um... i go to BCC and ill be a sophmore this fall..yes only a sohpmore. damn. i dance at shari raricks and play soccer but im only on jv cuz im not amazing or anything. I love music and basically my friends are my life.

i [ believe ] that my lifes gonna see the [ Love ] i give returned to me...

[You Rock My Sox]--shes a bitch and i hate her!!!!! she sucks!! aha. just kidding! no she makes me think of myself. usually thats good. and she.....well shes just kool
[The Sexy Short One]--basically my sister and she drives me insane but shes always been there and shell always be the one whos always there.
[NaJee_Tha Cali Kid]--thats my boy, right there. NAJEE ROCKS AT FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING!
[¿The Sam?]--sam....samsamsammsamsam....i heart him
[13eautiful exl0ver]--i think this is lexie? if not im sry. if so, shes amazing and very interesting. she onced dropped a hammer on her toe. poor lexie.
--and then theres jessie and such and all those peeps and big jake!!!!!!! big papi! and im mama r! but too lazy to put them in here. sry guys. much love
if you wanna know anything else ask me? i guess.

it was only a [ dream ]...
it was only a[ kiss ]. how did it end up like this?

----people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be----<

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.be the change you want to see. it isnt enough to talk about it.

[Baz Luhrmann "Everyone’s Free (to wear sunscreen)"]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97. [Wear sunscreen.]
If I could offer you 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,
nevermind, 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 bubblegum. The
real toubles in life are apt to be things that never
crossed your worried
mind; the kind the blindside you at 4pm on some idle
Tuesday

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

[Sing.]

Don't be reckless with other peoples 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 suceed 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 ineresting 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 what
other people think of it... it's the greatest instrument
you'll ever own.

Dance... even if you have nowhere else to do it but in
your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines they will only make
you feel UGLY.


Brother and sister together we'll make it through.
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there.
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there for you.
And I'll be there just helping you out whenever I can.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they
might 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, except for the
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 you knew
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'll 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.]

Brother and sister together we'll make it through.
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there.
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there for you.
And I'll be there just helping you out whenever I can.

[Everybody's free. Everybody's free.]


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