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10 things I'd like to tell my 16-year-old self
Stolen from m1yuk1chan
1. Just because you've already had sex, you aren't a man yet. In fact, you've got a long way to go to earn that title, boy.
2. That ride with your cousin on your birthday? Tell Dad about it NOW instead of when he figures it out on his own next year. He knows you didn't (won't?) tell him where it really happened, either, but he's probably resigned to taking that knowledge with him to the grave.
3. That knee that's always bothering you just a bit? Get Dad to take you to a Rheumatologist. It might be salvagable it the arthritis is caught now instead of in another 16 years.
4. Being skinny isn't so bad. And when you start feeling burned out on running here in a couple years? Well, rest assured, there will come a time when you will wish you could again. Make it sooner rather than later.
5. Fuck the Civil War. Both your grandfathers were in World War II. And PopPop was also in Korea. Take the time to thank them for what they did, for sacrificing those years with their family so you can live the way you will live. Spend some time with just them and start fishing their stories out now, instead of later when you think it's close to the time they're going to pass.
6. Never throw away a single fucking thing you write. Make duplicate and triplicate copies. Otherwise you will always lament that great story you wrote and no longer have a copy of. Oh, and don't save your writing on that Tandy. It won't be compatible with the word processors of the future and you'll spend an entire week at some point discovering that unless you can get the Tandy back, those writings are gone forever.
7. That dream of being a writer? Start reading even more now, and better stuff. You can find stories that you like that are actually written well, and not that teen drivel crap that gives you a woody.
8. Work a little harder at school now, so you have the discipline already built up when you start college in a couple years. Don't let Dad convince you to go to the Naval Academy and spend the time it would take to prepare for that on finding a good creative writing school instead. Find a course structure and instructors you like. Then tell your parents that if they can't afford to help you, you'll do it your own damn self. And do it.
9. You've made a lot of right decisions to get this far. You've got a couple important ones comeing up and the fear of Dad is definitely going to steer you in the right direction. Listen to your conscience. Maybe you could even try to convince Peter and Edward not to shoot those cows or not to blow up the pipe bomb in the bottom of their pond. If not, remember that you're doing the right thing (all over again?) when you get the Hell outta there.
10. Spend more time with your creative friends. The ones that inspire you to make up stories and actually push Peter to work more on that comic you guys are going to come up with next year. Then when you're my age, you can license the video game you've always wanted to write.
Stolen from m1yuk1chan
1. Just because you've already had sex, you aren't a man yet. In fact, you've got a long way to go to earn that title, boy.
2. That ride with your cousin on your birthday? Tell Dad about it NOW instead of when he figures it out on his own next year. He knows you didn't (won't?) tell him where it really happened, either, but he's probably resigned to taking that knowledge with him to the grave.
3. That knee that's always bothering you just a bit? Get Dad to take you to a Rheumatologist. It might be salvagable it the arthritis is caught now instead of in another 16 years.
4. Being skinny isn't so bad. And when you start feeling burned out on running here in a couple years? Well, rest assured, there will come a time when you will wish you could again. Make it sooner rather than later.
5. Fuck the Civil War. Both your grandfathers were in World War II. And PopPop was also in Korea. Take the time to thank them for what they did, for sacrificing those years with their family so you can live the way you will live. Spend some time with just them and start fishing their stories out now, instead of later when you think it's close to the time they're going to pass.
6. Never throw away a single fucking thing you write. Make duplicate and triplicate copies. Otherwise you will always lament that great story you wrote and no longer have a copy of. Oh, and don't save your writing on that Tandy. It won't be compatible with the word processors of the future and you'll spend an entire week at some point discovering that unless you can get the Tandy back, those writings are gone forever.
7. That dream of being a writer? Start reading even more now, and better stuff. You can find stories that you like that are actually written well, and not that teen drivel crap that gives you a woody.
8. Work a little harder at school now, so you have the discipline already built up when you start college in a couple years. Don't let Dad convince you to go to the Naval Academy and spend the time it would take to prepare for that on finding a good creative writing school instead. Find a course structure and instructors you like. Then tell your parents that if they can't afford to help you, you'll do it your own damn self. And do it.
9. You've made a lot of right decisions to get this far. You've got a couple important ones comeing up and the fear of Dad is definitely going to steer you in the right direction. Listen to your conscience. Maybe you could even try to convince Peter and Edward not to shoot those cows or not to blow up the pipe bomb in the bottom of their pond. If not, remember that you're doing the right thing (all over again?) when you get the Hell outta there.
10. Spend more time with your creative friends. The ones that inspire you to make up stories and actually push Peter to work more on that comic you guys are going to come up with next year. Then when you're my age, you can license the video game you've always wanted to write.