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Im 15. I think I want to invite my boyfriend over to my house to just hang out, but when we get hungry I want to be able to cook him something special and really delicious?

any ideas / recipes?

why dont you try whipping up something light and fun ;-). Being a young chef myself, i can guess that you dont want to make anything to heavy so you two feel sick later on, and dont want anything unimpressive. Im gonna suggest making a mixed fruit smoothie. Start off by blending 2-3 cups of ice (depending on your choice of thickness) with a half cup of milk, also adding thick and smooth texture. Once the ice is nice and finely chooped, add 1 1/2 bananas, a hand full or two of strawberries, a couple mixed color berries, and whatever you may think of that would add to the flavor.

if you like ensalada (salad), i like to make a southern chicken ensalada. Use either bonless chicken or Tyson frozen chicken strips. i prefer a nice cast iron skillet to simmer 2 handfulls of chicken/chicken strips in 1/4 cup of water on med. heat for about 5 minutes (use a knife to cut one piece and make sure its just right). if your like me, and dont like to cut a whole head of lettuce, pull out a bag of Dole* lettuce and fill up 2 regular sized bowls. add cherry tomatos, sliced onion, corn (if you like), brocoli and cauliflower, and lay chicken strips on top of all. Add your fav. dressing, salt/pepper, or other condiments of choice and serve.

like i said..its light, you wont overeat, and its nice and healthy!

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does anyone know any music that isnt very popular (preferable alternative, indie type bands) or even singers that really no one knows about, but you think will hit it big in 2006? im looking for brand new artists that no one really knows of!! thanks a ton!

Coheed and Cambria (personal favorite)


--mike

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How do you become a roadie? I know that sometimes you have to be some kind of tech or engineer or something, but there are the merch roadies too right? I was just wondering were could you apply to become a roadie without any experience, and is there a certain age? Like do you have to be older than 16 or something like that?

Thanks.

Steph

you'll probably need to start with a band with someone you know in it. Not just any band is gonna let someone new hang with them. theres not really a law about 'roadies'but i doubt youll be able to do it during the school year

--mike

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i know how to play the string bass in orchestra, so would it be easy for me to learn to play the electric bass or are they really different?

helloooo, ive played bass (elec.) for about a year now, and i havent taken any lessons whatsoever. a friend of mine taught me and i thought it was a quick learn. If you can play a standup bass, then itll take you like a week to get the feel of an elec bass.

--mike

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I play field hockey, which mostly requires running, but now I'm off-season, and I need to do track.


In order to try out, you have to do push ups, sits ups, pull ups....all that fun stuff.

My question is, how exactly can you improve the amount of push-ups you do? I can do a few, but I want to be able to do more.

hmm, tough one i know i can lift quite a few pounds, but i cant do too many push ups. it just doesnt roll right for some people. you could always try lifting with dumbells and try bench pressing a couple times a week

--mike

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I am 13/f and I do dance, however can 30 mins of dance twice a week be considered enough excercise? Also, I am 5ft 4in and weigh like 140lbs which is considered Overweight. Would I need to do more excercise just to even maintain my weight and not get any bigger? Also, what types of clothes (for girls) look very slimming? I have a problem with fat protruding under my clothes making me look very horrible. What can I do about the saggy skin? It just hangs there. I want to look very tone and not jiggle at all. Society is so unaccepting of Big people like me it is hard to belive sometimes!

thats not really 'overweight', you might be a little heavy, but no worry. if you feel that its getting to you, consult a health and nutrition expert, its no big deal and they help a lot. try lifting weights, jogging for 10-30 minutes, because dance, i think, isnt gonna be enough alone.

sweatshirts and coats help, but be confident and you wont even have to worry about it

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this has been botherign the heck out of me for a week and a half now and i finalyl decided i cant handle it anymore. last week we had a b-ball game and we won and our coach expected us to run 13 suicides because we missed 13 lay up but we still won( 34-12) on that sunday i got a cold and was sick barely could breathe or anything. i couldnt miss school because i was having finals and had tog o. i had my dad talk to my coach and tell her that i didnt feel to good and i didnt want to show up feelin all shitty and get everyone on the team sick. so anyways she told my dad that i didnt have to go to pratice if i didnt feel good. adn honestly i ahvent felt good all week i showed up to one pratice but only stayed for 1 and 1/2 hours out of a 3 hour pratice. since i havent been going girls have been talkin shit about me behind me back and it isnt a rumors bc i heard them say it. i dont if i should go to pratice or nto. coach makes me feel liek the worest player by puttin peopel that dont go to pratice on the team instead me when i used to go to all pratice and i used to stay after and pratice extra. i am not used to quieting i never have and i dont know if i should. someone please tell me what to do. i feel like i am wasting my time for nothign.
p.s.
the captin is a snoby ..... and i dont like her. o and i already tryed tellin coach about the girls and she just blew me off and didnt care.

its your decision, if you feel like you ''cant handle'' it then quit. Forget what other people say about you, just tell them off (nicely lol).

on the other hand, think about it like i do...if you lose a game and have to run, run your hardest and show everyone else up. when your real tired after practice, that just shows you how hard you tried. You gotta have lots of heart and desire to get good, and even if your coach is harsh, hes just out there to teach. basketball is a team sport too, so, if its possible, try to become a leader on the team and make friends with them all

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How old do you have to be to get a tattoo? I am a 16/f and I live in WI. If that matters.

im 15/m, i got my first tattoo at 14 with a parent. News is that the law was changed from any age w/ a parent to 16 w/ a parent.

--mike

ps. here is some laws in your state http://www.tattoodesign.com/tattoo_laws/country/United_States/Wisconsin/1.htm

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Does anyone know any GOOD, downloading programs i can use to downloas music onto itunes? (please dont say Itunes because i dont want to pay. OR limewire - it messed up my computer.)

i use Morpheus (www.morpheus.com), it works really good. Of course every program like that is gonna be accompanied by spyware when you download anything, so visit www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ and download that program, it helps against spyware-virus'

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Ok so i have limewire and i downloaded atreyu - bleeding mascara (it was a music video) but it turns out it was a porno! so i deleted it but im really scared becuase what if it didnt really getdeleted and my parents find it.. is there anyway to make sure it was deleted? and to never be found on the computer?
please help asap! i rate 5's.
kthanxbye

haha great song by the way, but dont worry about it. if you pressed delete and emptied the recycle bin (hopefully you did) then you have nothing to worry about

even if the parentals see it, just tell them what happened..im sure they wont mind

if that program keeps hasseling you, try Morpheus.com and download that.

--mike

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hi ive tried a site to get onto myspace 'www.myspaceproxy.com' and its not working now, does anyone know any other sites like that to get onto myspace if its blocked on my pc? not 'www.sneakysurf.com'

thanks ahead of it all.

go to google, type in myspace.com, and click on google's cache and it should work.

--mike

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