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I love being the cool older cousin. I was afraid I nearly lost my cool older cousin status, however, when my younger cousins convinced me to play four-square with them at Thanksgiving. I was just as untalented at the game as I was in elementary school when I first played it, only now I had to try to think back 18 years to remember the rules. Christmas is my chance to redeem myself, though. I'm going to give them cool older cousin presents, the likes of which will make them forget I ever flaked out on the four-square court. I won't tell you what the presents are, in case my cousins get their hands on my URL before Christmas, except to say that I amaze myself with my own coolness and gift-giving ingenuity. My reputation is saved; I am cool once again.