A few thoughts.

I've just been thinking. Anyone who was born in the same vicinity as me, in the, well, late 80s to early 90s, is in this weird generational thing. Before us were the 80s generation, and I guess the 90s generation too. Most of our teenage years are going to be spent in the oh-so-exciting New Millenium.

And, as the older generations never hesitate to tell us, we are 'Generation X'. Or maybe 'Y'. Or it could be 'Z'. Let's hope it's not Z, that implies Zombies, as everyone knows. So what are we?

Let's answer that with an inspirational text montage.

We are the kids who grew up with Harry Potter, and collectively raged at Twilight.

We are the internet generation, and we have all the caveats of being so.

We are the first generation to be addicted to our cell phones.

We are the ones who got the first iPods, and saw the birth and death of far too many other attempts at the iPod.

We are well on our way to destroying (and rebuilding) this ass-backwards copyright system of our forefathers.

We are the first to grow up with graphical computers.

We are the first to grow up with technology embedded in our childhood, leaving us the most capable generation to use and adapt to new technologies and gadgets.

In short, keep your head up, Billy buddy, there's a brand new day and we're the first ones on the scene, with our cameras and music and connection. Work out your wifi kinks and you're easily on your way to the internet, and damn are we happy to see you. Because we are you, right? We are you and we can do this.

/optimism