December 23rd, 2005

Subject: uhhh.. ok? :D Time: 01:01 pm Current Mood: calm

rite so this is just a quick post for ppl to go .. WHAA or .. ehhh at :D http://www.youtube.com/player.swf?video_id=lr_HR-iIlYg&l=196 its WoW related , BUT .. its comedy related so i recommend u all to listen n spam other ppl with it ^_^

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December 17th, 2005

Subject: dear gpd why... Time: 10:40 am Current Mood: stressed

small post simple meaning.. uni house got broken in to last nite at 1am .... nothing was taken but housemate is shaken up like nothing on earth ... allways told landlord angency that door needed replacing and they said no .. well here we go again with another hellish holiday of arguing with aqua houes... oh i cant wait .. ps ; dunno if i'll be at the pub 2nite not in the moood ...

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December 13th, 2005

Subject: i'm extreameee Time: 03:22 am

k so some of u may know of Buzz bunny .. oh yeh the 'EXTREAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe' guy ... well heres the link to the EXTREAME ONE http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/223809 watch 1st - this is a guys reaction to WB bringing out a new 'lunatics' i think version of looney tunes so after they saw ^ that they decided to pussy out buzz and then the guy did a nother rip off taking the piss of that : http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/243842 oh dear.... on the upside its 3am and i've not even vagley finished my essay yet but i'm not tired.. so here comes the fail :D

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December 12th, 2005

Subject: last push :D Time: 08:40 pm Current Mood: rushed

ritey-o am on to the last 500 - 800 words of my essay ... it looks suprisingly good from what ppl have said reading it .. but really i think its utter balls n a rush job , just wanna pass this year really ... will c&p daves questiony thing later on and do it .. sure that'll bring much ammusement to readers :) hope everyone is alrite and rdy for the fun of the crimbo period :) making plans to meet up n go cinema, drinking, gathering .. when r ppl freeeeeeeeeee ?

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December 10th, 2005

Subject: so it begins.. Time: 12:37 pm Current Mood: tired

300 dodgey words down only 1700 more to go in 2 days ... and i'm living on 3 hours sleep .. oh this'll be fun .. how r u ?

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December 8th, 2005

Subject: ..sleeeping habits Time: 11:23 am Current Mood: drained

ohh 2 in 2 days :) ok so for the past 4 months of being back at university i've been getting at best 5 hours of sleep a nite, recently i've been taking and doing things which the nhs direct and other such ppl have said to do , nothigns helped, now i dnt recommend ppl to do it and its not smart but hey taking a few more tablets than recommended DOES work but not good for u , i got 6 hours sleep a couple nites back but felt awful when i woke up .. heh .. kick in the nuts huh ! so now this week has been the last week of lectures ( huzzah ) and i've got 1 more essay due in tuesday and 2 others due in after crimbo and i've been determined to get em done b4 i go home to spend more time with ppl and to not have to hassel with it all... thats not exactly worked ... still got to STARt the one due in on tuesday and the other 2 can go straight up the tutors ass'z for all i care right now .. but back to my lack of sleeep ... if anyone knows a clever way of getting more sleep do yell , i cna garentee when i get home i woke wake up for days but thats just life, i have no reason for not sleeping and to why i feel so much better for only getting 3 hours sleep coz it cant be good for u .. but apparently it works for me :S so any way summing up .. missing seminars.. missing lectures.. library is packt and cant get a PC to work on ... the 1st yrs have admited to moving books around in the library and hiding them so the other students cant get to them to look at if they r core colleftion ro 3 days loans but they still manage to take out 15 books at a time .. meh i foree a failing coming along and i dont perticuly care either ... c u all at home probobly :) if my parents havent killed me and yes i have forgotten how to do LJ cuts so if soomewants to post me bk here n tell me much appreciated :)

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December 7th, 2005

Current Music: Radio 1 Subject: I'm back and i'm Time: 01:35 pm Current Mood: blah

woo .. so i remembered my login *scratches head* ok actually Eddie's post reminded me what it was. . but thats not the point! woo .. so i've not updated for a stupidly long time .. but i have alot to rant and rave about and alot of .. random stuff to say but i will keep updating this .. i hope <3 *fingers crossed* rite so .. Been back at uni since september .. living with a guy called James who well more about that in later posts coz well =] hahaha! cant put all the ranting in one post =] and a girl called alsi she's turkish and pretty kewl when she actually socialises -_- which aint alot meh! lets see.. missed my moaning bout assessments coz everyone has those woes :) house is nice , had a few problems to start off with .. no heating ... leaking room . damp .. etc.. but hey thats all fixed now :) so its an ice house 4 bedrooms nice ish kitchen nice bathroom and a nice double leather sofas to crash out on ^_^ and ppl to ( ur more then welcome to come visit n e one \o/ ) got 1 more assessment to hand in on tuesday 2000 word social policy assessment and 2 for after crimbo as well as a 2 hour mock exam .. but hey the 2nd yr is meant to be hard eh? :) i'll live :D hmm .. shud really stick some random quiz's or something in to bulk up :D here we gooo ! Your Seduction Style: Au Natural You rank up there with your seduction skills, though you might not know it. That's because you're a natural at seduction. You don't realize your power! The root of your natural seduction power: your innocence and optimism. You're the type of person who happily plays around and creates a unique little world. Little do you know that your personal paradise is so appealing that it sucks people in. You find joy in everything - so is it any surprise that people find joy in you? You bring back the inner child in everyone you meet with your sincere and spontaneous ways. Your childlike (but not childish) behavior also inspires others to care for you. As a result, those who you befriend and date tend to be incredibly loyal to you. What Kind of Seducer Are You? ... LIES ... well some :) The Boy Next Door Random Gentle Love Dreamer (RGLDm) Kind, yearning, playful, you are The Boy Next Door. You're looking for real Love, a lot like girls do. It might not be manly, but it's sweet. We think the next three years will be very exciting and fruitful ones for you. Your spontaneous, creative side makes you a charming date, and we think you have a horny side just waiting to shine. Or glisten, rather. You enter new relationships unusually hopeful, and the first moments are especially glorious. If you've had some things not work out before, so what. Your exact opposite: The 5-Night Stand Deliberate Brutal Sex Master On paper, most girls would name the Boy Next Door as their ideal mate. In the real world, however, you're often passed over for more dangerous or masculine men. You're the typical "nice guy:" without just a touch of cockiness, you're doomed with girls. A shoulder to cry on? Okay, sure. But never a penis to hold. More than any other type, Boys Next Door evolve as they get older. As we said, many find true love, but some fail miserably in the search. These tarnished few grow up to be The Men Next Door, who are creepy as hell, offering backrubs to kids and what not. ALWAYS AVOID: The Nymph CONSIDER: The Maid of Honor, The Peach Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid - Free Online Dating. My profile name: taintedseeker .... mmm ok? ok so thats all for now :) will post more / rant more / quiz later much love to the eddie <3 hope ur ok hunni smile! lo to dave not spoken to u in ages bud :) hows uni? lo to holly :D rah ur short still :) u get that ball gown sorted? :)

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December 9th, 2004

Current Music: keyboards and whispers ... Subject: happy? me .. nah :P Time: 10:36 am Current Mood: peachy

this 2 posts in one week .. so unusual of me .. but i bring good news to all readers .. well good news for me n e way :D i got 1 outta the 4 things i majorly needed to sort done now , my presentation work ( for images of crime , whop-t-do u say ) all about a Feamle mafia lady called - Tammy Gunn ( oh haha u say ) and her club - Gigalo ( hr hr ) with male prositutes .. ( mmmk u might think ) but in all factors it's meant to be a piss take in all and set about a tabloid article , then i get to rip it to peices for 25 minutes in a group presentation :D .. and we sorted most of it , just got to work on the actual presentation which wont take that long at all :D yey :D on the other hand the 3 essays seem to be stalling in the ideas of ' find references then write up ' so far i have looked at the word find and stopped =) aint i gr8 :D n e ways went out to V-gas meeting no1 last nite ... was rather fantastic xD long haired ppl telling ME how to play cs .... =D for all the decent ppl here u know i'm an ubsessed CS person ¬_¬ yeh ok :P leave me alone , and i decided to act dumb and keep saying 'luck' until my score was 40 - 10 ( thats good btw :P ) in n e case. .. apparently a p90 is a better gun on accuracy then an m4 or AK ( go figure eh dave :P ) but n e way , we played Natural selection from the Old HL1 loading screen :d and then CS 1.5 for a good 80 minutes and i topped the scores both times with 40 - 10 and 45 - 19 , so get me next week is Call of duty time :D so cant wait for that , the pc's in the lab r poo tho .. 2.6gighz, 256mb ram , same as my comp ¬_¬ bloomin ell n e wya .. .i'm happy ( again ) so everyone can be relaxed that i wont moan until i get home to find out my bro blew up the comp .. which is sorta true .. he tried to put Hl2 on and it crashed xD missin most of ya =p bwhaha .. speak soon ppl :D

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December 7th, 2004

Current Music: disturbed - down wit hthe sickness Subject: =/ essays Time: 06:23 pm Current Mood: amused

Lo with only a week n a bit to go i've actually got a smile on my face for the first time in well .. a good week =/ joyus eh ? xD and yeh ... things are perking up cept for the fact that no essay plans are properly sorted , and i aint really got round to sorting out much in the reference form :D god i rule at this job xD as for proper work , we had to shut the kitchen in the glass house coz we were SO busy =/ i was panicing and they kept calling me Rookie .... which tbh i dont mind but with them all patting me on the back going ' it'll be ok rookie ' i wanted to twat em around the head and say thanks in a goodly sarcastic matter :D oh well :D tis allrite , got friday 12 - 4 then sunday 12 - 4 .. so friday will be dead and sunday wil be annoying =/ joyus :D then to thursday then home .. so Thursday i got uni presentation to sort ( this thursday ) but apart from that im not doing much ... got tons of references to hunt down and find xD wooo oh well and as for missy Holly , when u getting bk to the joys of wet england =( miss u soo much :P and U rose and daryl , so come home at some point :D and as for uni ppl , see u in a couple weeks ladies n gents :d take it easy

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December 2nd, 2004

Current Music: Garbage - cherry lips Subject: essays... i hate essays Time: 12:05 pm Current Mood: angry

Well the joys of Essays have got to me more than i thought :S not only have i got 3 essays to write got 1 25 minute presentation ... urf :( now i know ppl have Exams comin up so good luck to ya , and i know ppl aint having the best time at the moment so cheer up will c u soon xD so yeh ... this is the question i pose to u , CUD u answer this , without knowing n e thing 2. Are Beveridge's 'Five Giants' still challenges to be overcome in the 21st century? or even 1. What is social policy? Using one specific area of policy, discuss the impact it has on our day to day lives. now the 1st of the two i actually have some 'notes' on from lectures // work we've done the other 1 howeva there has been no lectures and the seminars were there to teach us how to write them and how to do notes.. well la-de-fucking-da I DONT CARE ABOUT THAT :@ the essay is t3h SHITE and i cant write em up so i got .. 2 weeks till i can come home and when i do i'll sTILL have 3 essays to do and 1 presentation and the biggest problem , i aint even STARTED to look at the 3rd essay ... lamenEss... n e way done now , back to looking 'inteligant' if it's possible

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November 22nd, 2004

Current Music: beauty of the beast - nightwish Time: 12:08 am Current Mood: uncomfortable

*sighs* ok .. so where to start .. last saturday the guys were told to move out of the accomodation in to a new flat area on the ground lfoor opposite me , So all went to plan i went to the libary and did some work // chatted on msn and generally got things sorted to come home ( more later ) and then i came bk .. to notice they had all moved fine but at the same time had taken EVERYTHING out of the kitchen , to give u some idea they even took the kettle which was meant to stay there and had a label saying " keep in this block " so n e way , they went , they kept popping back in coz they still had the keys so they had fun in annoying me , there best present was peeing in the bog brush holder.. thought that was real genious tbh .. 18 - 20 yr old's doing that .. am i just too old in brain for my age... i dont think so ¬_¬ rite so .. sunday came ,i worked :O shock horror , was only me and the head chef in the kitchen so i played 2nd chef proper for the day and had to hold the fort while he went for his Cig breaks etc, was well gd and all the staff came in and said i was doing well and it was REALLY good fun .. >__< long tho ... 6 hours seems alot more when cooking .. heh =( so that was sunday , packed up during the evening and during the first bit when i woke up in prep for coming home .. all good ... so i sent emails // work to all my seminar teachers explaining i was going home for the week ( coz some were already canceled ) and that i wud do w/e work they wanted me to ... but yeh so they replied and it was all peachy to come home .. so i did ... monday morning 8:30am got up .. was rdy to leave by 9am ... train not till 11:10am .. so i thought , got a taxi in to station for 10:45am to give me time , it got there at 10:30 o.o and i then was told due to a crash // suicide at the nearby station my train and all others in that direction were canceled :( joyus ... so i then had to get a train at 12:20 up the other end of the line then do a nice semi-circle to the original place i was ment to change at and then down to London .. so i had to wait that 1:30 but it turned out to be 20mins quicker .. go figure that 1 ... so i got home , not done much this week , been quite good , nice and boring .. how i like home tbh .. calm and relaxing , now back off to uni for another 3 weeks of shite and gotta get at least 2 of my main essays done by 2 weeks time, coz i aint doing 3 ova Xmas ... i dont wanan go back .. and i aint heard from southhampton .. and i dont know what to do .. is there n e one else feeling the preasure or just not feeling happy , or am i the only 1 :( it's annoying .. uni was a fresh start but it's turned in to a hell ... take care everyone hope ur all having a good time in ur respective places , see u at Xmas most of u .. take it easy ps : Toastie , how's tommie .. ur lil lover boy .. bwhahaha =p .. had to add it sorry >__< =p

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November 9th, 2004

Current Music: german people speaking SHUT UP Subject: bored Time: 03:38 pm Current Mood: aggravated

Dear God i am bored >________< the end :( well sorta .... i've been sitting around for uhhhhh ... 4 hours doing nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jesus n e one got n e thing entertaining on a website? funny games , think i can play em :S dunno HELP ME ! bah :(

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November 8th, 2004

Current Music: Disneyland After Dark - something ? :D Subject: urf! Time: 12:29 pm Current Mood: blah

Not updated in ages coz really not got anything great to say =( all sad crappy ANGST and i cba to tell everyone that .. so instead i've waited up until now where there is a glimer of "hope" in this shite hole of accomodation to post =D woo ... so Uni is peachy , good course ( moved on to : Social policy & Criminology ) got 4 outta the first 5 semester assesments due in 17th of january =( joy joy. so shud probobly get on with planning all of them , only 2000 words and i can happily BLAG a 40% pass rate ;) dun really care for 1st yr , as it dont count for 2nd and 3rd .. *cough* so accomodation .... hummm diggy ... so as some of u know the place in which i live the 4 room flat ish part on the ground floor as , moi and 3 absolute FUCK wits .. 1 chav .. 1 wannabee gangster .. .and 1 alcholic wannabeee tough guy / townie ... so it was rather obvious that we wud come to blows , but not REALLY in the physical kind .. but more on that later ;) so at this present stage , every nite for the past 6 weeks they have gone out clubbing .. and i do mean every nite ... so every nite they come in at 2:30am and wake the whole of the accomodation block up , causing trouble and people to be pissed off , so when it comes down to it ,then wander in to my accomodation area and being pissed off with the people outside and as i dont go out *( much to the clubs )* they decide to play fun tricks on me =) lovely guys the usual : shaving foam // cleaner // toilet paper // bins etc outside the door .. tampering with all the food ... for example putting salt in all the juice which I brought ETC ETC .. u get the happy idea .. so anyway ... when Edd n BAiley came down they backed off for a few days and now that it's all reverted back to normal , they gotten back in to being a bunch of cunts again =D so what is happening about it , apparently they are all going to be moved in to one large accomodation unit accorss in the other block , good thing u wud think .. but that means they can now only annoy me at my window which is generally gunna be another fun 1/2 of the yr after Xmas ... on a happier note i have sent an email off to Southampton asking what courses i cud jump ship on to and what the possibility of it is for Xmas or 2nd yr , so we shall see how that goes ... mmm hardly spoken to n e one coz i have a lack of Inet , so how is everyone who has a journal? u doing Gd happy days , how's japan u lot , hows Scotland Mr Dave? ... well there was my post , when i get Inet bk i'll update more but until now , catch u all at Xmas :D

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October 13th, 2004

Current Music: the sound of the printer ... Subject: it's been awhile Time: 07:29 am Current Mood: peachy

it's been awhile .... *carries on humming lyrics* n e way not updated in awhile and a few things have happened .. so i'll just rant away and u guys can ignore most of it , kewl with u ? good coz i aint gunna have the net .. for awhile in my room and i'm fed up of sitting in the libary .. xD rite then .. university has kicked in and i've shifted courses to "Social policy & criminology" now it's so much more fun and i know the stuff .. well most of so it's fun .. ish ... , uhhh the seminars are slaggishly annoying coz i have so much prep work to do , tons of presentations are allready flowing thru my brain plus the idea of having to do 2 assesment essays in a few weeks just makes me want to ... well do stuff =D what else , lil Leee ( the guy that kicked down my door ) decided to be a twat again and snash a plant pot in the laundry room .. he got caught on CCTV and is on last chance so i've heard , uhh , nothing much else happening in housing , might be getting broadband sent BT an abusive message telling em to sort it out coz i cbf to waste £1 a minute on phone calls to em n e more :) what else ... uhhhmm .. joining a few new socities : sci fi , motor racing ( coz i'm a sad git ) punk and metal soc , and rock soc =) ( soc = society for those who aint up on lingo ) pretty much covers my life atm , got some kewl ppl i know now with amusing names and just some generally allrite ppl to hang out with to do list : - prep for essays - prep for seminars - sleep more - get new £1000 pc off net .... - get broadband - kick shite out of ppl on CS once i get PC - kick shite out of ppl around here if they dont stop comin in at 3am in the morning :@ i'm gettng old u see... well keep it easy ladies n gents - holly - ur still a tard - dave - have fun with the m8 i sent u =p

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September 26th, 2004

Current Music: muse - time is running out Subject: ffs Time: 04:22 pm Current Mood: angry

Now i'm sure everyone wants to hear what a great week freshers is up at uni and how much FUN you have .. well i'm here to be a big spoil sport and tell u the REAL side to it so my first week ... ( Thursday ) ( Friday ) ( Saturday ) ( Sunday ) ( up to now ) to those of u leaving ere to another place - good luck u tard's =p =p =p =p =p will update later .. once i get more info

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September 10th, 2004

Current Music: magic carpet ride Subject: less than a week Time: 12:50 pm Current Mood: content

well ok time for an update =) need to start posting more anyway to keep everyone up to date on the happenings of my life in uni ... so it'll work out as : mugged // failing subject // sleeping // mugged // sleeping // hospital :D there is my 1st week predictions =p n e way how are you? xD rite so anyway , with less than a week to go i'm starting to think to myself " u've left this a little too late " coz i have not finished off n e thing just yet =D no packing no sorting of room no new computer -_- dammit! but sorta working on the computer might go to Pc world ( the shame ) and then get something brand spanking new and moan at them to give me the OEM software ... hmm well let's see , Eddie's tonite , which shud be good , a goodbye to uni ppl and a gl to those going in to working life... mmmm will be odd , as i know i said " i'm not going to any goodbye parties " but oh well .. i changed my mind ish =D well let's see now =D those who read this journal hmmm Rose - Gl in japan gal i know ur having fun atm and got urself a swish new net phone O.o i'd guess =D so gl and have fun Daryl - know ur in Japan as well =p so u keep up the work ur doing and have fun , ,meet urself a fine young lady and be happy =D so gl to u as well bud Holly - in crete atm so wont see u when u come bk , but have fun when u go off to japan dont terrorise too many ppl -_- and dont kidnap n e one either .. apparently u CAN go to prison for it =p Dave - Gl in uni m8 and have fun , ur going after me so i'll fill u in on the funness of moving up there and how much HASSEL it is =D Paul - have fun working in the White hart and get some money to move in to a decent flat ¬_¬ know u need to move out of ur rents =D and keep ur lady happy , stick around with it u've been good so far =p uhm to n e one i missed out i apologise but have fun in life and i'll speak to u sometime .. mebbe ? thats all for now , next update from lincoln ¬_¬ wooo hooo

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September 1st, 2004

Current Music: synthetic - Spineshank Subject: waste.. Time: 11:01 pm Current Mood: bored

woo .. not updated for awhile .. infact not done since i said GL to ppl so yeh , got in to uni , all set n rdy , off on the 16th or something like that , woo =) , will be fun , but dunno if i really wanna go n e more , mums been going on and making it out to be so much hard work packing etc.. well pissing me off ... ah well so happy bday : holly and bailey lets see wednesday : holly's bday down lynx ..well what to say .. never spoke to ya once my lady hope u had fun with all ya other random ppl there =S shame neva got to speak to u .. but looked like u were having fun baileys thursday : well i have NO money and i'm going to cinema before... so this cud be intresting , to those who read this if i aint there then i'm broke and i dont wanna be waggaling drinks off ppl .. so thar gl to ppl in life , have fun rose out in japan .. gl to ya :D n c u all around

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August 18th, 2004

Current Music: Crownless - Nightwish Subject: 22 hours to go ..... Time: 11:32 am Current Mood: blah

so whee last week was pretty odd .. long and short at the same time .. dont go there =p rite .. so on tuesday went to baileys , whopped ass in magic tounry =) went dow nto me Vs Dave in best 2/3 .. which i won but very slimly =) must thank Dave for being a rather gr8 man on that day .. chars m8 u did well aswell =) on thursday went round edds , set up network .. well watched and helped in odd parts =) then proceeded to leech files on to edds computer for him and watch as the nite took up with gaming and fun , so that went on until sunday ... Amanadas party was pretty koool , good to see the lady again , ppl seem to be doing well and getting on with there lifes which is gr8 to know =D so yeh .... less than a day to go until 1 bit of paper decides my .. easy route to uni with 1 call .. or about 30+ calls to unis to say LET ME IN ... atm i'm wanting not to get my uni place.. so i can go on to do something with computers...but meh .. we shall see.. it's gunna take alot for me to fuck up this one but still get another course... we shall see Good luck to all in the exam results .. will be seeing some of u afta =) GL all

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August 4th, 2004

Current Music: I am ready for love - counting crows Subject: 18... Time: 12:56 am Current Mood: blank

wuhu ... i'm 18 , N e one notice how it feels absolutly no different to 17 or even 16 ? ... woo .. doing nothing today ... nothing planned.. might have people round probobly wont .. dunno tho ... not in the moood .. =( something wrong with me , just dont feel happy so .. happy bday to me and all others who are growing of age on this day , happy hols / happy day everyone

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August 2nd, 2004

Current Music: sunscreen song Subject: dwelling Time: 07:12 pm Current Mood: restless

ok so in a odd mood .. reflecting on life and other such horrible things i shud not be dwelling on ... m8s are going up and down atm , some being petty some not , some really down and some are on a high :) so for those people cheer up and i'm allways here if ya wanna talk .. now the song below i found from Edd ... tis a very good song , and if u want the actual song tell me n i'll send it to u =) tis good .. v. thoughtful sunscreen song -- http://listen.to/sunscreen << download and more lyrics Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements. Stretch. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's. Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own. Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out. Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen. well that was that then =) catch ya later 18 in 2 n a bit days :O

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