What are some cool/funny/interesting things you've learned this year? It's a pretty open topic: it can be about school, life, RPing, etc.

What have I learned? Thanks for asking.

1. You can never truly underestimate the human population.

2. When the elderly French woman in the nursing home asks what languages you speak, do not tell her German and Japanese.

3. Life sucks. Get over it.

4. Music is awesome.

5. When you finally get a day off from work, you will for some reason have to go back into the office/work for one reason or another. Escape is not an option.

6. Don't give up halfway during your statistics class if you think you're going to fail, because you just might manage to pass.

Sincerely,
Your realist friend,
Darth Makar

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."
- Bertrand Russell

Says it all.
=]

Although I did learn how to do standard deviation in Stats...

--Sweeney Todd is a lifesaver

--boyfriends are so NOT there

--life in a fishbowl is social suicide

--eighth grade should be deemed homocide

--having no friends can really bite

BMW drivers are ass-hats.

I am employable by someone other than a retail outlet manager.

A degree is not all it is cracked up to be.

I missed my game and my players more than I tell them.

I am capable of a serious relationship.

7 hours sleep is not sufficient for me to function for an 16 hour day.

Those are the most important ones, I feel : )

Raising a puppy is like raising a child, complete with getting up in the middle of the night for feedings and potty breaks and getting very little sleep for the first couple months. x3 It's worth it.

...But it reinforces the fact that I'm never, ever having a human child. Ever.

You never know what you have until you lose it.

Why was I an English Major? I don't wanna be a teacher or an editor. Shoulda gone for computers in the first place.

Prudes attract perverts. XD

Staying up for 26 hours straight is not a good idea, yet I can function surprisingly well. o.O

Drinking that much coffee, which resulted in staying up for 26 hours straight, is not a good idea!

I'm in control of my own inspiration. There are no excuses.

Friends are awesome. <33

I really can talk to my dad about anything.

Never underestimate the power of parents finding myspace profiles. >_> They're more technologically savvy than they act.

Even if you're 23, you are STILL your mother's baaaaby and she will never let you forget how much that bloody hurt--in graphic detail. Especially in front of your friends. Even moreso if they're male.

Bonus points if you're in a public place.

• Fifth graders/10-year-olds' favorite colors are blue, green, and red. The love miniature things and their favorite candy is BlowPops.
  
• Life is too short for petty drama!
  
• Juniors suffer from inferiority complexes, while seniors really do rule. ;]
  
• My school is really no different from the rest of the nation's high schools; unfortunately, this includes bomb threats and hit lists : /
  
• Branch out and make awesome friends before your senior year.
  
• Having an easy schedule your senior year is the best decision I ever made.
  
• Don't try to impress people you don't even like.
  
• Yelling profanities at a guy you hate is an excellent stress-reliever. Hopefully he got the hint this time.
  
• Kids are getting older and older every generation. (Some of my 5th grade students (I'm a teacher's aide) have MySpaces!)
  
• Be a good listener. People will return the favor.
  
• Mother/Daughter trips are fun.
  
• The prospect of college is both terrifying and exciting.

• The amount of stupidity of one person is infinite.
• I am a beacon for perverts.
• Going 7 days straight without sleeping is bad.
• Using an energy drink constantly for a week makes yourself immune.
• Hawaiian punch and vodka don't mix.
• Neither do Hot pockets and vodka.
• The mind really is able to conquer over the matter.
• Never fall asleep at a squad house and expect your belongings and personal possessions to be where they were last.
•Nor your food.
• Never leave your cellphone unattended while friends are around or else you might find disturbing pictures as your new wallpaper and certain phone numbers changed.
• If you go out to eat while your volunteering expect your radio to go off right as your about to bite into your food.

• Heartbreak really isn't as overrated as one would think.
• Money is power.
• Going to bed at 4-6am in the morning and/or getting only 4 hours of sleep a day is NOT the way to go. No matter how good you think you feel.
• Your feet's health is very important.
• Sugar rushes are actually real.
• People only get mad at you if you say "hello" in the movies. In real life...a major majority of people are happy to be greeted.
• Facebook OWNZ Myspace...and Tagged...and Bebo...and Netlog...and etc.

- Politics are much like acting, and do not happen in the fora one would think. Yet, they are surprisingly intriguing.

- Acting is not as complicated or as glamorous as I would like to think, but still absolutely wonderful.

- University will not comply with my hopes or dreams, but I will make sure it will be darn fun nevertheless.

- Substantial doses of coffee can be dangerous and result in weird plans, take great care.

- It is not about how good you are at something, but how good you can make people believe you are.

- Tell your doctor when you're sick. It can ALWAYS get worse.

- There are some things you shouldn't tell your mother. It will only make her sad.

- When you're a minor, you don't make as much money.

- Some boys will always choose fighter jets over you, no matter what you do.

- Volunteer. People think you're a good person.

- Music can save lives. Don't give up on that.

-Don't Progastinate when projects are due on the same date
-Make sure your friends are really your friends
-Revenge sounds good until you meet the consequences

• Monkeys do not make good pets
  
• Cough Syrup makes everything funny when you drink enough of it
  
• Viral videos should not be watched while eating
  
• Never do anything stupid on a dare
  
• Stacy's mom does indeed got it going on
  
• Music just isn't what it used to be

- Cookie Dough is a staple of life
- Having a baby will bring serious body/image issues
- Growing up is overrated
- There is nothing like coming home

When your mother bugs you to apply for scholarships, actually DO it when she tells you to: three months before orientation. Earlier, if possible.

When it comes to your freshman year at college, your parents probably have more money to spend on you than you actually think.

College is exactly like it is on TV.. but at the same time, it can be much worse.

If you can't get roommate issues solved with, well, your roommates, then bug the crap out of your RAs, student life directors, and whoever else until you get everything worked out. If all else fails, call the cops. [ Yeah, it so happened to me. ]

Having a friends-with-benefits relationship does not make you a slut, nor does it make you easy.

Having tuition problems? Call the financial aid department.

Breathe during your drivers' test. It's not as hard as you'd think.

When living in a new place, with new people, be more assertive, or else they'll walk all over you. If they think you're a tyrant, oh well. It's better than having your comfort stripped away.

Don't be afraid to talk to authority. They won't think you're whiny when you have problems with your dorm.

When your apartment floods all over, don't make a million phonecalls to maintenance. Fill out a request form, and they'll fix your floor even sooner. And for free.

Don't use double-sided foam tape to put stuff up in your dorm. Sometimes it comes off clean, and then sometimes it peels back multiple layers of the wall.

If your professor hints at you to keep a journal on all the videos watched in class, you should probably make yourself do it.

Do not reply to any threats that your psycho ex-roommate might throw at you; just keep them in mind and know that you can prosecute. :]

If you can go home every weekend, do not take a bunch of items that you MIGHT want to have at your dorm. If you really want them, you can wait 'til the weekend to get them. Especially helpful if you live on the third floor -- less crap to carry in.

Smoking only for the sake of making new friends is a complete waste of time. If people judge you on the things that you use (as in, cigs, pot, other drugs, and alcohol), find better people to hang out with. Those guys are losers.

Doing chores at home isn't a pain anymore; it's just something that has to be done.

Don't stress if a roommate walks in on you in the shower, even if they're of the opposite sex. Much worse things could have happened, and they'll know to knock from that point on.

There will be someone next to your room who likes to have sex at 4am. Get over it, or move your bed.

Schoolbooks will suddenly cost an arm and a leg. Get used to that one, too. Even better, if you have art classes, have fun finding the supplies, and paying for them, too.

Orientation = boring, even at a school you love.

Never go out with the same person twice. [ I did this with two different guys this year. Good lord, what was I thinking? ]

• Broken appendages are not fun. You should never take them for granted.
• I'm not a naturally depressed person. Turns out I was just tired.
• A degree doesn't really help you all that much in the "real world", and apparently neither do two.
• I really do like podcasts.
• You can get so involved in a tv show that you bawl all the way through the finale, like they are real people you will never see again.
• One person you know mainly from the internet can make your life miserable.
• My brother is easily bribed with bacon.
• I'm allergic to cigarette smoke.

+ People lie about the stupidest things
+ I have evoloved to not need sleep
+ Orange juice is somehow more effective than coffee
+ Hamsters are the single most amusing thing... ever
+ Tea is a necessity to life
+ Drama is inescapable (why?!)
+ Breaking out of my shell really isn't as bad as it seems
+ I have an addiction, and that addiction is cutting my hair
+ Hugh Laurie is a babe (for some reason my guy friends are really disturbed when I say this)
+ Super elite colleges are overrated and I don't want to go to one anyway. Discovering this is going to make the remainder of my highschool career all the easier
+ My school looks and might as well be a prison
+ The only way I could ever get closer to my brother is if he moved out of the house. We used to ignore each other for months on end and now we talk every day
+ Were it not for to do lists I just might have gone crazy
+ I AM crazy
+ No, it is not a faze, I am deathly afraid of spiders
+ Being nice actually does have its benefits
+ I am less girly than I expected. I am not grossed out by the extremely gorey, I talk more comfortably to guys than I do to girls and some of the things that come out of my mouth are so vile I'm surprised I haven't been slapped

+I don't want to birth my kids anywhere near my mother.
+I never ever ever (effing ever) want to be around my step-dad or anyone like him.
+I will never just assume that I want to live somewhere.
+I should read more often
+Not all guys I like are ass holes. But half of them turn out to be gay.
+And not all girls I like swing that way.
+bi-hate seems to be equal on both genders.
+Owning a site is harder than it sounds.
+Writing is easier than I made it out to be
+Smoking is also easier than I thought (as is buying cigarettes)
+Music, Movies and reruns are sanity savers.
+I don't like kids no matter how good I seem to be with them.
+life is a real life saver. (so is writing)
+always, always have a snuggly
+DUMBLEDORE IS GAY! woohoo. I always knew I liked him...
+laptops trump desktops (Mac>PC)

+ In your second year of University, it is recommended you do work.
+ Hiding does not solve problems.
+ If in doubt, go to counselling. You were probably messed up well before this.
+ On that note, perhaps those dreams you have aren't so normal.
+ Whatever your job, even just being a checkout chick can be fulfilling if you like it.
+ There is no greater reward than watching your members grow and share moments with you. :D
+ We live in an awesome time where friends are no longer limited to face-to-face interaction - enjoy it!
+ Motorola phones are annoying when they constantly alert you of things.
+ Life isn't smooth. If it is, get ready for reality's bitchslap.
+ Me and commitment don't mix.
+ Yet I have a strange urge to settle down. X|
+ Elton John is god.

Edit: + Mousie still can't use BBcode.

+ No matter how much you love them, friends and family hurt you
+ Forgive them for that ^^
+ If you don't like animals, don't try raising one
+ SATs are not the most exciting things I've had to do
+ Babysitting should be left to those who like kids
+ Hot guys go for the pretty girls
+ But then they end up pregnant
+ Interesting guys go for the smart girls
+ And you should be thankful for that
+ Santa is not real. It came as a shock.

Little life lessons for ya. Courtesy of Claire.

I learned that I can't always change everyone's mind. Which is still a problem for me. But I'm getting over it.
And that in relationships, you have to be really open to the other person to be able to get anywhere. I normally have trust issues but this guy has gotten me to really open up to him and not bottle it up if i'm upset about something.
And the most important thing I've learned is that if I want to get what I want (namely fame), I have to put myself out there. People will either love me or hate me, but either way I'm still going to have some supporters somewhere.

1) I learned that thrid graders like handson activites and when the speaker falls down in of them.

2) 9th grade sucks.

3)Anything can happen on a school bus. Including accidents

4) My Dad is a lifesaver and my mom I can't talk to.

Thats what I learned.... oh and 'Life is short why be a moron?"

This has been a big year for me...

1. I have problems.
2. It's possible for people to like me.
3. You can try to give up on life, but you won't succeed.
4. Everyone is needy sometimes.
5. Psychiatric hospitals are for normal people, too.
6. Vampires are amazing.

The last year was a real 'roller-coaster' of a ride but I only learnt a few small but valauble points;

• thinking before you speak, before you act can actually help you out enormously.
  
• the ultimate goal is a quest for truth i.e. be truthful to yourself instead of pretending to be someone else and people will respect you for that etc.

that's about it, akthough I wish they were as catchy as 'with great power...' =P

I learned how to Bowl much better and maintain my anger!

Nine times out of ten, if you were not a popular kid in high school, or you didn't enjoy high school, thought you were too smart for highschool...College will rock your socks...

Friends are worth staying up all night the night before a big test to make sure they don't choke on their drunken vomit when they finally fall into a deep sleep.

You get used to staying up all night to work on a paper you should have turned in a month ago.

On that note ^^ You come out of an all nighter feeling like you've accomplished a whole hell of a lot.

Statistics sucks. No matter what shape form, or whatever, no matter if you have the nicests sweetest teacher on the entire bloody campus. Statistics sucks.

A crush on the English teacher AND Psychology teacher is NOT a good reason to double major in English and Psychology.... (so why am I still doing it?)

There are no gay bars, or people in Central Virginia. None...

Drinking in your room is much smarter, and much more fun than going halfway across campus to drink in someone else's room.

If a friend is having a problem, and they choose to tell you about it. Don't judge them. Giving them a hug and telling them that things will be ok can save thier life.

Black and Milds are considered a ghetto cigar. And they taste really really reeeally good.

No matter how gourmet the food in the caf is....it still tastes like crap after the first month at school.

It's a lot more fun than it sounds to be the token black in a group of fourty one. :D


The important ones, mainly from my first semester at school. Gotta love college...

That my sister's boy-friend bites his nails!!!!! YAAAAY! (happy)(plug)

+ My grandma on my mom's side is a horrible person (she told me I should be a secretary and would to well at a community college.
+ I'M GOIN' TO COLLEGE!
+ Patience really is a virtue
+ never EVER fail a class (summer school=x_x)
+ Guys are WAY less mature than girls
+ Not all preppies are stuck up. in fact, most of them are quite nice.
+ My friends are the single most important people in my life. Without them, I am nothing.
+ I am a pyro
+ If I set my mind to something, I really can do anything
+ Money makes the world go 'round. Don't believe me? Go try to pay in pocket lint and cocoa beans.
+ I have an addiction to the Food network
+ Alton Brown is actually rather sexy
+ I'm more of a girly girl than I thought
+ I am not the least flexible person ever! *happy dance*
+ Be there for your friends. You'll be glad for it eventually.
+ I'm actually a slightly better actor than I thought I was
+ DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE! It'll come back to bite you in the butt
+ the best gifts are the free ones
+ Don't let yourself be elected president of a club if you can't handle the responsibility (why am I still doing it?)
+ The people who annoy you the most can sometimes give you the best advice
--+ If you're stressing out, a hot bath and a good book are all you need to relax. If your tub is in a state of hell, clean it THEN take a hot bath with a good book. ;)
+ Monologues are easier to memorize than you'd think.
+ college applications aren;t that impossible to fill out.
+ The best feeling in the world is the feeling of accomplishment
+ the second best feeling in the world is that of a kiss from someone you really truly love with all your heart.
+ It may not be love to last through decades but for the life I have right now, the people I know, and the person I am, I love my boyfriend.
+ s*** happens. Deal with it
+ Nothing lasts forever
+ All good things must come to an end.
+ It is better to be alone than to be in a relationship with someone whom is obsessed/posessive/controlling of you.
+ Christmas Phone Greetings are the single most annoying task ever.
+ Sometimes crying really is the only thing left to do.
+ Chicks before a certian part of the male anatomy that rhymes with chicks.
+ No matter how much you hate the guy, breaking up makes you cry.
+ It feels amazing to get out of a bad relationship and then find an awesome guy a few months later (8 months and going strong)
+ No matter how hard you try, your exes always manage to find you.
+ NEVER keep your passwords all the same then let your boyfriend log into something. They'll remember it and when you break up, hack into your facebook and delete everything.

Plenty of others... but thinking is making my brain hurt.