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Q: My birthday is coming up and my parents said that they would get me a new camera for it because the one i have now was a freebe. Basically, I want to know which cameras you have PERSONALLY used and are really good. What brands are good as well also?

thanks and price doesn't matter.
preferably over $100 tho because otherwise its probably not a good one.

i have a Sony DSC-N2. I love it. The picture quality is really good. It is a touch screen and you are able to go in and color on you pictures on the camera itself. You can add stamps and different colors. It also has a built in Album that stores all your pictures even if you delete them, great for those awfully hilarious pictures of your friends who delete it thinking they have gotten rid of it for good, but you will have it in your album till you go into the album and delete it. The battery is rechargable. I looked around trying to find the best deal on it and I think I got it from Best Buy for $321. I went in and asked if they would sell it to me for the same price they had listed online since it was cheaper and they did, there's a little tip for you. Hope I Helped. sry this was so long.

Q: 16/f
I've been in girlscouts for about 10 years. I've been with the same girls in my troop for that long. We are down to about 10 of us. We are all working toward our Gold Award, which is the last award. Then, we complete girlscouts.
This summer, we are going on a cruise. I want to do something really special for all of them. Maybe buy them each a little something, or make a toast at one of the dinners on the cruise.
Its just .. these girls and i have been through soo much and I just want to show them that I appreciate all the itme we've spent together.
Ideas for something special wanted!
Thanks!

if you have a bunch of pictures of you and all the other girls going on other trips and other things you all have done together, make a collage of all the pictures and frame them and give each of them one. I did thi for x mas for my friends that I have known for 10 years and we are always going on trips together so we have a bunch of pictures. Here's how I did mine.

I taped 4 pieces of construction paper together and started cutting pictures so that they layed crooked and still had a straight line to fit the edge of the paper. Then I taped them all on there at different angles and slanting all over the place. Then it was too big to gt copies made at the printing shop we have in our town, so I had to take a picture of it on my camera and then they printed the picture off of my camera card and made several 8x10 pictures and it didn't cost much and you would only have to have 1 copy of all the pictures. Then I just went and got some $5-$10 frames and framed them. It looked really good when I finished. Everyone liked it cause you can look back at each picture and be like oh I remember that, thats when ...

Sorry this was so long. I tend to ramble on and on. :)

Q: I got an iPod nano.. I added a whole bunch of songs but now i want to add more. If I add more will it delete any current songs on it and in the future can i delete every song on there? thanksss.

no you can keep putting songs on there till it is full and it won't delete any other songs unless you choose to delete them which you can by hitting delete while a song is highleted.

Q: Does anyone know how to get photos onto ipod nanos? I tried going to my photos, right clicking and hitting send to ipod, but when i go to my ipod, the pictures arent there.

you can drag the pictures or the file of pics you want to put on your ipod nano and drag them over into you r ipod file like where it lists your ipod on the side just drag them to that.

hope i helped

Q: in like a week or so i'm getting 2 teeth pulled in the back of my mouth. im scared shit because i don't know what to expect. when i'm under the anethesia will i feel any pain? will i feel pain after it's done? is there any way that the anethesia will wear off while they are pulling my teeth out? WHAT IF I DONT WAKE UP FROM THE ANATHESIA??

im sooooo scared i need to know these answers. if you had teeth pulled out tell me EVERYTHING.

hi okay a little while back i had to get 4 teeth pulled out and i was also scared. but it doesn't hurt at all really i had the laughing gas and they also numb your mouth which hurts the most and that doens't hurt that much. i hope i helped
Happy Holidays
P.S. just don't think about it at all

Q: I bought those stick on little rhinestones at Claire's that you put on your cell phone for decoration. I'm getting sick of them because they are starting to fall off and I don't want them on my phone anymore. I tried taking a couple off but it left marks all over my phone. I didn't think it would damage my phone!! What do I do to get rid of the marks that are all over my phone from the rhinestones? Would water work? please help!!!

if you have had the stickers on there for a while it could be that those spots are clean because they have been covered while the rest of the phone wasn't, you could try using a little water on a cotton ball or rubbing alchohal on a cotton ball if it is the sticky stuff you could also try those things but it will most likely wear off

Q: does anyone use jergens natural glow and does it work well? im not super pale but im not all that tan either. [http://myspace-687.vo.llnwd.net/00942/78/66/942156687_l.jpg // http://myspace-988.vo.llnwd.net/00942/88/94/942084988_l.jpg] how long does it take till you start noticin a difference ? thx

ask camillian247 i am pretty sure she uses it and i know she really likes it

Q: i saw a movie maybe like 6 years ago on my tv and it was a great movie.. and i want to see it again but i forgot what it was called or the main plots of the movie, i think the title had like something moon or a planet in it and there was a boy and a girl in it and they boy liked the girl but the boy ended up going into like a lake or an ocean and he drowned and it was really sad.... the only way you can help me is if you have seen it, because i already tryed googling it. thanks

i think the movie is called Dust Factory. i know the boy drowns when he falls off the bridge. i saw the movie a long time ago. i know block buster has it. you can go to www.blockbuster.com and search it to make sure it is the right movie. let me know if that is it.
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ok hi again im sorry i gave you the wrong movie last time i thought that might be it but i am almost positive this is the right one... it is The Man in The Moon it is abut two girls who move into a neighborhood and end up likeing the boy next door but i know he drowns i think that is how it goes i have only seen part of it but it seems right. hope that is it

Q: My girlfriend's birthday is comming up. I'd like to get her a book that she would like, she reads a lot. She likes to read novels, the mushy love story kind. Does anyone recommend any that they have actually read? I'm not too great when it comes to this. Or should I just ask her which one she would like? I did want it to be a surprise, but if that's the best way to go about it, I'll try it.

some good books ive read lately like that are someone like you, this lullaby, romiette and julio(different version of romeo and juliette, just so you don't think im crazy and don't know what im talking about lol ) scribbler of dreams, the time capsule. hope i helped if you need more ideas just ask!!!!!

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p.s. ive read all the books i named and they are all sort of mushy like

Q: my mom reads all my stuff. including instant messages. and like, i can't make her go so i can talk privatley. but, today i come home from a trip and she's going to make me talk to these people online and

#1: i don't want to tell them what she wants me to tell them
#2: i don't want her to see the convo because i'm afraid the other person is going to talk about stuff

please help me fast! i can't just tell her *stay out* because that won't work! i've tried that already but she won't stop. help me please!

thank you!

if u are talkin to her on the comp. and ur mom walks in type in pos which means parent over shoulder? then y'all can change the subject really quick and talk about something like homework or something like that if your mom asks you what that means just tell her something. if that doesn't work tell your mom that you would feel more comfortable if you could talk to your friends privately.
Good Luck

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Q: after i went to my friends house and went swimming and was in a bathing suit all day and i came home, i noticed that the skin on the back of my neck was VERY dry and flaky. i've been putting moisturizer on it like 2-3 times a day and it just WILL NOT go away. it is really annoying and gross. and if i scratch it it just flakes off and hurts. what can i do to make it go away?

oh and if it helps i'm 14/f and when i went to my friends house my hair was up in a bun all day.

it was most likely sunburn. that has happened to me before and i was about to be in a wedding. i was so freaked out because i didn't want it to show i kept putting aloe vera gel on it and after a few days it went away jsut not in time for the wedding. lol for the time being when u wear something that shows your back and you'll be in the sun wear you hair down over it and plenty of sunscreen.
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Q: I really want to wear thongs because I tried my friends on once and it felt SO comfortable. I don't want one just because my friends wear them, because thats just stupid. I really like the feeling of them, but I'm afraid if I wear them, it'll seem like I'm a slut. The farthest I've gone with a guy is just a PECK on the lips, one time and thats it. So I'm no where near a slut. My mom doesn't care if I wear thongs, she actually even bought one for me. I want to wear it, but I don't want to feel slutty or people to think a slut. But I love the way they feel, they are good for when I wear tighter clothing, and my mom approves of them and I have one in my drawer already, so should I wear it or not? I'm 13 and female if it helps.

i thnk that if u feel comfortable in one and you want to wear one you should. know one would know you were even wearing one unless you told them or showed them so don't worry about what people would think about it when they don't even kow about it!!!!
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Q: i have like a bunch of random whiteheads and little zits in random places on my face but i wash my face 3 times a day...in the morning with clean & clear morning burst, at night or when i get back from work or something with neutrogena oil free acne wash and before i go to bed with a noxzema pad but they like wont go away and more keep popping up and its getting annoying...help???

you can boil a pan of water and holf your face over it and that will open up you pores, and after that try washing it. you can also go to salons monthly and get a facial they will use a machine at al ot of them that sucks the blackhead so ut. i also use pro active and that has really helped my skin.if you don't go to a dermatolagist you can go and have them look at your skin and see what they would suggest.
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Q: my little brother is turning 5 and he is having a basketball birthday party. what are some games the kids can play that have to do with basketball or the use of a basketball? (please dont say "play basketball)

websites are helpful too. = )

you can play dodge ball with squishy basketballs. you can also just let them have a few basketballs their 5 they don't have to have planned games to have dun they can make anything fun. you can get basketball balloonds and let them play keep the balloon in the air.

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Q: I love to take pictures for myspace but Im running out of cute ideas for pictures. I love to take artsy pictures for myspace..almost like I have my own little photoshoot. I get all ready and do my hair and makeup and its so much fun. :] So, my question is does any one have any photo ideas that I can do at my house..like my backyard or something?

you can take a bunch of pics of you and your friends just having fun. have a bunch of friends spend the night and have one of your parents take pictures throughout the night so that they are unplanned cause i honestly think the ones of you and friends just being your self are always the best. you could also get an underwater camera and take pictures at the pool underwater of you. this is cool cause not alot of people probably have these.
Hope i helped!!!

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Q: My lips are really chapped and I'm using the jar of Carmex with the yellow lid. I've used it a lot and left it on, but everytime it wares off my lips start to peel and I'm tempted to bite them again and get them chapped. Should I leave the peeling skin alone? Any additional advice would be wonderful.

i get chapped lips alot but i started using the bees wax chap stick and it really helped i know you can get savannah's bees wax at Bath and Body Works in different flavors and burts bees works really good too you can find that at alot of places.
hope this helps

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