their inner child.

 

[dog]

Like King I keep my inner child alive by being a prankster. Iceman can attest to that.: If you can't laugh life would be a bore.

 

[sarge927]

xbox 360

Listening to top 40 radio music

Hanging with the nieces and nephew's when they let this old fart.

Shamlessly flirting with every woman I see.

Watching anything Pixar on DVD, Cars is my fav.

 

[Sunrise]

I take time to notice things that many of us get too "busy" to pay attention to. The smell of all the lilacs in my neighbourhood right now, the overwhelming bustle of Dundas/Spadina, the way the recent rainfall pools in indents in the road, the care someone put into that small graffiti stencil around the corner...

 

[Jigsaw]

Practical Joke:

Many years ago, while on night shift, I went around to all the men's public washroom and placed saran wrap on under the toilet seats.

The next there was a message from the Deputy Superintendent to all staff members. He was not happy and was going to find out who did it.

I sent him an email and said, you should have pissed at the urinal jackass! He replied, you're getting my dry cleaning bill. I replied, OK pee pants! LMAO.

A few month's later, when I was on nights again. I put vaseline on all the seats in the women's public washrooms. LMAO

Those were the days!

 

[Drake]

Nothing turns me into a kid again more than being around animals. Horseback riding, a good zoo, my cat, anyone's dog...put me in a petting zoo, I'm giddy.

I also share Lauren's fondness for Winnie the Pooh...not the coloring books, but the movies. and the stuffed animals.

 

[Sister]

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I'm a guy. We never grow up . We play out games till we are on the wrong side of the grass . When we get to old to chase a puck or hit a golf ball then we wheel down to harbourfront and try to get a glimpse of the ladies panties in their summer dresses just like I used to do when I was 10 years old :.

 

[mommy811]

As I'm having a good time with friends and family and all those around me laughing and smiling along with me and I look over to see my eldest looking at me with fondness and a warmth in her eyes that melts my heart everytime; she approaches me and gives me a hug with a whisper in my ear to tell me she loves me. That's what keeps me young and a kid at heart.

 

[dyingatheist]

I love playing Call of Duty on the SPS. My nephew and I have some real battles. Really brings back my childhood. I also enjoy playing ball hockey and soccer with the boys which helps to keep me young at heart.

 

[TJR]

I won't buy in until there are video games available.

My day-job requires a great deal of work with technology of various kinds. I live by the "Third Generation Rule".

The first model is practically a test model. With real world use they learn all the flaws. The second model costs less and has all the bugs worked out. The third model is a lot cheaper, runs smoothly and has all the improvements to make UI (user interface) manageable and perfects the functionality and design. Best of all they thrown in the cool stuff they've been holding off on purpose (planned obsolescence).

Always wait till the third generation.

 

[hey ya]

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html
Thank you Kyra!

Animals are fascinating. I love them, wild and domestic. They have so much to teach us, and they do a lot to keep the inner child alive. As brutal and shot as the natural world is, Play is integral. It's a way to prepare for the world. Play-fighting makes animals better hunters and territory defenders. Little girls play house, little boys play fireman, and cops and robbers. Yet to say there's more, that play as a biological entity that crafts your brain, allows species to cross boundaries. "It gives us a leg up on adaptability."

A state of Play, as an altered state is an interesting idea. Play allowing us to explore the possible, that takes us outside ourselves, and beyond what we normally feel is possible. Imagine that "play deprivation", the absence of play in your life, can make your psyche weak? And why not? It's liberating, it's relaxing - I'm not surprised to learn it stimulates the brain.

When he mentions play wanting to defeat gravity and shows the mountain goat picture it immediately brought the Pixar Short Film "Boundin" to mind, a great watch:
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=12536

Another cool link: The National Institute for Play
nifplay.org

Rules of the Red Rubber Ball:
Find and Sustain Your Life's Work
amazon.com/Rules-Red-Rubber-Ball-Sustain/dp/1933060026

From Play to Innovation:
stanford.edu/class/engr280/

 

[karla]

BT's been schooled by a girl on a video games ::, sorry the inner child in me just escaped again.

 

[symphony.no.7]

I take great pleasure in challenging teenboys to a game of Mortal Combat and violently destroying their character with all the secret combo moves. Heh.

Of course these days it's more likely to be God of War than Mortal Combat. Assassin's Creed was shockingly awesome.

The video game companies are making Plot Driven pieces that put action movies to shame. The characters are awesome, the graphics are stellar, the stories are engaging, and you get to shoot characters in the process. It's awesome entertainment

 

[Stephen E]

Well sweet lady are you challenging Rayden, God of Thunder from Mortal Kombat? FINISH HIM is my MO. Maybe at the massageplanet party Dean would be nice enough to set up a game for you and I to go at it, gaming of course.:twisted: Perhaps a little side bet in place.:razz:

BT you just stand at a safe distance and watch how it's done.: