Are you a Norse God?

Are you now, or have you ever been, a time traveling cyborg or vampire?*

These oh-so-important questions come from the movie 17 Again, which I had the good sense to watch on Saturday night. I must say, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Zac Effron was completely adorable and the character Ned may be my new geektastic favorite. I highly recommend it.

Watching this movie made me think about what I would do if I was to wake up tomorrow and find that I was magically transformed back into my 17 year old self. After much thought I realized that it wouldn't be too horribly big of a deal for me. I wouldn't need to go buy a more teen friendly wardrobe, I have plenty of outfits that would suffice.** I wouldn't feel tempted to reclaim my glory days, because I didn't find high school all that glorious. I wouldn't worry about being oppressed by the popular kids and having my head plunged into a toliet, because no one really bothered me in high school.*** I wouldn't even have to worry about finding new friends to hang out with; some of my favorite people in the world are in high school.

I wonder what this says about me. On one hand, it could mean that I've lived a somewhat fulfilled life, free of major regrets. On the other, it might mean that I'm stuck in some sort of arrested development, unable to advance past the point I was when I was a teenager. I, however, choose to believe Option #3: I'm a rare breed of cool that transends such mundane things as age or time.****

*When given a "no" response to this question Ned replied, "A vampire wouldn't tell; a cyborg wouldn't know." Love it!

**Although, upon closer examination of my closet I did find that I do own an awful lot of grown-up clothes. Ick. How did that happen?

***Does this really happen to anyone? I don't remember anyone being grossly mistreated at my high school, and certainly no one getting their head shoved in a toilet. Why do movies make that seem like a common occurrence?

****As you will remember, I'm all about creating my own reality. Please, let me keep this one.