Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97
Wear Sunscreen
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'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 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

So your bored shitless and you have nothing better to be doing so your on bebo... what do you do?...
Mwahahahaha... Random quiz thing stealing time.

Copy and paste to your blog (blah blah blah etc. etc.)
BEDROOM SURVEY
NO LYING!!

Do you have the following in your room:

Cell phone: yeah
Chair/stool: yeah
Book shelf: yes
Dresser: nopes
Computer/laptop: nope
Bean bag: no
Pictures: yup
Mirror: yahuh
Skateboard: nope
Bed: nah i sleep on the floor hobo style xD
Clothes on the floor: thats where it is most of the time
Plastic Giraffe: nawww I want one
Surfboard: nope
Smoke detector: nope
Piano/keyboard/gutiar/bass/drums: nope
Locking door: yup
Bottle of water: lmao, yes heaps randomly scattered around my room
A blacklight: nope
Awards: yah just some swimming and drama medals
Sports: do i have sports in my room??
CDs: yeps
Flag: yup my Tokio Hotel flag ciara got me
Stop sign/any sign: none
Caution tape: always wanted some of that stuff
Books: yep
Paintball gun: no
Real Gun: No
Candle: yep..
Nintendo: nope
Sega: No
Play Station 2 : no
Xbox: no
Bike: no
Stereo: yahuh
Television: no
Lighter: yep
Gum: somewhere
How many windows do you have in ur room? 1
What is the color of your walls? purple lol
Hardwood floor, tile, or carpet? lino that looks like wood
Do you get ready for the day in your room or the bathroom? Both
What color is your bed sheet? who gives a fuck? I sleep under it. ha ha purple
What's on your walls? posters, pictures and random crap
Has the opposite sex been in your room before? yup

MEMORIES
Leave one memory of you and me together as a comment. It doesn't matter if I know you a little or a lot, anything you remember. Next, repost this on your own blog and see how many people leave a memory about you...xxx