Enjoy your parents, be friends with them. Make sure they know that you apreciate what they gave up for you.
One day they won’t be there for you to tell them these things.
I’d rather have Integrity and be unpopular, than be popular and hate myself
Cats are evil, viscious monsters, but the love of a dog is unconditional.
The best of friends rarely get along
Never stoop to the level of your enemies, nothing pisses them off more.
The things I hate about people are often the things I hate about myself.
Change
Walking three miles home in the quiet stillness of 3AM is a wonderful joy
Beer is good
The only thing in the world that you ever have 100% control of is your attitude
90% of everything is crap
You can never have too many books
Teachers and cops deserve a thousand times the respect they normally get
I am proud to be American
You can’t listen with your mouth open
You should do what’s right because you should, and not for any other reason.
Truth with an alterior motive is not Truth
I need to get laid
Still more RPG stuff I’ve learned:
Quick and slow spells are a waste of a round when you could have been hitting the enemy.
Use the 50% rule for healing: if anyone loses 50% of their hit points, heal them.
The "one more fight’ philosophy will get you killed.
For boss battles; assign someone a permanent job of healing the party. Make sure this person is NoT the one who goes last!
Instant death spells don’t work much.
Try not to run away from battles.
Try to grab the treasure the first time thru; towns and dungeons have a nasty habit of blowing up so you can’t come back.
Search everything!
Be persistent.
*Contrary to the beliefs of many hopeless romantics (including my ex-wife), love is not enough. Love is NEVER enough.
*The best way to relax is to take a long drive in the middle of nowhere with the radio or CD volume turned ALL THE WAY UP.
*A purring cat is one of the nicest sounds in the world.
*Never accidentaly pour orange juice instead of milk in your cereal bowl (trust me on this).
*No matter how bad things get, they could always be worse.
*No matter how good things get, they could always be better.
*Enjoy the things that bring you happiness, don’t take them for granted, because at some point they won’t be there.
*Watching a toddler laugh gives you probably the best feeling in the world.
*Learn at least one new fact every day. Continue broadening your horizons. School doesn’t end when you get your diploma.
*Act goofy and silly once in a while. Quit being so serious all the time!
*Absence does make the heart grow fonder. But being with that special person can do that, too.
*“Never go down an elevator alone with a guy named Gummy” - David Letterman
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I have learned:
-no matter how many times my heart is broken, I’ll live! And it will be funny in a year or two…
-you can do ANYTHING as long as you are willing to accept the consequences of your actions (especially if it is illegal!)
-no matter how horrible you think you are, someone loves you (even if they don’t say so)
-everyone younger than you is a fool!
-politicians, regardless of party, are full of horse excrement
-NEVER trust anyone with something that is important to you
-nothing in this life is very important
-a can of beer mixed with a small can of V-8 and some tobasco sauce is really good after a hard day at the gym!!
-sex is the funniest thing in life (if you don’t think so now, imagine that you are dead, and try to look at sex without any of the lusts/desires/fetishes in the way)
-laughing during sex can cause you to loose your erection
-your fiancee will understand IF she is laughing with you
-the erection can be regained with a little effort (after you stop laughing)
-sex with someone you really love is UNIMAGINABLY better than sex with someone you don’t love
OK… away from sex…
-don’t assume people are being rude to you because they hate you
-don’t wear the same shirt 2 days in a row during the summer, unless it has been washed
-don’t attempt home repair projects when drunk (unless you groove on scars)
-never take LSD when you are not in the mood for it
-never assume that people you meet on the street will see your “inner personality” immediately! Dress/groom like you want them to see you!
-first impressions are important, but can be deceiving
-don’t be too sure of your own wisdom
-realize your limitations and predjudices
I’m an RPG nut too, Togepi no Miko. Found myself agreeing with a lot of what you said, though there are some areas in which I think differently:
Not necessarily. I always start with a quick spell when I can, cuz it means my healer can heal sooner than the enemy can kill the weak character. Slow spells tend to be a waste tho, cuz they usually don’t work on the enemy, and arent’ nearly as effective for making a difference in speed as quick spells.
I used to do that, until I played Phantasy Star 4, with those dang repetitave group attacks. Since then, I’ve ranged from 60% to 75%.
I always made everyone a healer, when possible. If somone was soley a healer, that would be because they are too weak to do anything else. Like a Priestess. 
Speaking of priestesses, are you a fan of fushigi yuugi, Priestess of Togepi? Im assuming Pokemon too.
I didn’t know what true unconditional love was until I had children.
Being a parent enhances my love for other people.
To always take the high road. I feel better about myself later.
When I stopped wanting things I couldn’t (or didn’t) have I became a much happier person.
I still feel young and sexy at forty!
Take LOTS and LOTS of pictures.
Smiling makes one attractive to other people.
Singing out loud is FUN.
Love does not conquer all.
I am much happier not being Catholic.
Rude people are usually unhappy people.
You can pick up, move, and change your whole life for less than $2000.
If the choice is between doing something impossible and staying depressed, do the impossible (like moving out of your parents’ house despite various complicated factors).
Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only got friends that they like.
In Toronto they cross on a green light and don’t cross on a red light. In Montreal they cross when there are no cars and don’t cross when there are cars.
I can get from anywhere to anywhere in Montreal by public transit. All I need is a map.
It’s fun to find anglophones arguing loudly in an American accent about a map and ask them in both official languages if they need directions.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it. *Wendell Berry *
Honesty is the best policy, especially in everything having to do with sex. Not just honesty; franchise.
People get mad at you for holding ideas and ethics - any ideas or ethics - and having the gall to express them. Fortunately, this does not matter.
They can cut all the flowers, but they will not stop spring.
Normal is a setting on a washing machine. Any other usage is inherently harmful. Being abnormal is not a sign of illness; being normal often is.
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. Edward Everett Hale
Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes. Maggie Kuhn
What is hateful… is not rebellion, but the despotism which induces that rebellion; not rebels but the men who, having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power; the men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
I think in metaphors and quotations.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. *Abraham Lincoln *
It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.*Arthur Machen *
People are more important. They are more important than philosophy and more important than systems. A law ought to be followed if it is good for people and broken if it is not. The test of any social idea is not whether it obeys the law or ideology but whether it will help people or not.
A lot of the time, how you dress and how old you are are considered more important than your ideas. This also does not matter.
Unconsciousness and despair are the roots of most evil. There are very few actual sociopaths in the world.
Pay attention.
A lot of the time, irresponsible teenagers are more mature and responsible than responsible adults, and vice versa.
I have learned that there are enough near-perfect romantic matches in the world that it is statistically impossible to live your entire life and not meet one of them who speaks the same language as you.
Not to say you’re home free. You could be nine years old at the time. Or ninety. She could be a lesbian, or dying of cancer. Finders Keepers isn’t always the case in matters of love.
I have also learned that Murphy rules the universe with painful coincidences. Therefore, carry your umbrella so it doesn’t rain.
Never attribute to malice what can be satisfactorally explained by stupidity.
If you shut up, you can learn a lot.
If you don’t share what you learn, you’re taking up space.
A good laugh can ground you again when you’re feeling depressed.
Don’t be afraid to be yourself.
Music can inspire the soul or annoy the crap out of you.
Younger brothers are the most annoying things on the face of the planet. They also make one of the coolest friends to have.
When you say something, mean it. Saying anything half sincere is really not sincere at all.
Being polite is a great way to live.
People like it when you open the door for them.
Driving fast is fun, tailgaiting or cutting people off is dangerous.
Panicking is the real danger.
Money doesn’t buy happiness but poverty doesn’t buy anything.
Being right trumps having credentials.
People who are highly intelligent often turn out to also be extremely good at rationalizing their way to what they want to believe.
Never cross a nun.
Driving fast because you’re not afraid of dying ignores the possibility that some kid will run out in the street in front of you. In general, your butt is almost NEVER the only one on the line.
Don’t let your partner confuse intimacy with sacrificing personal privacy.
From time to time you will encounter people whose politics include the ideas of “the masses”, “the people”, or “the common man”; such people never envision themselves as part of these groups.
When choosing a career, remember that you can’t pay for your kids’ braces with “intellectual satisfaction”.
At its heart, procrastination means things will never
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*Originally posted by KJ *
**When I was a little kid (okay, I’m only 14, so I’m still kind of a kid… but this was when I was around 7 years old), my parents told me “The 3 rules of life.” I still remember them. They really work:
**I would like to say for the record that the fact that making sure you know these things and have a solid bearing on them at 14 is probably one of the most wonderful things your parents could have ever done.if I knew then (okay, i am only 24-not much beyond a kid myself sometimes…) and understood those things to be more than just cliches, I would have saved a lot of tears and heartache and agony for the past 10 years
Originality is rare & precious.
Ancient peoples were just as smart as we are.
Most social interaction is about power and control.
It’s good to leave things better than you found them.
People are people – no matter what country they come from. The details (e.g., mannarisms, looks) may be different, but the fundamental traits are the same.
A lot of people have the same problems you do.
Treating a child with respect goes a long way.
There are extremes in beauty and horror.
“There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
Time heals. Time flies. Time is relative.
Just when you think you understand something, you find out there is so much more to it.
Salt water fish are smarter than fresh water fish.
Things I’ve learned…
That letting another car merge in front of me is much less stressful than racing it out on the access ramp, and we’ll both get to work in one piece.
That if I gently clench my jaw, I won’t instinctively volunteer for project I just can’t handle, and will save face in the process.
That there is a good feeling in saying ‘no’ and meaning it to something I just don’t want to do.
That old love letters can be really funny years later.
That other people matter, but I must make time for me.
That giving my cat a bath is just not worth the aggravation for either of us or the bandages for me. A professional groomer is more than worth the cost.
The teacher will only call on you when u have no idea about the answer.
I f you give that panicked girl in the bathroom a tampon , you have a new friend.
I learned this last week on Fish Friday, thatswhen the upperclassmen try to throw us freshmen into trash cans and the like. When the hazing begins, step on their toes and run like hell!
Pain sucks, but not being able to feel pain is infinitely worse.
High school is a breeding ground for popular kids. College is a breeding ground for adults.
The fact that you were wildly popular or wildly geeky in high school has little to no effect on how popular or geeky you will be or seem in college.
You will miss your parents, and sometimes high school will be a fond memory.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but excessive absence leads you to forget about the person, sometimes.
Trying to think of a cosmic thought makes you one of two things: cosmic or fake.
There is no I in team, but there are the letters M and E.
If you get kicked out of an honors class, nobody will believe you have an IQ of 160.