Haven't you ever been sitting in the back of one of your more boring classes, just minding your own business, looking at scared hands and think -- man, I wish I would have known that hot glue burns the skin sooner...

Well, here's a list of everything anyone ever wanted to know sooner. If you have anything you want to add, please email me and I will put it up along with your name.

Le List

  • Don't drink grape juice while wearing a white shirt and driving to school.
  • Don't let your life wait for other people.
  • Dropping the cellular phone into a bathtub full of water kinda kills the phone.
  • Your mother will find out if you dye your hair purple.
  • You haven't really lived until you've gotten a 48 on an Advanced Placement US History test.
  • Don't ever fall in love with someone who is more than one thousand miles away from you. It usually doesn't work.
  • Milk crates make boring pets.
  • If it hurts, DON'T DO IT AGAIN!!
  • That wish does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.
  • Speaking in public gets easier with practice.
  • Don't sprint around a pool if you're trying to impersonate Jim from Huck Finn.
  • Ten years from now most of what we freak out about won't make any difference.
  • All that's gold doesn't glisten.
  • Zits always pop up when you really can't afford for them to pop up.
  • Always stay after class because that's where connections are made.
  • When in doubt, duck. When certain, don't bother, 'cause you're already screwed.
  • While driving a car thought a gate, always, ALWAYS make sure the gate is open! The consequences might be fatal to your car.
  • If you're not living (I mean really living) you're dead already.
  • Never pierce your belly button in the dark.
  • Just because someone flirts with you incessantly don't necessarily mean he or she likes you.
  • If your calculus teacher tells you to quit talking after a test or he'll give you a zero for your test grade, he means it. Really.
  • Sometimes smart people can do very, very stupid things.
  • Being nice to people will get you far.
  • The one person you can truly love is often right in front of you.
  • Never, ever, EVER let a member of the opposite sex make you compromise your standards. Never
  • Nothing is ever to good to be true (said by Michael Faraday).
  • If you start to like a girl, her roommate will immediately start liking you.
  • Parents aren't around forever, and you need to treasure them while they are.
  • Don't take the SAT twice if you already have a good score in the first place.
  • Never do something if the risk is greater than the reward.
  • Think carefully before you act.
  • Dreaming and doing go hand in hand.
  • Life moves fast, but not so fast that you can't slow down to enjoy it.
  • Instead of waiting for life to get better, do something about it.
  • You REALLY should do what needs to be done NOW, and not later. Procrastination is the easiest way, but not the most profitable.
  • If your intuition is telling you not to do something then don't. Your intuition is not stupid!
  • Cereal is a vital staple food for all college students. Who cares how ridiculous you look eating it at 7:30 PM?
  • If he doesn't respect you, then he's not worth any of your time.
  • Learn to play an electric guitar; women really dig it.
  • Don't juggle knives unless your really, really good at it.
  • If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then give up. No sense being ridiculous about it.
  • Sticking things up your nose isn't the smartest idea in the world.
  • You can't light fireworks in the basement and not get caught.
  • Hair is flammable. VERY flammable. And there is a rule to how flammable it gets: the more hair products are contained withing the hair, the more fire you'll get.
  • Never ever trust your friend with a pair of scissors against your hair.
  • Dyeing hair strawberry blond that is already strawberry blond will make is strawberry pink.
  • White dogs and black pants don't mix.
  • God doesn't make junk!
  • Someday you will look back on this and it will all seem funny.
  • You never know when you are making a memory.
  • The heart does heal and you will love like this again - except that when you do, you'll deny that you ever loved like this before.
  • Nothing matters if you don't have loved ones to share it with. Your siblings are incredibly precious. If you don't know this now, you will - trust me!
  • If you can laugh at yourself, then you are going to be fine.
  • If you allow others to laugh with you, you'll be great!
  • Kissing is the most fun thing. Dancing is almost as fun