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I may be completely over-reacting, but I really need some advice on this;

I'm thirteen, and I started smoking a few months ago... at first it was only a fag or two when I was around friends, but now its almost like I need a few cigarettes to calm me down just so I can start studying... not just around my mates and stuff..

Problem is; I've started to get some pain in my chest, and I've let myself get into a panic by reading that section on a ciggie packet about health hazards over and over again...

and now I'm afraid I may be sick... like i said, I may be over reacting... but I'm panicky... I don't want to die, my parents are doctors!

I can't tell them, I'll get into so much trouble... and after they send me for a check up, and if the results turn up fine, then I'll want to smoke again- but they'll confiscate the pack from me... and I won't be able to... Honestly, I have so much going through my head right now, I CAN'T STOP SMOKING, BUT I CAN'T DIE EITHER??

What should I do?!

PS. Sorry for the lengthy question (link)
you really should try and stop smoking, if you struggle just slowly decrease d amount you are smoking. if you carry on eventually it will seriously damage your health and you could end up with a number of different illnesses or diseases. if you cant cope with telling your parents (i strongly suggest you do) just go along to your local doctor and have a check-up this will make you feel a lot better. remember it is always good to talk to your parents they will be more understanding than you think.


Is it a turn off for a guy if a girl whos pretty has alot of acne but good personality? (link)
no its the inside that counts not the outside


i left my fav shirt at my friends house and the next time i came over i saw it and i asked where she found it.....she said that her grandma bought it for her for her bday....which was a huge lie...they dont sell that model anymore its old.....i want it back but i dont want to hurt her feeling what should i do???

signed concerned girl

i rate high (link)
just ask for it back, say thats my shirt and i left it at your house its really special to me cud you plz give it bak, and if she wont take it and run as fast as you possibly can! no just kidding dont do that just tell ur parents or just tell her wat you wrote in your question that it was a lie and you kno it and you want your shirt bak.


hope i helped
xkristee


I am a young lady that is popular, with books and everything. I want to stand out even more, I want to run track. First is track for everone, and second what do I have to do to prepare for the tryouts in January?
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Well track isnt for everyone but that doesnt mean not everyone can try it. To prepare for tryouts start running on a treadmill then work your way up to a real track with a buddy and see how you have advanced dont forget to praise yourself after every time you practice. Good luck running hope you make the team in January!!


RATE 5s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my little sister is OBSESSED with jamie lynn spears and her show zoey 101. she's watched every episode like 10 times and she even wears clothes almost EXACTLY the same as the ones zoey wears! she searches for them everywhere! and she always wants to role play them..and i get dragged into it! she wants to be zoey for halloween, but guess what..she's zoey EVERYDAY! this is driving me insane, my parents think it's cute. i thought it was at first, but now it's getting out of hand! please help, her room is covered with zoey 101 & jamie lynn spears. her aim is zoey101lover something and jamie lynn spears is her idol! she's so totally obsessed..it's becoming unbearable! HELP! (link)
uhm.....well hate to break it to you but you cant really do anything to change her rolemodel because uhh.....do u rule her, no. does she obsess over you, no. so u have to just learn to deal and hope that she just gets over it ok? ok...good


hope i helped
xkristee


So I need my teeth to get whitened. What's better - Oral-B/Rembrandt Whitening Strips or Crest Whitestrips? Does it cause sensitivity? And, can I split the box with another person, with still enough strips for each person? (link)
Oral B stuffs i tried crest b4 its all slimy and rips in your teeth dont let the commercials fool you. Of course you can split hte box theres plenty to go around!! Happy whitning!!


i am so sick and tired of myself! all of my real friends are gone (on vacation, working, etc.) All I want to do is get out of the house. I don't really have anyone to do it with. I mean there are some people I call my friends in school, but its not the same, they are not the people I would call up to hang out with...they have their own groups. My sister is at camp for a week more, and the one person I did ask to go to the movies (Meg) never even gave me a reply! I have this other friend, Annie, who is really nice. We are not very close friends, but last month we did get manicures together, along with my friend Sam whose on vacation. I don't know if it would be awkward or not to call her. Then I have a new friend,Melinda, who moved here this year, I am thinking she would do something with me, but I don't know her phone number. It's not in the phonebook I believe (since she's new to town). I do have her screen name, but she isn't online today! I just don't know what to do!! I am so bored, but I can't decide it it would be awkward to ask Meg if she got my AIM message (we are not the closet of friends, so perhaps she choose not to answer?) or to ask Annie if she wants to! What do you think? Thanks, I rate 5's for good advice! (link)
cough cough CALL ANNIE cough cough i mean she seems like the kind of person who you like so why not just try calling her!!!!!!!!! Meg just robably ot a little bit caught up in some things wait for her to call u and if this may take long call someone else be outgoing and spontaneous!!


13/f
ok so im 5'4 and weigh a 112-115 punds ... is this normal or should be around 108 and maybe 110...but just to let you no .. i got some junk in the trunk (like alot) and i have a good size chest (34B)i no im not fat because you can see a six pack on me .. but am i wrong?? help please! (link)
no your not fat!!!111 your just right!!!!!
~*Brandi*~


i am B.E Computers from Mumbai with Oracle 9i SQL and PL/sql Knowledge with Core Java .But no one is employing me Since I am still a fresher .Everyone wants Experience from me,so can you guide me.
Should I change to Microsoft Technology or Dataware housing.I am Confused so help me.
I need a job desperately
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I say go for some different certifications.
hink about what the certifications are for, to get an idea what they are worth.

A+ is hardware, it's mostly for physcally repairing the machines. Used for repair jobs, or low-level jobs as a companys bitch. It's also the most expensive of the common exams, since it's two tests for one certification. If your employer\school doesn't pay for this, then might want to skip it. It's almost $300 to get this certification.

Net+ is basic low-level networking. They cover the background of how it works, and get into a few things like setting up DHCP servers. Most of what's covered in Net+ is in CCNA, so consider this part of a CCNA if you want. Exam costs normal compTIA price, $210.

CCNA is the lowest level cisco exam, and is the only one on this list that isn't a lifetime exam. It's valid for 3 years. This get's you into the operation of switches and routers. This does NOT get you into anything more complex then controling switches and routers. Meaning that this is NOT a high end certification, and is not one that will get you a high-paying job. It will get you the term "router jocky" however. It's also the first step into getting the higher-up Cisco stuff. Until last-years redo of the exam, this was easy as hell to get. They made it a lot harder to pass. Still covers the same info, but the exam it's self is just harder. I'd say it's about on par with a MCSA in amount of time the average person needs to study, a lot less if they took Net+. And for the record, there are more "paper ccna's" then "paper mcse's". The redesign of the exams will help clear them out, the paper people only have another 2 years to learn their stuff. (Or to have their compay pay for them to retake it 10+ times, one of the two...)

MCP\MCSA\MCSE\MCSE: Security\Messaging (2000/2003) are the MS exams. MCP is the basic, low level one. It just means you passed any microsoft exam. There is a HUGE diffrence between someone who passed a microsoft office exam and a networking exam, but they still just get the MCP.
MCSA, is systems admin, is generally called the half-MCSE. you can become an MCSE without being an MCSA, the MCSA path has one exam that covers everything needed, and said exam counts as an elective for the MCSE. If you have comptia A+\Net+ together, it counts as an elective for MCSE 2000.
MCSE is the highest level microsoft networking exam. There's currently two specs, 2000 and 2003. They are based off the operatiing systems, so 2000 covers windows 2000 and some xp, 2003 covers 2003 and xp, with some 2000 in there. The 2003 exams are a *LOT* harder then the 2000 exams. This was done to kill the "paper mcse" problem they were having, people would pass the exams and not know how to do anything in the real world.
There's also two specalizations, security and Messaging, for MCSE. Security is like it sounds, aimed at security. To get it, you need one more exam then standard mcse, but when your getting your mcse, you need to take all the security exams (Only 2, plus the one extra). For the 2000 spec, you need a security elective, the 70-214 exam, and you have to take the designing a securire windows network, 70-220. The 70-220 kills the normal 70-219 exam, being a lot harder. The 8th exam you need (7 needed for mcse) can be on ISA firewall (Outdated version) or Security+. While Sec+ is nice, and covers more stuff, it IS simpler then the firewall exam. But it looks better on a resume, will cover more areas if your potenal employers do not use ISA firewalls. It also costs about as much as 2 MS exams.
The messaging exam is for Exchange, the email server from microsoft. Not talked about much, but still in high demand.
Note: I'm currently an MCSE:Security 2000 spec, I'm holding off on the 2003 spec till I can get an employer to pay for the exams. Look at all my posts, and how much I know about windows. I *FAILED* my last mcse exam, ended up picking it up on a retake. I squeaked by my 70-216 exam, the widow maker, with 0% correct in the certificates area. While there are a lot of paper mcse's who pass by retaking it a lot, and cramming themselves full of knowlage with 14 day, 90 hour MCSE bootcamps, anyone who passes the MCSE and remembers what they learned has a good deal of skill.

Well, I'm bored, so screw covering the higher up exams. The ones after this, you got MCDBA (Overlooked by a lot of people, and good average pay. Easy to get, a bitch to truly know). CCNP (Ciscos mid-level exam, a nice jump in job responisability between it and CCNA), Sec+ (Hell of a lot eaiser then it should be) the CRISSPY or whatever (Exam isn't too bad, but must have 3~4 years working experence, and have to write a paper on security, be able to stand on your head and jump though a hoop, and pay $500 for the damn thing), NCP (Novell, used on the EASTERN seaboard more then western), the diffrent Linux exams (Some employers view the exams diffrently, so some may like Lunix+, others think it's worthless) and the godly CCIE. CCIE, the high-end cisco, has a passing rate of around 15%. Could be why there's less then 5,000 of them in the US.

Also, a lot of people tell you certifications are worthless, then the reasons they give don't make sence. a certiication generlly wil only help you to get a new job. It will not improve your current one. The new job may be within the same company, or might be outside the company. Since networking people can't have a portofolieo of network setups, like programers can cary around parts of their code, we need certifications to help show what we can do. While experience is a great asset, not all peopel learn the same way, and not all people get better with experience. I've seen people with 4~8 years exp taking the MS classes with me, and not only did they suck at it, they generally were "set" in their ways, saying how microsoft was dumb, that's not how it worked in the real world, ect. course, they keep people working commissioned jobs in good pay, so it's all good.

I better get five stars for this one.


i need to find a new bedspread. my mom told me to look online but i cant find any i really like. i already looked at www.pbteen.com and all the department stores i can think of. does any one know where i can find a cute bed spread? 15/f (link)
bed bath and beyond, or linenes and things i got one at bed bath and beyond that was sooo amazing, and matching curtains for it at linens and things......

hope i helped


x kristee


okay, even though i give out advice i need it for my room,

my room is being painted blue, and chesnut stained floor, and a mission kind of furnitur, its all dark, like everything, now i neeed things liike a bedspread or something like so, does anyone know here to get things like that??

x0o

brok3n (link)
like bed bath and beyond, linens and things, jc penney, basically any kind of lyk dapartment store i guess.......i got mine at bed bath and beyond that and linen and things are my favorites :-D


at my school we have to wear collared shirt, with only 2 buttons unbuttoned. we can wear jeans or skirts, but the skirts have to be longer than 2 inches above our knees. i like to dress originally, and cant stand the thought of going to school looking exactly like everyone else. also i live on an island, so whenever you buy a shirt someone else in your school probably bought it too... and with this collared shirt rule, like 9 or 10 people end up with the exact same shirt. does anyone have any suggestions for interesting ways to make my outfits less boring? (link)
go to abercrombie for the polos ... wear like a cute shirt under it you can pull down so its like layered also buy some cute jeans from abercrombie :-D!


Ok..i was wondering..how can you make your jeans like..all ripped..instead of buying them for like 80 bucks..how can you rip them and make them look good you know.? like on the knee areas you have the white things going across and near your pocket you have a little rip..if anyone knows what to do and knows what im talking about...PLZZZZZ answer this..

oh yea..and dont tell me to go wear the jeans and jus keep on sliding on the cement with them on..

THANKS A LOT!! (link)
dont be a cheapskate and buy some cute ripped jeans from abercrombie there super cute and thats a lot easier


Has anyone tried, I think Jergen's makes that lotion that gives you some color just by using their lotion? Its not really a self-tanner since its supposed to moisturize the skin but also give you a glow after a week of use.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried it & if they have, did it work for you? I have very fair skin & I try anything to get some color. Thanks! (link)
i used it .. and it works great

also try= coppertone gradual tan


ii have a seriously bad habit of biting my nails ii would love 2 have some long nails by the time school starts, does ne1 know of some really good tips and/or products or something that would get me 2 stop? -[(nail polishes? medicines?)]- any good answers get 5!! thanx loads! (link)
they make a new thing called twister it is a tiny bottle of nail polish remover you just stick your finger in. You could carry it in your purse or pocket and whenever you felt the urge to bite just stick your finger in that and it will make it taste bad


does Fructis Long and Strong Shampoo really work to grow hair longer? any expeiriences? Thanks for any advice (link)
i used the shampoo for awhile and i noticed my hair did grow but it also got greasier more quickly



what are some things i could do to flatten the lower party of my belly up? (link)
omg sit-ups and some crunches! those work 4 me all the time since i'm very fat well not rele i juss need 2 stay fit and keep my sexyness (; ha `hearts;//


ok, im a guy and sick of doing the same thing over and over again (jacking off), i mean i have a girlfriend and everything just rly god damn horny, any tips on how to do it better? like lotions.. ive herd of sticking it in a vaccum... any other suggestions?'
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whoaa! omfg don't stick it in a vaccum.. juss imagine if that turned on oh shit!! haha well i dunno juss fuck your girlfriend or something ya kno i have no idea `♥//


you know how girls have their periods? well what do guys have? (link)
guys are lucky assholes that get nothing like periods.. which rele sucks cuz we have the fucking babies isn't that enough? mann they get it easy! `♥//


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