How to Be Happy and Love Yourself Even when Everyone Puts You Down

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"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"

         -  Auntie Mame

Finding your own happiness starts and ends with you. Read on to find out how to have more joy in life.

Steps

1. Listen to the put down: is it something petty, like, "I hate that color on you", or is a rude comment, such as, "You're lazy!"? Petty comments should be brushed off, but rude comments need more attention.
2. If you decide it's a rude comment, ask yourself, "Is that true? Am I lazy?" If you know the answer off the top of your head, then brush off the comment (unless its repeated behavior, then you may want to avoid that person, or tell your boss/teacher, if needed).
3. If you don't know, then you can either ask a trusted friend if they think the comment is true, or you can ask the person why they made that comment, and to give you examples. A good friend will be constructive and help you as much as they can.

Tips

• Get to know who you are and what you want. When you are comfortable in your own skin, loving yourself comes naturally.
• You may need to spend more time alone to get to know yourself. Ask yourself, "What do you want?" What makes you happy?" "What don't you like?" What are you willing to do to please yourself?" Keeping a journal is highly recommended.
• When you know who you are, and what you like, you will begin to attract like-minded people. "Birds of a feather flock together" is NOT just a saying.
• Having like-minded, supportive friends will help you ignore the small stuff.
• Remember, it all starts with you getting to know yourself and liking yourself. Until you do that, don't be surprised if few people like you.
• Good luck on your journey to joy!

Warnings

• There are people who are just plain mean spirited. They tend to be jealous of kind hearted, friendly, and/or happy people. Stay away from them as much as possible.

How to Dry Yourself Off After a Shower

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Drying yourself after a shower or bath is best when you use two towels, one for your hair and one for body, for complete drying after a shower. Make sure you also add a warm terry robe, to slip into after drying yourself. In the cooler weather this will retain the heat of the warm shower, and make sure you are not chilled as you dress.

Steps

1. Before your shower, prepare two towels. One of them should be a larger than the other . If you have extremely long hair you probably will need a larger towel for your hair. Hang the towels and robe over the door knob or on the towel racks within easy reach after you finish the shower.
2. Close the door to maintain the heat that is in the room, due to the warm shower. This will keep you warm, especially on the chilly day of winter.
3. Shower and wash your hair,and use your hands to squeeze out any water left in your hair.
4. Move your hands rapidly over your body to remove as much water as you can. The movement should be quick, from the center of the body to the extremes of the body. This is done before you use any towel.
5. If you have long body hair (like most men, and some women), you must also rub your hand against the direction of your hair growth. This will remove water trapped between your hair and your body.
6. Take the smaller towel, and wrap your hair into it, tucking it so it is secure and looks like a turben.
7. Use the larger towel to dry yourself. Wrap it around your back and dry your arms, and legs, and walk out of the shower stall.
8. Continue to dry your body, and wrap yourself into a terry robe, while you dry your hair.

Tips

• Towel absorption is a function of the size of miniature loops woven into it. The bigger the loops (look closely), the better the absorption.
• Cotton towels are better than synthetic ones.
• Don't use fabric softener on your towels! This will prevent them from being as absorbent as possible. Save the fabric softener for the sheets you hop into after your shower.

Warnings

• Rub firmly, but gently. Don't irritate your skin!

Things You'll Need

• 2 or 3 towels, as large as possible depending on your own body size, and the length of your hair.

How to Avoid Getting into an Argument over Harry Potter

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Are you a Harry Potter fan? Don't like fighting was people who are not? This is right for you.

Steps

1. If your friend/person/other is not a fan because of godly reasons, respect them and what they believe in. Don't go and yell at them for it.
2. If they have not read the books, politely ask them why.
3. If they say the books are too long, just tell them to try reading 1-10 pages a day. If the say the books are against god, tell them they are not.
4. Try and politely convince them to read the books.
5. When you find out they do not like Harry Potter, try and get off topic.
6. Do not yell at them.
7. Agreeing to disagree is a good choice if you want to stay friends.

Tips

• Don't bring up Harry Potter when meeting new people at first; that could avoid the whole, awful mess.
• If you cannot stay friends, well, try and meet other people.
• Be firm but polite
• Remember, not every one has to like the same thing

Warnings

• Don't be rude and/or yell at them.
• Never get violent.

Things You'll Need

• A strong love for Harry Potter
• An open mind

How to Pass Gas in Bed Without Anyone Knowing

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When you're sharing your bed with someone (married or not) the potential for an innocent emission to become an embarrassing blunder is immense. Follow these somewhat fail proof steps to keep your partner's respect level the same as it was before you got horizontal. While not limited to the bed, the same technique when mastered can be applied to any number of more public places, such as elevators, cars, waiting in line etc.

Steps

1. Position yourself on your back lying flat with your hands on your sides. Try not to call too much attention to yourself be natural.
2. Slide your hands under your buttocks with your palms placed upward. Left palm on the left buttock and right palm on the right buttock with the thumbs pointing out respectively.
3. Firmly position the tips of your fingers on the crevice edge of the buttocks and slowly spread them apart. You want to do this slowly until your sphincter is slightly open.
4. With your sphincter slightly open gently push the gas out your anus by mildly bearing down. They key is to be slow and silent. Imagine blowing a mouthful of air through loosely pursed lips. It's roughly the same effect.
5. When you've passed as much gas as you can release the buttocks and let your sphincter close back up naturally.
6. Congratulations you've just emitted gas without anyone knowing.

Tips

• Occasionally your emissions will be accompanied by an over powering odor. There are many ways to mask this but one of the most effective ways is to keep your area of the bed sealed by making sure nothing leaks out of the covers.
• You can seal the covers simply by repositioning your arms when done emitting along the top seam of the covers to the left and right side of your body. Keep this firm and sealed for about 2 minutes as the air clears.
• Hopefully if you're sharing a bed with someone, you already feel comfortable enough that if this should happen, it won't be a disaster.

Warnings

• At times the odor will be too potent to cover up or seal. In situations like this it helps if your partner is asleep as noise is much more noticeable than smell when sleeping. If your partner is awake and smells something out of the ordinary try to draw blame on something else - like an open window, a family pet, shoes under the bed or anything else that has the potention of generally smelling bad. Get creative and have fun with it...

How to Burp

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A burp, also known as a belch and medically as "eructation," is your body's way of releasing small amounts of air that is trapped on its way down with your food and drink. Knowing how to burp on command can be helpful when you feel bloated and you know you need to burp, and also if you're goofing off and want to have a comedic burping contest. In some cultures, the chef even considers it a compliment if you burp after a meal!

Steps

1. Stand up--or at least, sit up. Gas goes up. If you're lying down, you're less likely to burp.
2. Drink a heavily carbonated beverage. By swallowing the beverage, you will necessarily introduce gas into your stomach. When the gas rises in a burp, it may bring other gases up with it, which is helpful if you're trying to relieve excess air.
3. Close your mouth and nostrils so that you cannot inhale any additional air. Then exhale and swallow the exhaled air with saliva. In this case, you introduce air just so that you can burp it. This is useful for burping on command but might not help release existing gas.
4. Ask someone to gently pat you on the middle of your back and alternate with rubbing in circular motions. This can stimulate the air to rise, similar to when it's done with babies.
5. Close your mouth as you burp and let the gas come out through your nose. Hold your hand up to your nose so that the air released dissipates against it. Doing this will help your burp be as subtle as possible.

Warnings

• Burping is considered rude in most Western nations.

How to Stay Calm While Losing a Video Game

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Ever get that feeling that you just want to kick someone when he or she gains a life or get the "You Win" screen? This is a simple guide of how to keep your pants on and not lose your cool.

Steps

1. Do not hit the controller on the ground or slam the keyboard. When you do this, the stuff inside of it will either break or disconnect and won't work again (e.g. character won't stop moving right because the joystick is messed up).
2. Hit something you know that it will not break (e.g. pillows, couch, etc.), but never hit the floor. You could damage something a lot more important than a controller.
3. Stop playing the game for 20 minutes; take a break, have a drink or watch some TV. You can always play another game, of course.
4. When you get back on the game, don't head right into the level. Warm up on the tutorial missions or the first level. If you are warmed up, you won't make as many careless mistakes (e.g. fall off an edge or walk into an explosive).
5. Get plenty of sleep, take care of your body, eat properly, and you'll be amazed at how well you play games due to sharp reaction times. Sleepiness, poor health, and dehydration lead to slower reaction time, which in turn lowers your skills in games that require fast thinking on your part.
6. Repeat steps as necessary.
7. Learn from your mistakes! Games are fun because they offer 'challenges'. So if you die (or fail a mission, or don't 'win' against a competitor), think, "That's OK, I'm only competing against myself, and I'm getting better all the time (if you are learning from your mistakes). If you don't know what you are doing wrong, check the instruction manual, go through the tutorial, or ask someone who knows the game better. We are all 'newbs' (new players) at first. Sometimes it's not you, but a game programmed stupidly, so just sigh and deal with it until you get past the 'dumb' parts.
8. Realize that not ALL battle can be won, try to escape, and if you wish, come back with more health. (I.E. fighting a monster/person higher level than you with low, low health, or like in Tales of Symphonia, there is a boss fight just before heading to a location, and one of your party attacks you, that battle is not non-winnable, but is very difficult to beat.)
9. When you are dying, it is okay to stop for a while and strategize. After all, strategy is vital (charging in and button mashing is considered a strategy, but it usually is not the best one).

Tips

• Some cheats may help you to ease your frustration and bypass a part of the game that you feel is too hard. However, cheats will really render the point of the game obsolete, and should never be used if you've tried so many times (over a reasonable length of time) to get past a stage; that you're sure it is impossible.
• All of the above can also work in real-life sports.
• Try to remember that if you are playing multi-player, you could hurt one's feelings with a bad attitude.

Warnings

• Using cheats might get you addicted to playing it the easy way. Use them as little as possible.
• Do not go into an angry fit and lash out at others. Try to tell yourself that it is only a game!

Things You'll Need

• Game manual
• A calm mind

How to Tell Your Lesbian Friend That You Are Straight and Not Interested in Her

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If you're a girl who hangs out with a lot of lesbians, chances are you've had a few awkward moments. If you think your lesbian friend is crushing on you, here's what to do.

Steps

1. Be sure you are correct about the attraction. Just because she's a lesbian, this doesn't mean that she's interested in you. You may be misinterpreting signs. You could look really stupid or arrogant if you're wrong.
2. Be forthright. If you know that she's interested in you, let her know that the feeling is not mutual.
3. Avoid saying that you respect her "lifestyle." Sexual orientation is not a lifestyle, it's a large part of who someone is. Whether you believe that or not, she does. You can say that its not who you are, and she should respect that.
4. Rejection hurts, no matter what the reason. Explain that you are not rejecting her as a person. You are just not attracted to her or you are not a lesbian.
5. Speak to her in private. Never publicly humiliate anyone whose friendship you wish to retain. Do not spring the news on a national talk show, for example.
6. Tell her you still want to be friends, assuming you do. Tell her that you value her friendship, but it's not likely that the relationship developing into something other than platonic.

Tips

• Be kind.
• Be respectful.
• Be honest.
• Listen to her response.
• Don't put emphasis on gay and straight.

Warnings

• As with any rejection, be careful not to hurt the friendship. Make sure you are gentle with her feelings. It was not easy for her to admit her attraction to you.
• Don't assume she has a crush on you, wait until she's made it abundantly clear, for example if she's asked you out. Chances are she's asked you out because she believes that you like her back.

How to Dress up as Goku from Dragonball Z

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Dress up as the the main character from Dragonball Z!

Steps

1. Get a blue short sleeve T-shirt.
2. Get an orange vest and put it over the t-shirt
3. Get an orange sagging pants and make sure the vest is tucked in.
4. Get a blue waistband.
5. Get blue wristbands.
6. Get blue leg warmers, and paint the top edges and a line down the front of the leg warmers yellow.
7. Get blue dress shoes with red shoelaces and paint the middle down yellow.
8. Get blue wristbands.
9. Get a wig, make it that resembles Goku's and put on a wig.
10. and you're Goku. Don't beat anybody to pulp on Halloween night!

Things You'll Need

• t-shirt
• vest
• pants
• belt
• paint
• wig
• leg warmers
• shoes
• wristbands

How to Write a Report on Paul Revere

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Before you can write the report, you have to find out who Paul Revere was, and what he did. You will have to research him on the Internet, in the library, or in the book stores. Once you have done this, then you will be ready to write the report on him. If you follow the following steps you should be able to write an intelligent report, and at the same time learn a bit of American History.

Steps

1. Sit down at the computer, and put the name Paul Revere into your search engine.
2. Read a few of the articles that come up, and print out the information that you need, so that you can refer to it when you write your report.
3. Go to the library, and ask the Librarian to show you where you can find books about him.
4. Go to the bookstores, and check out the history shelves. If you can't find Paul Revere by name, look at books about American History. Ask for assistance if you still can't find it.
5. Sit down at one of the tables, and read. You should have brought a note book with you and pencil to take notes on what you have read in the books.

Tips

• Make sure you find out who Paul Revere was.
• Know what year he was born, and died and what it was that made him famous. What did he say, and what did he do.
• Find out what people thought about him.
• Give your opinion about what he did, were you impressed by his actions, and explain why.
• Can you relate his actions or his deeds to the country now?

Warnings

• Do not copy word for word from the internet information
• Do not copy line for line from the books.
• The teacher will know it was copied and will 'fail' you
• Read it, think about it, and learn it, talk it over with your parents, then write it in your own words.

Things You'll Need

• A computer
• A Library card
• Notebook and pencils

How to Pick up a Puppy

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You can pick up a puppy if its at the pet store, or if its yours.

Steps

1. Pick up the puppy.
2. Support the puppy's legs.
3. Be sure to touch the puppy's bottom.
4. Hold the puppy by its ribs.
5. Carry the puppy.
6. Put the puppy down on a counter or table.
7. When you're done holding the puppy, put it down.
8. Let the puppy go.

Tips

• You can pick up a puppy you know, if it's your friend, or if it's yours.

Warnings

• Don't touch the puppy's private parts.
• Don't pick up a dog you don't know.
• If you pick up a dog you don't know, the dog will bite you, attack you or hurt you.
• You could get hurt by a dog you don't know.

Things You'll Need

• A puppy
• A crate or a cage
• A counter or table

How to Deal With Message Board Criticism

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Online message board communities can be a rough and dangerous place to expose one's mental sanity. In order to preserve your mental health and control internet anger, here are some tips for dealing with criticism.

Steps

1. Observe that someone has criticized one of your ideas, beliefs, thoughts, views, or all of the above.
2. Remember that the person is criticizing an intellectual concept and NOT you personally.
3. If you feel anger or rage, take a break from the message board and find a constructive (and safe) way to release your rage.
4. Re-read the critique that upset you. Try to maintain a calm and cool manner while doing so.
5. Even if the criticism was written in an emotionally charged way, try to respond as cooly and objectively as possible.
6. Post your reply after spell checking and reading it over to make sure you haven't been unnecessarily emotional.
7. Reward yourself for a job well done by treating yourself. Eat one of your favorite snack foods. Listen to some good music. Whatever. Just help encourage yourself to do the RIGHT thing.

Tips

• Yes, some people ARE criticizing you personally. You can usually tell when they seem to be making references to your personal appearance, lifestyle, or family members. Report such message board users to the board's administrators.
• If the board's admin is the one saying awful, personal verbal insults to you, feel free to express your anger in a intelligent way, and then never bother visting that board again. In any case, you won't be able to visit because you've now been banned.
• If you and another poster are in a true debate and just can't seem to persuade one another to change viewpoints... just agree to disagree and move on with your lives.
• There are millions of different message boards on the internet. If you do not like the one you are on because people criticize everything you say, GO TO ANOTHER BOARD.
• No reason exists that supports you staying on a message board you hate just for the sake of letting the members of the board know that you hate them. That is a petty reason to stay. Go elsewhere and find happiness.

Warnings

• If you are an internet troll, this whole section was useless to you. Your main intention is to get emotionally charged about everything and make every post an insult. Feel free to ignore this.
• Following these tips may actually help to alleviate online stress. If you enjoy being miserable, please disregard this advice.

How to Outrun a Dog

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A good plan for outrunning any canine pursuers.

Steps

1. Just move your legs as fast you can dogs are usually pretty slow, if the dog's really fast he'll catch up to you and then you just stop really fast and the dog will keep going and hopefully run into something or trip over it's barely coordinated legs
2. There's really no chance of failure as long as you stay calm and think, dogs can't think, as a beast tamed and bred by man for hundreds of generations dogs have become physically and mentally slow,but children and the elderly should LOOK OUT because small dogs can surprise you

Tips

• Throw a stick
• Get in a boat and take the chase to sea
• If you can find a cliff you are in luck because dog's are nearsighted

How to Stay a Night at Grandma's House when You Can't Sleep

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Do you have to stay at Grandma's house for a night and then you can not fall asleep because it might be too hot, or you are just not tired?

Steps

1. 
   Make sure that before you go to grandma's prepare 2 bags, one for clothes, and another for play things, like toys.
2. for the cloths you can pack a pair of pj's, 2 pairs of underwear, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, deodorant, lotion, if your a girl you need 1 or 2 bra's, and pads or tampons, a change of cloths for the next
3. For your toy bag you can pack your CD player or iPod, gameboy, or any hand held game, a small fan if its hot, your favorite stuffed animal, also a movie if you want to, book.
4. Go to her house and do whatever she asks and also do somethings you like to do at her house like you could possibly bring a movie and watch.
5. Take a shower or bath before bed
6. When it's time for bed go to bed and if you are tired go to sleep if you aren't it is time to bring out some toys out of your toy bag!

Tips

• make the funnest out of grandma's visits! Remember she loves you!!

Warnings

• If you listen to music keep it low so you can fall asleep

Things You'll Need

• clothes items
• 2 bags
• toy items

sorry old man

but thats just the way it is


don't bother none


o/` oh well i guess thats just the way it is o/`

aww niggas bust a slooobb

holy shit did you guys hear the news

i cant believe its true








britney spears shaved her head

remember those gay dudes from that dog movie "best in show"

they got a youtube account


they wont let me embed it though so you gotta click this sorry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4KeV1JwNog

this might be my favorite thing

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0711,harvilla,76021,22.html

A little advice from our old friend gay allen

Girlfriend, you need some you time. You got the swimsuit bod that looks good when you glisten under water....or coming out the water? Helllllo? Flaunt it. You got way more taste than her to like Chad Nickleback? Rock in your own way!! Once you take the time to rediscover yourself you'll get back with it. Add in a lil' Valerian Root + Ayahuasca Soul Trip. If there's a field or woods or grassy park near the city your Cuz lives in go get the recipe from TCC and make your own Eco-Apartment by stretching out brambles and prickers for the rooftop, tarp for floor and rain cover and drink all the trip juice. Hmm, you're fly again. Go back to the city and blend in. Go back to your cuz and say I'm Me!! Nice to meet you. LOng talk, DVD sesh, and get that frienship in calm waters you're the captain! Peace and Love

- Graey Alien

plug your headphones in

chatlogs part 2

everyone loves reading chatlogs

JCho7151986: freaking bill
GruntXj: freakin joach.
JCho7151986: I wanna play some texas hold em lol
JCho7151986: pretty fun
GruntXj: hahah
GruntXj: yeah it was fun
GruntXj: neff is playing online now
JCho7151986: he's freakin addicted
GruntXj: i know it man
JCho7151986: it's like being an alcoholic
GruntXj: haha
JCho7151986: and I basically pwned you guys
GruntXj: lol
GruntXj: you outlasted me
JCho7151986: and pokemon
JCho7151986: ...
GruntXj: i rock at pokemon.
JCho7151986: lol
JCho7151986: I rock at your mom
GruntXj: oh god
GruntXj: ive been pwned
GruntXj: by a n00b
JCho7151986: lol
GruntXj: how is this possible
JCho7151986: thought I'd just say a mom joke

i am like a spider man up in this bitch

ok so tdiddy sent me this and i wasted a good amount of time on it

http://www.rubytooth.com/media/52819/

my high score is 458.38 so you can email me and tlel me how much better you are (i had lots of close calls but it was those little red dots that finally got me)

if u really want the same experience i had though i suggest you click this link

http://www.swordofthenewworld.com/

and let that music run in the background the whole time because thats what i did


tdiddyismyname (2:13:19 PM): http://www.rubytooth.com/media/52819/
GruntXj (2:15:14 PM): 52 on first try
GruntXj (2:15:17 PM): terying again
tdiddyismyname (2:15:23 PM): i just got 410
GruntXj (2:15:26 PM): http://www.swordofthenewworld.com/ fitting background music
tdiddyismyname (2:16:22 PM): that music is gay
GruntXj (2:16:26 PM): its prefect
tdiddyismyname (2:16:34 PM): for you maybe
tdiddyismyname (2:16:40 PM): cuz your bith gay
tdiddyismyname (2:16:42 PM): both
GruntXj (2:16:50 PM): are there two of me
tdiddyismyname (2:16:57 PM): you and the song
GruntXj (2:17:08 PM): are you trying to refer to me as the royal "we" cuz thats not how you do it
tdiddyismyname (2:17:15 PM): no
tdiddyismyname (2:17:22 PM): you are gay
tdiddyismyname (2:17:24 PM): and the song is gay
tdiddyismyname (2:17:28 PM): you are both gay
GruntXj (2:27:46 PM): FUCK
GruntXj (2:27:48 PM): I FUCKING FELL
GruntXj (2:27:50 PM): at the red dots
GruntXj (2:27:55 PM): i fucking go under the god damn orange thing the whole fucking time
GruntXj (2:27:58 PM): like its not fucking big deal
GruntXj (2:28:02 PM): and then the fucking red dots are what get me
GruntXj (2:28:04 PM): after all that
GruntXj (2:28:11 PM): 458.38
tdiddyismyname (2:28:23 PM): i hate you
GruntXj (2:28:28 PM): whatd u get
tdiddyismyname (2:28:34 PM): 410
GruntXj (2:28:41 PM): i had that music going teh whole time too
GruntXj (2:28:43 PM): i want to kill myself
tdiddyismyname (2:29:10 PM): and i have the 1nw records for double wires and monkeyballs and you beat them both in like 10 minutes
GruntXj (2:29:27 PM): lol
GruntXj (2:29:32 PM): heroes get remembered tdiddy
GruntXj (2:29:34 PM): but legends never die
tdiddyismyname (2:30:08 PM): thanks mr ruth
GruntXj (2:30:14 PM): follow ur heart kid
GruntXj (2:30:18 PM): and u can never go wrong~
GruntXj (2:31:54 PM): im bloggin this
tdiddyismyname (2:32:25 PM): cool
tdiddyismyname (2:32:32 PM): cant wait to read about me
GruntXj (2:32:41 PM): im just putting the whole chatlog in there
GruntXj (2:32:43 PM): its gonna be tight
tdiddyismyname (2:32:59 PM): thats dumb
GruntXj (2:33:10 PM): ur dumb
tdiddyismyname (2:33:30 PM): no

aight peace