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"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love" - Albus Dumbledore

Hi, I'm Laura. I'm a senior in college & I'm slowly deciding what I want to do with my life. I love Harry Potter, coffee, writing, and sleeping (amongst other things). I'll never claim to know everything, but I'm confident in my ability to help people with their problems. Feel free to send me an inbox question; I'll get back to you!

A few thoughts I've gathered from my teenage years (and being on this site for most of them!):
1. If you Google song lyrics, the song will come up 99% of the time.
2. Dress to fit your body type, and buy the size that fits. If you're a size 6, squeezing into a 4 won't make you look skinnier. It makes you look fat when you aren't.
3. You will never regret waiting to lose your virginity.
4. There is such a thing as a stupid question, but we're all allowed to ask them.

BU 2014 :)

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please only answer this question if you know what im talking about lol....

do you know if campbells stopped making the ravioli? (the chef boardee kind, but campbells brand) ive looked everywhere and cant find it..thanks in advance

Chef Boyardee? Nah. They still make it =]
They're probably just restocking or something at the stores you go to.

I just bought some last week!

there's a led zeppelin song that i cannot think of and i've asked like 50 people and no one can think of it..it's a pretty famous led zeppelin song they play it on the classic rock station a lot and the only way that i can describe it is that it's really light and it has kind of a piano type thing in the background in the chorus or something...and i remember it being something about love. yeah does anyone know what this song might be??/

Is it "All of My Love"?
It has like, a violin in the background or something. It's a good song either way =]

Im not sure if this is coincidence or not but do you think the terrorists planned it to be on the day in which the numbers are the same for if you have an emergency (911). The cahnces are 1 in 365 which seems pretty uncoincidental. Any opinions??

There's a lot of this. It's all speculation. Like, That part of the city was dicovered on September 11,, or whatever.

Same thing as Q33NY in wingdings. Might be a coincidence, might not.

How do you get your boobs bigger quicker?

You can't change the size of your boobs.
They only way is to gain weight. Then you'll wonder how to make your butt smaller.

So basically, be patient. And be grateful for what you've got. Girls with bigger boobs want smaller ones. We're never satisfied, are we?

I have a medium skin tone, and a few blimishes from acne. I still get the occasional pimple or blackhead, but that's no biggie, what I need advice on is a good cover up make-up that will last all day, or even 6-8 hours would be nice. And I do have slightly oily skin. Any advice would be greatly appreciated...thanks!

I use Maybelline Dream Matte Mousee and Covergirl Fresh Powder. Lasts a long time for me, and it doesn't ever cake up or look fake.

:)

What are some cool things I could do if I get acrylic nails? Like what colors are cute and should I just get the tips done or should I do a design or the whole nail? Also how much does it cost and do they feel weird?

You could do absolutely anything. I'd personally get a french manicure with some sort if sheer color, becuse its SO hard to do that yourself. But, you could paint your nails lime green anytime you wanted by yourself, yaknow?

Cost depends on the salon. I know you can get a full set of acrylic nails for about $15 at a vocational school's cosmetology department/salon. If you've got an "in" with the teacher, you might even get 'em for free, haha. Plus, dont forget that you'll have to get them filled (about $10 at my school)

I've had temporary ones. They feel weird at first, but you get used to it.

=]

why does everyone think that sanjaya malakar (one of the finalists in american idol season six) is gay? is it because of his long hair? like some people thought he looekd like a girl.. he doesnt, and never did. i mean nobody really looks at a girl with short hair and thinks its a man. there are other ways you can tell, other than their hair. also, is it that he sounds gay? um he can sing and i dont know too why people think he cant. i dont think he would be in the top 24 if he couldnt sing, since the judges and producers put him in the show in the first place. he just has less experience and such, but he can sing. i mean his performances arent always perfect, usually starting a little shaky and then getting better near the end. still. im getting sick of all these sanjaya haters that make up all these lies. he just doesnt.. seem gay, either. he dresses like a guy too, and in a song he did he danced with paula (the most recent one.. i forget the name of it though but he was wearing a white tux), and in another (you really got me now) at a part he sung to paula too. and in the "bathwater" song he changed some of the lyrics, like the part that was like in the original song that no doubt (well.. gwen stefani) sang, it was "your my kind of man!" sanjaya changed it to "your my kind of girl!". so.. like i dont think hes gay and im confused over this whole big controversy. i dont think hes the worst singer on the show either, but im glad that votefortheworst, even if its not morally good.. gets people to vote for this guy. ughhhhh. what are your thoughts on this? i personally think sanjaya is cute, too. (AND NOT GAY!) :]

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Because they have nothing better to do with their time, and need a reason to hate him and feel the need to justify it with something that might not even be true.

And there has to be at least one person each season that everyone thinks is gay. Like Anthony Fedorov, for instance. He was adorable and looked like.... Anthony Rapp in Rent. Okay, bad example. But you get my point. It may be true, it may not be. Who cares?

=]

ok my gf is 15 i know thats young but she says she was raped when she was 13 and she thinks she cant have an orgasim cuz of it she can only have one if she or me rubs her clit for a long time shes also really sensitive and says she dosnt feel anything when she fingers herself or i do it oral sex dosnt do it either any one who can help me i love her and i wasnt to give her a really good orgasim pweese help

Duplicate question? I'm re-posting my answer.

I don't normally answer these questions, but...
she's probably really incredibly tense and worrying a lot. She's probably worried that she'll get hurt again or something. Try to make her more comfortable, her muscles tensed up, most likely.

Also, if she never saw a therapist, it might be helpful to her. Even one session can make a huge difference, and she's had a very traumatic experience.

ok my gf is 15 i know thats young but she says she was raped when she was 13 and she thinks she cant have an orgasim cuz of it she can only have one if she or me rubs her clit for a long time shes also really sensitive and says she dosnt feel anything when she fingers herself or i do it oral sex dosnt do it either any one who can help me i love her and i wasnt to give her a really good orgasim pweese help

I don't normally answer these questions, but...
she's probably really incredibly tense and worrying a lot. She's probably worried that she'll get hurt again or something. Try to make her more comfortable, her muscles tensed up, most likely.

Also, if she never saw a therapist, it might be helpful to her. Even one session can make a huge difference, and she's had a very traumatic experience.

if i were to visit the bronx, in new york, what would i be able to taste, touch, and small, if i were standing on the street? im talking about the real rough part. thanks.

I'm assuming you mean "smell". I'd guess dumpsters and B.O. And food if you walked by a diner or something. You could touch buildings and stuff. The sidewalk, cars, a person you're with. And I suppose you could taste something you were eating, or blood if someone punched you in the face.

how do you remove a link in an AIM profile?
like, an email address for example?

& how do you change the color of the link
to something other than blue?

even if you can answer one of the above
questions, i would really appreciate it!

You can highlight the link, right-click, and remove link (at least with the old one). Also, you can always delete the text and re-type it.

I don't think you can change the color of links without like, going into the encryption of your profile haha. And I don't know exactly how to do that. But if you want more original links, use a smiley face =]

EDIT: E-mails always turn themselves into hyperlinks. Stupid, I know. Try writing it as lauraxomichelle[at]gmail[dot]com.

are there color charts or something online so i see what each color is

like.. what is fuchsia burgundy mauve

http://www.web-source.net/216_color_chart.htm

Good? No? Try Google. Tons of results came up, all similar. But each chart was different, so you may have to look for awhile before you find exactly what you want.

:)

there was this song on this girls myspace, and i tried to download on limewire but there were no songs when i tried to search for it. i looked on the band's myspace like an hour later and the song was deleted. i don't think it was the actual bands myspace, so i'm not sure if they even used the real name of the band. anyway it said the bad was y.a.c.h.t. and the song was something like make it hot or something. lol, i would go to that tapping website but i can't remember how it went. if anybody knows if thats the real name or where i can listen to it again that'd be great

The website's called SongTapper.com

I have no idea about what song it was, but why don't you ask the girl who added it? I'm sure she wouldn't mind you asking =]

Ok so my hair is like screwed up badly. I highlighted it a couple times and after that it's always been frizzy and it doesn't look good. And I straighten it way to much so my hair just looks awful.

I'm going to cut it to my shoulders during the summer and not straighten it AT ALL so some good hair can grow back. Do you think that may work?

And I also wan't to get side swept bangs.
Can some of you show me any pictures with hair that is shoulder length and side swept bangs?

Yes, doing that over the summer will REALLY help. Also, use an anti-frizz, mositurizing shampoo everyday, like Pantene and Garnier Fructis. Leave the conditioner on for about five minutes whenever you can. It'll penetrate your hair better and make it super-soft.

When you DO straighten your hair, you'll do less damage to it if you blow-dry it straight first, and use a flat iron to smooth it out. Also use a product in it- straighteing creme, serum, heat protective spray. There's oodles of inexpensive products out there that you can buy at Target (or a store like it)- so experiment until you find a product that you love.

Here's a lot of good pics, too:
- http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=side-swept+bangs&gbv=2

:)

im looking for a like nude lipstick like skin colour lipstick. but NOT to expencive like a brand i could get at pharmasave,

thank you

I don't know what Pharmasave is. But I know that New York Color is sold basically everywhere, and their lipsticks are .99 to 1.99. Milani is also fairly inexpensive, and every cosmetic brand is on sale at some point. Revlon comes to mind too because they're on sale at CVS a lot.

=]

what does it mean when someone says, "the small of my back"

It's the lower back, like where your back kind of curves inward when you stand up. Above your hipbones a little. A lot of people get tattoos there, and guys will sometimes put their hands around there too.

:)

I know this may sound stupid but like me and my mom aren't very close like most kids and their moms so I don't like going up to her and asking her to get me stuff like pads/tampons. I usually just send like a text or email and she'll get them for me, which probably also sounds stupid. But I recently sent an email and asked her to get me pads and I also asked to get me food and stuff. Well she got the food but she didn't get the pads for some reason. I don't know why though. So I guess I'll have to get them when me and my whole family go to the grocery store. And my family usually just stays in one big group and I don't want to like bring them all into that aisle. Is there a way I can like just put them in the cart without them noticing?

Offer to push the cart for awhile. Or, throw them in along with a box of cereal. Nobody will notice, and even if they do, it'll probably be your mom adding up the prices of everything. The cereal box should distract everyone else. Plus, it's not a big deal for a girl to buy pads. Don't worry about it =]

if i were to go to the moon, and poke a flag in the ground-on a flag pole of course- would it flutter? due to the lack of gravity? Also, would there be shadowns on the moon? thanks.

I remember reading somewhere that a flag wouldn't like, flap in the breeze like flags do here on earth because there's virtually no atmosphere, and no wind. But there IS gravity on the moon- just less than Earth, because it's smaller. basically, the flag would move only when it was forced to, if at all.

As for shadows, I imagine so. All you need for a shadow is a light source.

hope I helped :)

please help this guys freinds asked me for my phone # because his friend was to shy to ask me himself should I give it to him? he really likes me and wants to go out with me but he wont come up to my face and say it what to do

Call him. Tell him that you just want to be friends. Or, you could get to know him better. But don't be too hard on him.

but the thing is i dont like him but he really really likes me and everyone will tease me about it

Second-grade loverboy? Let him down easy- you want to be friends. Dating is the quickest way to lose someone as a friend.

Don't play with a guy's heart like that. They DO have feelings. Don;t date him just because you feel bad. And who cares what other people think? Do what YOU wont. =]

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