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Hi, I'm Blair...a typical 17 year old high school student. I've always been the girl my friends go to for advice and I decided to take it furthur and sign up for this site. Ask me anything! I'll do whatever I can to help you!
Gender: Female
Location: Philadelphia
Occupation: High School Senior
Age: 17
Member Since: August 8, 2005
Answers: 19
Last Update: August 24, 2005
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I need a good cheap mascara with a really small brush, because I don't like the dreadlock look on eyelashes. Like this: http://www.avon-minsk.nm.ru/2/mascara-ast-leng-show.jpg (COPY and PASTE)

It should also be relatively inexpensive and available at longs drugs (link)
Maybelline Great Lash (I like the 'blackest black' waterproof one), you can find it in any drugstore or supermarket


I think somebody already asked a question like this, but here I go anyway.

I am about to turn 15 years old in September, and I am in all honors classes this year in highschool. I also want to be in Drama. I was thinking maybe this year I could look for a job. Would that be too much on my plate for one year?
I am also wanting to take tennis lessons and workout after school.

I heard that honors classes hand out alot of homework, but I really want a job because my parents are never willing to pay for certain things, and I dont blame them.

Should I cut down on my after school to-dos? (link)
Well at 15 there's nto many jobs to get to begin with...but i recomment babysitting, you can turn down jobs if you've got too much work to do that day and it's cash w/o taxes! Good luck!


by b/f and mines anniversary is comming up and i dont know what to do. its 2 years for us and i want to do something really special. thing is its kinda limited because we're only 16 so theres some things i cant do. last year i made him a scrap book. i dont know what to do this year. i want to do something really special. any ideas? im not too good with making things. but im good with writing...if that helps any. thanks. (link)
This might be too similar to a scrapbook but I think it's a cute idea. Gather 12 pictures of you two together, or pictures of things that remind you of him...w/e you want. And go to your local copy place (Kinkos or Copy Max etc.) and they can make it into a calender, so it's also practical. Or if you just find one great picture you can take it to the same copy place and they can make it a puzzle! Hope this helps...Happy anniversary!


I need help badly...ok what is the best straightner?? I have Shoulder length wavy hair, and i don't wan any combonations of Crimpers...and my price range is up to $35 dollars...and does anybody know any really good crimpers ethier but remeber no combos!
I RATE 5's! (link)
I have like shoulder length wavy hair too and i use chi but thats more than $35...but i used to use hot tools ceramic which is great cause it doesn't kill your hair and heats up really fast, and it's definetly in your price range. hope this helps! :)


I have a summer project to do and I'm not sure how to use the MLA format to document these articles I had to read. They're compiled in a book, from other places. Do I need to recognize the book in my documenting? The book has the articles documented but it doesn't include the book. An answer or a place where I could go to find the answer would help! Thanks so much!
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my school librarian is insane, she basically will write a works cited for a student if they ask and she composed a guide to MLA... http://lmtsd.org/links/linlink.htm

hope it helps! good luck!


OK... i babysit 2 boys... 5 and 8 years old.. they are crazy!!!! and when i tell them sumthing, they just ignore me and keep on doing whatever they r doing... how do i get these kids to listen to me!?!?
*ignored babysitter* (link)
I've found the best way to do things with kids that won't listen is not to give them no as a choice, like if you want them to put on a sweater say do you wanna wear the blue one or red one? so they think they're getting a choice in what they're doing but really they're jsut doing what you want them to. good luck!


I have pretty short hair like it goes a little past my ears when its wet but when it drys it goes over my ears and is all curly. I like it and all because its cute. The thing is that I want to grow it out but its like it hits a certain point and stops growing. Is there anyway to make my hair grow faster? (link)
You have to keep it really healthy, i know you want it to grow but you still need to get it cut every once in awhile...it'll grow fastest that way. Good luck!


School pictures are coming up, and I don't know what I should wear. Does anyone have any ideas? (link)
Don't wear something ultra trendy lol cause then 3 months from now you'll say what was i wearing?!...wear something you feel comfortable in. hope this helped :)


When should you start visiting colleges and looking at them? (link)
You should start researching the summer before your junior year and decide where you want to go and visit, then make arrangements to go throughout yout junior year (id say go during the school year you get a much better feel for the campus when there are students there)


I am moving and all of my friends are sad. I dont know if i should move with my dad to be closer to my friends or move with my mom.
i dont know what to do i am so confused.
what do u think i should do?? (link)
Well I think if your really friends you'll always keep in touch, I really think you should decide who to move in with based on what home life you think will be better for you, who you get along with, who will provide for you etc. good luck!


ok tomorrow me and my friend want to do something really random...we already thought of spending the day at walmart...and going bowling...and things like that but i need someting really mental and weird

got any ideas (link)
go to a local park and start a game of tag with unexpecting visitors...i.e. walk up to random park goers and say "tag your it!" and see if you can get a game going. haha, have fun!


i think im bi polar does anyone kno the symptoms of that and liek on min im happi then out of no where im crying! is something wrong with me pleaseee helpp!!1 ill rate 5's for any advice (link)
I have a bi polar aunt...basically she is all over the place and got into drugs so for a long time she went undiagnosed, but if it is realized medications can be given to coutner the effects. i strongly suggest you at least look up the symtoms for bi polar and if you fit a lot of them go to a doctor! good luck!


theres tis girl who is totally obbsessed with me, shes attractive looking but i dont really think that it would work, and besides i already have a girlfriend. i wanna tell her that i dont like her but she cried cuz i wouldnt tell her if i liked her so i dont want to totally crush her heart so is there a way that i can tell her i dont like her without her getting crushed into amillion tiny peices (link)
This is hard because you have to make it clear you don't want tp be more than friends without hurting her or leaving the opportunity open...I think you should spin in a way that says I have a girlfriend I really care about and I don't want to do anything to jeapardize that, let her know she is a great girl and deserves someone who likes her as much as she likes them, she deserves the best...You let her know how you feel and hopefully won't crush her. Good luck!


13/m. me and my girlfriend have been going out for two months now. but im a pagan which most people think is devil worship but thats really not the case. but the point is shes christian and i dont want her to think im a devil worshiper, cuz im not, and break up with me so should i tell her about my religion or keep it ro myself?? plz help me (link)
Well if it's not devil worship then why would she think it is? Don't jsut say "Oh by the way I'm a pagan." Explain to her what it is to you and what your beleifs are, if she really lieks you it won't affect her feelings...and being that hoenst with her? It'll most likely bring you even closer together.


I know this might not sound like that big of a deal but it is for me!

Well my mom and me have been fighting a lot lately..........almost like every day. But its never my fault like i would say " Mom there's no more laundry detergent." the she would blow up and say " Of course we dont because you have to use so much" and then she would start yelling at me bacause i ask for so much stuff and that she has no money to spend and i hate! I really dont want to hear about her problems then when i say that i don't want to hear it then she starts yelling at me again! please help me and tell me what to do! im going to start school on tuesday, and i dont want this to mess with my head so please help ! (link)
I fight with my mom ALL the time, so this was actually her idea to get us through my teenage years without fighting constantly. There was awhile when I was really uspet about some stuff going on in my life and she knew I didn't want to talk to her about it so she bought a journal and wrote an entry in it, which basically said this is jsut for us to talk abotu whatever you want, we will never speak about what's in it and no one else will ever read it, i love you please respond...and she left it on my bed. I wrote back and we've been silently corresponding that way ever since. My advice is to try this, it can't hurt, and I've always foudn it easier to write something then to speak it. Good luck!


I used to cut. Not going to go into details, I used to cut and once I thought I went too deep. I've since realized how stupid and dangerous I was being. However, fo whatever reason, I feel the need to do so again. I don't want to, but I'm tempted and I don't know why. Can anyone please help? Please, no jack asses sayin crap about me bein a stupid "emo" and no bad mouthing me just because of something I used to do (link)
I had a friend that cut a few years back and I don't know if this aplies to you but for her, she was using it as an outlet for her feelings she didn't have to deal with things when she cut, she was letting it all out physically. So I would say that you jsut need someone to talk to, a confidant, someone you can trust. Just tell this person things that upset you, get your emotions out.

...really hope this helps


well the other night i was at my friends house and i was kinda sad becuase my friends wouldnt do anything me or my friends sister wanted to do so me and her sister went downstairs and i said something i shouldnt have and now i dont mean it i wish i could take it back and i want my friends back does anybody have any advice to give me and i told them i was really sorry and didnt mean it thanks

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I've been in the same situation minus the sister, I told a friend somethign about another friend something I really shouldn't have, but truly there is nothign you can do now. You said sorry and if they know you mean it it's really up to them if they're willing to let one secret ruin a friendship. What I did to make sure she knew I was sorry? I wrote her a letter, letting her know how sorry I was and how much her friendship meant to me.


Aight, this sounds so much like Harry Potter #6, I'm just gonna call myself Harry, my friend Ron, and hi sister Ginny.
NOTE: I'm not taking anything except for names from the book, everything else is just a coincidence.

So, I've been Ron's friend for 6 years. Nothing wrong with that, we're best friends. Then he has a sister who's a year younger than him. I kinda like her, but not quite entirely. Plus, I'm telling myself that I can't like her, she's Ron's sister! I see her a lot, I go over to Ron's house frequently. She participates in a lot of the activities we do, be it Monopoly or GameCube. I really haven't cared until about two days ago, when I noticed, "Hey, I could spent the rest of my life with this girl!" Problem is, I went back again the following morning, and I realized that she can get kinda spazzy. Very spazzy. But, apart from that, I like her. What should I do, and by the way, don't say "Just go up to her and tell her the truth" or anything like that, I need specifics! How would I do that? (link)
Ok specific...first of all I think you should decided if you really like her, I would be sure before you do anything, you don't want to put a friendship in jeapardy if your not positive, now if you decide you really like her tell Ron. Ask him how he feels about it and maybe his answer will be "No stay away!" but then it's your decision if Ginny means more to you than Ron and you'll have to weigh your options. But if he truly is your friend, he'll want you to be happy and of course he'll want his sister to be happy. But I say figure out your feelings first and deal with Ron first (don't just kiss her in front of him after she wins the match lol)


everyone i know is straight, but i'm bi. i find it really hard to establish normal friendships w/ other girls because they think i'm "trying to hit on them". however, i never have been and i never will be the kind of girl who's only good friends are guys. what can i do to befriend other girls, w/out them thinking i wanna like do them or something?? thanks in advance!!!

SIGNED,

A CIRCLE IN A WORLD OF SQUARES (link)
I think the best way would be to explain it in a way they can understand. Say: You have guys that are friends right? Are you attracted to all of them? Surely the answer will be no, then explain that just because you have an interest in girls doesn't mean your attracted to every one of them.




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