After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.

All my adult life people have been helping me.

Yes I am dark, but my eyes are full of stars.

I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life.

Someday you'll reach the point when you're not a little kid anymore, when you become responsible for your own actions and you've to pay the price for your mistakes. When that day comes, just know that you've passed "childhood" chapter