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I have medium length hair (goes a bit past underarms) that always goes fluffy and frizzy after I brush it. It's naturally wavy/curly. It's kind of dying a little bit because I dye it blonde (i have to to avoid bullying) But I only dye it once a year. I usually wash it every second day. I use Herbal Essences for coloured hair shampoo on my scalp only and then Herbal Essences for frizzy hair conditioner on the lengths and ends of my hair only to avoid oily scalp. Ive tried many different brands and Herbal Essences seems to work best, although lately it doesn't look like its having any sort of effect at all.After the shower I usually leave it wrapped up in a towel for half an hour or so, then brush + use Avon Advanced Techniques damage repair leave in conditioner and then let it dry - but it looks like my hair had gone through some sort of tornado. It looks stale and yuck so I comb it with a plastic wide toothed comb, which turns it super fluffy and super frizzy. I spray in L'oréal Paris Elvive anti-breakage conditioning spray to try to deplete the frizziness, which it used to but doesn't anymore. Both the spray and leave in conditioner say it makes hair easy to manage and battles frizziness - which it doesn't on my hair. I don't use a straightener or hair dryer - I always let it air dry.

Even if I haven't washed my hair in a day or two, and I comb it to detangle it, it still goes super fluffy and frizzy. Even if its freezing cold and no humidity at all.

I also struggle growing my hair out. It hasn't been longer than it is now. I've wanted long hair all my life but it just won't grow :( my mum can't afford to take me to the hairdressers every 6 weeks and we don't have time to travel there either, since its far away.

Please help... I've tried so much: mouse, leave in conditioner, countless different sprays, Moroccan oils, and way too many types of shampoos and conditioners and nothing seems to work

Please Don't suggest specific brands.

I remember this Australian movie, I can't remember how old it was... say between 1995 and now

anyways, I only saw the second half of the film so I can't give much of a description. I remember the title was just one word.

The movie plot:

A man needed money, and to get the money he kidnapped another man (for ransom?) and took him into the middle of the Australian desert in his car. Over the duration of the film the hostage and the guy became friends. The guy explained to the hostage why he was kidnapping him, he needed money. I can't remember why he needed it.. May have had something to do with gambling

Anyways, towards the end of the film the hostage develops sympathy for the man who kidnapped him.

The car breaks down at some point (I think) and the guy gets out of the car to try and fix it. And the cops show up and shoot him in the chest, killing him.

After the hostage is taken home and everything is over etc. The former hostage leaves a large sum of money at the household that belongs to his kidnapper's family, who desperately need the money for some reason.

If you have any idea what this movie might be, it would be GREAT if you could answer.

Thank you

I'm actually really curious to know whether my mum can be justified for her actions or if she's being too controlling of me

So I'm more into the alt. fashion scene. (Which she completely hates)

She calls me goth and stuff (intending it to be hurtful) when I wear a little bit of eyeliner. A line on my bottom waterline is the most I ever where, but I don't wear eyeliner anymore because of my mum. Wearing Doc Martens and band shirts contributes to the 'goth' name calling... She says I'm just copying my older brother and this isn't who I really am. I enjoy what my brother enjoys. If that's copying then be it, but if it makes me happy and I'm passionate about it then I guess that's 'me' as well.

I would also like to dye parts of my hair blue. I have blonde hair and think it would look great. I've asked lots of people. However, my mum wasn't all that accepting even when I wanted to use temporary wash out blue hair spray for a costume party. So I'm pretty sure she would disown me if I put any unnatural colour in my hair at all. If she sees anyone with an unnatural hair colour she's lightening quick to start complaining about how trashy and ridiculous it looks. That goes for tattoos and piercings as well. I don't have my ears pierced.

Thirdly, I'm almost 17 years old. I'm almost a women, right? Ha, not to her. I'm not allowed to shave my legs. This impacted immensely on my self esteem. I wore leggings for almost a full year straight because I didn't want anyone to see my hairy legs. I wore long socks with my school dress to prevent people from seeing it and got bullied for the socks too. I started shaving this year secretly, so I don't feel as self conscious anymore.

Conclusion: is my mum being too controlling about what I chose to do with my own body, taking into consideration that I'm almost 17 years old? Or are her actions reasonable and should I stop being offended by her words and conform myself to her ideas of 'normality'

I'm not really sure what the point of this is, I think I'm just venting...

But I absolutely h a t e my body and my face and everything about it.

Firstly, I'm fat. People say I'm not but I still feel fat. I can physically feel it on my hips and my stomach and my thighs touch and jiggle when I walk. I can barely see my hip bones and i can just grab the rolls of fat on my stomach and ribs and back. I'm an Australian size 8-12 (depending on the shop) but I weigh almost 60kg. I can never imagine any guy ever wanting to run their hands over my sides only to feel lumps of fat and cellulite... Yuck! Secondly, even when I feel kind of skinny, I have size DD-E cup boobs which make every shirt I wear stick out, instead of exposing my figure it just makes me look pregnant... Also having big boobs is unnattractive (according to my guy friends) and I can never wear low cut shirts without thinking ill be called a **** or a joke! Not to mention I have acne all over my chest... My butt looks like its melted. Its like an grandma's butt but I'm only nearly 17! Most of my friends have amazing figures, either really skinny or have amazing curves, except for me. Even if one of them doesn't have the body, she has the face, which I also seem to lack. My face is covered in freckles and I have uneven eyebrows and permanent bags under my eyes. I've looked at baby pictures and they were there... I don't remember ever not having them.

I've grown up being bullied because I'm ugly.

I try to excercise (bike riding) to lose the weight but winter is coming which means rain and cold and winds! Where I live it gets COLD!

I feel so unnattractive compared to everyone else at my school, compared to all my friends. Whenever I talk to guys I just hold myself back because I know they won't ever want me because I'm too ugly I won't even Skype with a guy because I will scare them away... My mum is really strict and probably won't let me wear make up. Please help... It's really affecting my confidence..

I have a 6 year old female Australian Shephard. She loves learning but gets distracted easily

So far, I have taught her all of these tricks:

Sit (she can perform this with either a hand action or vocal command)

Drop (lie down)

Shake paw

Hi five

Other paw (hi five with the opposite paw)

Hup (or beg, as normal people call it haha)

Roll over

Leave it (works with virtually anything, food, other dogs etc)

Stay (she can perform this with a hand action or vocal command)

Come

Wait (ignore food until given a command to eat it)

Crawl

Kiss

Take a bow

Bang! (I pretend to shoot her then she barks and rolls onto her back, playing dead)

Up (jump up onto things like the couch etc)

Sketch em! (Bark and chase something... Used when waking up my brother or chasing a bird etc. she is not allowed to bite or attack however.)

Turn around

Gentle (be gentle around things such as when giving kisses, when near other pets, since I also have birds and lizards, or smaller children or the elderly)

Jump/over (agility jumps)

Find it! (Only works when looking for food, unfortunately...)

Where's [insert name]? (go and look for whoever's name was said. She picks up names for people very quickly so this one was easy)

These are tricks I'm currently working on with her:

In the bin (putting rubbish in the bin) she gets distracted by what else is in the bin though.

Other way (turning around the opposite way to how she originally learnt)

Stand up using a hand signal

Drop using a hand signal

I have also previously tried weaving in between my legs as I walk and may continue to teach this to her.

These are tricks I have tried to teach but she won't learn:

Pull/tug (like opening doors etc.) she won't grab onto the object I want her to pull, even if it's her own toy.

Back (walk backwards) even in a hallway, she turns around instead of simply taking steps backwards

Any other suggestions for tricks? Or maybe tips for teaching her tricks that she's having trouble with?

Thank you

One of my best friends always feels the need to be the centre of attention.

Whenever our friend group are having discussions like complaining about something she always interrupts us and starts yelling about how bad her life is because of whatever we're discussing about, how much worse she has it than us. If we don't agree with her she'll get mad at us and walk off in a fit, calling us "bullies"

Whenever something good happens to her, she always boasts about it to us. For example she's just gotten a new boyfriend, and she's really clingy. She always tells us about how much she loves him and how cute he is and everything, but after going through the same thing for a whole year with her old boyfriend, both me and our other friend are sick of it. We don't know what to say anymore.

And if we don't say anything she'll get mad at us for not caring about her.

She's really bad at interrupting me when I'm speaking too. It's really hurtful because it's like she doesn't care at all about what I have to say. Lastly, if someone gets more attention that she does she complains about how "fake" and "ugly" that person is. Even if it's her best friend...

If someone (for example, me) doesn't agree with her opinion she also calls them "bullies" and gets angry and depressed.

I call it the "Only Child" syndrome, since quite a few of my friends are only childs I've noticed they always think they're right about everything.

What can I do about this? I'm sick of her attention seeking but it hurts her feelings when I tell her to stop and I don't want to lose one of my best friends...

Thanks.

Title may be a little misleading , sorry

I don't have any talents that are at use to me AT THIS MOMENT in my life. I'm 16 years old. I have skills in that I know a lot about animals and stuff like that. But that will only help me in a very slow process (completing high school is 2 years, cert iii in animal studies at Uni is another 4 years which means I have to drag out 6 years for that to finally pay off)

But for now Im pretty much useless.

I'm failing maths, which means I can't get a part time job, since I can't figure out how much change to give to people if I were working in a shop (where majority of part time jobs are)

I'm not pretty. In fact I'm quite ugly, which makes life incredibly boring and depressing since nothing happens. Exciting things only happen to pretty girls at our age...

Uh. I play guitar but I'm horrible at it and I've barely improved since I started like 4 years ago. I understand music but I don't have any musical talents...

I'm good at horse riding but due to money restrictions I can't actually own my own horse to improve further. At the moment I take lessons every 2 weeks.

I thought I was good at writing, until everyone else caught up to my level. Even my friend who is 2 year levels below me is better than I am.

I thought I had talents. But then I met all my friends who are better at everything that I am, who are prettier than me and who can talk to people.

They're always getting attention from guys and always making new friends

But I'm antisocial, have depression and I'm paranoid everyone secretly hates me

I'm sorry I don't even know what my question is really. I think I'm just venting. I don't want to talk to my friends about it cause I think I annoy them...

Since 2011 I've been engulfed in this deep dark sadness which I've concluded to be depression (check on past questions... I've posted more about it there)

Anyways there's only two people who know - my two best friends. (Who I've only known for a year now)

I've had suicidal thoughts, skipping days from school, less interest in activities I used to enjoy, weight gain / loss, you name it

But I just don't know if I want help for it.

My friends often see councilers at school. But they're much younger than me so it's completely normal for them to go. A lot of kids their age go to the welfare office.

However it woul be quite strange (and embarrasing) for a student leader who's represented the school on many occasions, such as me, to suddenly visit the welfare office. I've struggled the whole year convincing the whole school staff that I'm completely fine to achieve these roles of responsibility. I don't want them to find out I've been hiding this mental illness underneath it all the whole time.

I don't want anyone to find out. I'm scared of going to the welfare office. What are they going to ask me?

I'm not one to open up to people. I fear if I went I'd just sit there and ignore them or walk out completely.

I have trouble talking to people who aren't my closest friends, you see... I just don't have those socialisation skills

I've seen one of my old friends at my old school go to welfare. She ended up being diagnosed with aspergers and has to take meds every day. I don't want that to happen to me. I don't want to take meds.

I don't want my parents to find out I've been suffering for 2 years and 2 months now... It would disappoint them, especially my mother, so much.

How do I get help? It might get worse. I don't think it will go away on it's own.

The only way I can open up to people is through talking online - I tried that once, sending Beyond Blue an email but their reply didn't help me, so much as scared me and pressured me into telling someone.

Help?

I've posted some questions before about this but they haven't gotten many answers so..

Okay so throughout 2011 I believe I suffered depression due to being bullied and judged my entire life...

Although I say that with caution since I've never actually seen anyone for the way I'm feeling (school councilers etc.) who have actually diagnosed me or anything...

But Im pretty sure it's depression of some sort... All the usual text book symptoms like over sleeping / not sleeping, eating patterns change dramatically, self loathing, suicidal thoughts etc.

And now 2 years later, I don't think it's gone away. I've gotten better, I can trust people (after equipping myself with a new school and a new set of friends) so they know about how I feel about myself. Yet I still feel like an outsider, like I'm inferior to everyone.

When I'm with a group of people all I can think is how they're so much better than me, how they have more friends and how people think so highly of them.

I'm on student exchange at the moment, and I'm pretty sure the whole delegation (teachers included) think I have some sort of mental disease... They're probably right, to be honest.

They don't treat me like the other kids. They talk to me slowly, like I've got Down's syndrome or autism or something.

I don't know how to interact with people, how to make conversation, other than with my friends. Any conversation always turns out awkward, and no one knows how to continue. Like, because of being bullied my whole life and not having any real friends until 2012, I've never actually learnt how to engage in a normal conversation with people. I just don't know what to say. And if I do say something they will just look at me weird and walk away. I don't make eye contact or even look at people when I talk to them so that they don't have to look at my horribly ugly face or smell my breath or something.

So my question is: Does depression ever really go away completely without getting help for it?

I lost my voice as a result of a cold + screaming on rides at Disneyland last night

I can talk but my voice is quiet and squeaky and breaks sometimes :/

The worst part is I have to make numerous speeches to schools and school boards tomorrow

Which is going to he terrible of I can't talk...

Quick ways to get it back? I tried tea with milk, honey and Vanilla... Hasn't improved much :(

HELP ME!

I wear Doc Martin shoes and I think they've created a lump on the back of both my feet near the Achilles' tendon.

The shoes are a little bit small for me but they were a present from a family member so I did not have a choice in the size. Also I really love the shoes. I find them really comfortable (unless I wear them for too long or it gets hot and they rubs against the sweat)

I have bunions on my feet as well but they don't hurt when I wear them usually

The lumps are like scar tissue from blisters when I wear them too much. They're barely noticeable. I've had my docs since September and I didn't notice until now.

They don't hurt unless I keep aggravating the lump by touching it etc.

I really don't want to stop wearing my Docs though

What do I do?

Okay so I'm just another teenager (16 years old) complaining about how unfair her life is when really it's pretty good. But if I could just get some answers that would be great because I like having an answer to things

My mothers side of the family are very old fashioned and judgemental. My mother always makes automatic judgements on everyone even before she speaks to them. And her attitude towards people who are 'different' by choice disgusts me.

I'm into the more alternative grunge punk fashion scene. I hate conforming to today's 'idealistic' fashion and lifestyle choices. Although I'm scared to show her that because of her reaction. She hates facial piercings, tattoos and coloured hair with a passion. She will openly b*tch and complain about anyone with those things and it really hurts me inside since I find them to be artistic and interesting. I have even considered Getting a lip piercing, a tattoo and colouring my hair blue but she wasn't very happen even when i used hairspray to put blue in it for a costume party. She always calls me out for wanting attention when I wear band shirts and my Dr. Martin boots and has banned me from wearing eyeliner and is constantly accusing me of copying my friends (who dress punk/ grunge/ Alternative)

She's got this attitude From my grandma who actually said 'Are you still a girl?' To my best friend, who has recently gotten piercings and shaved half her hair off.

Maybe I'm just whiny and I take things too seriously. I haven't been diagnosed by a professional but I'm pretty sure I have depression due to being bullied my whole life.

I'm scared to be myself around my mum in fear of disappointing and upsetting her and it really gets me down sometimes.

What can/should I do? I don't even know what my question is to be honest... (I think I'm just venting)

Ps. Also, sorry if this doesn't make sense. I'm so incredibly tired and feeling sick right now. I'm a lot more intelligent than I seem on here...

I have to make a presentation on Australian animals for elementary aged kids, although I need my assistant principle's approval that it is entertaining enough for them before I present. The school I am presenting to live in America, and I am representing my school in Australia on an exchange trip, so it has to be very impressive.

Could you guys please help me with ideas on how to make it entertaining?

I've got an "True or false / myth" thing, where I state common legends related to Australian wildlife, such as that we ride kangaroos to school but I'm not sure if this will be too awkward or boring :/

thanks.

I don't own the horse, although I ride him at a riding school. During the lesson, there's another horse in the same group that he is in love with. When I lead him, he won't move unless the other horse is by his side. If she's across the yard, he'll always neigh REALLY loudly and will try to go to her.

When I ride him, I can control him most of the time, however if he gets close enough to her (say within a 10-15 metre radius) he acts like a complete idiot and tries to run right behind her, risking getting kicked in the face. Sometimes he bolts towards her while I'm riding him. And this is very dangerous since I do not want him to get kicked.

I call his name and half halt to get his attention so that his ears are facing me, not the other horse, and it works maybe 50% of the time, but then he snaps back to the other horse 2 seconds later.

At least he'll stay collected most of the time.

The horse I'm riding is not a school horse, he is owned by a private owner (who is actually the owner of the entire riding school) and she trusts me to look after and ride her horse. So I don't want him to get injured at all.

How can I control him and keep his mind off of the other horse?

I'm not really asking a question, I just need somewhere to vent

I'm a 16 year old female, just so you know.

Last year I had depression and I was certain no one would ever love me

In my opinion, I am lazy, ugly, unsociable and awkward.

This year I've dated two people

I turned my first boyfriend gay

I'm losing interest in my current boyfriend. I liked him at first because he's cute and I thought he could write really good poems.

Now I'm losing interest in him, he's too clingy, he doesn't have the same sense of humor as me, if any, he's really sensitive and I don't even think his poems are that great anymore. Plus he's a bad kisser. We go to different schools and I'm too lazy to go out and see him. I see him like twice a month at the most.

There's a guy that I've been crushing on for a while now. Which makes me feel guilty because of my current boyfriend. We're friends, but we go to different schools. Both him and I are exactly the same. We both have the same mental state. Both him and I have had partners that have turned gay/lesbian because we think we're so bad at being in relationships. Both him and I loathe ourselves. He feels as if no one will ever *love* him. I felt like that too, last year.

But he's come out of the closet and told everyone he's gay. That's crush #2 that's turned out to be gay.

Im considering breaking up with my current boyfriend. I hate being cared about. I hate when people worry about me too much. He's too clingy and he never wants to talk about anything else other than how much he loves and misses me.

If I broke up with him, he'll get super depressed. And I'll be back to what I was last year.

I feel like sometimes I should have been a guy.

I'm lazy, I do nothing but play video games all day. I play guitar and listen to Rock and metal. I'm a minority.

What am I supposed to do with my life?

I don't want to upset my boyfriend. I don't want to be alone again

But I don't want to be cared for and worried about

Hi, I'm doing a project on the "hippie" fashion of the late 60's early 70's

I have a few questions

Firstly, What type of jeans were worn on females? Were they high waisted]? Did they sit below the hips? I know they had flares. What shoes were worn with the flares?

Also, what is this called? What are the strings called that hang from his arms?

http://www.diggallery.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/...

(Yes I know that's Roger Daltrey from The Who)

And would a female where them? What type of shirt would they be attached to if a female wore them?

What was the hair like?

Thanks. :)

Okay

I'm only turning 16 now, but my body proportions are a lot bigger than normal 16 year old girl's are

I'm not like obese or fat or anything, maybe just a little overweight, but that's because of my body proportions.

Last time I weighed myself I was around 57-58 KG, But I was 54 at the start of the year. I just haven't had time for exercise at the moment. I am 160cm tall.

I just measured myself now, my measurements:

Bust - 90cm

Waist - 74cm

Hips - 89 cm

That might sound alright, but not for a 16 year old girl.

I do dancing, and I can barely fit into any of my costumes. We were trying on corsets the other night and I could even get the zip on the side to TOUCH the other zip, let alone actually zip up.

Also, In Fashion and Design class at school, we're making a corset

The patterns the teacher has for it doesn't cater for my body measurements. So I can't make my corset. all the patterns are too small for me.

Please know that this isn't because I should loose some weight, this is just how I am. I am not noticeably overweight.

I normally fit into a size 10-12 shirts and pants (Australian female sizes) But it is actually VERY rare that I can find something that fits me well.

What am I meant to do?

Does anyone else have this problem?

:( This is just a really big blow to my self confidence, I feel like no one can take me seriously because of my bust size.

I don't want to to dancing anymore and I don't want to make my corset anymore because I'm ashamed of something I can't help.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Okay, so I'm going on my first ever REAL date tomorrow

The guy I'm going with, I've been talking to for a few months. We really like each other. And I've seen him since we've been going out but that wasnt really a date since I took the day off to see him at school :P so it wasnt really a date (I has other reasons for taking the day off as well)

Okay so we're going to see the new Batman movie, cause my other two best friends have seen it with their dates, and I really wanna see it. I know, cinemas aren't first good dates blah blah blah cause you can't talk blah blah blah

BUT we're getting there about half an hour early to buy tickets, and then hanging out after the movie at the plaza.

So, I'm like REALLY nervous...

He's gonna pay for my movie ticket

We've like held hands and stuff but I've never kissed anyone before. I'm nearly 16 and he's 15, he's been in a serious relationship before so he knows what he's doing... But I don't ;_;

I'm so nervous...

Idk what to do, just give me some tips?

Like, what to wear? Should I get dressed up? Idk what to do guys >.< can you give me some tips?

Thanks. :)

Hi, I need some quotes that really define Algernon Moncrieff.

I want quotes that define im as a very sly and witty man, who is never serious about anything (as opposed to Jack, who is earnest about everything)

I was thinking some quotes of his, explaining about food, as he is always eating food during the most serious of times, showing perhaps disrespect to Jack's worries. (that scene where they are fighting over the crumpets)

Could you please either link me to a website which has quotes like the quotes I'm after, or just please tell me them in your answer?

PS. The quotes have to be from the play, not the 2002 film.

Thanks. :)

Help me please, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing at all.

The question is Expand:

(2x-1)(x+1)(x-4)

What I was told by the teacher to do was to expand the first two brackets and then with that answer, expand the third, but I have no idea how to do that. Please help me, using the FOIL method.

Thanks.