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CURRENT MOOD: ok
RECOMEND: Facebook
READING: ACCA books
TRAVEL: nowhere
HOPE: to pass the exams
NEED: a hug
LIKE: Message from a friend. Breeze. Queens ice-cream. Dolphins. Dancing. Chocolate. Smell of pines. Fresh made coffee. Book with inscription. E-mail. Good jokes. Walks with my dog. Hand in other hand. Hug. Sea. Drawing. Smile.

Road to insanity

Wipe your legs before entering
October 27

A lesson in German

Dog: Barkenpantensniffer

Dog Catcher: Barkenpantensniffersnatcher

Dog Catcher’s Truck: Barkenpantensniffersnatcherwagen

Garage for Truck: Barkenpantensniffensnatcherwagenhaus

Truck Repairman:
Barkenpantensniffensnatcherwagenmechanikerwerker

Mechanic’s Union:
Barkenpantensniffensnatcherwagenmechanikerwerkerfeatherbeddengefixengruppe

Doctor: Chestergethumpenpulsentooker

Nurse: Chestergethumpenpulsentookerhelper

Hypodermic Needle:
Chestergethumpenpulsentookerhelperhurtensticker

Backside: Chestergethumpenpulsentookerhelperhurtenstickerstabbenplatz

Piano: Plinkenplankenplunkenbox

Pianist: Plinkenplankenplunkenboxgepounder

Piano Stool: Plinkenplankenplunkenboxgepounderspinnenseat

Piano Recital:
Plinkenplankenplunkenboxgepounderoffengeshowenspelle

Fathers at the Recital:
Plinkenplankenplunkenboxgepounderoffengeshowenspellensnoozengruppe

Mothers at the Recital:
Plinkenplankenplunkenboxgepounderoffengeshowenspellensnoozengruppenuppenwakers

Automobile: Honkenbrakenscreecher

Gasoline: Honkenbrakenscreecherzoomerjuicen

Driver: Honkenbrakenscreecherguidenschtunker

Auto Mechanic: Honkenbrakenscreecherknockengepingersputtergefixer

Repair Bill: Bankenrollergebustenuptottenliste

 

You are from Canada when...

You know your from Manitoba, Canada, when….

1. You only know three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.

2. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

3. The mosquitoes have landing lights.

4. You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.

5. You have 10 favourite recipes for moose meat.

6. Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.

7. You live in a house that has no front step, yet the door is one meter above the ground.

8. You’ve taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.

9. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.

10. You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.

11. The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports.

12. At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.

13. The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.

14. Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.

15. You think the start of moose season is a national holiday.

16. You head south to go to your cottage.

17. You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won’t prowl on your deck.

18. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.

19. The major parish fund-raiser isn’t bingo - it’s sausage making.

20. You find -40C a little chilly.

21. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.

22. You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your Sorels.

23. You can play road hockey on skates.

24. You know 4 seasons - Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction.

25. The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.

26. You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Northern friends.

June 25

Adult resignation

I am hereby officially tendering my
resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the
responsibilities of an eight-year old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think
that it's a four-star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle
 and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money
because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree
and run a lemonade stand
with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple;
when all you knew were colors,

 multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes,

 

but that didn't bother you,
because you didn't know what you didn't know
and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy because
 you were blissfully unaware of all the things
that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair.
That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is
   possible

I want to be oblivious
to the complexities of life
and be overly excited by the little things.
I want to live simple again.
I don't want  my day to consist
of  computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news,

 


how to survive more days in the month
than there is money in the bank,
doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles,
hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, 
 peace, dreams, the  mankind, and making angels in the snow.
      

So... here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and my 401K statements. I am officially resigning from adulthood.
And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, cause.......

"Tag! you're it."

Why Dogs Are Better Than Men



 *  ...   Dogs don't have trouble expressing affection in public.

*  ...   Dogs miss you when you're gone.

*  ...  You never wonder whether your dog is good enough for you.

*  ..  Dogs don't brag about whom they've slept with.

*  ...  Dogs don't criticize your friends.

*  ...  Dogs admit it when they're jealous.

*  ...  Dogs don't play games with you - except fetch - and they never laugh at the way you throw the ball.

*  ...  Dogs are happy with any video that you rent. They always remember that the most important thing is that you are together.

*  ...  Dogs don't feel threatened by your intelligence.

*  ...  You can take a dog to a groomer.

*  ...  Dogs are already in touch with their inner feelings.

*  ...  You are never suspicious of your dog's dreams.

*  ...  Gorgeous dogs don't know they are gorgeous.

*  ...  Dogs understand what"No" means.

*  ...  Dogs don't need therapy.

*  ...  Dogs understand if some of their friends can't come inside.

*  ...  Dogs think you are a culinary genius.

*  ...  You can housetrain a dog.

*  ...  You can force a dog to take a bath.

*  ...  Dogs don't correct your stories.

*  ...  Middle aged dogs don't feel the need to abandon you for a younger owner.

*  ...  Dogs admit it when they are lost.

*  ...  Dogs don't criticize your driving.

*  ...  Dogs don't weigh down your purse with their stuff.

*  ...  Dogs are nice to your relatives.

*  ...  Dogs mean it when they kiss you.

*  ...  Dogs can entertain themselves for longer than two minutes.

*  ...  Dogs aren't threatened if you earn more than they do.

*  ...  Dogs don't care whether you shave your legs.

*  ...  Dogs don't complain if the sink is full of dirty dishes.

*  ...  YOU CAN TRAIN A DOG!
March 09

Life

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed ever
let you down probably will.

You will have your heart broken, probably more than once, and it's harder
every time. You'll break hea rts too,so remember how it felt when yours was
broken.

You'll fight with your best friend.

You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.

You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose
someone you love.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been
hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness
you'll never get back.

So send this to all of your friends in the next 5 minutes and a miracle will
happen tonight.

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot; who calls you back when
you hang up on him; who will stay awake just to watch you sleep

Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead; who wants to show you off to the
world when you are in your sweats; who holds your hand in front of his
friends.

Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about
you and how lucky he is to have you. Wait for the one who turns to
hisfriends and says, "..that's her."


March 02

Relax your anus...

Just when I think Mr. Blooming Idiot has reached his level of stupidity, he surprises me again!

Trying to get something valuable from you is like trying to squeeze orange juice from an apple. Generally, there's nothing wrong with having nothing worthwhile to say - unles you insist on it. And you do, man! Fourth year in a row! Reading your application made me think that you could type everything you know on the subject on a back of a postage stamp and still have room left for a shopping list. The Anti Moron software on my laptop went crazy when I started to read your application. Clearly, the full area of your stupidity is not yet mapped.

It's like you have a big whole in your head. Don't you think it's time to shut it?!

As I already said...maybe you wouldn't become such a jellyfish-sucking mental midget if your father didn't screw a plant and raised a blooming idiot! With all those shit comming out of your mouth and your brain, I bet your mother didn't know on which end to put the diaper on!

 

In future, wake up that dozzed hamster operating that wheel-powered brain of yours before you start typing!

March 01

God bless America!


Zakon u državi Iowa, USA: Jednoruki klaviristi ne smiju naplaćivati svoje nastupe.
Ne jeftinije, ne skuplje, ne sa 50% popusta, n-i-k-a-k-o!


Zakon u gradu Fort Madison, Iowa, USA: Vatrogasci moraju vježbati gašenje vatre 15 minuta prije nego krenu prema mjestu požara.
A zato kasno stižu na mjesto nesreće!

Tekst zakona u državi Kansas, USA: Ako se dva vlaka susretnu na istom kolosjeku niti jedan ne smije nastaviti dok drugi ne prođe.
Molim vas, pokažite ovaj zakon svom profesoru iz logike
 

Zakon u državi Nebraska, USA: Ako dijete podrigne u crkvi njegovi roditelji mogu završiti u zatvoru.
Nema vise Cole prije mise...
 
Propis u gradu Carrizozo, New Mexico, USA: Zabranjeno je da se ženska osoba pojavljuje u javnosti neobrijana.
Hm, šteta što nisu definirali područje brijanja...

Zakonom u državi New York, USA izričito je zabranjeno skakanje sa zgrade. Onoga koji to prekrši očekuje smrtna kazna.
Samoubojica:Država - 2:0

U državi Ohio (USA) zabranjeno je napiti ribu.
E, pa neće Ohio mene vidjeti tako skoro!

Zakon u gradu Danville, Pennsylvania, USA: Svi hidranti moraju biti provjereni sat vremena prije izbijanja požara.
Pretpostavljam da imaj parapsihološke jedinice koje im javljaju točno vrijeme i mjesto izbijanja požara.

Zakon u gradu Memphis, Tennessee, USA: žabama je zabranjeno kreketati iza 23 sata.
Ili...? Isušit će im močvaru?!
 
U državi Texas, USA, propisi dozvoljavaju voziti auto bez prednjeg stakla pod uvjetom da ima brisače.
U sluačju da padne kiša, jel...?

Nedavno izglasan zakon u državi Texas, USA, obvezuje kriminalce da svoje žrtve obavijeste 24 sata unaprijed da će postati žrtve, te da im objasne zbog čega će ih napasti
Tehnički, jesu li oni i dalje žrtve ako znaju za napad ili sudionici!?

U državi Utah, USA, dozvoljeno je imati privatno nuklearno oružje, samo morate paziti da ga ne aktivirate, jer je to kažnjivo.
A gdje se izdaje dozvola za privatno nuklearno oružje?

U gradu Wilbur, Washington, USA zabranjeno je jahati na ružnom konju.
Ovo mora da je matični grad svih izbora ljepote.
December 05

Jedan dan u životu sponzoruše...

Probudila sam se s osjećajem „sponzoruše“. U skladu s tim sam si organizirala dan. Napravila sam 7 trbušnjaka, 4 skleka i 4 gužnjaka. Istuširala se novim gelom „Jutranji lahor s aloa vera 48 sati zaštita“ koji sam kupila u DEEMU na akciji. Pojela za doručak pola banane i 4 grama musli-a (samo 48 kalorija i 0,3 grama masti) sa nagradom igrom „Osvoji kutiju džabe“. Nakon doručka nisam otišla na posao, jer mi je VISA „Kupi babi jagode“ puna ko čep,  nego u omiljeni birc „Kubanski fado ananas longe bar“. Čuvar me odmah pustio. (Ah te veze...)  Popila sam kavu sa cikorijom i mljevenim rogačem. Sreća da imam štelu u „Mili“ pa mi jave šta je trenutno in. Prelistala sam omiljeni časopis ELLE, folirala da imam video call na novom mobitelu Sam i Sung s kamerom „koji će mi ku*ac“ od 12 nekih šta ti ja znam piksli i 4 puta zoomom. Nakon kave odjurila sam u solarij „Žega“ da se nakvarcam ko kikiriki. Izgorila mi je guzica, ali to sam rijesila sa AB kulturom. Brzo odjurim kod frizerke da me malo natapira (Mila kaze to je sad in u modnim krugovima) jer imam zakazan sastanak s estetskim kirurgom. Napumpao mi je usne i sise. Povela sam i prijatelja da napumpa njega...popust je popust. Shrvana umorom stigla sam kući. Čuvar me opet pustio. Batleri su mi dali omiljenu bijalu košulju s kopčanjem odostraga te sam smazala svih 69 propisanih tableta i iscrpljena zaspala. Kakav dan...

 

Sutra bi se mogla osjećati ko miss sedamnaestog-od-dvadeset-i-devet-izbora-ljepote...

 

 

December 01

Šta sam naucila zadnjih 10 mjeseci...

1. Friend in a need is a friend indeed

2. Na muci se poznaju junaci...

3. Tko ne riskira, ne profitira (naucila, ali jos nisam savladala)

4. Uvijek gledaj mrtvi kut

 

 

Naučio sam... da trebamo biti zahvalni što nam Bog ne daje uvijek ono što tražimo

Naučio sam... da uvijek možeš za nekoga moliti, kad nema snage da si može pomoći na drugi način.

Naučio sam... da ti je, bez obzira koliko ozbiljnosti život zahtijeva od tebe, uvijek potreban prijatelj s kojim se možeš glupirati.

Naučio sam... da je biti ljubazan važnije nego biti u pravu.

 Naučio sam... da ljubav, a ne vrijeme, liječi sve rane.

Naučio sam... da svatko koga sretneš, zaslužuje da ga pozdraviš s osmjehom.

Naučio sam... da dobre prilike nikada nisu izgubljene; netko će se uvijek poslužiti onima koje ti propustiš.

 Naučio sam... kada se naučiš živjeti u luci gorčine, sreća će se uvijek sidriti negdje drugdje.

 Naučio sam... da treba dijeliti riječi koje su nježne i mekane, jer češ ih sutra možda morati pojesti.

Naučio sam... da je osmjeh jedan jeftin način da popraviš svoj izgled.

Naučio sam... da ne mogu odabrati kako se osjećam, ali da mogu odabrati što ću napraviti u vezi toga.

 Naučio sam... da svi žele živjeti na planini, ali da se sva sreća i rast događaju dok se uspinješ.

Naučio sam... da je dobro davati savjet samo u dva slučaja: kada ga netko traži ili kada je pitanje života i smrti.

Naučio sam... kada planiraš osvetiti se nekome, time samo dozvoljavaš sebi da te ta osoba nastavi vrijeđati.

Naučio sam... što imam manje vremena, više stvari mogu napraviti

 

Andy Rooney

Najkraći put do ženskog srca...

...oštrim predmetom između rebara i pravac...
November 29

Mentalna zabiljeska

Gledam reklame na TV-u...VIP nova tarifa...
Ajd ubaci vip karticu pa ćemo šutiti za 0,91 kunu po minuti
November 11

My Warning Label

Vesna may explode without warning
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How to make a Vesna - Personality Coctail

How to make a Vesna
Ingredients:
1 part intelligence
3 parts courage
3 parts ego 
Method:
Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add emotion to taste! Do not overindulge

 

 Make your own Cocktail HERE

November 03

Positive side of life...

Life is expensive, but at least you have a free ride around the sun every day.

Duration of one minute depends on on which side of the toilet doors are you standing.

 

Birthdays are useful. The more you have them – the longer you live.

 

Have you noticed people coming late always have happier facial expression than those who are waiting?

 

Some mistakes are too fun to make them only once.

 

We can learn a lot from pencils: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are ugly, some have weird names, all of them are different colours…but still they are all nicely packed in the same box.

 

Truly happy person knows how to enjoy the landscape even when she has to take a round way.

November 02

Narodna mudrost vol1

Klin se klinom izbija. Ali rupa ostaje...
October 26

About new technologies...ad. 1

...few days ago I had to WRITE DOWN some important things on the paper. First thing I realized is that paper isn’t lying on the table like it used to, but I had to pull it out from the printer. Next challenge was to find a pen. Where is it? How does it look like? I wagely remembered it’s kind of a stick with cartridge inside. Finally I found it in the bottom of the drawer. Moving on…holding a pen after all that time was an orgasmic pleasure, but writing with it seemed to be harder than I expected. My wrist couldn’t bend in the right angle; fingers got all crossed, moving around the pen, trying to find a familiar feeling that just wasn’t there. And then I realized I don’t have a bump on my middle finger, that bump that was there through out all school years. Does anyone today have this cute little mutation that was following us for years?

Finally, I remembered everything related to hand printing and noted down those few lines.

While I was looking the written things, I was thinking how I really mustn’t loose those information. My left hand automatically moved to the keyboard and pressed shortcut for ”save”. And I repeated it few times, coz I couldn’t see little sand watch turning on the paper…

English-Chinese dictionary ;-)




1. Small horse -> Tai ni po ni
2. Did U go to the beach? -> Wai yu so tan?
3. I bumped into a coffee table-> Ai bang mai ni
4. I think U need a facelift -> Chin tu fat
5. Has your flight been delayed? -> Hao long wei ting?
7. I thought U were on a diet. -> Wai yu mun ching?
8. This is a tow away zone -> No par king
9. Do U know the lyrics
to the macarena? -> Wai yu sing dum song?
10. Stay out of sight. -> Lei lo
11. Your body odor is offensive. -> Yu stin ki pu

Random misao...

Budućnost: ljudski rod je podlegao mutiranom virusu ptičje gripe.
Jedini preživjeli: budući da su praktički živjeli u karanteni - stanari Big Brother kuće!!!
 
Zastrašujuće!!! 

 

 


October 25

Obecanje - ludom radovanje

Samo, šta ako obećas nešto sam sebi?  
October 11

About new technologies

Lately, I'm spending way too much in front of the computer. Somehow it's taking over bigger and bigger part of my life.
Do you remember times when you were talking with your friends in person and not over sms-es or chat? When you met friends in life and not on internet? These days I'm even spending more time with my boyfriend on Internet than in person.

And there's a whole new way of thinking as well...

Situation No.1
I'm having coffee with a friend who is having issues with her boyfriend. Again. For the 47th time this year. It's getting quite frustrating for me to listen to the same story every time, and the guy is really a jerk. However...my job as a friend is to sit quietly, listen to her and give her support in whatever she decides to do. But, of course my big mouth can't stay closed and I say something like "WTF!!! Will you finally leave that idiot?!" Half a second later in the „old time“ I would say "I'm sorry, didn't mean it that way" and beg for forgiveness. Today, I feel like banging my hand on the table and scream UNDO! UNDO!

Situation No.2
I'm sitting on a coffee with a friend's friend friend. They said the guy is great. But finally meeting him on a blind date, I realize my friends have really weird sense of humor. Or a bet involving my ass! Anyway...old-fashioned excuse „I'm sorry...I'm really busy, gotta run“ just doesn't start blinking in my head. All I want to do is to press „Esc“

Situation No.3
Crowded tram...Only thing going through my mind is clicking on „Space“

And now it's slowly becoming a joke...we are ctrl x – ctrl v ourselves from the smoking break back in the office, screaming F1 when we need help in delivering sessions...

Damn technology! Where are those beautiful days when a guy talking to himself was just another nut case in a row and not a yuppie with the latest model of Bluetooth?!
September 29

You know you are doing too much @ things when

1 - You go more to conferences, lectures, trainings, seminars, meetings etc than to real parties.

2 - Listen to the music that your friends never heard of.

3 - You know how to dance that music.

4 - At college, when you have to do group work, you insist to open postulation to the OC.

 5 - You call your mom and dad stakeholders.

6 - You speak more english than your mother language.

7 - You never give opinions, but offer inputs.

 8 - You don´t accept gifts because they "don´t follow branding guidelines".

 9 - When you first think in the Holy Trinity, you think of @XP, Culture of Excellence and Branding.

10 - Your boyfriend or girlfriend is used to hear "ILY" instead of "I Love You".

11 - All your friends are tired of saying "no, I don´t want to bring a trainee to my company".

 12 - Before kissing someone, you first wonder how many points she/he is worth, not if you like her/him.

13 - You got a small lecture ready for any time when anyone asks "what is AIESEC?"

14 - You make a PowerPoint presentation to convince your dad to give you more money.

15 - Ask to your friends "feedbacks" on how your haircut looks like.

 16 - Answer your home phone like that: "[your name], AIESEC, good morning"

17 - Call your parents saying "Hi, here is [your name] from AIESEC".

18 - When you have doubts in a school subject, you ask for the help of a mentor.

19 - In a wedding, you start to punch the table and shout "this is table number one, where is table number two?"

20 - Your MSN nickname is something like "John LCVP ER @PA BAZI People is cool - "I hate aiesec.net"

21 - 60% of your MSN friends have similar nicknames.

22 - Call "Alumnis" old school friends.

 23 - Call old school friends gatherings as a "conference".

 24 - Insist to make an output of that "conference" for a planning of the future gatherings.

25 - In a party, talking to someone is "show interest". Kissing is "matched". Having sex is "realized". Having sex again is "re-raised".

26 - If you decide to not go to class, it´s a decision based on the credit policy.

27 - It´s up to you to get this list longer...

September 20

My working day while I was in the MC

Wake up,

Nokia, Colgate, Nescafe, Vivera crunchies.

Zagrebacki tramvaj, HP/Asus, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Nokia

McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Orbit.

HP/Asus, Samsung, Nokia, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Nescafe

Nescafe, Walter Wolf

Coca Cola - Coca Cola- Coca Cola.

Nokia... Nokia, MSN.

Durex.

Colgate.
September 11

Why will I remeber summer of 2005

July and august

  1. summer work
  2. bookers and waiters
  3. destroyed  knee
  4. loosing very special person, tears and funeral
  5. friendship (thank you guys for coming!)
  6. test results
  7. loneliness, confusion, frustration
  8. almost coffee with Sergej Trifunovic
July 14

Why will I remember June?

Why will I remember June?

  1. exams
  2. Ivana’s wedding (best friend since childhood)
  3. Bijelo Dugme concert (thanx Mario)
  4. Hanging out with Mijo and exams on the Academy
  5. Being molested in the tram for the first time since I moved to Zagreb
  6. Sljeme with Marina, Boris, Ivana, Alchy and Mario
  7. TAXI  stuff
  8. endless coffees

 

July 03

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 p.m. 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.

 
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