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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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."
- Music:california dreaming
Born 21st November 1987
* You were born on a Saturday.
* Your star sign is Scorpio.
* Your birthstone is Yellow Topaz or Citrine.
* The season was Autumn.
* You were born in the Chinese year of the Hare.
* The US President was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
* The UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative).
* Saturday's child works hard for its living.
* You are 20 years 8 months 18 days old.
* It is 104 days until your next birthday.
* In dog years you are 2 years old.
* You are 7,567 days old.
* You are approximately 181,609 hours old.
* You are approximately 653,791,257 seconds old.
* You were born on a Saturday.
* Your star sign is Scorpio.
* Your birthstone is Yellow Topaz or Citrine.
* The season was Autumn.
* You were born in the Chinese year of the Hare.
* The US President was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
* The UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative).
* Saturday's child works hard for its living.
* You are 20 years 8 months 18 days old.
* It is 104 days until your next birthday.
* In dog years you are 2 years old.
* You are 7,567 days old.
* You are approximately 181,609 hours old.
* You are approximately 653,791,257 seconds old.
Im content at the moment. Im a lil overworked and tired but its all worth it come pay day. oh and theirs a certain someone making me smile alot lately. He's a little far but thats gonna change =D
I can't wait to see where I'll be in a few months. everything is changing so rapidly. I miss the good old days but I know theirs plenty of better ones to come.
I can't wait to see where I'll be in a few months. everything is changing so rapidly. I miss the good old days but I know theirs plenty of better ones to come.
- Mood:
optimistic - Music:CIRCA
im happy!!
im tired and over worked but happy. i love my job and you all should visit me @ work!!
this week should be interesting my bday is this wed and i still have noo clue as to what im gonna do that day but w.e. day after is Turkey day!! and then Black fri/HIM show and Taylor should be here from jersey so stoked about that.
laters
im tired and over worked but happy. i love my job and you all should visit me @ work!!
this week should be interesting my bday is this wed and i still have noo clue as to what im gonna do that day but w.e. day after is Turkey day!! and then Black fri/HIM show and Taylor should be here from jersey so stoked about that.
laters
I wonder if I would have never left jersey if I would be different. would I like the same things I do now? hard to say life's experience have alot of impact on one's way of being. I sometimes wish I was never forced to move to miami. I loved jersey I have only my happy memories there. maybe things would have been a lot better for me there in my true home. too many shitty things has happend to me here and I just want to leave this place and leave all the things that bring me down.
on my last trip to nyc and jersey I remember being so happy and care free. I felt nothing but happiness. until I started to think of back home and I realized miami is not where I belong. call me emo or tell me im being stupid I don't care. maybe everything blows everywhere else. but I want to find that out for myself.
hopefully no one is still reading this. im just basically blabbing.
on my last trip to nyc and jersey I remember being so happy and care free. I felt nothing but happiness. until I started to think of back home and I realized miami is not where I belong. call me emo or tell me im being stupid I don't care. maybe everything blows everywhere else. but I want to find that out for myself.
hopefully no one is still reading this. im just basically blabbing.
- Mood:
crushed
WEE I CANT WAIT I HOPE IT TURNS OUT OKAY..HAHA
- Mood:
excited
Talk about being random sunday me + fee took a random road trip to orlando with carmen, jesus and mike. we needed the time away from home. it was a fun day even though we spent 80% of it in the car haha, hanging out wit tim from protest the hero was pretty cool..Fee finally found her pocahontes partner lol. Monday was unexpected too went to movies with fee and thing 2 haha jackass2 is better then the first. the rest of the week was just care free cept having to show up at work haha..bummer. yay its almost time for another sexy party...weekends are great.
- Location:pluto
- Mood:
happy - Music:Fall of troy
Hmm well last night was i guess what you call a perfect day ;) nothing went as expected but im not to surprised. The show was a disaster and thing 1 is a confirmed self centered asshole. But thankfully i had fee to run to at the end of the night to make me feel better...soo glad we live real close. but yesterday is done and over with and now were on a way to a better day in orlando ;) and havin some fun because thats what life is all about...you dont need to have a boy to have fun not when you've got great friends.
- Location:My Computer chair
- Mood:
happy - Music:Fuck off and die
ok i haven't used LJ in a while imma bit rusty :P... let's see let's start off with im un-stuck and soo happy bout it i feel free yay! i love my friends all of them i couldn't ask for any better. Nors wasn't that bad today cus i had the whole crew there today to keep me sane..well some what. After nors the sexy party continued at denny's with the GI crew and additions. Funny fee's proposition of having a supervisor show up actually occured lol. It was a good start for a weekend but i have a feeling saturday is gonna be even better. A day with my best buds it just cant go wrong :)
- Location:My Room
- Mood:
dorky - Music:The Sex Pistols: God save the Queen
