So, I'm 18 now.

[Mystic Muse]

Today is my 18th birthday, and I have absolutely no plans. I am entrusting the playground to come up with something to do for my 18th birthday.:smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

A little bit of info.
1. I'm in Indiana, so I can't drink until I'm 21.
2. Lets stay within board rules.

[AsteriskAmp]

Happy Birthday!

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2660/todaysmybirthdayqy4.jpg

Sadly, I don't have any recommendation but:

Get a Driver's Permit.

[Skeppio]

Haven't got any suggestions, but Happy Birthday Kyuubi! :smallbiggrin:

[Felyndiira]

Happy Birthday :).

The only suggestion that I have would be to drink Mountain Dew (or some other form of non-alcoholic beverage) until you pass out, but my advice is never to be taken seriously. Maybe go and see Avatar: The Last Airbender movie =p?

[Maxios]

Happy Birthday :smallbiggrin:

[Zaydos]

Happy birthday.

As for advice... um... I'm trying to remember what I did on my 18th birthday...

Do something other than sit inside and watch TV. If possible hang out with friends.

Edit: Or if you really want to watch TV, marathon your favorite movies and while drinking a milkshake.

[thorgrim29]

Drive to Canada with a few 18+ years old friends, rent a motel room, and get hammered? Note: Ontario is 19+ for alcohol, Quebec is 18, as are most of the other provinces, but you should check before going there, obviously.

[arguskos]

Today is my 18th birthday, and I have absolutely no plans. I am entrusting the playground to come up with something to do for my 18th birthday.:smallbiggrin::smalltongue:
Happy birthday! May I suggest-

1. I'm in Indiana, so I can't drink until I'm 21.
-nevermind. May I then suggest-


2. Lets stay within board rules.
Oh dammit really? Where's the fun in that?! :smallyuk::smalltongue:

Ah, take the day to do anything you want to do. That's what I did. Or well, would have done anyways. I seem to recall having a pizza and sleeping.

[Temotei]

June 1st was on a weekday last year, I think. That means I went to school. Let's see...I thanked my then-girlfriend for listening. Whoo!

I think it was a Monday, actually, so that means I probably got to school at 8:18 or 8:19 (with class starting at 8:20).

Happy birthday. :smallcool:

[Roc Ness]

Happy Birthday!

Hmm... I don't really do much on my birthdays, and I'm not 18 yet so I'm unaware of there being any sort of thing people might do on their 18th.

But may I suggest an impromptu picnic with your friends? Just quickly buy some random food and drink (like Cake!), and invite whoever friends are available to have lunch with at the most scenic place in town.

[Loki Eremes]

Meh... is medicinal ethyl alcohol illegal for under-ages?

It will be lethal but is it illegal?



Almost Forgot: happy 18th birthday madame.

[Mystic Muse]

Drive to Canada with a few 18+ years old friends, rent a motel room, and get hammered? Note: Ontario is 19+ for alcohol, Quebec is 18, as are most of the other provinces, but you should check before going there, obviously.

okay, I'm not doing this, but nice circumventing that rule. I think my parents would be furious if they found out I went to Canada to get drunk.



Sadly, I don't have any recommendation but:

Get a Driver's Permit. I'm trying. I tried last weekend, but I needed an obscene amount of identification and was not allowed to take the test.


Happy Birthday!

Hmm... I don't really do much on my birthdays, and I'm not 18 yet so I'm unaware of there being any sort of thing people might do on their 18th.

But may I suggest an impromptu picnic with your friends? Just quickly buy some random food and drink (like Cake!), and invite whoever friends are available to have lunch with at the most scenic place in town.

This isn't going to work but I did what I could. The day before Yesterday I got my cousins together (who are probably my best friends actually) and we all played magic the gathering. I was up until five AM.

I am such a nerd, aren't I?

[Blue Ghost]

Wait, what? You're older than I am? :smalleek:

Happy birthday, big sibling. :smallsmile:

[Haruki-kun]

Happy Birthday, Kyuubi! :smallsmile:

Plans.... hmmmm...... buy a giant lasagna and a strawberry cake! That's what I did for my 18th birthday. :smalltongue:

[thorgrim29]

okay, I'm not doing this, but nice circumventing that rule. I think my parents would be furious if they found out I went to Canada to get drunk.

Nah, you didn't go there to get drunk, you went for "insert relevant cultural thing" and to have a good time with your friends, and also happened to get drunk. Tough be aware, a bunch of young adults who've never drank on their first bender can get pretty bad, especially in a foreign city.

[Moff Chumley]

madame.

GB week claims yet another victim! =O

Anyhow, happy birthday, man. I recommend doing something stupid. Doing stupid things can be fun.

[Mystic Muse]

Happy Birthday, Kyuubi! :smallsmile:

Plans.... hmmmm...... buy a giant lasagna and a strawberry cake! That's what I did for my 18th birthday. :smalltongue:

I've got a frozen lasagna and strawberry cake. Will that work?


Wait, what? You're older than I am? :smalleek:

Happy birthday, big sibling. :smallsmile:

Thanks Blue Ghost.:smallsmile:

[Zaydos]

This isn't going to work but I did what I could. The day before Yesterday I got my cousins together (who are probably my best friends actually) and we all played magic the gathering. I was up until five AM.

I am such a nerd, aren't I?

That sounds like it would have been the perfect way to pass a birthday... that or a marathon D&D session.

Hopefully you're a nerd, they're the most fun.

[Flickerdart]

Don't go to Quebec, there are French people there. You should wait til next year and come up to Ontario instead, because there are considerably less French people here. :smalltongue:

[Roc Ness]

This isn't going to work but I did what I could. The day before Yesterday I got my cousins together (who are probably my best friends actually) and we all played magic the gathering. I was up until five AM.

Hmm... maybe go to the movies with some people? Or how about... Maybe you could start a little project, like one of those birthday trees? Self-present shopping trip?

Sorry, I'm out of ideas. :smallfrown:


I am such a nerd, aren't I?

No you ain't. :smalltongue:

[Moff Chumley]

Don't go to Quebec, there are French people there. You should wait til next year and come up to Ontario instead, because there are considerably less French people here. :smalltongue:

This is Chumley and I approve of this post. :smallamused:

Getting drunk around Frenchmen is a risky proposition, or so I've been told.

[Mystic Muse]

GB week claims yet another victim! =O
Technically, he's right, in a way. I'm Transsexual


That sounds like it would have been the perfect way to pass a birthday... that or a marathon D&D session.

Hopefully you're a nerd, they're the most fun. It would have been. Sadly, my Birthday is on a Monday, and so a bunch of them wouldn't have been able to be here.




Hmm... maybe go to the movies with some people? Or how about... Maybe you could start a little project, like one of those birthday trees? Self-present shopping trip?

Sorry, I'm out of ideas. :smallfrown: Not a big deal.:smallsmile:

[Gorgondantess]

Well, if you're desiring of some sort of intoxication, I believe synthetic cannabis/"spice" is legal in Indiana (at least according to wikipedia, "legislation pending", but don't quote me on it), so if you live in a more populated area you should be able to find some at your local tobacco store or general hippie place.
Otherwise, I donno, try smoking tobacco. I'd recommend getting something decent and additive free. I happen to like it once in a while.
Otherwise, as there are no elections coming up, not much you can do with your newfound 18 year old status other than going to real-jail, so just treat it as you have any other birthday. Maybe go a little more wild than usual, I suppose.

[Moff Chumley]

Well, nothing board-appropriate you can do once you're 18. >.>

[Admiral Squish]

Happy birthday!

Wanna know what I did to celebrate my 18th, despite it being a school day?

I made a cake. And then I brought that three-layer quintuple-chocolate cake to school with me. And when lunchtime came, I just took a fork, and tore into the side of it, along with everyone else at my table. Four people, and the cake was gone in 45 minutes. It was delicious.

[Loki Eremes]

GB week claims yet another victim! =O

Anyhow, happy birthday, man. I recommend doing something stupid. Doing stupid things can be fun.

GB?
Whats that?

[Moff Chumley]

Gender Bend week. :smallcool:

[Haruki-kun]

GB?
Whats that?

Gender Bender Week. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185302)

[Loki Eremes]

but, its gender says he's a she. :thog:

[looks at GB thread]

damn, this week is long xD

[Lady Moreta]

Happy Birthday! :smallbiggrin:

I can't really offer any suggestions, my 18th birthday was almost 10 years ago and I can't remember what I did. Actually, yes I can. I enrolled at uni :smalltongue: my birthday was enrollment day - so I think I spent most of it with my older sister being shown around and getting my student ID card.

[AsteriskAmp]

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee492/araveugnitsuga1/BirthdayComic.png
Because the birthday comic doesn't make the 18nth birthday justice.

[Mystic Muse]

http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee492/araveugnitsuga1/BirthdayComic.png
Because the birthday comic doesn't make the 18nth birthday justice.

I love it!:smallbiggrin:

[Xyk]

I went to a hookah lounge on my 18th birthday 2 months ago. It was nice. Buy a lottery ticket. Go to a concert?

Happy birthday!

[MoonCat]

Watch an R rated movie. Although I was watching R rated movies with my parents when I was five, so if you're anything like my family, it wouldn't be anything special to you. But hey, congratulations! And I've got to ask, is that birthday skeleton comic the only birthday comic on the internet? Because it's the only one I've ever seen be posted on a birthday thread here.

[Mystic Muse]

Watch an R rated movie. Although I was watching R rated movies with my parents when I was five, so if you're anything like my family, it wouldn't be anything special to you. But hey, congratulations! And I've got to ask, is that birthday skeleton comic the only birthday comic on the internet? Because it's the only one I've ever seen be posted on a birthday thread here.

Well, I have been putting off watching the Exorcist and no country for old men...

There's one other comic that hasn't been posted, and now there's one specific to me. http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10417168&postcount=31
:biggrin:

[Ricky S]

I still dont understand how America can let you serve in the military and drive but not be allowed to drink till 21? Everyone drinks anyway. So why dont they just change the laws. It is so stupid. Here in Australia everything is 18. You can drink, drive, vote and kill all at the same time.

[rakkoon]

Over here it means that you can now visit a casino. How about that?
And birthday happy of course

[golentan]

This is how I celebrated my eighteenth:

Step 1: Go out and buy one of those portable gasoline containers.
Step 2: Buy yourself a nice big cheroot and a lighter. You're legal now, after all.
Step 3: Fill the container with water.
Step 4: Poke a hole in the container using a needle.
Step 5: Walk down your hometown's busiest district, carrying the lit cigar in one hand and the container in the other. Tap out any ash over the container. Actually smoking the thing is optional. Count the double takes you get.
Step 6: Recommended: Never smoke again.

Oh, yes. And happy birthday.

[Mystic Muse]

Over here it means that you can now visit a casino. How about that?

The problem is, not only am I fairly cheap, I don't have a lot of money. Granted, I'll have more after birthday cards and such, but I have the feeling I'd lose it all.

[AsteriskAmp]

Go target shooting or get a group to go target shooting.
Check wikipedia or a more recently updated place where state laws are shown if you need (or are able) to get a handgun or weapon's permit before though.


Watch an R rated movie. Although I was watching R rated movies with my parents when I was five, so if you're anything like my family, it wouldn't be anything special to you. But hey, congratulations! And I've got to ask, is that birthday skeleton comic the only birthday comic on the internet? Because it's the only one I've ever seen be posted on a birthday thread here.

There is another one I was hoping someone else would post it but...

http://ikanb.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/birthday_skeleton_by_bostondanceparty.jpg?w=460&h=1254

[Pentachoron]

Happy Birthday. I found my 18th to be much less fun than my 21st, seeing that there wasn't much I was finally allowed to do on the 18th that I was particularly interested in doing. You might go buy a cheap lottery ticket, like a scratch off or something.

[Mystic Muse]

Go target shooting or get a group to go target shooting.
Check wikipedia or a more recently updated place where state laws are shown if you need (or are able) to get a handgun or weapon's permit before though.



I do plan on doing this (getting the permit), but thanks for reminding me.

[Kris Strife]

Eat cake and ice cream till your sick. :smallbiggrin:

[BayardSPSR]

REGISTER TO VOTE!

How did no one mention this? It's the first thing I did... But then I DID turn 18 three weeks before the 2010 Congressional elections, and my district's one of the ones that's so purple they actually had a recount... Still.

[Asta Kask]

Have a happy year. May it be better than the last one, which was better than the one before that, and so one.

[VeisuItaTyhjyys]

Happy birthday!


Maybe buy a pack of smokes for a friend who's into such things, even if they pay? I know even though I could buy cigarettes on my own, I was always glad to let younger kids go in and do it for me, when they were old enough, just so they could participate in their adult right to do so. Although, it may be less satisfying for the purchaser than the passive purchasee, I was the older kid, so I never knew.

[Mikhailangelo]

http://derrilickt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/birthday-skeleton.jpg

[Lillith]

Happy Birthday!

If it's not too late, then how about:
- a scuba diving lesson?
- indoor rock climbing/skydiving?
- Carting/race track?
- go to the movies?
- have a fancy dinner?
- go to the swimming pool?

Just some random ideas I can up with. I hope you'll have a lovely day. :smallsmile:

[Barbin]

Hitchcock & Kubrick marathon.

Save A Clockwork Orange for last. Or if you want to be able to sleep for a week without nightmare, I suggest paintball.

[Traab]

I actually didnt do anything special on my 18th. I already had my license, I couldnt legally drink till I was 21, so no bar hopping. About the only thing I COULD do at 18, that I couldnt do at 16-17, was legally buy pornography, which doesnt make for much of a party really. You know, hitting 18 is such a GIP! You can get booted out of your parents house, but you cant buy yourself a drink to forget your troubles. Totally unfair. Oh wait, you can go join the military. So I can sign the next 4-6 years of my life away, and go off to fight and die in some gods forsaken land, but I cant get a beer. Still not much of a celebratory bonus for hitting 18. (Even if I DID join the military then lol)

[Form]

Are you allowed to gamble at 18 years where you're at? I think I went to a casino for the first time when I had turned 18, although the experience ended up being rather boring for me.

Be prepared to lose whatever money you bring with you if you do that. :smalltongue:

Also, enjoy your voting rights! And happy birthday!

[grimbold]

Happy Birthday!

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2660/todaysmybirthdayqy4.jpg

Sadly, I don't have any recommendation but:

Get a Driver's Permit.

+1
araveugnitsuga makes my day once more

[Mercenary Pen]

*snip*
Because the birthday comic doesn't make the 18nth birthday justice.

I'm surprised we don't see more of this here, considering the number of capable artists on the site.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Drive to Canada with a few 18+ years old friends, rent a motel room, and get hammered? Note: Ontario is 19+ for alcohol, Quebec is 18, as are most of the other provinces, but you should check before going there, obviously.

Indiana to Quebec is a long drive...

[Mystic Muse]

Happy Birthday!

If it's not too late, then how about:
- a scuba diving lesson?
- indoor rock climbing/skydiving?
- Carting/race track?
- go to the movies?
- have a fancy dinner?
- go to the swimming pool?

Just some random ideas I can up with. I hope you'll have a lovely day. :smallsmile:

Unfortunately, while it's still my birthday,(I posted this at 12 AM:smalltongue:) We're kind of snowed in.

[thorgrim29]

16 hours... nothing to it! If you're lucky it could turn into one of those horrible coming of age teen roadrip comedies. Meaning you will find true love and your place in the world by the time you're back home.

[Mystic Muse]

16 hours... nothing to it! If you're lucky it could turn into one of those horrible coming of age teen roadrip comedies. Meaning you will find true love and your place in the world by the time you're back home.

I don't really have anybody to drive me there, I don't have my license, and I'm currently snowed in.

[Perenelle]

Yay! Happy Birthday! :smallbiggrin:

hmm... you could fly a kite? A special Birthday kite. =3

I'm not the best person to ask, I rarely do anything for my Birthdays. But, this year, I am going to make a point to fly a kite for some reason.

[Mercenary Pen]

If you're snowed in, then best I can suggest is some sort of improvised movie marathon.

[CynicalAvocado]

when i turned 18 i

bought a pack of cigarettes (still unopened)
bought lottery tickets
renewed my drivers liscense
signed up with selective service
and drove all night because i didn't have a curfew anymore



I still dont understand how America can let you serve in the military and drive but not be allowed to drink till 21? Everyone drinks anyway. So why dont they just change the laws. It is so stupid. Here in Australia everything is 18. You can drink, drive, vote and kill all at the same time.

well each state can set it's own drinking age, but it better be at least 21 or they dont get any money from the federal gov't for road maintenance

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Buying cigarettes is 19 over here.

It's funny, all the 18-year-old Americans coming over complain about not being able to buy cigarettes. We remind them that their drinking age is 21. Much easier to pass for 19 than 21, neh?

[Glass Mouse]

Happy b-day, Kyuubi!

I guess it's a little too late for suggestions now, but I hope you had a good day :smallsmile:

(If it's not too late, I suggest just pampering yourself. Throw away the phone, put on a movie, eat a cake, do something creative, meditate, take a long bath, anything relaxing, fun or just plain recharging - you know better than me what'll accomplish that).

For my 18th birthday, I stumbled across my old GameBoy and spent the day playing Pokémon in the sun. It was wonderful :smallbiggrin:

[CynicalAvocado]

Buying cigarettes is 19 over here.

It's funny, all the 18-year-old Americans coming over complain about not being able to buy cigarettes. We remind them that their drinking age is 21. Much easier to pass for 19 than 21, neh?

my friends say i look in my early 20s. i havn't tried this out yet

[Mercenary Pen]

my friends say i look in my early 20s. i havn't tried this out yet

Has to be said, that's why I'm instructed to check ID of anyone who looks under 25, and that's with drinking and smoking both being from 18.

[Necro_EX]

What part of Indiana are you from? If you're in the Muncie area I might be arsed to drive into town, then we could go terrorize Wal-Mart because there's nothing else to do in Muncie.

If you're not in the Muncie area...Yeah, I've got nothing. :/

[KenderWizard]

Happy Birthday, Kyuubi! I tried to post that back when it was actually your birthday but there was a "Database backup in progress" and I had to "check back in 30 minutes" for the past 22 hours or so. Oh well!

What did you decide to do, aside from being snowed in? Hope you had a good one!

For my 18th, I wanted to have a party, but all my friends decided to go to an anime convention that weekend. So my parents brought me to London to see Patrick Stewart in Macbeth! :smallbiggrin: It was awesome! (The following year, the convention changed dates by a week, so I wanted to go with them, but now it was on one of _their_ birthdays, and they all went to her party instead of the convention. :smallsigh: Me and my best friend still went to the convention, though!)

[Mystic Muse]

What part of Indiana are you from? If you're in the Muncie area I might be arsed to drive into town, then we could go terrorize Wal-Mart because there's nothing else to do in Muncie.

If you're not in the Muncie area...Yeah, I've got nothing. :/

I'm in Fort Wayne. Is that close enough?




What did you decide to do, aside from being snowed in? Hope you had a good one! I watched a marathon of "The office" with my sister who was sick. My family is ggoing out somewhere to eat either tonight or tomorrow for my birthday since my parents couldn't be here for it. They aren't bad parents at all, this was just the only weekend they were able to go down to Florida, and I got the party I wanted anyway. Everybody is happy. :smallbiggrin:


For my 18th, I wanted to have a party, but all my friends decided to go to an anime convention that weekend. So my parents brought me to London to see Patrick Stewart in Macbeth! :smallbiggrin: It was awesome! That is indeed, awesome.

[Glass Mouse]

Happy Birthday, Kyuubi! I tried to post that back when it was actually your birthday but there was a "Database backup in progress" and I had to "check back in 30 minutes" for the past 22 hours or so. Oh well!

If you just hit "refresh", it'll keep giving the backup message even long after it's done backupping. Check the adress bar. If the word "forumbackup" or somesuch is there, refreshing won't produce results.
Rather, close the site, wait half an hour, and start anew. It'll be fine.

Just, y'know... in the future :smallsmile:

[toasty]

My 18th birthday was rather... uninteresting. I had a sleepover with friends (cuz sleepovers never get old. Also: they lived all over a large, crowded city, so a late night party demands this). I suggest finding some friends and have a really fun party together, doing whatever you like to do best. Movies, video games, board games, eating food, roleplaying, all of that is great stuff. :smallsmile:

[Miklus]

Today is my 18th birthday, and I have absolutely no plans. I am entrusting the playground to come up with something to do for my 18th birthday.:smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

A little bit of info.
1. I'm in Indiana, so I can't drink until I'm 21.
2. Lets stay within board rules.

Are you near Holiday World? Then go on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmsR1hIdnk&feature=feedf

EDIT: Oh wait, I'm an idiot, it is probably not even open right now due to winter.

[Mercenary Pen]

If you just hit "refresh", it'll keep giving the backup message even long after it's done backupping. Check the adress bar. If the word "forumbackup" or somesuch is there, refreshing won't produce results.
Rather, close the site, wait half an hour, and start anew. It'll be fine.

Just, y'know... in the future :smallsmile:

Or just hit the forum button down the side- once the half-hour is over, that will get you back in (though you'll have to navigate back to where you were on the forums).

[megabyter5]

My 18th birthday was rather... uninteresting. I had a sleepover with friends (cuz sleepovers never get old. Also: they lived all over a large, crowded city, so a late night party demands this). I suggest finding some friends and have a really fun party together, doing whatever you like to do best. Movies, video games, board games, eating food, roleplaying, all of that is great stuff. :smallsmile:

If you consider that uninteresting, my 18th birthday would have felt to you like having spontaneously turned into a rock. Over the course of the three-hundred and sixty-four days since then, I've forgot any details, but from what I remember, I went on my computer, had a quiet meal at Macaroni Grill, collected money from various relatives, went home, and repeated step one. The most variation I expect for my 19th birthday would be to change restaurants, but I haven't decided that part yet.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

My 18th Birthday we're going to Montreal.

Wait, everyone's going to Montreal on their 18th...
Basically, I'm spending every day I'm not in school that year in Montreal. Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer Break, all in Montreal. :smallamused:

[Barbin]

Montreal says "Hi." Gwyn.

[Necro_EX]

Fort Wayne's a little far for me at the moment, I'm down to 3 gallons in my car. D:

Maybe sometime.

[CynicalAvocado]

My 18th Birthday we're going to Montreal.

Wait, everyone's going to Montreal on their 18th...
Basically, I'm spending every day I'm not in school that year in Montreal. Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer Break, all in Montreal. :smallamused:

wait, i thought you were a year older than me...

when i turn 19 i have no idea what to do.

mostly because there is nothing to do in texarkana

[Xyk]

wait, i thought you were a year older than me...

when i turn 19 i have no idea what to do.

mostly because there is nothing to do in texarkana

Road trip to Austin? Or even Dallas is closer to you, as far as I know and there's supposedly something to do in dallas. Also drugs. :smalltongue:

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

wait, i thought you were a year older than me...

when i turn 19 i have no idea what to do.

mostly because there is nothing to do in texarkana

Sadly still 16. I turn 17 late June.

[druid91]

Purchase an agricultural flamethrower?

[CynicalAvocado]

Road trip to Austin? Or even Dallas is closer to you, as far as I know and there's supposedly something to do in dallas. Also drugs. :smalltongue:

going back to lubbock sometime in july. taking my brother to texas tech.
it should be me. it should be me


Sadly still 16. I turn 17 late June.

hmm. you look 18ish

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Happy Birthday, pal! :smallsmile:

[Mystic Muse]

Happy Birthday, pal! :smallsmile:

Thanks Zousha.:smallsmile:

[CrimsonAngel]

Drive to Canada with a few 18+ years old friends, rent a motel room, and get hammered? Note: Ontario is 19+ for alcohol, Quebec is 18, as are most of the other provinces, but you should check before going there, obviously.

I don't think you give very good advice...