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15/f im having a valentines day party where everyone has to bring a date. i was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for games/activities/food.. or anything else.

Well, I think that speed dating is the best thing of all time, but if all of you guys already know each other, then that doesn't work.

You should have each person bring someone that no one else knows, this way you could do speed dating, and everyone get's to meet new people!!

AFterwards, you could try some of the other things that people have listed.

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Even though it's not quite a topic of advice-giving, shall we say, I think we should add a topic of discussion about the war...yea? Nay? Just a thought.

You are more than welcome to do so in your own personal forum. "How do I get one of those dandy forums," you might ask. Well, DangerNerd and SizzlinMandolin both have how-tos available.

I think that the war is really, really stupid. Nothing has been accomplished; even under Saddam's dictatorship, the people had food and there weren't as many deaths as there are now.

Bottom line: President Bush should be IMPEACHED for this-for killing over 3000 Americans and countless Iraquis. It's effing ridiculous, and I beg anyone else to challenge me on this.

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okay so i hate school becuz i dont get anything! and so most of the time my friends just give me there papers to copy off of and whenever i read a book or something i always dooze off and daydream and so then ive got no idea wat i just read and i can never get myself to do my homework like idk if im just reallly lazy or something but i just get frusterated when im doing it and have to take a break but then i never go back to doing it i just tell myself ill do it tomarow. is there anyway to change my habits since im already farrr behind. and how do i confront my parents about this?

Why do your parents need to be involved?

You need to be responsible for your own actions; you screwed up, you fix it. Don't go crying to Mommy and Daddy.

With that said, you could have a learning problem, or an attention defiecit disorder (ADD). I usggest seeing a doctor about those, because they can prescribe medicine that mmay help you to do better in school!

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ok there are all kinds of good diets and stuff but..the problem is that alot of the foods that they include are things i dont like!!
like salads when i have a salad it ends up being a soup because of ranch (im not a big fan of salads) && i dont like a lot of vegez!! does any one know i good diet that doesnt include a lot of saladz and a bunch of vegies??

I just saw something called a raw foods diet. You eat a lot of raw food, obviously, but you can omit whatever you don't like.

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i have at least a hundred teen vogue and Seventeen magazine issues and i need a way to organize them. i've attempted to go through and clear out the ones i dont like but that only eliminated about four magazines. my house is tiny and my room is extremely tall and i need a way to organize them without making it look like clutter. i often use them for inspiration for my paintings so i really would like not to get rid of them. any help?

Mine are in flie boxes (vertical boxes with a corner cut off) organized by month and year.

If your room is tall, I suggest building shelves and putting these boxes on the shelves. You said that you paint, so you could paint all of the boxes-they are made of cardboard.

Good luck!

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iknow
seniors =12th graders
junoirs =11th graders

anyone wanna help me out of the others?

Seniors are either 12th graders, or in their last "year" of college.
Juniors are either 11th graders, or in their second-to-last "year" of college.
Sophomores are either 10th graders, or in their second "year" of college.
Freshmen are either in 9th grade, or in their first "year" of college.

All of the college "years" are in quotes because man degrees nowadays are no longer 4-year; many require more, and your "year" in college may span over more tha one calendar year.

I get the feeling you were just wondering about high school, though.

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Say your spouse dies and goes to "Heaven". You learn to cope and marry again. Then you and your new spouse somehow die (whomever first, it doesn't matter), but you both go to "Heaven". Now you're there with two martial partners. How is your time divided? Or how does that work? Can you love them both? Can you "be with" them both? Will they know of each other's existence?

There obviously isn't a right or wrong answer, so all opinions welcome and appreciated.

In wedding vows, there is usually an "until death do us part" clause.

So, once your first spouse dies, you are no longer "married," plus when you die, you are no longer "married."

I think that you will still share a bond with these people, if you see them in heaven.

I'm actually Jewish, and unlike Christianity, we don't really focus on the afterlife as much as you guys do. I'm not really sure waht heaven is, and we don't believe in hell.

I guess I'll have to wait to die to find out, now won't I?

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Hi! i am from germany. now in germany having sex and being sexual is 2nd nature. and while a lot of girls have expressed desire to have sex with me i shy away because well. my penis is not too big. 4 inches when fully erected. and for a german that is not acceptable. so i was wondering if there are penis enlargement treatments pills lotios that are on the market and have been proven. danske!

No.

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is their stuff that you can buy that will make your hair permanentley straight that i could just buy in a drug store and that will keep my hair straight even when it is really humid out? please help!!!

Nothing is permanent, but EasyStraight is as close as you will get to that. You can find it at CVS.

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how many crunches a day should i do to get a flatter stomach? will i loose the size of my breasts? cause that is out of the question. andhow many sets should i do? any adivice at alll will help. thanks so much

You can't spot reduce fat; it takes more than crunches.

You need to also change your diet and do tons of cardio.

The size of your breasts may change-I've herad that is where you lose weight from first.

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I live in miami florida and i really want a toy or teacup yorkie! Any idea of where to get it here?( healthy)

A breeder, or a close friend. Use your local phone book to find one, and ask around.

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I want to write piano accompaniments to vocals that my friend sings. How can I figure this out? Are there any websites on how to do this?

Dude. You just asked the same thing, I spent 45 minutes on an answer, and it answered this!!

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=465528

You need to improve your ear and match her pitch.

I wrote a website. ^^

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My friend and I write songs. She sings and I play the piano.
Our style is sort of like the song How To Save A Life by The Fray or Coldplay or the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.
If I were to make up a simple riff on the piano, how would I know what notes my friend would sing... or the key... or what rhythm? If can't figure this out.

You could...write it down.

You need to know pretty basic music thory in order to do this.

Here: I'll teach you.

Clap your hands at a walking pace. (Clap *beat* clap *beat* etc.)

These are quarter notes. In common time, these each get one beat. Here is what they look like: http://www.mathmlcentral.com/characters/glyphs/QuarterNote_L.gif. Say "ta" each time you clap.

Now, we'll say a half note. Hold the "ta" for two claps. A half note looks like this: http://rath.ca/HomeSchool/MusicGifs/HalfNote.gif.

Hold the "ta" for three beats, and you get a dotted half note. The dot means that the note is held for its regular value, plus half. Here is what a dotted half note loks like: http://www.rath.ca/HomeSchool/MusicGifs/DottedHalfNote.gif.

Here's the last easy one. Hold the "ta" for four claps, and you get a whole note.http://www.rath.ca/HomeSchool/MusicGifs/WholeNote.gif.

Your hands might hurt from all of this clapping. If they do, take a break, then come back. If not, read on.

These are a little bit harder. Okay, clap again, same speed. By the way, the speed is called the tempo. As you clap, subdivide each beat. For example, each time you clap, you should have time to say any two syllable word. Let's use "bagel". Clap and say bagel each time you clap, remembering that bagel has two syllables. These are eighth notes. They look like this: http://z.about.com/d/musiced/1/0/W/3/eighthnote.gif, and when there are two of them together, they look like this: http://www.musicdepo.com/_borders/8th_Note_stickies.gif.

Last one that we'll talk about, and the last one that you will need. A sixteenth note is an eighth note divided in half (it's 1/4 of a quarter note). As you clap, say "tic-a-tic-a" all in one beat. you have just said sixteenth notes. Here is waht they look like:http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Sixteenth_note_run.png. Since four of them make a beat, they are usually written this way.

Now, there are also ways to write silence. These are called rests. Here is a chart that shows how the rests relate to the notes. You might want to print this out: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/music/label/fillnotesrests/answers.GIF.

Next topic: the musical staff. The treble staff ( http://www.rath.ca/HomeSchool/MusicGifs/TrebleClef.gif ) has 5 lines and 4 spaces. Here is a diagram of all of the notes as they relate to the piano: http://www.geocities.com/mecmirror/keyb_w_s.GIF.

To write music, you put the note (discussed earlier-this tells how long to hold it for, aka the rhythm) on the line or space that matches the pitch that you play(ed) on the piano/keyboard. You just have to make sure that all of the beats add up to four. You can have any combination of notes, on any pitches, as long as they add up to four.

Finding the key (or writing in a key) of the piece can be really, really hard. I suggest writing in the key of C natural if at all possible (don't play the black keys at all). It is easiest. However, life isn't always easy. Look at this piano: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/mto/music/keyboard.gif. The key is determined by which black keys are played (or not played). For example, play a G scale (all of the white notes starting with G). Do you notice that the F key is flat? Of course you do! You need to raise the pitch, or play the black key to the right of the F (the first black key in a group of 3), thus making it an F sharp, and completing your scale. A sharp sign is a pound sign. A flat sign is a lower case b. To write these on the staff, you put them next to the treble clef on the line or space equivalent to the note that you want sharped or flatted.

When writing the flats, they go in order. BEAD GCF. So, if there is only one flat, it will be a B flat (it has to be. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, kiddo). If there are two, it will be a B flat and an E flat. Etcetera. When there are a bunch of flats written in a piece, to find the key, look at the second flat from the right. Whatever note it is on is the key signature. If there is only one, it is the key of F. You kind of have to know that one.

Sharps go in the opposite order. FCG DEAB. Again, if there is only one sharp, it will be an F sharp, making it the key of G. Etcetera. To find the key of a piece with any sharps, you look at the last flat and count up one half step (to the next line or space), and whatever that is is the key. If it already has a sharp on it, then it is the letter sharp. For example, G sharp.

She would need to be able to read music in order to read what you have written.

Good luck, and feel free to ask more questions to my inbox or to me on AIM. My AIM screen neme is the same as my name on the site: Igotamonopoly.

Happy singing!

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How many people feel that we should be allowed to post our questions without being deleted, once, twice, or a thousand times. There is another website that allows one to post as many times as you want. MODERATORS YOU REALLY SHOULD LIGHTEN UP.

What are you on?

Do you realize how detrimental that would be to this site? It would ceease to exist.

Who wants to see the same question 465486455378941 times?

Not us. We don't allow this for a reason; it is uber annoying. Have you ever had someone come up to you and ask you the same thing over and over?

Have you ever had someone come up to you and ask you the same thing over and over?

Have you ever had someone come up to you and ask you the same thing over and over?

Have you ever had someone come up to you and ask you the same thing over and over?

Have you ever had someone come up to you and ask you the same thing over and over?

You get my point.

The whole reason that we have Advicenators is so that we can help people help themselves-something that we can't do with duplicates of poorly spelled questions clogging the system.

Why waste your time waiting for us to approve your question when you could just search the site's previously asked questions (under Give Advice) and get the answers that you need faster?

We aren't uptight people. We don't do this to frustrate people. The general consensus of intelligent members on the site want it this way; and since it is the most logical, we do it this way.

If there is another website that allows you free posting, or SPAM, and you would rather post incessant streams of immature words intended to cause drama, then by all means, go there.

It won't hurt our feelings.

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im 15 i have the worst periods ever , my cramps are horrible , i always come home from school there so bad,i was wondering aabout birthcontrol, doesnt birth control limit your periods and help cramps? can you take birthcontrol even if you dont have sex?

Yes. Consult a doctor. Seasonale is known for this.

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I LOVE leg warmers like these from Hollister:

http://i10.tinypic.com/2d0gvp2.jpg

But I have no idea what to wear with them, besides Uggs! Are uggs basically the only thing that looks good with them? Every kind of shoe I think of look stupid to me, like heels or flip flops. Any ideas of how people wear leg warmers thats cute and IN STYLE? Id love pictures/stores. Thanks :]

Here in Los Angeles, we wear them with flats, flip-flops, or heels.

No one really wears them with sneakers or Uggs.

When you wear them with flip flops, bring them under the heel of your foot about 4 inches. That's what we do.

We also wear them with minishirts and shorts, and sometimes we even put them over skinny jeans!

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Well I'm 14.
and I'm already studying for a permit and
I was wondering if you really have to be 15 1/2 to get your permit.
by the way i live in nevada so if that helps than I'd really like to know

Some states let you drive early if you get good grades.

Apparently, Nevada isn't one of them. :[

So, yes, you really do need to be 15.5 years of age!

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f/14
Ok me and my friend lets call her Mary have been friends for about a year now and she has treated me like trash. She ignores me and talks about me behing my back but she's the type that will tell everyone my secrets if shes mad at me. And when there's no one else to call she'll call me and use me as a "last resort" she is so consited and she never helps me with anything. I'm not saying im the "perfect friend" because im not so great either, but i don't talk about her behind her back untill well basically now. She always calls me a bad friend when i don't do anything, and i think she's using me so she can have more friends. So I can't get rid of her. Please What should I do???

Please help me!!!! :)

Wait, why can't you get rid of her?

And Russianspy1234 has said the counterrumors work well. I can't vouch for that.

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How do you get a background for your advice column?

On the left-hand side of this page, under Miscellaneous, click on page backgrounds!

Had you read the FAQ, you wouldn't have to waste your time asking these questions, and you could spend more time answering them!

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14/f
im going to a sweet 16 on the 14th and i have no idea what to wear. The hostess told me that the decorations are lavender, and her dress is off white so no dresses in those colors.
I know I should wear a cocktail dress, but what color? strapless, halter, etc? Links would be appreciated, and nothing too pricy. I don't want to spend more than $100.
i have dark brown hair shoulder length hair, blue grey eyes, and light skin tone.
Also, make up&hair ideas?
And would it be ok to give like $50 or something like that instead of a gift?

It really depends on your skin tone as to what color you should wear. For you, I would recommend neither a dark, dark dress nor a light, light dress. Here are some examples, but I think that you are fully capable of searching Google to find yourself a dress.

http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/application/prodDisplay/?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=XH-172942&page=1&cgname=OSCLODRSBLK&rfnbr=3198

I realize that this is out of your price range, but this color is beautiful.

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2899966/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6001765~6001766?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6001766&P=1

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2924404/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=2

And if you want to stand out, try

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2919135/0~2378467~2378483~2377032~6008190?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6008190&P=3

Natural make up and loose, pretty waves or straight hair would look best.

$50 would be a great gift!



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