May 7, 2008
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Hello, From the Future.
A 14 year old me and my twins. This is how we settled things.Xanga has implemented a new feature: Future/past posting. It allows you to edit the time in which you want your post to show. Need it to post 2 days from now? It will. Want to relive the past and post it 1 year ago? Done.
I'd like to travel back in time. To make a few adjustments. There were mistakes, missed chances, regrets, actions I should've taken. But unlike Marty McFly, I don't have a time machine, nor can my beat up 1996 Jeep Cherokee reach 88mph. The things I would've told myself if I had the chance.
88mph.I'd tell him to start paying attention in math instead of drawing.
I'd tell him to join the basketball team instead of slacking at home, watching TV instead.
I'd of told him how not to get suspended--three times in a year.
I'd tell him to learn the piano.
I'd tell him to take photography class.
I'd tell him to ask that girl out, instead of letting her fall right through your hand.
I'd tell him to start eating bigger meals during high school.
I'd of told him not to do that, or you'll get arrested.
I'd tell him about saving 10% on my auto insurance by switching to Geico.
I'd tell him to enjoy his time in high school, because you'll really miss it when you're working full-time.
I'd tell him to travel a bit more during summer vacations. Maybe Europe and Australia.
I'd tell him to forget the girls full of unrequited love.
I'd tell him to not quit the choir and listen to the teacher's recommendations.If you could post something today for yourself to read 10 years into the past, what would it say?
Comments (124)
Hey, Chris.
physical chemistry will steal your senior year
I'd only be eight by then. And I'd probably forget any important message in it by the time I need to apply whatever lesson I intended to teach myself. D:
DON'T start smoking. you will have one hell of a time trying to quit 10 years down the road. been there.
i'd say invest in google stock man.
Actually, I think I'll just pre-write myself a dozen entries and then leave xanga for a couple of weeks.
i know how not to get suspended...
but did it happen anyway?
Tell him you like him back.
Stick up for yourself.
Tell that one girl off.
Let Paula beat up that girl for you.
Avoid that guy who they keep calling the whack dj.
Oh and most importantly, dont believe a word he says and trust your gut, dont date him!
Xo
"stop being ugly! get a better haircut and dress better."
I'd tell her not to quit gymnastics.
justify it all you want, you're not just experimenting. it's not just a phase. your parents WON'T still love you, no matter what.
*cough*
be more outgoing lol
I would tell me 10 years ago: "Strive for the best, adequate is not good enough".
10 years? I'd need to go back further than that. Like 20 years. And my message in a bottle would simply say, "RUN!!!!"
But if I can go back only 10 years, I think I would tell myself to keep my cosmetology license current, at all costs. Veddy, veddy impotent!
I'll tell myself to jerk it with the left hand so I can become ambidextrous (ooo SAT word)
i'd tell myself what the winning lotto numbers are
Keep Working Hard and Don't bring that Blue Folder Full of Pokemon Cards to Camp!
well i was 10 then so uh...huh
oh! "don't ignore the bully you have to deal with next year- stand up to her, she ends up a hot mess with no real friends by high school because everyone eventually will see past her beauty for the way she treats people..."
I'd tell her to never of taken those pills. But pills are gooooooooooood!
don't copy google's april fools joke man.
@cloudedfuture -
What does that mean?
Switch majors, but don't drop out of college!!
remember to buy 100 copies of ultimate spider-man #1
Heather Locklear will still look the same!
Invest in google. Also, line up at Nintendo World more often to buy and resell Wiis. Not that there even WAS a Nintendo World back then... oh yeah. Stop buying effin pokemon cards.
if only xanga were a real time machine...
I'm actually incredibly pleased with all the new stuff Xanga's been adding to the site. It's only a short amount of time until other sites start doing the same, no?
Wth got you suspended thrice in a year?
And.. I can teach you the piano! Well try, anyway.
Interesting, student teaching manager.
get more involved with school
"listen to your mom, she might actually be right this time!"
i was 10. hmm. i'd tell me 'don't race your older brother on rollerblades, you'll break your wrist!' lol
I would tell myself: "No Shit?" After hearing myself complain about things and the way things are supposed to be.
It's just the way I was and am. Lol. NO SHIT!
@CaKaLusa -
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
@cloudedfuture -
Uh-huh. I was supposed to know about this? Perhaps Xanga ripped off google somehow too, then?
The whole list is great
Chris...what happened to NOT sinking low on the scale of "WTF!"?
I mean, I love you. You know this. (and don't forget it) But seriously... "What messege would I send to myself ten years in the past should that be possible?" Are ya serious? Haha!
To answer it though: I'd tell her to not start applying herself to music and not wait till it takes twice as long. Also, don't waste your money on cookies so much. Buy ribs instead.
Love ya, CaKa! ; )
~Lily
This is a great idea.
I meant TO start applying herself to music (perhaps work on short term memory and work on developing some sort of cure for the lose of such...). Apologeeze.
~Lily
I'd tell her that "forever" isn't real so quit dawdling through life!
don't cut school. stop being lazy. take more pictures!
If he went to Australia, we would've been married by now.
I would've told myself "drugs are baaaaddd... mmkay" but would I have listened? NO.
I'd tell 'er, fix his headphones and kiss the boy, and while yur at it, make out with the neighbor guy too when he offers.... that's all I got... and by the time I would get to that "future point" I would probably forget or second guess myself anyways... with the deja vu i've got...i'm almost certain that's the case... haha!
f***d
I would tell her to start going to hip-hop dance class & learn guitar already~*pick up japanese and french coz languages come easier at a young age..Don't quit violin and piano after 8 years..coz you will most definitely forget very soon..
just don't be too desperate..TEEHEHE..it kinda scares guys away... lol!~* but ah wells..just enjoy life and don't fall into depression when you move to Australia..coz in the end.. it'll be okay..
^_^ p.s. you have cute bedsheets. LOL!
and you were in Choir? tehehe~ so true about the missing highschool thing though... ^_^
don't invest so much emotion on unworthy people. the most important person in the whole world is me.
I was thinking of answering your question, and then went on to realize how self degrading I really am. So I will refrain from doing so. I know you're so disappointed.
-Cherish those around you, they'll be gone before you expect it...trust me.
-Don't try to grow up so fast, you're gonna miss out on all the fun times, especcially in college.
-Don't stop playing piano or doing ballet, you love it more than you think you do.
-Don't let him borrow your bass guitar, he'll never give it back.
Oh so many things I'd say. Damn, I need a De Lorean.
Your face didn't change much, only something else got twice as big. *wink*...
I meant your belly, damn it!
good job.
Ten years just isn't that long ago.
Cuddle your children more.
too little, too late. hah
I'd tell myself to not be so... [insert adjective here].
i would have told myself to focus more on school and not to date that loser. lol
劉家豪!
Hey! That's a cool pic! How'd you do that?
Number 6 is good. I'm trying to tell myself that. Something I'll definitely tell myself ten years ago when I was eight.
hahaha
Ah, wordpress has that feature. Pretty nifty, since I needed it for my shortfilm....
As for myself? Well, I'd probably tell myself to start making random films, and don't take up IT in Uni, take up film then, so I'd be in the business already by now...
tell my self not to drink that flaming black sambucca.
I recommended this before I saw that it was really a commercial for Geico.
YOu should make that last question a featured question here on Xanga....it's a lot better than what we've been getting lately.
I'd tell him to invest in Google and Microsoft. I'd also give him an almanac of sports stats for a decade.
don't procrastinate, you don't need 2,3,4 or 5 cars
i can't think that far ahead and you look the same as you did when you were 14. azn power!
i love the photo--verra cool!
i actually have a "time capsule" that i am set to open in 2017. should be interesting.
as for what i would tell myself back then?
"people die, but that doesn't mean you have to kill your chance at living.
you still have grandma and Jackie. and they need you. more than you know.
stay strong. don't try to run away from this. don't be afraid.
embrace the pain and grief, and trust God to walk with you through it.
he will always be with you in spirit.
mom and dad can't hurt you unless you let them.
protect Jackie. she needs you. she really needs you.
stay strong. only the strong survive.
Love yourself!"
love, yourself -age 23 (well, on the 21st)
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didnt google do this for an april fool's day prank?
are you pulling our legs
I'd tell her to stop looking at boys and become a nun.
How about I tel you when I travel into the past? Granted I will have to do this after I buy several thousand shares of Microsoft and build my house near the point the airport will be expanded so they have to pay me millions for it; but I'll eventually get around to you. I might even start dating you in the past and then slip out of your fingers so that when you post this post now; it'll be a time paradox. There. Your screwed now....gotta post this or you'll never be.
everything's going to be alright.
10 years in the past? I would be 5.
I'd say to be careful of that boy in the bible section at the book store.
I'd say drugs solve nothing.
I'd say cigarettes aren't good for you.
But most of all, I'd say that you need to just make your decisions.
Because everything I am now, I wouldn't be, had I not made that mistake.
The winning Mega Millions numbers for May 6, 2008 are
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10 years? i would be 9
but lottery numbers so i can be filthy rich
stand up to her and fight her if you have to =x
@Koko_and_his_YumYum -
whew! took care of one of those!
stick to what you love, and don't worry about high school in a couple of years. you'll forget it as soon as you graduate anyhow.
I wanna hear Cakalusa love stories lol
talk to her.
you gotta tell me who the girl is...
don't take physics in high school
That's so cool dude....
@FF_KHonewingedangel - Invest in Google. Absolutely.
As for anybody, there are millions of things I could think of, but, as some have already listed, not smoking would be one of them.
Hey! That's all you and not your sibs! Lah!
haha i'm a twin too ^^
wow this post got me thining, really, 10 years ago would have made me 8 years old...ok...i'd tell myself to not quit gymnastics over a stupid broken shoulder. i'd tell myself to grow to like macedonians. i'd tell myself to work for school instead of getting by on intelligence. i'd tell myself to start hanging out with girls. wow....so much to say! ha
play more worry less.
probably not to work so hard in high school - save the effort for later
hey
stop drinking so many energy drinks
hallo!nice to meet you
I'd tell me not stop dreaming. Always live for yourself, and apply yourself to what you love, not just what you have to do. Don't quit, but don't kill yourself with doing too much. Be happy.
Hey, just showing the luv on yo blog i hope you pass it along
freakkkk idk bye
true dawg
I'll tell myself to jerk it with the left hand so I can become ambidextrous (ooo SAT word)
hmmm, advice for my past self? that would be 8...hm, id tell my 8 year old self to take dancing a bit more seriously i guess...
hahaa past regrets..we all have them > <
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