end of the dot com era

My lease on www.do0da.com has ended and i cant remember the site i used to get it and im quite lazy to go get another one ( this was a gift from no3ik so if ur going to her site shes facing the same thing i dont think she knws maybe i should get round to telling her :P )

I saw this speech not to long ago and i must say i loved it. I agree and do most of wats in it and i believe everyone needs to hear/read the sunscreen speech at least once in his life.

Heres the vid o if you dont feel like streaming it you can read it below.






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, 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 pm 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.

solace

i find my self confused. Everything is going well.. everything but one. Thing is 9 times out of 10 id trade all those everythings for that one. Oh well i've waited this long might as well see it out.

How nice of all this to coincide with my final year in uni. But a one of my teachers gave me good advice the other day.. well i think its good :p he was like mi7sin why the hell are u studying? its ur last semester ! just make sure u pass o 5ala9 grades dont mean shit this late in uni. LIKE I NEED ANY MORE MOTIVATION TO SLACK OFF ! finally the weekends here i can use some sleep.

My senior project has been a hell vortex sucking out most of my social life and my bloggin life too. But im happy today we were stuck on the verge of giving up and then the google gods finally showed me the right link and so we might actually get round to doing more work so expect another long disappearance. 6.5 weeks and il be free =D

Why is it when ur trying to stop thinking of something EVERYONE around you brings it up. Thing is im not sure im doing the right thing but i want it non the less so instead of talking myself out of it im just trying to not think about it but it seems to be on the edge of everyones tongue bringing it up left and right forcing me to think about it and i neeeed a break from all this thinking!

Last but not least i have to say I LOVE my brain. =P If i could make a being out of my brain id marry it. why ? i usually find my solace in music. And so writing this post up a line was stuck in my head and ive been trying to figure out whats this song that my brain is trying to get me to listen to?? So i google the part i do remember which is

Sometimes the last thing you want comes in first, sometimes the first thing you want never comes

guess shino il takmila =P ?

but I know that waiting is all you can do, sometimes.

tloomooni laish i love my brain? :P its been telling me i should just keep on waiting and not give up on that thing =]

o and the songs' Strange and beautiful by Aqualung.