After reading my last post, it made me think of a list I wrote on my old blog.
This was from July 2007. It still holds true, and made me laugh a little bit.



If I could travel back in time 10 years, I would be 15 almost 16, and I would tell myself the following things:


-You will be bored one day during your senior year in high school. You will decide to cut all your hair off and dye it bright red. You will also have the urge to wear little barrettes and headbands in said short, dyed hair. People will tell you it looks cute, like a pixie, but they will be wrong. You will really look like bozo with a buzz cut. Don't do it, kid.
-New Years Eve 1999. You will be kicked out of a party. You will get into a vehicle and someone almost as drunk as you will be driving. You will ring in the year 2000 throwing up in the back of a cop car and bleeding profusely from your forehead. Don't get in the fucking vehicle, OK? Turns out, you'll be fine but months of bullshit will follow and it's so not worth it. Better yet, just stay home that night and play Guess Who with your little brother.
-The whole shoplifting thing? For fun? Or excitement? Or whatever the reason? So stupid. Your parents give you all the money you ask for so don't be a selfish little bitch because you will get caught and you will still feel horrible about it 10 years later. Your parents will be disappointed in you and that sucks. Also, it ruins a relationship with your best friend for 2 years and that is 2 years of fun with your best friend that you will never get back. Retard.
-You will be so excited to get a tattoo on your 18th birthday. You will go and get a tattoo, and granted, it's a cool tattoo, you will still think that 10 years from now, BUT please choose a better place to put it. The place you choose is too obvious and it distracts from your killer legs. I know you don't know you have killer legs yet, but one day you will be aware and wish you hadn't flawed perfection with black ink.
-You should maybe consider possibly going to college, because I know you think you will just take a year or two off to party and chill but you will get an OK job and it will pay your bills and you will lose all motivation to go to school and you never will. And when you are 25 you might wish that you did go when you were younger. I'm just sayin'.
-There will be handful of guys that you will "accidentally" have sex with and regret it later. Keep that in mind.
-Do not lend anyone money on a trip to Vegas. This is a big one. DO NOT LEND ANYONE MONEY, no matter how much you think you trust them.
-I will be tempted to give you a Sports Almanac or whatever all Back To The Future-style, but don't let me because that is tempting fate and will only result in bad karma. It also may blow up the planet or something if somehow you get rich. I think you are meant to be broke your whole life, but don't worry it adds character.
-I would tell you that you will fall in love twice in the next 10 years, and it will hurt you immensely both times in the end, but then it might stop you from falling in love and I wouldn't deprive you of that feeling in a million years. It feels good, I won't lie. Better than an 8ball on a full moon night. I swear.

One thing I want to add though: Don't listen to a word I'm saying. Regrets are silly and a waste of time because let's face it. If you don't go through these things, you won't be the person you are today.
I know. Aww.
Hallmark bullshit aside, you could wind up sucky sucky for a bucky bucky at some whore house in vegas, or end up in an unhappy, lifeless marriage, or worst of all...
Weak and oblivious to life's pain. It'll catch up with everyone eventually and you might as well learn about it all as soon as you can.