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My name is Devin Lindsey or Vinny as my sister calls me! I am 17 years old and go to Bethel Park High school. I loooove swimming along with dancing, singing, and playing softball. I also run varsity track with is alright i supose too.


My favorite colors are orange, pink, and blue. I love to be crazy and have a good time

I've had a job working for 15+ monthes so I can answer alot about that

and I know alot about relationships in general so I can be helpful with that sometimes

especially with parent child relationships


I am a very observant person and tend to know more and care about more than most my age


and I really believe in volunteering to help animals especially at shelters. Usually its not their fault that they have to live their and its usually horrible cercimstances that bring them there and I feel terrible that they can't speak for themselves and people are too caught up in spending like $500 on this cute little pure breed puppy from a breeder just into getting rich instead of giving one of these dogs another chance at life (there are usually a handful of dogs under a year old so the i want a puppy excuse doesn't work with me)

My baby is named Lainey Mae... we got her from a shelter about 2 hours away from us when she was 7 weeks old. she is now 2 years old and the center of our family. unfortunately someone was cruel enough to go down and drug up and shoot (but luckly not kill) most of the dogs plus rob the owner (just like someone did at the shelter where I volunteer) and its now shut down

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well im 14, and when i was around 11, i found out that i had scoliosis. which is sorta like a disease,its where your spine grows on a curve. and well i was in 6th grade at the time. and i like, wore it all the time. but when i got to 7th grade, i was like w.e and didnt wear it as much. now in 8th grade, i sorta never really wear it. i just pretend i do. and when i get home from school then i put it on. the doctor says taht if i dont wear it then ill need to get surgery, but seruiosly, i never really wear it anyway, and the doctors are saying that my bad is fine and geting better. but they think that im wearing my brace all the time. so i was wondering what i should do..should i like just wear it. or like what im doing is fine. i just need to knwo what should happen. a comment would be fine.
thanks

keep wearing it. if you have surgery there is always a risk of you being paralized, getting infections etc. and besides if you dont wear it now you may have to wear it the rest of your life but if you wear it now you shouldnt have to wear it after puberty is over!

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alright a while ago i was basicly raped and forst to give oral sex.. I went to get tested for stds and everything and they said if I get cold sores to come back for herpes testing.. well I have like dry spots on the edge of my mouth but i dont think its herpes! its just lik a lil cuts on the edge of my mouth but i dont think i have any stds..

what do you think?

i would wait a few days and see. but you are might want to go now... better safe than sorry

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i have like 30 or so pictures of my friends and i. and they are all different sizes.. is there a way i can size them all like quickly.? besides in paint ( because it takes wayy too longgg ).. pleasee help if you have any ideas or anything ! :)

thankss!

upload them on photobucket.com. you can upload i think 20 at a time and then click resize and you can get them all to a relatively the same size

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I'm 14 almost 15 and i'm still in a traning bra,is there anyting that will make them bigger besides serguy?

you cant make them bigger. you can make them appear bigger by wearing layered clothes or a padded/water bra

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okay i juss got my haircut nottttt that long ago & i got the whole sidebang thing but i'm running out've ideas. my hairs curly too so if anyone has any ideas. i thought maybe scrunching it & juss leaving the bang go?? what do you guys think??

thanks!!

i straighten mine.. i think it looks cute with anyone including people with curly hair. our you can straighten it then maybe use a curling iron and ad little curls in them but still leave part of it straight

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Heres my new mail plan:
breakfast: bagel with cream cheese;;
lunch:sandwich ( whole grain bread ), one serving ( in a little bag ) of sunchips, maybe a fruit, and a whole grain crunchy bar thingy..( nature valley )
snack after school; blueberries
lunch; whatever, but in perportion and nothing way out there

2 glasses of milk a day
icetea/water ( unlimitied diet tea )

60 minutes of gazelle a week
3 exercise videos ( firm;pilates;yoga)
and one walk

will this help me lose weight?

any tips or advice? thanks in advance

much love

i think your food choices are bad.. well not all of the but some of them. like cream cheese, the bagel, like yuor whole lunch and the diet tea. although those things all are "low calorie" they arent low in fat or/and sugar. you are better off getting some more sugar free snacks. you will lose weight faster that way. also they make low fat bread.. haha i would know my dad sells bread for his job (towntalk/hosteess) and i know they ahve some sort of low cal bread. that is better than whole grain (maybe not as nutritious but youll lose weight faster)

also i would switch the fruit to veggies. fruit has not alot of sugar in it and is better than junk but could also be better

and instead of sunchips or any snack try quacker rice cakes.. they accually are really good. they taste like cheese curls to me and they have i think atleast 10 dif flavors and im sure youll like something. they are very low fat.

try cereal istead of a bagel

and diet tea i guess is better than pop or juice but i would do gatorade or flavored water instead or if you can buy a sugar free lemonaid try that. or if you find a sugar free go for that but i like my presweetened and ussually has a little sugar in it (just dont drink more than like 1 pint a day)



i hope that helps. i started a diet like 3 weeks ago and my doctor has been trying to help me out with my weight for a few years (b/c shes buts and im only 120 pounds) so i guess i know alot about diets but im still learning.

make sure you are doing atleast 30-60 min of exercise per day! or if you cant do that walk in place while you do homework or idk

hey my aim if DLR Jazz machine if you want to chat with me about your diet because i need a friend to diet with!

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hey i am 13/f and i'm trying to find a new hair color
i'm getting my hair cut like this picture:
http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3274/AshleeSimp_Pimen_5265256_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Simpson,%20Ashlee&seq=3

i have reddish hair and a pale skin tone. (this is a picture of my hair and skin color)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/ooxSaRaBaRaxoo/screwup_jpg.jpg

i really want to change up my hair color and i'm not sure which way to go. i think i'm going to get some highlights but i'm not sure what shade and what color to make the base. any ideas? thanks a bunch! i rate

i think lots of blond highlights would look cute because your hair looks like an orangish red (based on what the pic looked like to me) and i think lots of light blond highlights would look pretty. but you have to get aloot because just a few looks kinda weird and they ahve to be like white blond not golden blond

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14/f

I am taking classes currently for babysitting, but I want to know more. I am going to start posting my number up for jobs, so what should I expect?? (from people calling all the way to what i should do with the younger children.)

edit:: oh yea ps never give more than your first name and number on your poster.. never list your last name. house address or reference names on there! you never know who could get ahold of that

just before you post the flyers know what you want... ex hourly wage, how many kids you can hadle at what time, what days your are available etc. you will get alot of those questions. also make sure you the flyer you list your age and stuff b.c that can be very important and dont be surprised if you only get like 1 kid per job. most parents i dont think would be comfortable with leaving there 3 little kids with a 14 year old with little expirience. but you never know. also ask questions! even if you feel embarassed you dont want to get stuck in a sticky situation. if you even need advice just ask me. ive been babysitting for over 3 years

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I want to clean up my room and make it less depressing. What can I do to my room to make it more outgoing cool and happier?

posters, fun lights around the room, if you can repaint your room, get a fun mural on your wall, play more happy music (you wont feel as depressed), maybe redo your furniture, stencil your wall, get a fun new bedspread, rearrage your funiture, buy new accesories

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ok heres the thing, proms is in 3 months and i need to lose like 15 or 20 pounds. I need advice on a way i can lose that weight in 3 months. i wanna find a cute dress thats looks good with out the gut and love handles showing through. please help!

--> ashley

well i know this sounds weird and you prob wont believe me but ive been losing 3 pounds a week on just eating right! its been crazy. i totally got rid of junk food and pop in my life for the past 3 weeks and have just eaten healthy things and low fat food or sugar free food for every meal exept for dinner and its been great. i have the same goal as you i want to go from 120 to 100 and i feel my goal has becoming real b/c of this. you should try it. also ive been adding just a little bit of exercise into my life (burning 300 calories a day playing ddr workout mode) and beware that low calorie doesnt mean low fat or low sugar. sugar is the main source of weight gain

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okay, my hair is very very curly and frizzy and thick its nasty!! i sometimes put hair gel in it and it looks fine and then other times i stirghten it but it still gets frizzy easily. I use hair serum and this one spray to control the frizz but hey im always lookin' for something better can you guys suggest anything?

well 1 it maybe be your straighter. like i used to use a conair and my hair would be super frizzy then i switched to a helen of troy and it solved my problem but not my sisters. what she does is she put its this stuff called soft wax (i looks like mouse) and it helps get rid of the frizz. also try this stuff its called bio silk. its like $12 for a really little bottle but its very good. it gets rid of all those little frizzes on like the top layer of your hair

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hey, so years of soccer, basketball, and football have been gettin to me. Both knees have been sore when i do anything, especially my main sport basketball. im about 5'10 but i dont think it has anything to do with my height. Anyone have any suggestions to help meh..

my friend got a thing called knee sleeves and it really helped her. its like a knee brace but with extra support but you have to get them from your doctor and they are really expenive (i believe $100) but she thinks they are worth it.

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Hey... I'm 15... recently I shoplifted and was caught. I was told it wasn't concidered a "felony" because it wasn't over $400. It would go on my record as pety theft and my mom would be fined. ...Well when I'm 16 I want to get a job but... is it going to be difficult (or harder) with pety theft on my record? I was told that when I'm 18 I can 'seal my record'. For now... is the pety theft thing going to be looked at when I apply for a job? Has anybody ever been caught shoplifting? if you have, does it make it harder to find a job? or some jobs like wokring in a mall or department store or any store? Well thanks for your time in reading this.

it is going to be harder. because on all aplications it asked if you were convicted of a crime and most dont ask what so they view them all the same. you will never be hired by anywhere that involves expensive things because of your record and you may never get hired anywhere that sells anything because they may thing you are going to steal from them. keep that im mind when you apply. you are going to have to prove to them you wont. i mean its hard enough for a 16 year old to get a job much less one with a record. ive applied at 3 places and still havent gotten a job


also if you volunteer alot you will have an easier time getting a job because it will show you take resposibility

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at least once a month, I get migraine(sp?) headaches. I dont know what causes them, but I cant take any medication for them because I dont like swallowing pills. I have never done it in my life and whenever I try i feel as if I am choking and almost throw up. Are there any migraine medications I can take where I dont have to swallow a pill? If not, is there any way I can get myself to swallow a pill without vomiting? thanks ♥

well what i would do is break the med in half. most of them have a line across them and you can cut them with a butter knife. that makes them soo much smaller and easy to swallow. or you can try childrens med for like headaches. even though it says only up to age 12 they work fine on me.

i used to get migranes like you and do you know what cures them? go to a chiropracter. i did it and they cracked my neck like once a week for a month and they went away and never came back

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I am 13 and my sister is 28, married and has 1 child. She is very clean, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke (Anymore). But she is depressed. She is in debt, and her husband is never home because of his job. He is a truck driver, so it's usually her and her baby which is 2 years old.

Every week that her husbands not home I have to go spend the night with her. It feels like a second home. One night, not to long ago, I went to her house to spend the night (of course) and she was crying. I asked her why and she started to tell me but didn't and I took it as if she was depressed or that she was alone and afraid because I wasn't there.

People have tried to steal things from her and her husband many times. Her neightbor thinks they sell drugs and take the money to buy all of the things she has. Which isn't true of course. She's in debt. My sister and I have never argued. I like to make her laugh because it makes me feel good that she can accually have fun.

Another thing is her weight. She's shorter than me and she is a little chubby. Everytime she see's herself in old photos she says she wishes she could look like that. One night I didn't want to spend the night with her and my mom made me go. The next day I found out that she was crying because she thought that I wasn't comming out. I really don't know what to do anymore. Can anyone offer any help?

she should really get some couseling. i sorta know what she is going through and its really hard. my dad works form 2 am- 6 pm isnt really making alot of money and his business went bankrupt so he could loose his job and things have been very ruff like my whole life but its sorta like we hit rock bottom now

maybe she should get couseling. there are many places out there that can help people out in her situation for free. there are also places all over the country called drop in centers which are like day cares for woman who just need a quick break from life and i believe they also have couseling mainly to prevent from stress and that building up so much that the child gets abused (not that your sister would do that though)

Or maybe your sister could move back in with you and your mom. i know that the last thing she would want to do but maybe she can do it till she gets back on her feet and/or her husband gets a new job where he is around more. also it will help her save money and be around people and feel more secure

also i know this sounds weird but maybe you 2 can join a gym together (talk your mom into getting you 2 passes) besides the fact that she wants to loose weight i found working out really helps you emotionally it releives stress and lets you think clearly. and even if you cant afford it check out local ymcas or a highschool pool that has community swim on weekends and you can just go and releave stress that way for like what $4 a person


and you really need to talk to her and tell her how you feel. you cant let her emotions run your life

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I'm taking a self-defense class at my school right now, and I LOVE it. I've never really thought about taking Martial arts before, but now I really want to. Would it be weird for me to start now? Do they have adult classes? I'm 16, so I don't know if that's too late or something. Also, which type of Martial arts would be the best?

well my sister took took karate at CS kim. i believe they have them all over the country. most people do a kind i believe its called tung so do or something like that and you are never to old to start. my sister had woman in their 30s in her class taking it and i believe she even had a 70 year old woman in her class!

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15/M (Freshman)
I don't really know if I want to finish school... I mean, I sort of lost all desire to finish school, I've had my heart broken this year & after that... it just seems like school isn't important anymore... I mean, I started failing... & I'm just not careing & just letting it keep going...
so, I think I want to do homeschooling next year, can anyone give me any advice on how to do homeschooling on the computer? & I'd like to graduate a year early, is that possible?

thank you so much

well if you are homeschooled i believe you can not graduate early and you have to look to your school about internet schooling because some school boards pay for all your cyber school but some do not. you would have to research it online because all states have different things and i dont know your state so i really cant help you. i can tell you its very expensive though. i believe most are about $4,000 a year plus you have to buy your own brand new comp and stuff. you are prob better off either switching to a private school or for about $4,000 a year you can switch to a dif public school in a dif community!

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So, basically I have these problem areas that I've been working on for atleast the past year. I guess you could call them "love handles", my abs, and my inner thighs. I do curl ups (like 100 a night), these one leg things like 25 a night, and i dont know what to do about myl ove handles. Oh, sometimes I run about a mile.

I don't know what to do anymore.
Nothing helps.
Pleaseeee help. =)

crunches also help your love handles. just really you arent doing enough. you are supose to increase by atleast 5 each week and you should be doing them atleast twice a day if you can. also try joining a gym. they have alot of machines that help with specific areas. i really recommend it. i had a 2 week trial to ballys and i loved it

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I need a bigger butt. Any food, exersize, or clothing ideas? Please no exersize tips that make your butt tighter or perkier. Just bigger. I know pulling your shirt down makes your butt look bigger, and I know grains might help a bit. Any ideas?

no exercise will make your butt bigger.. only smaller.. the only way to make your butt bigger is to basically gain weight. and tight jeans i think make it look smaller if you thought it make yours look bigger. i think pefrect fitting jeans makes your butt look the best.. esspecially ones without pockets on the back.

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Are their any clothing styles that make your breasts look bigger? Like bras and t-shirts and stuff. I heard V necks make an illusion of bigger boobs but i don't know. Please help me.

i think v necks accually make your boobs look smaller. i think if you wear low cut like rounded shirts with camis underneath it makes your books look bigger. well i think almost anything that you have to wear a cami under makes your boobs look bigger. also more expensive bras make your books look nicer.. like from victoria secret

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