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Q: i started highschool this year without knowing ANYONE, and i've adjusted really well. I'm still haveing some trouble, though, just meeting everyone and making friends. I know a girl who was also new this year and everyone who meets her like LOVES her. What are some tips so i can be more friendly and inviting, and like easy to talk to? thanks =]
there was this new girl at my school last year.. she made friends right away, and even went out to lunch with some hot guys her first day! she right away stated talking to people like everyone around her and just smiling and being so happy..but not too friendly in an annoying way. the best thing to do is really to just not worry what people think of you if you randomly start talking to them, because most people will talk back and possibly become friends with you! you seriously just have to not be shy, and talk to as many people as you can. trust me, if you start of shy, and then way later on decide you want to make new friends, it will be really awkward, and might not work too well..so just do it now! just talk to everyone and show that you have great confidence!! good luck :D

Q: okay so my boyfriend tried to finger me today. tried being the key word here. it didn't work..at all lol its so embaressing but it wouldn't fit! like how lame is that lol soo any suggestions on what to do?
haha oh no! well that is definitely possible, though strange. if you are a virgin its not too weird though :] have you ever been fingered before? maybe you just need to wait awhile if its not working. if you both feel like you want to try again maybe tell him to go slowly..it should fit haha unless your super tight and he's got big fingers :p all i can really tell you is to wait awhile and see if that works better, or tell him to ease it in there :] good luck!

Q: my sister really needs to find a new hairstyle, but i dont know what to suggest, she has long dark brown hair, like to her butt long, its naturally straight, and shes got this cute heart shaped face, does anyone have any suggestions?!?
i think this is perfect for dark hair and a heart shaped face.. cutting it to a little below the shoulders and then getting side bangs. it looks super cute if you curl the ends in too! :]

Q: My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost a month now and when we're together we cannot keep our hands off each other. I'm a virgin. He's not. I'm 18 and he's 19. He respects me and loves me so I know he'd never force me into doing anything I don't want. We've never discussed sex and I want to discuss it with him so we can establish where we stand on the matter. I want to wait a while before we have sex. Even though I'm very physically and sexually attracted to him. I but I need to let him know where I stand. How should I bring it up, what should I say?
as long as you think he would take it ok, you just need to tell him, dont try to find a way to casually bring it up or anything. when your alone, just tell him you need to tell him where you stand considering sex. if he loves you like you think he does, he wont care how you tell him. but dont beat around the bush. seriously, just come right out and tell him exactly how you feel. thats the best way i can think of because you just need to let him know. it seems you are really close and since you said he respects you, he will probably be glad, maybe even excited, to discuss it haha, and to know exactly how you feel about it. good luck :]

Q: Okay so well you know the episode on Degrassi where spinner tottaly went nuts and shaved his head, well what was the song in the background? I I tried to listen but then when i went to my computer i tottaly forgot all the the lyrics to it.

haha thankyou. =]
is it..
to a friend by alexisonfire?
:]

Q: If you had to pick an activity, hobby, or interest that is important to you, what would it be and why is it important? I'm doing a survey of people I don't personally know with this question, and I need some people to answer it. You don't need to put your name or age or anything like that. Thanks in advance!
Cheerleading is important to me because it is fun and challenging at the same time. You keep learning more every day, and you also can lose weight and build your muscles while having fun cheering. Also its important to keep everyones spirit up!

Q: Ok, so this year on our cheerleading squad isn't going as well as we planned. we have had 2 girls quit on us already. today i just found out another one quit for no reason. i have NO idea why she quit!! well our first competiton is this sunday and we need help FAST. Does anyone know any stunts we could do WITHOUT a backspotter that would look cool?? please help!! thanks so much!!!!!
You probably would want a back spot for almost any stunt. An easy one with just 2 people could be just to have someone sit on the other girls shoulders. You can also do a thigh stand. If you are good enough, you could do a half..no further up, and don't cradle out! You could also do the air splits where you start in a thigh stand, and then the flyer jumps up into the splits on the 2 girls' shoulders. That one might be a bit tricky if the flyer doesn't have great balance. Try those during a practice, and if you can get them down in time for your competition, use them and do your best! If not, just have the extra girls do tumbling instead of another stunt group. That always looks super cute! Good luck in your competition :]

Q: i need to learn how to do a cartwheel, and a backhandspring~ A)because i think it would be really fun to learn how to do it and B)- because its the requirements for cheerleading squad...i didnt make it this year but im trying out next year.. i dont really want to go to a gymanstics place so im trying to teach myself and i pritned out some instructions online but i really need some step by step instructions (remember:im a beginner an im really afriad of getting hurt) i REALLY appreciate your help!!!
a kartwheel is pretty much foot, hand, hand, foot. to start u put out whatever leg you feel comfortable starting on (i am right handed but i put out my left). you point it out in front of you and then kind of push off of that leg. swing your arms down to the ground quickly one at a time. for example, if you start with your left foot, put your left hand down right away, then quickly follow with you right hand on the ground. once you are basically upside down, on your arms, with you feet in the air, its easy from there. when you start, you want to push of enough to get a lot of momentum, and then after both hands hit the ground, just kind of lean your body foward until one leg hits the ground on the opposite side of where you started from. once one hits, the other should immediately follow. then just bring you arms off the ground and you should be in a standing positon. as far as a back handspring goes, when you start out, you kind of sit, leaning back, to where if you kept sitting there you would fall back on you butt. as you are sitting you swing you arms back far and hard, then forward and up. once your arms are pointing up, straight, and above your head, (you should no longer be in a sitting position) throw you body backwards. an important thing it to watch you hands as your going the whole time. and make sure you keep your arms straight do not bend them too much. that is very important because without a spotter, you could fall on your head or neck. i am in cheerleading and we go to tumbling classes once a week. there are trampolines and mats so it is definitely safer. plus there are always people helping and spotting you. honestly the best thing i would suggest is to go to atleast an open gym, doesn't even have to be classes. find a place, just like a recreational center or something near you, that does those things. it shouldnt be too much money, its usually really cheap. also, if you start with a back bend (standing up and then falling back into a bridge) and the do a backbend walkover(once your in the bridge keep your arms straight and kick your legs over your head. after you master that, back handsprings will come a lot easier. kartwheels and backbends and walkovers are ok to do by yourself (i would suggest with mats atleast) but a back hand spring is dangerous if you dont know exactly what you are doing. it is kind of hard to explain it so if you really dont want to go to a gym, watch a you tube video with good step by step instructions. or even just go watch a video with back handsprings, but atleast always have somebody with you to help you with that, no matter what! you can be seriously injured if you do it wrong, and then never be able to make the cheer squad! once you get the hang of it though, it comes pretty easy, and it very fun. its frustrating to learn, but just dont get frustrated, be careful and have fun doing it! hope i helped..and sorry this is so long! :]

Q: To get birthcontrol when your a minor, do you have to have a physical? Im 13.

Ive been having my period since I was around 12, so about a year...and my period last 7-10 days. its annoying, and still is kinda not at the same time of the month....

also my mom is fine with it...But, i'd like some info.
advice?
I'm 15, and have been on the birth control Seasonal for about a year and a half now. If you are wanting the pill only because of your period being annoying and not because you are sexually active, then you should'nt have to have a physical. What my mom did was just consult a doctor and order them, and once a year i have to go to that place to just talk with someone and make sure things are working ok for me. And then they give you your new pills. I never have cramps, and my period comes only once every 3 months. But to worn you, most birth control pills will cause you to gain weight. I gained about 11 pounds, and I now have a few permanent stretchmarks. I don't regret going on the pill because of the weight gain, but just know, once you gain it, it is quite hard to lose, trust me. My advice is if your period is really bothering you, just make sure your positive you want to start the pill. I think its a great idea though!

Q: 14/f

when i sit down for a long time and then stand up i get kind of light headed and dizzy and i start like seeing blue fuzzy for a second and my head feels like...a rush of blood or something.
like normal people see this.
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m17/xoojessii/?action=view¤t=feet.jpg
but i see something along the lines of this for a few seconds.
http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m17/xoojessii/?action=view¤t=blue-1.jpg

it doesnt happen like every time. just like maybe once a day or every other day.

i don't take any kind of medication or drugs and as far as i know i don't have any major medical conditions.

any idea what this is? or has it happened to you?
happens to me too sometimes. i dont think its really anything to worry about. maybe try getting up slower.. or try focusing on something or close ur eyes while your standing up. for me getting up slower is the best thing. if that doesn't help, or it starts getting worse, definitely see your eye doctor or just your doctor.

it might just be a temporary thing, has it been like this for quite awhile? if not, you might just have a virus, or i don't know something going around.

Q: Ugh... well I have a really weird problem that won't go away.

I am SO afraid of Satan. I mean like seriously afraid of him. It's to the point where I can't sleep 'cause I'm worried he's going to come through the door and kill me.

This happens every night. It takes me hours until I can fall asleep because I start imagining in my mind that Satan is going to do something really bad. Then I have these dreams where I'm possessed.

It's seriously the scariest thing ever. I mean, because I believe that it's all completely real. I know that it's not likely that anything like that would happen, but there's still that small chance that it could...

Ever since I saw The Excorcism of Emily Rose, I have been SCARED. TO. DEATH. And that was a really long time ago when I saw that movie. But I mean that movie is true, and it really happens to people.

PLEASE help me. I need to know how to get rid of this fear of mine.

hey..i kind of had the same issue. i was always scared that i was going to die and go to hell with satan or something during my sleep and i never wanted to sleep. i dont know if you are christian or a believer of God, but if you are this is what helped me...i used to go to this little hang out church thing..and i decided one night after church i would talk to one of the leaders..i just sat there with just us two for quite awhile and talked. and honestly it helped soooo much. i have never been afraid of sleeping and dying all the stuff ever since then. atleast talk to someone, even if you dont go to a church or something. good luck with this!! :]

Q: i know alot of people that get drunk on the weekend. for some reason i just really want to try it. is this like bad? i mean i dont think drinking is that bad.. it's not like smoking pot or anything. and i wouldn't get so wasted that i'd endanger myself. what do you think?
honestly, it isnt that bad to drink a little once in awhile..as long as you dont get addicted. from experience i know it is best to start off not drinking tons, because it will probably like be a huge change and way too much to handle! haha and you said that you wouldnt get so wasted that you would endanger yourself, but last weekend at a party i told myself im only gonna have a little, and i went out of control. luckily i had a somewhat sober friend there to keep all of us drunks safe! so you should have someone with you that you can depend on, and tell them to limit your drinks no matter what. because if your like me, once you start its hard to stop. just be careful..but no, a little here and there isnt that bad :]

Q: i'm on alesse.
how bad would it be if i didn't take the green "reminder pills" this month and just skipped my period altogether?
i know of people that have done it. i just wanna know the risks, etc.
well i dont know anything about aleese. but im on seasonal its the one where you have your period 4 times a year, so after every 3 months. i skip the pills that are "reminder pills" as you said i guess, and just move on to the next pack. i do that all the time. nothing bad ever has happened with me..but recently i was on my period for about 12 days..and i hadnt missed a pill or anything. it was just my bodys way of saying i needed to have it i guess. but it wasnt bad and i dont think there are major risks with doing it. as long as you are not taking it for actual birth control, like to prevent pregnancy, i dont see any problem with doing that, and my personal opinion is its much easier dealing with not ever having it =]

Q: So I'm thinking of getting colored contacts, but I have two questions!

1) How much more expensive are they then normal ones?


2) What color should I get?
I have really dark brown eyes, & dark brown hair,
I'm thinking of maybe some greens? or lighter browns?

Any opinions?
I just got colored contacts about a month ago. I'm not sure how much more they are, but I don't think it is a lot more. I have dark hair and dark eyes too, and i have blue contacts. Actually the color is called 'topaz'. They look kind of freaky and just like different but after awhile you get really used to them. I love them and all the time I get complements about how pretty my eyes are. Some people actually think they look real. They do stand out, but if you don't want them that obvious, I think hazel would be pretty or like a light honey brown! At my eye place they let me try on a few colors to see which one I liked the most. You could ask if they would let you do that too! That's just my opinion but I think you should pick if you want something natural like most eye colors, or something a little different =]

Q: I'm in 8th grade and we're having a graduation thing in about a month or 2. i know its early to ask, but i need to get rid of my acne. i have some on my face and back which need to go. Proactiv isn't really an option because my parents would never pay 50$ for that. so, if we can get it at like Walmart or something, that'd be good. the acne isn't awful, but it's embarrasing. i really want to feel (this is cliche) beautiful.. at graduation.


also, if theres anything i could use to get rid of frizzy hair, that'd be good as well

thanks!
You could try buying a few facial masks (a cheap one at Wal-mart and using them about twice a week. just wash your face with a cleanser (or just soap and water) before and after the face mask. also, I know how you said proactiv is too much, but I have it and if your parents would go for it, it really helps acne. And for frizzy hair u could try Bed Head hair supplies...'After Party' is a leave in conditioner that helps smoothe out your hair and 'Ego Boost' is also a leave in conditioner that helps split ends if you ever need it! you can get those at almost any hair salon or hair place for not more than about $10. it is definetly worth the money to try it.

Q: im very tiny & skinny .. but i have a little bit of fat on my stonmache that i want to get rid of .. i want to loose about 10 pounds only on my stomache - how and what should i do to loose these pounds?


F/13
I know a lot of people that have a little fat around their stomach, I think it's just common for many girls. I think working out every day for about 30 minutes and doing some situps could help you lose stomach fat. Also, try to eat really healthy and don't eat junk food! If you're tiny and skinny and you only have a little stomach fat, then why would you want to lose 10 pounds in your stomach? That seems like a lot and maybe just doing situps every day will help you lose fat. But ya, 10 pounds is like a lot in your stomach alone, and that will take a lot of time!

Q: Today my sister was complainging about a throbing headache soo she took advil. Well 2hrs later she was putting on make-up and her nose started bleeding. It was like gushing bllod no lie We had to throw away the towel she used it bleed for like 10 min and it coming out i chucks kinda. After it stopped her headache was gone like 5 min later.

Im wondering if you guys Know why this started bleeding like it did out of now where. And if she needs to go a doctor about it because thats what my dad plans on doing if it starts up again.

Thx.
That happens to me very often, it even kept bleeding for about 1 hour a few times. My sister and I got those a lot because we were dehydrated, and our nose just gets dry easily. That could be possible for your sister and could have had nothing to do with the advil. maybe she didn't have enough to drink, or it is possible that it just bled out of nowhere, but that seems a bit strange. If she has taken advil before and this is the first time it happened, then it probably isn't because of the advil. if this is the first time she has taken advil, I would just ask her doctor about it and if anything could have been from the advil; just call in to the doctor to get their advice before taking her in. I wouldn't worry because I have experienced that, only not with the yucky chuncks lol. if it happens again, don't freak out but you might want to take her in if it continues to be that bad. just know that it could have been something that just came for no reason, because it is possible!

Q: ok. i know this is like the third ocd post, but i have been mening to post this. what is ocd exactly? because i think i might have it.
-sometimes i make myself breathe a certain way, to like make a pettern
-i have to tap sonthing or touch it to make a noise pattern.

its mostly things like with patterns and stuff. and i cant stop it. Once, It all stopped for like 6 months, and i dont know if it was a oincedence, but in that period of time, i had stopped reading. then when i started to read books again it started up again. thanks for your time.
~Ank
ocd is obsessive compulsive disorder (u probably already knew that though!) and it is like when you have to do something because you feel like if you don't you're going to get all tense. And it just doesn't feel right if you don't do something. I think almost everyone has a little bit of ocd because there are certain things that everyone does that is strange. I do many things like that too, like spinning around and then spinning back around to make it even. I don't think it has anything to do with reading, but you never know. If you think you might have it then go see like a doctor or something. But I wouldn't worry about it unless it gets worse and worse. It may just be something that comes and goes because I had ocd when I was 7 or so and now it's not as bad. From what you wrote about the pattern things, I know what you mean. And I think it could be a very not serious ocd (idk if that makes sense lol)like it's just something little. It may get worse or it may just be like something that will get better. Or you may not even have it at all. Unless it really bothers you, I don't think you should worry.

Q: Hey! Ok does anyone know how to find out how to see the people that viewed your myspace? I know that the Number of veiws shows but cant you see who is looking at it? And one other question is there anyway you can find out who has your screename? Like people that wont talk to you or just have your screename to look at your myspace or watever! I just wanted to know because i dont want like weird men looking at my myspace! Thanks guys.
I don't think there is any way to see how many people viewed your myspace. I don't get what you mean by the screename thing but ya. only know your first question! ok well sry if i didn't help much !!!


Q: hm ok,im gonna change the names around for reasons.

so there this kid named... *dj for instance and he likes me. but he also has a girlfriend named *lisa. we were at the library and *dj had me sit on his lap and he put his hands down this hole near the top of my jeans cuz they were hollister ones and then me and *dj talk online and he mails me on myspace calling me sexy well his girlfrined *lisa found out and i guess she really likes him and doesnt want him to break up with her.. and i was like do you like me? and hes like ya but i dont no what do to about *lisa. and i was like well its your choice, and *dj wants me to call him tonight.. so we can "talk" should i like him and wait for him to dump brittany or move on? he always tells me he loves me, and when i call hes on the phone with *lisa but he hangs up with her and talks to me........ i need help. i rate gooddd!
well first of all you said brittany 1 time...whoops! i think you meant *Lisa :). but neways he could rly like you or he could be lying and do what he did to lisa to you. if he dumps her soon i think you should go out. but if he continues to say he likes you when hes still dating her then move on.

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Angie1626
Hey I'm Andrea, aka Dre or Angie. I'm 19 and livin in beautiful Colorado! I went to cosmetology school and am in the process of a fashion merchandising degree in college. I am a waitress part time during the school year at a bowling alley/ restaurant & bar, and then a bartender on Saturday nights in the summer at a family owned racetrack. I love sports, I was a cheerleader all throughout high school and played volleyball on the side, and I'm a biiig football fan. Go Broncos & Rams! I also enjoy shopping, fashion, partying, poker, dancing, snowboarding, traveling, sleeping, and doing absolutely nothing with my family and close friends :) I've been through a lot and experienced many things in my short 19 years so far! I love giving advice and am great at it, but when it comes to my own issues I am always at a loss. Ha! Soo, ask away and I'll do my best to help

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