Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved 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 nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have 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’re 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 bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things
that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday 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 the 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…what ever 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 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 in your own 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 are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go,but for the 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 you knew 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 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…

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1.ppl getting arrested in the airport!(shut up kieran )
2.the massive breakfast!
3.the opening ceremony!(1000s of ppl!)
4.the grad we snuck into!
5.the campus orriantation
6.the first disco
7.swimming!!....and juming of massive diving board...oh yeh an marko polo
8.the fan n my face ...
9.the famous sayin.....IM IRISH
10.the free stuff coz wer IRISH..(and becoz of kieras jersy)
11.the night we sat haf naked at the window eating pizza and ben and jerrys!
12.wen we mitched class and the teacher called home
13.going to bill cliton!!...all the irish
14.the aussies
15.the yellow school bues!
16.dan doyle
17.the speaches every mornin!
18.our play
19.the limerick girls
20.the asbourne lads...only messin...its dunshaughlin i know!
21.the DERRY lads!
22.the theme park!
23.shoppin
24.the meal where he threw all of the stuff at us
25.garath minding me wen i was sick!
26.the roof in boston
27.wen it start raining in the theme park
28.my theater group
29.gorgeous anerican and aussie guys
30.UR AFTER ME LUCKY CHARMS
31.being asked to say the above by loads of americans
32.the americans facination with the way we say DEADLY!
33.ashs alarm clock...which never woke us up...haunts me to this day.
34.joyridin in the lifts wit ash.w.
35.losin my lipsmacker everyday..thanks to all those who helped find it!
36.SUPERMAN-rollercoaster ....wow
37.ash fallin face first into a massive puddle.
38.wow this list is gettin long
39.sweatin all the time...humidity...foul
40.missin home...eh not!
41.learnin how to speak american..
42.sneakin into a club wit ash.w...dodgy sailors!
43.refiilable red sauce in mc donalds.....my dream.
44.the 'massive hockey match'
45.sayin STEEEEVAAN[u know u loved it!]
46.GATORADE!!!!!
47.lookin for hookers from the 8th floor windows...no comment
48.LAUNDRY MAN!!!!
49.the laundry room which is shit scary
50.stephans lil accident falin in the ditch!
52.all 150 irish sigin on the way to bill clinton!!
53. aussi aussi aussi oi oi oi!!
54.ash from limerick runnin around all day lookin fro tylers key !!
55.feel free to add to the list!

to be continued.........................
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