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Q: A movie that disney used to play a long time ago. Maybe about 10 years ago. Its about a young girl going to prom and on her way there, she has a car accident on a bridge and dies. Years later, a family moves into her house and the teenage boy can see her. They then try to figure out how she died, etc. Anyone remember the movie title?
ZOMGGGGZZZ
ITS SUSIE Q!!
ahhhhhh that was favoriteee what happened to that movie???
that was the best one and now its gone,,
and he could see her because he went fishing and picked up her bracelet.

Q: I should really do my Cal. hw that my teacher gave over the summer...Please convince me...Just sooo lazy.
Do your homework or... I will kill you[:
Just keeding, I think. Haha
Set a goal for yourself, punish yourself, or try a reward!
ie(finish five problems in the next hour or I cant go to the movies later, and if I get that done, lets go out for icecream after}
Get friends to help keep you on track and if they dont make them pay for tickets :DD

Q: I'm 16/f
I wish I had one of those moms or sisters that I could just talk to and be cool with, but I don't. Advicenators helps when I have short questions, but some of my thoughts I think if someone just sat there and talked through it with me I wouldn't feel like I was gonna explode all the time. I mean everyone needs that person where they can just TALK, right?

Does anyone know another site or something that has people that will just listen?

-A
Hi there.
Im fifteen, female.
And I want the same thing. My mom is soo comforting and nice and listens with an open ears, open heart, blahblahblahhh; but my mom had me at an old age. Shes turning fifty-six this December [yikes!] so shes reallly old fashioned and Im afraid to talk to her about what all sorts of things girls our age are doing now a days.
Back then wearing denim was like...I dont know, BAD hah.
But personally I havent heard of any websites like that, although it isss a heck of a lot easier talking to a stranger. Isnt it?
But I dont need two ears all the time. Take one of mine! Hah feel free to message.

Q: 13, female

for some reason, my vagina always smells like pee and its extremely strong. you can smell it if your in the same room as me. and when i poo, i smell really bad there too
my underwar is also always bleached at the crotch and some have holes in them. I know its not an std or anything because i've never has sex before (i'm only 13)
but whats going on? can someone help me with these two problems

and also, my white underwar is always brown and poo stained at the crotch. how can i stop this as well as the other things?

my pee also smells really bad. i know this is a lot of questions but i really need help
Sometimes, I notice that I have the same problem with the odor. Im fifteen and yeahhh its embarrassing. We should be glad were not wetting our pants even though it may smell like it.
Gosh, this is embarrassing. This is going on my column! Whatever.
I promise I shower daily! Summer doesnt count. Ive got a pool and the beach for that xD
just kidding
But I use Always Clean, even when its not that time of month. Heres the website to show you what Im talking about, and they sell cute little boxes full with the individually wrapped wipes. Nifty, eh?
http://www.always.com/clean/

I dont know if this will be weird to say, but they smell REALLLY good, sorta like shampoo or something but theyre definitely worth buying.
Good luck!

Q: 17/f
as a baby i drank milk. yes. but as i started to grow older once i was about in 1st grade my body started rejecting milk and water. i'd throw up.. i dont drink water nor milk.. i'm not lactose intolerant either.. ive talked to my doctor but all he says is drink water.. but i cant!!! ive tried but i can't. which is funny because it has no taste or smell but i just cant stand it.. nor milk =/ what do i do?? any advice?
Ohh milk is disgusting; any type at all.
I know youre not lactose intolerant, but you could try drinking soy milk.
I dont even usually put milk in my cereal, and Im not a fan of orange juice, but my friend will put orange juice in her cereal when she has to. My mom prefers water in hers. Ewww
And I refuse to drink tap water and bottled water is either fake, pricey, or dangerous with the plastic. So tea is a great alternative as well as fruit.
Watermelon is a diuretic or something, not sure what that means, but come on.
WATER - MELON
Hah. Good luck.

Q: 16/f
my doctor called and left a message on our voicemail. she said that after looking at my blood i was normal except that my blood sugar level was real low. it was 59 and normal is at the lowest 70. she asked if i have been feeling tired/sluggish a lot (and i do sometimes) and if yes, then we could maybe identify my problem. what would my problem be? and asked if i'm not feeling sluggish if i eat three meals a day. which i do, i probably eat more than that. i'm always hungry. what could my problem be?
Im fifteen, female, and I know how you feel.
Im a hypoglycemic and last time I was checked, I was a 61. I wasnt sure what to do about low blood sugar or how to help it. If you have LOW blood sugar, do you eat more sugar? Hmm. But Im not about to take my blood every hour.
Also if I dont eat properly, I feel...odd. I feel like I cant stand straight and my legs are just jello, and my hands and head start to tingle. Like when you get lightheaded! And youre not dizzy, but it sorta seems like the room is spinning? I cant really explain too well. But Ive read that studies say eating five small meals rather than three large meals is better for your metabolism and suck.
Also, the doctor suggested that I keep an eye on my blood pressure. Low blood pressure could be a likely culprit. Its probbbably both. It is for me.
And I think for low blood pressure, its good to have salt. Lots and lots of salt. I THINK!
Definitely go to a doctor rather than follow what I say. Just patient first for a checkup :]
Sorry to babble, but Im not 100 percent on this either but I could relate

Q: Since lying in the sun makes your skin darker, will lying in the path of the moon make your skin lighter? Are there any other ways to get your skin really white? I want to look really pale. (Please nobody say "why do you want to be pale" or "ask micheal jackson" as i have seen those responses and they are not helpful or funny) Anyway, thanks!
Noo dont feel stupid!
I asked a question in biology and felt like an idiot. I still dont know exactly how the sun works :P
But I do know that what makes the moon shine is the sunlight reflecting off of its surface, including UV rays. Soo I wonder if you could actually tan at night. Thats an interesting thought...
But if you ask me, being a bit pale is pretty!
Its seemingly impossible for me to tan.
I just burn and then maybe get even paler. Not really. But when people say I need some sun, I just think of snow white.
So with that idea, I like to say Im not ready to risk skin cancer. I dont want to hear what some michael jackson haters hafta say. Hah, hope I helped a bit :D

Q: I heard Floyd, VA had hippie groups. I am looking for companions :) How far away is Floyd from Leesburg VA? Also does anyone know any other places in Virginia where hippies gather? Thanks!
I amm a fellow Virginian. So, hi!
And I dont see many people like them, but my older sister was a hardcore hippie back in the day;; grew up on soy milk and love. Although, that was ten or twenty years ago.
But for her and her friends, Pungo was the place to be. Gorgeous area. Reallly rural, though.
Lets just say I coulda grown up picking blueberries and collecting peacock feathers :DD
But I havent heard of Floyd or Leesburg.
I suggest Mapquest. Theyre grreat

Q: I might get my eyebrows waxed soon so i would like to know if it hurts badly because i have sensitive skin?
It hurts a heck of a lot less than plucking, that's for sure!
I'm fifteen now, I've been doing it for about two years. But some places may use just a dab of numbing spray on the spot or offer wax for sensitive skin.
My friend prefers plucking as the wax makes her break out around the area, but it doesnt bother me.
The wax is always warm and it feels really nice :]

Q: For the past year, I have been having really bad mood swings. I am a girl, but I don't think that they have anything to do with my mentrual cycle. Once or twice a month, for between 3 and 7 days, I feel horrible. I feel guilty about nothing, really sad, hopeless, helpless, and like it won't go away. I just generally hate myself. Sometimes I feel like cutting. A few times I have thought of death. One time, I thought of death and then three days later I was absolutely back to normal. I have a mood chart now to track my emotions, so I am hoping this will help. I have been on other sites, and they said that I am probably bipolar, but I don't agree. Bipolar involves manic states, and I don't have that. When I don't feel really bad, I just feel normal. I don't feel over-the-top happiness. I know that most of you aren't professionals and that you can't technically diagnose me with anything, but if you could give me your opinion that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
It could be a thyroid problem, but that is usually accompanied by extreme fatigue and it's ongoing. The mood swings NEVER FRIGGING STOP! Hah, I'd know. I have one [hypothyroidism].

Buut, I also have PMDD. I'm not really sure what it means. It's like PMSing only worse. Some women get so depressed that they do the most regretful, awful things. One woman put her dog to sleep and was devastated after :[
And I know you said this may not be linked to your menstrual cycle but it sounds like it due to how long it lasts. I would definitely go to a doctor, or a therapist or something.

A therapist is sworn to secrecy, UNLESS youre going to hurt yourself, someone else, or someone else is getting hurt. That would be bad.

Q: Okay, so I'm 15 and female.

I really want to start taking piano lessons, do you think it's too late to start?

Because I've written so many songs and I just want to put music to them...but I don't know how to convince my parents to let me take them. It would be every Saturday and 20 dollars a lesson.

I'm already involved in so much...choir, newspaper, cheerleading, student senate...

But I get good grades! I have an A averge and this is something I really want. How should I convince them?
Oh gosh!
If you keep an A average along with all of those extra activities you do, Id call you a saint. Or a magician. Something of the like.
Youd think your parents would be crazy not to let you do a few piano lessons! Tell them you deserve a little of what you think is fun. Thoughhh that would probably be the cheerleading, wouldnt it?
I agree with the person ahead of me.
Offer to pay half. Buut you might have to take up a job to get the money if you dont have an allowance, although you are fifteen.

Learn to weigh out your priorities.
Which means the most to you; a goodlooking college application, a few extra friends, etc. etc.
Im not sure what else to say. Ive been babbling long enough.
Welll good luck!

Q: you guys always say to get a new razor everytime.. and i have to shave every week.. and a new razor every week would get pricey! i want to use nair down there but it might burn so.. what should i do
I just keep a good razor until I notice it getting dull.
But a tip for keeping it sharp and shiny;
try soaking it in rubbing alcohol for a bit.
I haven't tried it personally
but I heard somewhere it helps a bit.

Q: How can I tan my whole face evenly, without it being more tanned around the nose and cheekbones, and then being really light under my eyes?
Hope you understand the question lol
Thanks =)
You could try putting a heavier layer of sunscreen or tanning lotion across the bridge of your nose and on the cheekbones.
Recently I went to the beach on a cloudless day and I forgot to put on sunscreen before I left.
So, feeling awkward about asking, I put it on my back by myself
annnd ive still got the handprints left.
heehee xD

Q: Ok, well here is my question...

You know how like cats can have lukemia, and animals have other "human" deseases, well.... do any kind of animals have STD's??? (its weird, but my mind wonders to weird places, and i was thinking of deseases, and this came up)

lol, thanks!
ohh freaky.
yesterday i was jusst thinking about that!! ferreal!

these are the questions that haunt me o.o
but yes, i believe so.
but im just not sure how...haaha

Q: so for school drama class

i have to make a complaint about my room but i cant use or hint or tell what room number i was in.

i know the housekeeper who cleaned my room and their name and what day i came in.

how do i make a complaint and what kinda complaint?

thank you for helping me out!
Im not soopersure on whats going on with this, but Ill try.
When the housekeeper comes in and you make the complaint, try this.
This is to say that the room is depressing, or dark, dim, etc. Use your imagination! Um, okay.

Use your BODY! Do a 'thinking' or 'confused' pose, or something of the like. I wouldnt really shrug the shoulders, just...tense them? Or something. And say something like
"Excuse me. Can I get a different room? This one is so...*stop and think*so...UGH!"
When you *stop and think*, purse your lips and raise an eyebrow, staring at the cieling or something.
The key is to give off alot of good body language and make sure that your voice matches your frustration. Just dont look like youre trying too hard, that can seem sorta cheesy.

Q: when you go to get your eyebrows waxed, what do they ask you? ive never been in my life or seen it happen or talked to anybody who has ever got them waxed. and i have this picture that is how i want my eyebrows, can i bring it? but yea. i just want to know what the lady will ask me. and how long it will take. and what all they do. (:
Well, most will just automatically do the job based on the natural shape of your brows. Im sure you could ask for them to be a bit thinner or not too thin or a bit of an arch. Ya know? So yeahh, bringing a picture would be useful.
And once youre in the chair, it takes almost NO time at all!
What theyll do is they might ask you if youre sensitive to pain, Id say yes. It doesnt make much of a difference so far as beauty goes.
They might use a special wax for sensitive skin, or give you a bit of numbing spray. The wax feels soo good when its warm. Lol xD
But they pull the paper off reallly quick, and normally I get skeptical when people try to comfort me and say 'oh its just like a pinch'..
but Im honest "D
and the more you get your brows waxed, the less and less it will hurt and the more fun itll be! Really.
**I just started tweezing because waxing can get a bit pricey

Q: okay i'm a cutter and my whole family knows it, but they think that i quit because that's what i told my therapist and so she told them that i quit, but i didn't. so basically, what i do is wear a bunch of bracelets but it sucks ass and it doesn't work all that well so i need a really good way of covering them up. i live in texas so it's like 100 degrees here every day so wearing long sleeves is outta the picture. please give me any ideas i just need them covered up! thanks in advance!
Gosh wasnt that last answer sympathetic?? Just keeding.
So far as bracelets go, you could wear bangles. Sooperthick like plastic ones! I dont know your style, but I think theyre sorta cute, but they do get in the way.
Another thing. Try coverup, or makeup, or something. It wont do the perfect job, but the scars wont look as 'intense'. After all, thats what THEY think they are, right? Just a few little scars? Or you get it.

Q: Basically, I was stabbed in the back by an ex-girlfriend long after we broke up and stayed friends. And I'm tired of being slanderized for no reason when I go out of my way to avoid her every day of my life.

So, how can I get back at her in a way that's legal, and not going to cause true harm (like pain or death)?

I know I want revenge, but I want it with honor.
Im not sure what you could do, but so far as dont do, dont spread rumors.
Yeah not a good idea. Weve all had some experience with that and I think I speak for all of us when I say that it SUCKS?!
Yes, you want to hurt her feelings. Girls are more complicated than you think, I think. I know that I can be.
Anything you say can be denied, defended, and come off as just darn stupid [im not saying youre stupid, thatd be a bit judgemental for me].
If you DO want to fight with words, keep it REAL. I mean as in, try no lies.
I hope youve got some proof with you? Speaking of proof, if you talk to her at all, I suggest you save the convos. Those can come in handy. Just copy, paste, print from computer.
I dont suggest talking to her on the interweb or in any way other than actually speaking "]
she could do what you might do and save the conversations, but Im sure you know if shes smart enough to do that or not.
This is a lot to keep track of, but at least I hope it helped. Good luck!

Q: I always used to sleep with my mom. She would lay in bed with me. I am currently 14, and she still does. I tried to tell her i dont want to and she listened but i was up all night, couldnt sleep and started to cry. I feel pathetic, and idk i want to know how to feel more...independant. thanks
Im fourteen and I have this blanket. Its like a huge comforter and I call it Clowny. I usually refer to it as 'him' (dont read too far into that, ive had him since i was three) and I absolutely can NOT sleep without him. Im not even embarrassed anymore when I go to sleepovers or anything. Hes THAT important to me! And I take him in the car when I go for blood work. I hate doctors "]
But I mean, it isnt really a security issue with me. He just smells like my house. He smells like my mom. That might sound weird, but it just smells good! Its like, it reminds me of home I guess.

But even still, I have my mom sleep with me. Ill be fifteen at the end of the month. And Ive gotten better. Ive redecorated my room so my bed is just a boxspring and a mattress on the floor and at night my mom sleeps on a foldout chair beside me. Every night!
Sometimes Im up until after midnight waiting for her to come home from helping my aunt with errands or something, just so she can tuck me in bed. And yes. I cry. I still cant stay over a friends house for more than a night. And I hate summer camp. Ahh gosh

But just so you know, youre sooo not alone.
I dont have much advice, never do, but Im good for sympathy. And I just dont feel right for not responding to a question I can relate to, ya know? Good luck. And sweet dreams "DD

Q: Okay; im Jessica. and theres this boy his name is will, and we went out for a while. but there was no love in there (well for me). we broke up. i wasnt heart broken or nothing. we stayed friends. then we started talking in school and online alotttt.. like a couple days later he told me he was moving to florida. and he left at lunch. hhe pulled me out of the cafeteria and huggedd me tightttly. and he said hes gonna miss me .. then i started crying my eyes out right there. and ever since he left. i cant eat. sleep or nothing. i cry all day idk what to do. =[
help me!
Hey! We share names, AND situations! Well Jessica, I know how you feel. I was homebound due to chronic fatigue and just today I was allowed a few minutes to clean out my locker, go into the cafeteria and give goodbyes.
My crush is moving upstate in July. He looked at me and said I seemed jittery but I told him I was in a hurry. I just didnt want him to realize how hard I was about to cry.
But everyone tells me not to worry, there will be other boys, we can keep in touch. But I dont want another boy. And I only want his real touch. Ya know? Sorry, Im being cheesy. But the thing I like most about him is how greattt his hugs are. Theres absolutely nothing like them, and it doesnt help that he thinks mine are the best either.

I'm sorry theres not much I can help you with. But Im always here for support.
And youre not the only one losing sleep and skipping meals. Love can do that "]

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xxDearLee
Most call me quaint. Im afraid to be blunt.
I dont get out much, either.
Lifes been pretty mellow lately, but I only see it as the calm before the storm. Its okay; I love the rain.
No I cant handle the truth. Just tell me anyway. I love having secrets and I actually sort of like being labeled.
I believe everything, the good, the bad, can change in a second. Someone please tell me otherwise? But I can be...well, stubborn and slightly insane.
Yeah, youve been warned.
I have trust issues and dont take things lightly. Im always asking too many questions looking for what I want to hear. Thats not the best quality to have.
And people often dont understand me, especially when I babble. But hey!
--Lifes short. Talk fast.And oh. I never take my own advice. Kooky, eh? Yeah, IDK.
forumfulness. experience the insanity..ZWOOOSHH

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