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Welcome To The FishTankClan Summer Survival Thread You may want to read this thread in parts. it is indeed long __________________________ Well fish tankers, summer is coming upon us. You know what that means. Beer, drugs, girls, camping, beer, counterstrike, girls, all-nighters, campfires, beachhouses, girls. Well, maybe not for some of us. Whether you're a party animal or you're just going to sit around on your computer playing Counterstrike all summer, this thread is all about surviving summer, the right way. Although you might not agree with everything in this post, I'm sure some of it pertains to you. Friendship Summer can really take a toll on Friendships. Through my years, I've seen it all go down. For you college bound kids (such as me, soon enough) the hardest thing about summer and friendships is people moving. Some of your friends are going to go off to college in completely opposite directions of the globe, do you have what it takes to keep your cool, keep in contact, and keep sane? I've seen some people lose every one of their friends to the dreaded college move, including some of my high school friends, and if you're like some people, it ain't gonna be pretty. Some sink into a depression when their "friends forever" colleagues move away, and some shrug it off as if they could care less. If you truly do care about those people, I advise you to keep in contact with them. Even an e-mail address or a phone number can work wonders on keeping a friendship going. It's very hard to keep a friendship as strong as it was before "the move" when you only have limited contact. You or your friend will likely gain new friends, new things to do, and your communication will definately be cut in half, if not more. It's a hard thing to go through, but keep in contact with those who you care about and hopefully all will be well. If you feel the friendship slipping, I advise taking a trip to your friends campus or house, wherever they live now depending on how old you are. This can work wonders in rekindling a dying friendship. Another thing I've seen over the years is friends just completely shrugging off one another because they meet another group and fall into patterns with them. This can be really tough to deal with, because if you aren't a total ass, you aren't going to want to go up to your friend and bluntly say "Hey dickhead, why the hell are you hanging out with these jackasses and not me! I'm your friend, but you completely ditch me all the time to hang out with these morons." Although I have done that before, I wouldn't reccomend it unless you know what your getting yourself into. Doing that could really mess things up, and depending on the mindset of your friend, he might actually tell you to go stick a razorblade where the sun doesn't shine, and god knows we don't want that...unless you do. What I would suggest doing is simply sitting your friend down and having a nice sappy talk. Yes, you see it in movies and books, but it really works. Tell him how much you care about him, and how much it's hurting you to lose his friendship. It's likely that he'll snap out of whatever phase he's in and realize that he's being a jackass. He'll either say he's sorry, invite you to hang out with his friends, or he'll tell you to shut up and quit being a baby. While that last option isn't all that likely, I have seen it happen. If that goes down, I don't know what to tell you, because I don't know your situation, but that's when you have to make a decision : Is this really someone I want to be friends with? Do I need new friends? If you have to ask this question, you might already know the answer. Seriously, if you're questioning yourself on your friendships, and constantly asking yourslef if you need new friends, you probably do. If you aren't content with your current friendships, and are a shy person or just don't care to acquire new friends, I feel for you. There's a difference between being outgoing and just getting the necessary work done to soldify new friendships. To those of you who are shy, I would really suggest taking things slow. If you meet a new group of people, and don't have many friends, don't act all giddy and call them every single day. Don't give them the impression that you're a huge loser, even if you actually are. I would start out by doing something really casual, like sitting at one of their house' playing video games, or going to a movie, hell...even getting drunk one night. Going to a party early on in friendships can be either extremely useful, or disastrous. Large groups of friends have to have something in common, don't they? So if you go into a party with a fair amount of people that all know each other, you haven't tested the waters yet so to speak, and you start acting the way you normally act, you might have a shitload of conflicting personalities. Now don't take this as me saying you need to cater your personality to others, that's the exact opposite of what I'm trying to get across here. I'm simply saying if you're a crazy, crazy guy, and you go into a party with a bunch of mellowed out pot-heads that have strong opinions on a certain subject or acting matter, and you do something that really pisses a bunch of people off, you'd find that some people aren't afraid to just start stomping on faces. It's rare, but it happens. Keep these things in mind when you go out to parties, saying good-bye to friends who are moving onto bigger and (hopefully) better things, or just laying back and enjoying the warm, sunny days. Alcohol Ahh Alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of lifes problems. Well that line isn't entirely true, it does have a certain ring to it, don't you think? Alcohol can be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on how you use it. Summer means drinking, there's no other way about it. There's something about sitting on a patio cooking cheeseburgers knocking back shots of whiskey that warms the heart, as well as other things. If you plan on drinking more than a few days out of the week during summer, please make sure you can handle it. I've seen too many of my friends turn into alcoholic, brain-dead idiots, and I don't need to hear about it on these boards as well. Just kidding. Seriously though, if you plan on drinking more than 3 days out of the week, you better have a strong willpower, or at least option to do it every other week. People can shout alcoholic all they want, but two summers ago, I drank pretty much every. single. day. Yes, that's sad, but I kept my cool entirely, went through some summer school, worked a full time job on top of that, and nothing went wrong, I actually got a better sense of will power out of it. It was just like when I smoked pot every day, which changed me for the better. Keep yourself in a good mindset, and if you feel like your slipping, back the hell off, because you don't want a problem with alcohol. It's not easy to shrug off. When people think of drinking, they think of hangovers and vomiting. Personally, I love puking when I'm drunk. I make myself do it most of the times. You might be thinking "Whoa, he's got issues man!", but that really isn't the case. If I feel like absolute garbage because I drank too much whiskey then mixed Bacardi 151 on top of it, and I feel like I could go for a nice purging of the system, I'll simply chug down 8 glasses of water and sit around for about 4 minutes. By the fifth minute, if you truly did drink a bit much, and truly did drink 8 glasses of water in under 5 minutes, you're going to vomit. Not only will it feel great, and get rif of that stomache ache, but you won't be dry heaving because you just drank eight glasses of water! I'm not sure what you fools are into, but I dig on vomiting when I drink too much and feel like aboslute crap instead of going home, possibly puking out a car window while dry heaving, then feeling even worse because your throat is sore and you have a headache from the dry heaving. Hah. Drinking and driving is a no no. I'm ashamed to say I've done it a few of times. I'm really ashamed to say,although this was a few years ago, I've driven past my house and slammed a beer in my car while already somewhat drunk, pulled into a driveway, then turned around and went home,stumbling into my house. There aren't really any real excuses for drinking any driving. So you say you need to get home because you have to work at 6 in the morning, and the place your at has no alarm clock? Don't want to tell your parents your "sleeping at someones house" because they know you'll be drinking? Tough man. Most every excuse for drinking and driving can simply be solved by having one of your friends bring you home. Yes, you drove you car. Yes, it's going to be a pain in the ass to get it from your friends house tommorow, but hey, your the one who decided to drink, you gotta deal with the consequences. Although I did it a few times, I realize if I would have gotten pulled over once, got into a minor accident whether it be my fault or not, I would have been screwed. You get massive, 1000$+ fines, jailtime, the works. Don't drink and drive. Drinking Games Hack All you need is a lot of beer and a hacky sack! You and two or more friends gather in a circle and play hacky sack and whoever drops the hack drinks three. While playing your beer must be in your hand. When some one spills they must drink five or take a shot. Spilling is a foul, three fouls and you have to shotgun a beer or take two shots, it's your choice. The last person standing wins!! This game is loads of fun after a case or a bottle, enjoy!!!! Bite The Bag A paper bag is placed on the floor open. Everyone takes turns bending down and biting the bag, but the only catch is that your feet are the only thing allowed to touch the floor. After each person is done the bag is cut about 1 inch. For every level the people that pass must drink. If you fail to bite the bag you must shotgun a beer. In my opinion, this one is quite stupid. Suck and Chug You all know how to play suck and blow, right? Well, for those of you who don't, I guess I better explain it, huh? Ok, you need the same amount of guys and girls otherwise the game just isn't as fun. Everyone needs to be standing in a circle, boy then girl, and so on. Now, the first person puts a card to his/her lips and sucks in air and keeps the card to their lips, and passed the card to the left or right (whatever was decided on), and they keep passing the card until it is dropped. The pair that drops the card has to kiss. The variation to make this a drinking game is as follows: you must keep track of how many times the card was passed before it was dropped, and that is how many drinks the pair has to take. But the real kicker is that the pair has to take the drink out of the other person's mouth. For example, if the card was dropped after 6 passes, than the pair has to each take 3 drinks from the other one's mouth. So they have to basically kiss to get the drink. Get it? It all depends on how well you can SUCK!!!!! Have fun! Oh yeah, the less clothing you wear the more interesting it gets!! Coasters Participants of Coasters need a plentiful supply of coasters and beer. The coasters should be the cheap cardboard ones found in most bars. The game is played right at the bar or on a table. It begins with one coaster placed at the edge of the table. The object is to flick the coaster, with a finger, in the air and catch it, with the same hand, before it hits the table. Each round gives participants one chance to flip and catch the coaster(s). Those who cannot catch it have to drink the amount of coasters that were caught by the previous player. Play starts with one coaster and increases by one each round. It's fun to pick on uncoordinated people that can't catch more than two coasters Flip Cup A relay race game played with red plastic party cups. Teams are divided into 4 or 5, each with a half cup of beer, or 2 shots of hard liquor. The game is a relay race and each person much drink the contents of their cup and flip the cup from the edge of the table with there fingers to the upsidedown position on the table before the next member begins. First team to finish wins. Mega Caps This game has a very, very high buzz factorIt is a mix between quarters and caps. Have fun and be safe!! You need the following items: - At least two people (three recomended) - A medium to large cup for each participating member - A cup (smaller than the others, to make it a little more challenging, and avoid dying) for the middle - An ample supply of bottle caps and most importantly a shit load of beer Each player sits at equal distance from the other players in a cirle with their cups between their legs. The middle cup should be placed directly in the middle of all players. Elevating the cup on a cooler or small table usually works well. Each player must have a half of a beer in their cup. The middle cup should be filled half way with water to keep it from being knocked over. A player starts by tossing a cap either at another players cup or at the middle cup. If a player hits another players cup, the player who was hit has one shot back at the player who hit their cup. If he/she misses, he/she must drink their half beer and refill. However, if he/she makes it back, the player who originally made it has a shot back if he/she misses they have to drink a whole beer, and so on by half beers. Now if a player hits the middle cup everyone must chug their half beers. The last player to finish their beer must chug an entire beer. Amounts can vary but I recommend that you keep the middle cup penalty at a whole beer. Play till you see triple!! The Drinking Games is the only part I didn't write. Depression  Funny, Depression being listed after Alcohol. It's pure coincidence, I swear. Anyways, some people get major depression in the summer time, and there's a lot of ways to deal with it. First off, you need to realize what kind of depression you're experiencing. Are you sad because you don't have any friends? Do you feel frazzled, empty, like you don't know how to explain it, but the feeling just won't go away? I've been there myself more than a few times, and it can be a hard thing to shake. There's so many kinds of depression out there, you really have to try a bunch of different methods to rid yourself of it. First off, I'll list music. Music can have a huge, huge impact on your depression. If you feel like crap, listening to Dear Mama wouldn't be the best idea in the world, as it makes you want to cry, but honestly, crying might help you more than you could ever know. Sometimes it does magic to just bust out and cry for a good half an hour. Afterwards, you feel really drained emotionally and physically, but there's a small sense of closure when you're finished.But yes, music can uplift you, motivate you, or just plain make you feel a lot better, so check it out. I suggest more upbeat, fun music, such as A Tribe Called Quest, Dr. Dre, Beastie Boys, Gnarles Barkley, or Method Man & Redman. There is more, I could go on forever. Another thing that works really well, but is often overlooked, is just simply going outside and going for a walk. It's summer, and that means girls in skimpy clothing, people getting crazy, and the sun on your back. Walking around during the warm summer days can be extremely uplifting, and I for one have been feeling really shitty, gone for a walk and saw a hot girl in tight revealing clothing, smiled a bit, then turned around to see punks with odd-patterned clothing mohawks, and red/blue/pink hair probably walking the the closest Satan Worshipping church.Anything can happen when your outside, and who knows, you might even run into someone you haven't seen in a while. Driving around during the summer is equally fun if you're into mindlessly driving around. If you live in a large town it's especially good, because sometimes just seeing huge groups of people may put a smile on your face. Blasting music as loud as you want works too. I was getting a ride to school a few weeks ago and I saw someone driving in the opposite lane. We stopped at a stop-light, and there was a good 3 miles of straight road with no turn-off's whatsoever, so we were going to be aside each other for a long time. I looked over, and this girl was crying her eyes out. The day went from a pretty decent morning to really crappy quite quickly. I didn't realize how emotionally draining it is to watch someone cry for more than 5 minutes at a time. Seriously, you have no idea how bad I felt for this chick. All I wanted to do was get out of my car and into hers and ask her what's wrong. I wanted to know what the hell she was so sad about, that she could possibly keep up her endless sobbing for that long. By the time we reached the fourth stop-light, I stopped, and since I wasn't driving and didnt want to tell my friend to honk the horn, I just stared at her. She looked over, and I smiled. Surprisingly, she smiled back, tears still running from her eyes. Ten years from now I'll still remember that morning. Tying in with the friends section, they can have a humungous impact on your depression. If you have true friends, and you feel like shit, they should immediately notice and ask what's wrong. If you have horrible friends, they won't say a word, or worse, they'll say "What the hell's wrong with you? Quit acting like an idiot". Sadly, I've seen the last option happen. Friends can have a tremendous impact on depression, and life as a whole. They can make times worse, better, life changing, or just simply make that little difference that makes you smile. There were times that I've felt like crap, I then went over to a friends house and we went for a walk and, just talked with him or her for hours upon end, never getting bored or wondering what else is going on in the world. Just eating up every word they say and taking all of their advice because you feel so broken and vulnerable, only to have their advice and words to be the best thing that ever happened to you. Now that's friendship. Exercise can have a good benefit on your depression as well. For some people, all it takes to rid themselves of that horrid feeling is to pick up some weights and pump away, not thinking about how sore they're going to be tommorow, not thinking about how they have to get to work in an hour, or how they haven't hung out with their girlfriend in 2 weeks, or even how pissed thier parents are at them because they did something that really pissed them off. I highly suggest doing this, because it's one of the easiest ways to test out of that will help your depression. Don't have any weights? Find a rafter and do some pull-ups, then drop to the ground and do some push-ups. Not satisfied? Go outside and run for 20 minutes, I bet you'll feel at least a little bit better. Your own personal mindset is a huge part of depression, and anyone who says they can't change it just plain isn't trying hard enough. You can change your mindset no matter who you are, how messed up things in your life are, or no matter what anyone else tells you. Yes, it's a huge strain on your life to do so, but if you really need it to function in life properly, then it just needs to be done. No excuses. Do what you need to do. It's really hard to drop everything to try and fix something that's wrong in your life, but sometimes that's just the way the shit hits the fan, my friends. Have a full-time job to worry about and a girlfriend and bills up the ass but feel like you need to break away so bad, that if you don't, you'll explode? Do it. Take a walk, listen to your favorite music artist, talk to a stranger. Talk to a stranger? Did he just say that? Personally, I think talking to strangers can provide more insight than talking to everyone you know all at once. Not only is it a weird experience, but that stranger might just be someone who was just in your exact situation, and they might have life-changing advice. I've experienced this one personally while taking a walk with a friend. We were taking a walk and we just decided to walk up to some restaurant window and make faces at the people inside. One guy came out, and asked who we were so for some reason I told him we "sold biscuits becouse our mother owns a biscuit company". Somehow it led to conversation (as you naturally move to another subject) and I ended up finding out he was a Priest in west pennsylvania. Then before he left he prayed for us and said some weird blessing. It was pretty weird but gave us something to talk about. There are a lot of ways to deal with depression. Whether it be humour, excersise, writing, even the smallest things could turn your day around. (Making this thread definatly counts as writing  )"What a difference a day makes" Pranks Oh baby. Pranks can be so vile, so inhumane, yet so ridiculously fun, it's like having twenty orgasm and once while eating cheesecake. Well, maybe not that good, but if you find something that is that good, please for the love of christ let me know what it is, alright? Whether you want to get back that bastard who called you a "loser", or you simply want to ruins someones day, this section is for you. Alaska Fish Fertilizer Take Alaska Fish Fertilizer -- one of the most vile smelling substance on the planet and pour it into the air intake on a car. The smell permiates every bit of the car. It is so bad that the car is rendered undriveable. You can also pour this into just about any air intake for a church, a school or an office. Expanding Foam under a Door First off, never do this prank if there is a danger of trapping someone in a room. Take a can of expanding polystyrene foam and squirt it under a door that opens into a room. The foam will expand and harden creating a very difficult to dislodge doorstop. If the door has weather stripping along the bottom, take a screwdriver and gently lift the skirt so you can squirt under it. The great thing about the weather stripping is that it keeps the foam contained on the far side making it harder to figure out why the door will not budge. If you can get access to the other side of the door, use some clear plastic tape to seal the crack under the door to prevent it from seeping out and being noticed. While you are at it, seal the hinges and any cracks around the door. The foam can be chipped away, but it is a very messy job. Planting Pot Seeds in your neighbors yard As if it needs to be said, this following prank is very illegal. It is only listed here for a cheap laugh. Don't try it. Anyone that smokes pot is going to end up with a few seeds laying about. It's like popcorn kernels. If you eat lots of popcorn at your home, you will find a few scattered about on occasion. Face it, if you are in possession of seeds, that could be grown into a plant and growing is generally a crime as well. You could be charge with intent to distribute or some other crazy law. So what do you do with the seeds? Plant them in your neighbors yard, what else? Just toss a few into your neighbors lovely flower bed. By the time they sprout and grow into a plant they can recognize, they will either mess their pants or thank their lucky stars. Either way, they will be too busy to hassle you about your trash can lid not being secure or some silly offense like that. Fiberglass in the dryer Most people do not know that itching powder is usually nothing more than fiberglass dust. It's quite nasty, but for the most part harmless. I learned about how itchy fiberglass is when I was a kid at a wedding. The adults did not want us to bothering them, so we decided to play on the nice fluffy rolls of insulation we found laying about in an unfinished room. By the time we figured out we were itching because of the fiberglass, we were going out of our minds. We didn't have any clothes to change into and it was a very long ride home in the car. A small chunk of fiberglass will most likely disintegrate and make it's way into the lint trap. Well, most of it will. Small invisible shards will work their way into the victims clothing and make their lives a living hell. Especially if it takes a while for them to figure out why the clothes itch, which clothes are infected and who added the fiberglass in the first place. I didn't write those pranks. Add your own! Drugs This was writen by someone else, I don't do drugs Ahhh drugs. They can be your best friends, or your worst enemy. Either way you look at it, marijuana is not as harmful as idiotic closed minded mothers think, and hard drugs are stupid and pointless. Sure, doing ecstacy and acid might seem like a good idea, but I assure you, it isn't. If you're hell bent on doing hard drugs, and just won't have it any other way, I say go for it. Don't overdo it. Don't do it more than a handful of times. You can simply throw out this advice, I won't care, but it's your ass on the line sucko. I've done a lot of hard drugs. I've done them many times. I've seen friends waste away from it, and I've kept my mindset in a good place the last couple years while doing so. Personally, if you don't have a strong willpower, you should not do hard drugs. Period. The friends that got messed up on meth, coke, acid, even heroin, I still talk to them sometimes. They're basically braindead, doomed to work at Mcdonalds the rest of their lives, and I just wonder how damned easy it could have happened to me provided I take a "I don't give a damn" attitude to the whole situation. I knew not to do it, and I refrained. They didn't, and their braindead. Coincidence? Nope. Marijuana is a wonderful drug. I know I'll have 14 year olds tearing me apart for that statement, but honestly, can you give me proof that it isn't? With the thousands of people marijuana helps feel good, get cured, or just plain fall asleep at night not crying their eyes out, well, I'm sure they would agree with me as well. Marijuana, like any mind altering substance, is good in moderation. It's good when you abuse the hell out of it as well, if, and only if, you can handle such a thing. My Junior and Senior years of High School I smoked dope every day. Every day. I think there was a total of like 10 days in those 2 years that I didn't smoke, either because I had a speech to give, or I was afraid I was going to be called down to the office for some odd reason. Personally, I think it changed my life for the better. I became a light-hearted person, not giving two shits what some dumbass gangster wannabe kid thought of me. I lost all inhibition for what people thought about me, but in a good way. I didn't shut out my feelings or bottle them up inside until they exploded. I found other ways to deal with anger. Although it may sounds like I was using marijuana to deal with High School, it was exactly the opposite. I was extremely popular in High School, especially the Junior and Senior years when I wasn't being a cocky asshole to everyone around me. It helped me, but only because I had an extremely determined, and needing, hungering mindset. If you're doing to do drugs during the summer, keep your head clean, keep your mind where you need it to be, and if you feel yourself slipping, back the hell off. It's better to quit drugs completely for a month than to turn into an idiot for the rest of your life. You have your entire life to mess around with things. Food Food is a huge part of summer. Whether you're getting drunk grilling out, sitting by a camp-fire, or having a picnic, summer is always filled with unique and fun ways to enjoy food. Who doesn't love grilling some chicken on the grill, while opening a cool, refreshing can of beer, and just chilling at your house, taking the occasional dip in the pool. A hot lazy summer day and none of your friends are around. Then go inside and get some 7 Layer dip for your potato chips. by the way, my moms Italian potato salad is awsome Add your own foods if you'd like. Suicide and Parents Suicide is brought up a lot throughout society. Television, movies, the news. You hear about it, you talk about it, you see billboards on it. Coffee mugs. Dump trucks asking you if you're depressed, Billboards putting self help ads on the highway. Maybe I'm overexaggerating. Suicide is the worst thing you could do to yourself, and others. Even if you think noone in the world gives two shits about you, it's purely not true. If you take your own life, you will never know how many people will be affected by it. The person you smile at in school every once in a while, the kid you talk to in math class, the girl who you think hates you (but really likes you a lot and is too afraid to come out and say something), you just never know who could truly care about you. You think your parents hate your guts? It isn't true. I don't care what you say, you're parents cannot hate you, it's not humanly possible. If you kill yourself, you'll cause a wake of emotional destruction that could damage hundreds of people, could send them into a depression, could cause them to kill themselves. You just never know. Don't take your own life, even if you truly do have the worst life in the world. Things may or may not get better soon, but they will get better. If you're at rock bottom, the only way you can go is up. Life in general, is a funny thing. Whether you have it good, living in your parents house, jobless, getting everything you could possibly imagine, or you're dirt poor living with 5 family members in a one bedroom apartment, life is what you make of it. You've heard it time and time again, but would you hear it so much if it wasn't true? With obvious exceptions, you make your life terrible, or great. Sure, you may not have money, or a lot of material possessions, but there's more to life than playing video games all day, collecting that 300th DVD, or upgrading your 13" rims on your car to 14"'s. For the younger crowd including myself, you may not realize it now, but your parents are right. You might have terrible parents, and I'm really sorry for you if your one of the bunch of misfortunate kids who have deadbeat parents. I'm sorry if your parents are divorced, it's not an easy thing to go through becouse mine are also divorced. I've seen deadbeat parents, and it almost makes me cry. Kids who get their lives and thought processes permenently altered because their parents brought them up to be hateful, despising little pieces of garbage is enough to make anyone sad. When they bring others into it is when it gets really ugly. I used to be friends with a kid who's parents were possibly the worst I've ever seen. I'd go over there to hang out, and his mother would come in and start swearing at him, telling him to do the dishes. Telling him if he didn't make food for them, he would have to do the dishes. She would tell him he should clean up this "pig stye of a house", even though he cleans it every day, and they purposefully mess it up just so they can tell him to clean it. His dad was an alcoholic, and he would beat him. I almost kicked the shit out of him one day, when I went over there. My friend started crying and he came in, he asked what the hell he was crying about, and to stop being such a baby. I realized at that moment that the kid would never be the same, no matter how many talks I gave him, how many times I said I'm sorry. It's truly sad. Now it's not like I was with this kid everyday, but I talked to him at lucnh sometimes, and went to his house to play basketball. His dad once slapped him for playong Horse wrong. They moved away and I haven't talked to him since. Why? I don't really know. It's been a long time. One of my better friends? no. Does it matter how close you are to the person? no. You can feel for anyone. If I can give you one piece of advice that you'll follow, it's to be yourself. This is another thing you've heard time and time again, but you wouldn't hear it if it wasn't true, right? If you conform to fit someone's views who you want to be friends with, and you take such an extreme liking to this person that you cannot live without them, how could you possibly keep that act up for 2 months, 8 months, a year? You couldn't, and it would hurt really bad to lose someone if you really, truly care about them a lot. Although if said person was truly a friend, you could say "hey, I don't really act like this, I'm going to start being myself, I hope you aren't angry" and they would completely understand. If you be yourself, even if it takes years, friends will come. I've known people who go their whole lives with little, or no friends at all. Some can handle it, and some can't. Even if it takes months, years, be yourself and friends will come to you. It's only when you be yourself that true friend will show themselves. Watch out for people who are out to use you, and toss you aside at the first inconvenience. They're more common than you think. I've had my fair share of friends you think actually care about you, but when push comes to shove, they'll throw you off the boat quicker than you can say "he did it!". It's unexplainably painful when a so-called friend shows himself in his true form, and you lose him forever, and the pain rarely fades away. In some cases, you can shrug it off, but in most cases, it sticks with you. It touches a piece of you that just makes you hang your head and sob for a little bit. Videogames to play over the summer! Resident Evil 4 This brings back some classic RE. the only minor flaw is they aaren't really zombies, well thats the storyline at least. Mario 64 Yes! revisit this classic game, it is truly fun Diablo II This, is to me, the greatest game of all time. It takes time, patients, skill, friends, and more. the odd angle you view the game makes it more special, unique, and perfect. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Possibly the best Star Wars game ever. Amazing. Flawless (well, I would prefer some HLA between the main characters if you know what I mean )Counterstrike Do I really need to say anything? Any sports games Meeting New People This is a hard thing to do for a lot of people. Summer means parties, and lots of them, and a lot of you guys are dreading it. I can tell. If you're shy, meeting new people can be dreadful, and there's a few things you can do to change that. First off, upping your self confidence is a must. Sure, it's easy for me to say sitting behind this computer screen, but honestly, if you aren't content with yourself there's no way your going to become unshy. If you throw depression into the mix, it can be a really deadly combo that makes you feel like you just want to shut yourself inside your room and never come out. Simply play video games and go on the internet for all of eternity. Well, if that's what you really want to do, I can't stop you, now can I? There's no easy way to fix it, but you have to start with yourself first. I suggest going slow. If you're really shy, try simply saying hi to the person you would like to become friends with. Over time, elongate the conversation a little bit by adding bits and pieces of information. Try telling them what you're into, but don't make it seem like your really eager or awkward, or they might think their the ones that are turning you off, when in fact it's really your own shyness. Taking it slow is the best way to go, especially if you have depression as well. If you just can't shake the feeling that eveyone is laughing at you, I'll suggest something drastic. If you're able, go up to random people and just start chatting with them. Sooner or later, you'll find a real talkative one, and the lead up to finding this person will be well needed experience. Chances are this talkative stranger doesn't care who you are and will just jabber away, asking questions and such, so it can be really, really helpful if you're shy. This also works wonders on depression. If you're doing this to random people where you work and such you'll probably never see them again, so why worry what they think? Not that you should even if you were to see them again. Most people aren't animals, and will listen when being spoken to. Some will even feel you out and say something that you seem why, maybe even suggest ways to deal with it. Think about it. I can't really think of anything else, so please post your own info on this subject if you would like. I Guess What I'm Really Trying To Say Is... Have fun! Isn't that what summer is all about? If you spend your life worrying about who your friends are, getting the girl, buying that video game, or all the other things you could worry about without having fun, your life is going to be terrible. Even if you're the most depressed, cynical, maniacal person out there, you should at least take a little time to yourself each day, whether it be taking a walk, listening to one of your favorite songs, or talking with a favorite friend. Whether your depressed, shy, crazy, whatever, I'm sure there's something in this thread that pertains to you. Keep a good mindset and you can get through anything This thread is a compilation of my thoughts and a few things I took from the internet to make it a more worthy thread. Feel free to add your own information, thoughts, foods, drinking games, or whatever you want into this thread! Edited Fri Jun 02 2006, 08:39PM |
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All you need to do is FEEL the mother fucking WOOOOOOOOOOO! | ||
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This is an impressive thread, Wu. Despite some of the sections being off-base for older members of this forum this post gives me some topics of introspection. You've certainly earned a fair amount of respect from me for putting together such a thoughtful post. Thanks! |
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Wow, are you an english major, have too much time on your hands, AND fucking awesome? I don't know the answer, but you are the last bit, great post. Did you write all that? Crazy man, I intend to play soccer all summer long, while drinking and getting girls. Ahhh summer. | ||
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My assumption, Wu, is that you are in your late teenage years. If I am correct, then I tip my hat to you, Wu; as you are wise beyond your years. I have to hand it to you, a great, well thought thread. I remember one summer getting completely hammered with a friend, then driving around the city, going the wrong way down one way streets, hanging out the window taking pictures of cops. Not a summer activity I would suggest. To all the younger members of this community, I would like to offer some advice; you can disregard, or heed it. Here it is… It is better to regret doing something than regret not doing something. Believe me, at 23, I have made a lot of mistakes in my life, some of which I truly regret. But, to be honest, now I look back fondly at the mistakes I made. I laugh at the ugly girls I hooked up with and the bad decisions I made. Despite all the mistakes and bad decisions, I regret many things that I never gave myself the opportunity to do. At 23, I would give anything to be 15 again. If 15, I would try to experience everything I possibly could. There were many times when I did not hang out with old friends because I was jealous of their new friends. There were times when I felt jealous, above, or too cool about certain things. This is what I regret. I sold myself short because of my own jealousy and pride. Please don’t make the same mistakes. Enjoy your youth. Things only go downhill with age. Sure, at 23, I can go to bars, and do whatever I want, whenever I please, but I can never go back to the days of a fun-loving, carefree youth. Now, I have to pay bills and balance my checkbook. I’m not suggesting you go out and smoke heroin, but seize the day, and live each like it was your last…always. Friends will come and go, except for a few. Cherish the friends who stick with you. Never judge your friends, publicly; but, give them hell privately. I would like to leave you with lyrics from a song from back in the day. The following are not my words. Please, I beg you, read them slowly and digest them. This is some of the greatest advice I have ever heard. Without further adieu, here it is… Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's. Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own. Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out. Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. Edited Sun Jun 04 2006, 06:08AM |
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"give anything to be 15 again. If 15, I would try to experience everything I possibly could. There were many times when I did not hang out with old friends because I was jealous of their new friends" I do that too, I read the whole thing..all good advice What song is that |
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Took me until today to read that whole post (slow day at work), but it was worth it. I remember when that song was on the radio. I must have been... 15! (naa younger than that actually). I dunno, I guess I just want to turn 21 then stop there, but we all know that's not going to happen. | ||
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cheers. now its actually summer | ||
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lol i kinda just skimmed through it but nice one. I don't think I'll be needing the Drugs, Drinking and driving, loss of friends stuff, but the information is 100% effective it made me start to think about things... |
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