stowaway
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« Reply #50 on: May 31, 2009, 09:35:15 PM » |
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my advice for young people is -- listen to the advice you get. i know you don't want to. i know it's all different for you. i also know someday you will have advice to share, and you will want someone your age to listen. having said that, i rarely give advice. but i would recommend reading this essay by elizabeth wurtzel, author of "prozac nation" and "bitch." it's the most relentlessly honest description of knowing you had a peak and you passed it. she's 41. as she says, youth is not wasted on the young. it's maturity that's wasted on the old. http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Health-Fitness/Failure-to-Launch-When-Beauty-Fades |
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« Reply #51 on: May 31, 2009, 10:08:50 PM » |
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Don't eat rhubarb leaves they are poisonous
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I'm in Darkshines sewing swap!
Declaring war on mediocrity and a pox on the foot soldiers of stupidity
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« Reply #52 on: May 31, 2009, 11:11:03 PM » |
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I've told this to friends of all ages...
Don't put off doing something with your life until you've "lost some weight" or "got a cool car".
I did more "living" by the time I was 20 than some people have done in twice that time.
On the other hand, have a goal in mind and plan on making it happen for yourself. Nobody is going to come by and drop your dream life into your lap.
Vienna
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« Reply #53 on: June 01, 2009, 01:04:18 AM » |
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Don't eat rhubarb leaves they are poisonous
Quoted for truth. Also; Don't give up 'cos it's hard. It's actually not. And if it is, it's up to you to make it better. |
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Captian Jay
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« Reply #54 on: June 01, 2009, 01:49:27 AM » |
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I avoid advice, but I've always thought these saying were useful and applicable...
Keep your pants and your grades up.
They'll stop talking about you as soon as someone else screws up.
If educators had a clue, they'd be making money by doing instead of teaching.
Be a lion, the sheep end up getting eaten.
The early bird gets the worm = The late worm has a much better day.
"It could be worse," is a mean thing to say to someone who's miserable.
If you don't have anyone to watch your back, it's time to move your back.
VOTE!!! a bunch of people fought,suffered and died to give that right! You do matter!
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...I'm not lost, just on an unplanned expedition.
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anampi
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« Reply #55 on: June 01, 2009, 02:28:48 AM » |
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My other advice would be "do something every day that makes that day worth living". This is smething I picked up after battling with depression all my life. I would get into a downcycle, and spend m days in bed, upset, moping around. Then I would be even more upset because I wasted the day, and the visious cycle would continue. Even if its reading some books for school, complimenting someone, telling your family you love them or doing a chore, it will make you smile and feel better  I always try to think like that. Is easier to say when things are allright than when the world is upside down. Sometimes life will prove you that there's no such thing as eternal happiness, or that things are just no fair. You will think "why me?", or say "and where is my choice in this? I have nothing to do or say", but then, you have a choice, and you have a bliss. Your choice is bearing with things, accept them, or just giving up. Bearing is harder, of course, but then, the easy road is not always the best. Your bliss (is this a good use for that word, or should I have chosen something else?) is that you will eventually learn from that, you'll get stronger (even if at that moment you feel weak). And even if you feel you're down without anything else to do... go and read something, watch a nice show, go out with friends. In the peak of a depression I discovered what now is my favourite serie, decided I wanted do draw again, discovered who truly were by my side, and got stronger. And if I could, everybody can. |
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Amelia von Poopenmeiher
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United States
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« Reply #56 on: June 01, 2009, 02:43:43 AM » |
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I've some advice, which I hope wont be misinterpreted or anything.
Dont be afraid to give up.
I know it sounds silly, but...well yeah, it sounds silly.
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Crime never pays; unless you're a mercenary. Or pirate. Or cat-burglar. Come to think of it, crime is quite profitable.
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« Reply #57 on: June 01, 2009, 07:50:16 AM » |
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A bit of Canadiana to share with you: 'Keep your stick on the ice.'
This is more profound then it may seem at first glance. If you have to ask...
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Well I've worked among the spitters and I've breathed the oily smoke
I've shovelled up the gypsum and it neigh 'on makes you choke
I've stood knee deep cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
Been working rough, I've seen enough, to make your stomach turnwww.doctorsteel.com
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« Reply #58 on: June 01, 2009, 10:28:53 AM » |
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- pointy end goes in the bad guy. - always have at least one interest. a hobby, skill or subject that you can spend time studying or perfecting. - make the effort to consciously put down/aside this interest to be with or help out other people from time to time. - try to make this interest something that puts you into contact with people outside of your regular circle of people rather than something that insulates you in your own little world. - knees are really important, abusing them in your teens really screws them up as you hit your late 20s / early 30s - football is not the "international language" any more than Stella Artois is the national beverage. - user access permissions to a drive, database, website or server should start off being significantly less than the bare minimum that the user thinks they need to be able to do their job. - if your work is project based, it is vitally important to get a complete design specification signed off by all involved before you do any work.. any changes from that point on are to be done in version two. - i agree that voting in any political election is largely pointless, but that is not a valid reason for not voting if you have that right. - "to see what would happen" is a perfectly viable reason for doing anything that won't hinder or harm another person |
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"Croup and Vandemar, the Old Firm, obstacles obliterated, nuisances eradicated, bothersome limbs removed and tutelary dentistry undertaken..."
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« Reply #59 on: June 01, 2009, 01:01:38 PM » |
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Hold fast to the law, of the last cold tome, where the earth of the truth, lies thick upon the page, and the loam of faith in the ink long fled, and the drone of the nib flows on. http://www.sadeian.org/<((((º>¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.><((((º>¸¸.·´¯><((((º> ¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.><((((º> ><((((º>.· |
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« Reply #60 on: June 01, 2009, 01:37:09 PM » |
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Habits are well-nigh impossible to unlearn. Learn a new one to replace an old one.
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« Reply #61 on: June 02, 2009, 02:02:57 AM » |
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Remember, you are unique. Just like everyone else.
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"At least those oddballs are interesting" - My Wife.
I'm British but living in America. This might explain my spelling.
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« Reply #62 on: June 02, 2009, 05:07:22 AM » |
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Breathing makes life easier.
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Vividwings
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United States
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« Reply #63 on: June 03, 2009, 07:06:12 AM » |
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Your hair will grow out.
Dance like no one is watching. Everyone else is just as nervous as you are.
Try out mind-altering substances you intend to use before going to Burning Man, or any large party for that matter.
Leopard print unitards look ridiculous. This should not stop you from wearing them from time to time.
Food is grease in the cogs of social interaction. So is alcohol, but alcohol is also flammable.
The best way to make friends is to make cookies.
Confessing ones undying love while drunk is usually trite.
Do not take yourself too seriously.
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joanne mullen
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« Reply #64 on: June 06, 2009, 02:45:21 PM » |
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Life comes down to a few moments of decision, you are what you decide in those moments.
If you love someone, tell them. Be simple, be direct and stop pining. Nine times out of ten they'll say yes and even if they say no to you, at least you can live with knowing you were brave enough to try.
Always jump in to save a baby, never jump in to save a dog. The dog always survives, it can swim better than you can.
An unlived life is not worth examining.
Have as much sex as possible. It's fun, it's free and when you're old and droopy you'll kick yourself you didn't have more.
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« Reply #65 on: June 07, 2009, 05:50:53 PM » |
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Things to remember about women:
Blondes aren't necessarily stupid.
Tiny girls are, 9 times out of 10, more than capable of kicking the living shit out of you.
Don't piss of the red haired girl
The door bitch at your local goth club, the one in the sexy dress, is far more likely to maim you for being an ass than security, her boyfriend or any other guy present
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Zwack
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« Reply #66 on: June 07, 2009, 06:39:11 PM » |
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Have as much sex as possible. It's fun, it's free and when you're old and droopy you'll kick yourself you didn't have more.
But take precautions. You don't want the diseases or children before you're ready (not that you'll ever be ready for the diseases). Z. |
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"At least those oddballs are interesting" - My Wife.
I'm British but living in America. This might explain my spelling.
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« Reply #67 on: June 07, 2009, 06:56:54 PM » |
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Heres the ones i live by...
Always remember - fire is hot!
If its bad for you, its probably fun!
Treat everyone as you yourself would be treated unless given cause to act otherwise.
my personal favorite, is a quote from R.A Salavatore.
"May the snows fall deep the rain drive down and the wind buffet my cloak, i care not for mine is a road worth walking" - I.E Stick to your convictions, admit that when you are wrong you are wrong, if you don't you will never learn anything and you will never get anywhere, and finally, (speaking as a seasoned 'adventurer' if the weather is bad, the shelter will be nicer (both literally and metaphorically!)
-Fozz
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"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence!"
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« Reply #68 on: June 08, 2009, 10:41:31 AM » |
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You are a complete and whole person. You do not NEED another person to make you whole, but instead you are free to want another whole person in your life to share the paths you walk.
People who choose to be single are not weird, they just don't want to share their lives with someone so closly, that is their choice to make.
Trying to set-up your newly single friends is not nice. Wait till they say they are ready.
Trying to set-up a friend who says "it's complicated" with someone may well get you bitch slapped. It's complicated means they probably are trying to sort out their relationship with someone else. (This from the person doing the bitch slapping over the past two days). Don't do it.
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« Reply #69 on: June 08, 2009, 02:24:53 PM » |
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You want to change the system, do it from within the system.
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The problem with Time Machines are:- if you miss one, there will be three along in half hour ago.
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