ok so im going to be a senior in HS and so far throughout my HS career…I have snow skiied (since i was 7, every friday saturday, sunday during the winter), and thats it for sports. I did a couple HS clubs such as DECA and a mentoring club to younger children. I have mainly focused on my grades, my gpa now is a 3.1. My parents divorced…split all the money up…my dad recently started a REALLY successful restaurant and now he is saying that “he doesnt have the money to ski this year, and that i need to focus on my grades”. ok so….now I do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING…he wont let me hang out with friends anymore…go skiing with friends…i have to sit at home ALL day and study….so what do I do? I want to go hang out with friends…ski 3 days a week…and NOW I CANT! I even offered to pay for ski stuff with my $$ from my job…and I cannot because he put a block on my debit card! what do I do?? I will die of boredom!! WHAT DO I DO??? I KNOW HE HAS THE MONEY…HE MAKES $3,000 PER DAY AT HIS RESTAURANT!! And I want to ski, and go to friends houses…and have fun….before I go to college and study my A$$ off! HELP PLEASE I AM GOING CRAZY!!!

we met at disney at a restaurant named espn we went to watch final cup of soccer. we both went to spain. uh my mom says she likes me cause she always looking at me sitting next to me.. we dont see each other cause she lives in the same place but i live in house she lives around in a plaza. i told her i like her and i asked her who she likes… she told me she didnt like anyone and ive being going to her soccer practices because my brother goes too and i pretend that i came here for my friends. my uncle says that theres a girl looking at and it was her. this week im not gonna do anything i aint gonna go to her soccer practice or speak to her this week… to see what she does… her parents say to her to focus on her studies so they are kinda of strict with responsibility. what should i do? what do you think does she like me or not? what is she tryind to do… because i text her and she doesnt reply and its wierd cause after i told her i liked her she stop talking, but these 2 weeks ive being kind of leaving her alone… please tell me what to do and what u think… and try to explain in a way i can understand cause im only 13 ooh and the girl i like is 14 but she tells me i look like im 16 because of my height and personality

I feel really sad lately because of something that is turning sour. It’s all due to my siblings living far away while I’m here taking care of my dad. I’m the youngest one of the family and the most attached to my parents. Anyway, I’ve always considered myself close to my siblings until recently. I’m feeling as though we’re drifting apart. This is really bothering me and I can’t talk to them about it because they’d only find an excuse and brush it off. When they come to visit, they’ll spend all their time with dad because they feel guilty living so far away. Then I’m being ignored and the focus is only on him. I expressed that but they continue to say that they must be with dad. Not only that but our conversations are now superficial and empty. My sister acts independent and distant. When we get together now (like tonight, at the restaurant), I could feel the tension in the air. Things just aren’t like they used to be and it hurts me badly. I don’t know if I’m overreacting. Even when my sister said goodbye, it was colder. I’m in tears right now just thinking about this whole thing. I see my dad every single night of the year at the nursing home and I guess they feel guilty because they’re not here and there’s stress everywhere. Help!

They’re all married except me and I find that the hubby and wife of my siblings have transformed them into different people. My in-laws are very strong in character and have a lot of influence on my siblings, so that doesn’t help.

So I’ve already sort of lost the weight (around 15 lbs), and now I want to focus on toning up. Of course, I’ll exercise and everything, but do I need to stop eating sweets like I did for losing weight if I don’t necessarily want to lose weight? I’ll continue to eat healthily, but in order to lose weight, I ate healthy AND ate less. Is it necessary that I continue to restrain from eating sweets and restaurant food (like I did in order to lose weight) in order to tone up?

My brother is eleven yrs older than me and we recently have become very close due to his gf of four years leaving him in march of 09. Thing is he cant move on and laments both the loss of the relationship and her possible return daily.It is clear she left him for a friend off facebook as she moved in with that guy almost immediately and is now engaged. He has no real contact with her and in my opinion is obsessed, driving by her new place and job and sending me into her friends job at a restaurant to see what I stumble upon. He checks her my space and facebook constantly and is always trying to connect her behaviors to an imagined longing for their past relationship. He cant focus at work and is physically ill from this. He will not go to therapy and I have tried everything I know to work him through this. I was kind at first when I thought he was going through the venting process then brutally honest and recently have used my connections to find out she is content with her life and very busy planning the wedding. Upon hearing this he took the busy part to mean she has no time for friends and this new guy is distorting her mind by keeping her away from loved ones. I enjoy the closeness with him but do not know what to do and do not want to simply stop talking to him. He has tried not talking about her but all he does is ask me to repeat as his thoughts are about her. His new relationships are short lived as all he does is talk about his ex and secretly curse the new girl for not being her. Does anyone have some new ideas for me as I am beginning to wonder what the outcome of all this will be. I mean in 5 yrs will he still talk of her daily? Btw he is forty five

I’m 30 years old and finishing a college degree in fitness and health studies to be a fitness trainer and massage therapist. I cannot work as a LMT right now b/c my license has lapsed, but I plan on fixing that as soon as I get the degree and some money in the bank. The thing is, this past year I have had and quit three horrible restaurant jobs. I moved three times in the past 2 years, went through all kinds of job fluxuations due to breaking up with, getting back together with , and finally divorcing a terrible man. I went through such negative stress that I was in the hospital for a short time. I have volunteer experience, and I am an honors student. I am rebuilding my life and have defined goals. The thing is, when I look for part time jobs around my school schedule, everyone is so fixated on the “last three jobs” I had…..they want phone numbers of employers, not references such as teachers or friends. This screws me. How can I show an employer that my focus is on where I’m going, not where I’ve been? Trust me, I know that by my age I should have had it figured out, but I went a whole decade making stupid choices and finding dead ends, and am ashamed of it.

I knew what is good and bad for me. For a reason i don’t know, i drew attention from the gov, friends, acquaintances/or passer-by to investigate what I’m doing. I do things in the public, in front of the camera. I am not special either. I do what everyone does at his /her life. I am not a homeless either. No one talk in front of that person about how ugly/unlucky the person is. However, people indirectly criticize me in my presence how odd I’m , what weird behavior I’m showing(How i look, how my hair is cut ,how i dressed , how i walk, how i live, how i eat, how i speak, how i spend money,etc) . At any place, people stare at me, laugh at me, and talk about me. Say at restaurants, clubs, resorts/beaches, casino, on the road, bus, train ,or in the community. Just bullying me. I’m a foreigner, so what? I’m healthy and i have no any psychological problems. But these things will make me sick in the future. what do u suggest? i’m not a kid.

Hey guys, we’re a technology startup building a product for the restaurant industry. We just launched and are putting the focus on promoting and educating customers about our product. We’re entering an existing market, but solving the customer’s problem in a new way. This means that the majority of our target market only understand how to solve the problem using existing methods, not new and innovative ways.

I know the majority of the discussion on these boards is relating to email, seo, ppc, etc., but I was wondering if anyone had any tips/tricks on getting in front of the media. Any tools, forums, how-tos, etc?

Hi I live in Long Beach CA. I have been searching for retail, cashier and restaurants positions for a year now. I really wanted to know if there is a “Top 10″ big cooperations list which I should focus my application energies on it. please if you have some backgrounds about which companies could have some opening please advice me.

to give you a brief note about my previous search I have targeted the following names:

1-Ralph
2-Target
3-Subway resturants
4-Starbucks
5-Albertson and some others

But no luck so far . Am a just an entry level experienced guy with high energy I will really appreciate expert advice.

I always use www.yelp.com to look for ratings for restaurants, places I’ve visit, bookstores, shopping malls, gift shops..etc.

I’ve been trying to use Yelp to look up martial arts schools out of curiousity, and a good number of MA schools have good ratings, but a good amount of time, some comments doesn’t focus much on the quality of things being taught. At the same time, there are schools with really bad rating, thus a McDojo.

Is Yelp.com a good site for looking up MA schools?