Blast From the Past - 53 Important Things to Always Remember

I’ve been in a cleaning and organizing frenzy lately, trying to unpack everything I’ve brought back from Victoria.  In the midst of all this, I found this one page that I had photocopied out of a yearbook from high school.  Some of these things are hilarious, some impart sound wisdom, others I don’t really understand… but it all definitely took me back to high school and all the silliest that it was:

1. Don’t drink grape juice while wearing a white shirt and driving to school.
2. Don’t spend your life waiting for other people.
3. Dropping a cell phone in a bathtub kinda kills the phone.
4. Your mother will find out if you dye your hair purple [anyone a Gilmore Girl fan?  See Season 3 Episode 4].
5. You haven’t lived until you’ve gotten a 48 on an AP Canadian History Test [This is one of those I don’t really understand, never took AP and I’m not sure why there this reference is there – it was an IB school.  The yearbook committee must have stole this!]
6. Don’t ever fall in love with someone who is more than 1000 miles away from you.  It usually doesn’t work.
7. Milk crates make boring pets.
8. If it hurts, DON’T DO IT AGAIN!
9. That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.
10. Speaking in public gets easier with practice.
11. Don’t sprint around a pool if you’re trying to impersonate Jim from Huck Finn.
12. 10 years from now most of what we freak out about won’t make any difference.
13. Zits always pop up when you really can’t afford them to pop up.
14. Always stay after class because that’s where connections are made.
15. When in doubt duck. When certain, don’t bother, cause you’re already screwed.
16. While driving a car through a gate, always, ALWAYS, make sure the gate is open! Consequences might be fatal to your car.
17. If you’re not living, (I mean really living), you’re dead already.
18. Never pierce your belly button in the dark.
19. Just because someone flirts with you doesn’t mean he or she likes you.
20. If your teacher tells you to quit talking after a test or he’ll give you a zero, he means it.  Really.
21. Sometimes smart people can do very, very stupid things.
22. Being nice to people will get you far.
23. The one person you can truly love is often right in front of you.
24. Never, ever let a member of the opposite sex make you compromise your standards. Never.
25. Nothing is ever too good to be true.
26. If you start to like a girl, her roommate will immediately start liking you.
27. Parents aren’t around forever, and you need to treasure them while they are.
28. Don’t take the SAT twice if you already have a good score in the first place [Trying telling this to the parents … doesn’t work]
29. Never do something if risk is greater than the reward.
30. Think carefully before you act.
31. Dreaming and doing go hand in hand.
32. Life moves fast, but not so fast that you can’t slow down to enjoy it.
33. Instead of waiting for life to get better, do something about it.
34. You really should do what needs to be done now and not later. Procrastination is the easiest way, but not the most profitable.
35. If your intuition is telling you not to do something, then don’t. Your intuition is not stupid!
36. Cereal is a vital staple food for all college students. Who cares how ridiculous you look eating it at 7:30PM? [for some strange reason, I only eat cereal at night, never in the morning]
37. If he doesn’t respect you, then he’s not worth any of your time.
38. Learn to play an electric guitar, young women really dig it. [not really for me, but I do have a thing for people who can play an acoustic.. heh just ask anyone]
39. Don’t juggle knives unless you’re really, really good at it.
40. Sticking things up your nose isn’t the smartest idea in the world.
41. You can’t light fireworks in the basement and not get caught.
42. Hair is flammable.  Very flammable [Pretty true – one of my friends did that in high school.  Not a good idea. She had to cut off most of her hair]
43. Never trust your friend with a pair of scissors against your hair.
44. Dyeing hair that is strawberry blond that is already strawberry blond makes it turn strawberry pink.
45. White dogs and black pants don’t mix. [Black cats and black pants don’t mix either]
46. There is no such thing as junk. [No so sure about this – have you seen my room?!]
47. Someday you will look back on this and it will all seem funny.
48. You never know when you’re making a memory.
49. The heart does heal and you will love like this again, except when you do, you’ll deny that you ever loved like this before.
50. 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! [My bro and I only got closer when I moved out]
51. If you can laugh at yourself, you are going to be fine.
52. If you allow others to laugh with you, you’ll be great!
53. Kissing is the most fun thing. Dancing is almost as fine [Not sure if I agree with this, dancing is pretttty epic ^_^]