Lessons in Advance?

I've never been one of those people who would always wonder what it'd be like to be able to "Time Travel", but after listening and reading the lyrics of the song "Ooh La La," by the Faces, it made me wonder if life would have been easier if I knew the things I know now. I wondered if I would I be better off if I knew all of my life's lessons in advance so I didn't have to learn them the hard way. Would knowing the outcome of certain situations help make my life better? Or would fixing them make it worse?

Well I don't know and, obviously, never will. But if I was able to travel back in time and inform my younger self about the outcomes of his current situation; well, it'd go a little like this:

Age 3 (1991)» "Hey, don't be doing that! You body can't swallow food, like that mint, when you're upside down. You're gonna choke!
Age 3 (1991)» "Ok, stop freaking out. Yeah, your finger is caught in the fridge door. It's no big deal, all you need to do is reopen the door!"
Age 4 (1992)» "Rubbing your eye to get the sand out of it isn't the best idea. That is unless you want to wear an eye patch for the next couple weeks."
Age 6 (1994)» "Um yeah, lets not play tug of war on the doors. Your finger might get jammed in it. Actually, I'm 100% sure that it will."
Age 8 (1996)» "I like your thinking. A race down the Highschool's hallways to prove to Alex and Allan that it's faster way home will definitely prove you right! But you might want to keep your eyes ahead of you because getting stitches on your forehead is gonna be a pain in the ass."
Age 9 (1997)» "Ok, ok, calm down! Your front teeth will be fine! They'll just remold the chipped parts and you'll look good as new. Oh and prepare yourself for your wisdom teeth because taking those out are going to be ridiculously annoying."
Age 10 (1998)» "Hey! Guess what! Fighting and drinking alcohol might make you seem like a bad ass, but you're not going to get anywhere by doing it. Go study, "bad ass".
Age 12 (2000)» "That little bastard's pissed at you and is gonna try to stab you with a pencil, DODGE IT; then fight him. Don't worry, afterward everyone's going to take your side and he'll end up become the school's outcast."
Age 13 (2001)» "Welcome to 8th grade. On your first day of school you're going to meet a girl that you'll dislike, but she's going to play a big part in your life. I never really befriended her, but she's going to be around for a while. Prepare yourself."
Age 14 (2002)» "Don't date that Kayla girl. She's two faced and will talk shit about you behind your back, so don't waste your time."
Age 14 (2002)» "I don't care how sick of Cypress Grove you are. Stay there because Independent Study is worse."
Age 15 (2003)» "Cool Seaside Highschool. Again don't go in to Independent Study. You will hate it and miss out on a lot social aspects."
Age 16 (2004)» "You know that girl you met in 8th grade? You have a choice of whether you want to to date her for the next year. You two will argue, she's going to hate your friends and they already hate her. The first 3 or 4 months together with her, you're going to feel on top of the world, but the next 8 or 9 months after that is going to be a massive hassle and you'll be annoyed constantly. But if you do decide to be with her, you'll end up saving her life time and time again. Even now I'm not sure if its worth it ......... Good Luck!"
Age 18 (2006)» "I don't care how tired and sore you are and I really don't care how much you hate it. Don't quit and stay employed at UPS. You'll be thankful for it later."
Age 18 (2006)» "Blizzard made a new game? Really?! Don't buy it, don't play it. Don't even think about it. That new Blizzard game is non-existent to you, got it?"
Age 19 (2007)» "Yeah I agree with you, Don doesn't know shit on how to manage a business, but don't quit for Old Navy. They'll treat you like shit and you'd better off being bored at Totes."
Age 20 (2008)» "Oh wow, she's pretty! Have your fun, but don't get attached because she's not going to be attached to you at all. She's flirty, materialistic, and she's gotta bigger ego then she lets on. Listen to me now so you don't fall for this girl's bullshit twice. You're Welcome."
Age 21 (2009)» "Psh; I don't care if we're currently the same age! I'm practically 22, so shut up. Yeah I know exactly what you're thinking, most gorgeous girl you've ever seen, right? Just like the girl you met in '08, she's a flirt too. Have your fun and flirt back, maybe learn a few things socially, then move on."

Of course learning life's lessons the hard way will always have a bigger effect on you than just having some one tell them to you. But I have to wonder if a future me came back in time to tell me all this- Would I take his advice? Or would I be more shocked about how I will still have the same baby face at age 21?

Hello Stranger!

I just thought I'd introduce myself and I'm hoping we can become friends!

You look so familiar to me and I could almost say that you look exactly that some one I use to know for a long time in my life. She was a good friend, but more of a mentor to me. She was also some one I could go to no matter how bad of a mistake I made or even how bad I felt about it. I learned so much from her; manners, life guidance, kindness, and so much more. Not even to mention that she's saved me in more ways than one! I'm not sure where she went though.

But now I have you! Although we rarely talk and awkwardly force small talk here and there; maybe that can some how start in to a friendship. I'm glad you're letting me stay at your place and I'll try to take better care of it than my last. And yes, I'm currently looking for work so I can move out soon because I know how you are wanting to rent out these rooms. Until then I hope that we can get along. You tend to keep to yourself and it's hard for me not to talk to you. You have such a kind stature and I can't help that I want to let you know about the happenings of my day. Yet at the same time, I'm a little nervous about telling you everything too.

All in all I hope that we can eventually become good friends because I miss my old one. She was really the only person I could trust and come to when I needed help.

I wish I could have told her that before she left though ...

"bros before hoes" ↓

I absolutely hate that terminology, but it does hold a lot of truth to it.

Tonight I got in to it with one of my best friends about his ex-girlfriend, or girlfriend, or whatever they are at the moment; which probably wouldn't have been so bad, but it was because it was right in front of her.
I won't go into the details of what all was said, but even though there were some bad things said; I still held my tongue on a lot of what I really wanted to say.

But my point being is no matter what you should always choose a friendship first. Everyone when they're single always backs up this fact, but once they are with someone, it completely goes out the window. Agreed that "love" can turn ones mind into mush and it's understandable that you can easily forget the whole "Bros over Hoes" thing. Although when it gets to the point where all your friends hate the person you're with because they know that s/he is treating you badly; you need to wake up.
When you start telling your friends to go home because s/he is coming over and you don't want any confrontations; that's a pretty big hint that you need to rethink some things.

Granted that the next time I'm in a relationship, I too maybe blinded by "love", but I swear it will never get to the point where I tell my friends to go home; never.
Tonight's events have left me shocked and awed; and I never thought that I'd be told to go home by such a good friend; especially because of him siding with his girl.
Eventually she'll turn him against me, I mean c'mon- it's already started.

wtf is this sh!t?

Alright first off, I will never consider myself a "Blogger", but I've been writing files about whatever is on my mind in word docs on my hard drive. I saw that one of my cousins has a blog and figured, screw it, I'll make one too.
The things I'll be writing about on here will vary from daily happenings to my thoughts/opinions in general. I've decided I want to do this, but I have a strong feeling that I'll end up forgetting to make new posts ... but I guess we'll see what happens.
And no, I'm not going to advertise this blog on the myspace bulletin/facebook wall; I'm going to put one link on my profile and tell a few people about it. Only for the sole reason of me being tired of seeing people advertise their blogs everywhere:
"OMG! I have such deep thoughts and I think you'll love to read my 4795345 posts about how I like penguins & llamas. *hurr durr*" ← I refuse to become this.

A little about myself. I'm a college student working on my Hospitality degree and still looking for employment. No girlfriend and I've stopped looking because the majority of the girls that I hang around I only see as friends and the ones I'm interested in more than that turn out to be immature, raunchy, or materialistic. Although, I do live in the Monterey Bay Area; so materialism runs thick through most people around here.
As of right now, I'm having fun meeting new people and hanging out with my already good friends. And hopefully I'll find her along the way :)
It's been said that I'm very laid back and unstressed, funny, hopeless romantic, smart, eccentric, but most of all; a smart ass. It's to be expected though. Quick wit runs strong through both sides of my family and I love it!
I like to party, but I don't consider myself as a "Party-er". Although I'm friendly and laid back, a lot of my decisions are based on anger, but you'd never know it just by looking at me. I'm a complicated mind disguised as a fun and goofy guy. It's nothing I do purposely though.

I'm gonna cut off this post here before it gets too long, but hopefully I'll remember to update this thing :P