Paul Holzmann

I've been looking at trucks, and the three standouts seem to be the Toyota Tundra, Ford F-150 and Nissan Titan. I would be using it for mostly hauling mountain bikes and motocross bikes, it may be used for towing jet skis (up to 3 at a time) and DJ/pro audio gear to shows. I would like to spend around $30-$40k, which I know isn't the highest budget, but could spend more if really, completely necessary. My girlfriend loves camping and being out in the wild, so offroading and being a good "campsite vehicle" would help. In the cab, comfort is nice but not needed, I only need to carry 4 people and if the back seats arent the most comfortable things ever, it's not a big deal. I love Ford's LED lighting system, so unusual, interesting and cool things like that would be sweet. Lastly, a nice, loud audio system would be great, I love club music (house, dubstep), pop, rock/metal and some hip hop, so good sound with a nice subwoofer would be great. Alternatively, if no good options are available, some will sell vehicles without audio systems and if that's available I'll install my own, so if there isnt one available with the truck I have no problem with putting in my own, if they have an option for no audio at all.

If anyone has experiences with these trucks, suggestions, or another truck to consider i didnt list in the title, please let me know. I'm leaning towards Tundra, but F-150 seems like a great choice too and my neighbors have had a Titan for years without any problems.

PS. I'm not expecting anything fantastic since its a truck, but spending a little less on gas each month wouldn't suck either :P

I come from a wealthy family. Money is, for the most part, not really a concern. I'm a teenager, if I want to buy something, I earn it by DJ'ing. I paid for my DJ gear and that's how I pay for everything since I work hard at what I do. A few years ago, when people find out we're... wealthy... they used to have respect and for the most part they wouldn't know until they've seen either the Aston Martin or the Lamborghini, which we almost never drive, or our house. I don't tell people about our status and I don't value myself above anyone else, especially since I didn't actually do anything, my dad is just somewhat of a genius. But, over the years, it now seems that when people find out, they develop a kind of hatred of success. Instead of respect, I start loosing friends and they really do seem to hate me because of it. At my school there are 4 kids who are very wealthy and 2 who are pretty wealthy and we all have to stay with each other since everyone else thinks we get anything we want whenever we want, which is only true for 1 of us and if you didn't know her really well you'd have no idea.

In almost every way, we're normal. But my goal is to follow my dad and pass $1 billion, and I don't want people to hate me in the future, but at the same time why have wealth if you choose to not use it? So why do people, mostly lower class, middle class doesn't seem to mind, suddenly have disrespect from the rich? Or why do they think its easy? my dad works pretty much all day and thinks about his "next move" all night, and while he might not be doing labor in a factory floor, he makes multi million dollar decisions that affect thousands of people, which is equally challenging in my opinion.

Sorry this got really lengthy, I'm just seriously curious. I especially would like people who DO hate the rich or who would be mean to a rich person just because of their wealth to explain their point of view because for the life of me I cant understand it.

(I do get it if they're an as s whole about it, hopefully that spelling isnt blocked haha, but I'm totally normal 99% of the time, 100% of the time at school except around my cool friends who know but don't care in which case I won't go out of my way to hide it, but at the same time won't bring it up to show off)

There is a girl at my school I have a bit of a crush on, and I cant tell if she likes me. Sometimes she makes it appear as though she does, but then on other occasions she makes it seem as though she definitely doesn't. She is a lot like me, has a lot of common interests and seems to be a good match. My friends say we'd be a good couple and so do some of the girls from my old school. (I know, I switched schools but we stay in contact so the different schools won't really be a problem.) I talk to her a lot, but I tend to friendly and playfully bother her and I know that's not the best way to talk to her but I don't know how to do it any other way. I just somehow find it challenging, and usually I have no problem talking to girls. So when we're together, she doesn't mind me touching her, but sometimes she is clearly not in the mood and doesn't like it so I stop of course. We were talking about the old couples at my school on Skype a few weeks ago, and she said what she thought real relationships should be like, so that made me consider if that was a hint. I asked one of her friends if my asking her out would ruin our friendship, and her answer was kind of neutral. She said that I should ask her out, but she doesn't know if the girl has the same feelings for me. She never distinctly said no, and did say I should ask her out, and that left me a little confused.

So I guess I have 3 questions.

1. If I ask her out, will it mess up our friendship

2. Does it appear as though she likes me and

3. If you think she does like me, how should I ask her out and how should I talk to her without being "Friendly and playfully annoying"

Thanks in advance!

Im the sound engineer at my school which makes me by default DJ. I need some good instrumentals for when i'm asked to DJ. My school loves rap but I cant play rap at school because parents complain whenever they hear we play a song that cusses. Its a stupid rule, but we can only play clean songs so I usually look for instrumentals. I listen to a lot of rap but I usually never think to get the instrumental. Heres the popular instrumentals so you have something to go by. Thanks in advance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXtM7NLrC58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMFxFSJJ0RI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnvleG3SnjQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cysce7HE6us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guT4RtoiTO8&feature...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KSD38HxG3I

I don't mean like "ok whatever" i want a convenient way out like "Oh awesome I won the bet. My friends bet me i wouldn't ask you out. thank god you said no." i don't care if i get rejected, i just want something to say so I don't look stupid.