Life. Who sined up?

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  • Bio0

    word.

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    No more like: "Like teardrops from glorified monkeys". Pfft....

  • ribit0

    well what are we going to do about it people?!!

    lets divide up into groups:
    - some go looking for space aliens to save us
    - some patch up the sun so it doesnt explode
    - dig up all the dead people and get their DNA and scan their brains too
    - we need one group working on uploading our brains and DNA records onto the network..
    - and then we need to put it all on spaceships that can escape the supernova...

    now get to it!

    I'm off to watch the Simpsons...

  • Mal0

    Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
    Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
    The years go by, as quickly as you wink
    Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

    It's good to be wise when you're young
    'Cos you can only be young but the once
    Enjoy yourself and have lots of fun
    So glad and live life longer than you've ever done

    Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
    Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
    The years go by, as quickly as you wink
    Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

    Never right, yes I know
    Get wisdom, knowledge and understanding
    These three, were given free by the maker
    Go to school, learn the rules, don't be no faker
    It's not wise for you to be a foot stool

    Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
    Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
    The years go by, as quickly as you wink
    Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

    Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
    Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
    The years go by, as quickly as you wink
    Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

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    yep, live life large and venture out to see things, so you get a better perspective on life.

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  • BonSeff0

    hey, at least you are not bait for bigger fish, or are you

  • brooke0

    "If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proven by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

    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.

    Sing.

    Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

    Floss.

    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.

    Stretch.

    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.

    Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

    Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

    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.

    But trust me on the sunscreen."

    (Mary Schmich, 1999)

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    I tell you this much, as soon as I qualify for retirement at like 50, I am out of USA and headed to a Farm in Southern Africa with my wife and living my life in a simple manner. I am dropping out and my synapse energy can do whatever the hell it damn well feels like, 'cause my guts will be feeding daisies or in their case cactii.

  • Bio0

    nice brooke.
    made me a bit happier to read.

    life is good for me anyway, so i cant complain. =b

  • mummer_10

    funny thing. talking about death and mortality winds up being the most positive thread i've ever seen at nt.com.

  • mrdobolina0

    Live Fast, Die Young

    - The Circle Jerks

    Sorry but all the quotes made me want to participate. (:

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    hah a