The cB Newspaper 2nd issue, July, 2005 Options

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Table of Contents

01 Editor's Notes
02 Unveiling: xquizit - cB News Staff
03 The createBlog Health Forum - cB News Staff
04 createBlog Superlatives Results, Issue #2 - cB News Staff
05 It's Getting Controversial - Radhika [not_your_average], Kiera [mzkandi]
06 Flamboyant Rockstars and World Leaders End Poverty - Carolina [ichigofan]
07 File Sharing: Taking a Placemat from a Garage Band - Justin [CrackedRearView]
08 An iPod Society - Justin [Sadolakced Acid]
09 Losing Close Friends: Inevitable or Impossible? - Carolina [ichigofan]
10 The Offspring's Greatest Hits Album Review - Brie [Despise]
11 Today's Films - Sammi [Headphones]
12 Featured Poems - cB News Staff
13 The Ramblings of a Server - Justin [Sadolakced Acid]
14 Advice Abby - "Abby"

Discuss and reply at this thread, if you must.

This post has been edited by xquizit: Jul 18 2005, 12:56 PM

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Advice Abby
"Abby"
June/July 2005

Advice Abby

6/10/2005
Dear Abby,
My brother has... "special problems" He isn't handicapped, though,
he is just.... meaner than other siblings normally are. This isn't
just "sibling rivalry," but it's.. just... blah. He always calls me
names, and tells me what to do, like telling me when to get off the
computer. He always closes the computer room door, and tells me
that I can't close it, because all I go on is xanga or myspace and
so forth.
Help is greatly appreciated,
-jsdkfhlkasjdf

Dear jsdkfhlkasjdf,

Well, I truly think you should talk to your parents. You should have a nice and calm sit-down type of conversation with them about all of the things he does. I'm sure if you're calm, rational, and 100% truthful, things will work out in a positive way.
Good luck!

Sincerely,
Abby

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6/14/2005
Dear Abby,

Hey, my name is Ryan and I am 17 years old and I need some serious
help here! Ok so to start I REALLY REALLY like this girl right I
mean she is perfect in everyway, exactly what I was always looking
for but heres the problem, i'm errr a bit of a pervert let's just
say.... and now she hates me! I have tried not saying anything
creepy and I even made a half ass appology (well I acually meant it
but I am not very good at showing my emotions so she probably took
it that way). I was just wondering if you know anything I could do
or say to her to make her like me a bit more, thank's in advance! Oh
and also what is it that girls look for in guys anyway?

Dear Ryan,

To answer your first question, I think maybe you should write out a lengthy apology, and try your very hardest to mean it. Then you could read it to her, but it is good to write things out first so you know EXACTLY what you're going to say. She may not change her mind, and if that's the case, then try and hold back on being a pervert as you said you tend to be. Good luck with that.

As for your second question, there aren't set things that girls look for in guys. Every girl differs so very much, even if they're in the same 'group' as one another. Just be yourself. That is the best advice I can give to you in that area. Be yourself and mean everything you say.

Good luck with it all!

Sincerely,
Abby

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6/19/2005
how do i get the guy who i like to notice me and like me back?
Deborah Andrade

Dear Deborah,

Well, for starters, you could talk to the guy you like a lot more than you already do. Become a good friend of his but don't send any hints or signals about you liking him at first. It's best to just get a good friendship going. After that, maybe things will progress on his end too. So my main thing to say to you is to just get to know him the best you can. Oh, and BE YOURSELF. That's the best advice I've been given and that is the best advice that I can give. Don't fake anything, because it will eventually backfire.

Good luck to you!

Sincerely,
Abby

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6/21/2005
Dear Abby,
I've been feeling a little helpless. I've been with my boyfriend for
5 years and it's at the point where we're looking for a house
together.
I've always felt like his parents don't really like me and I asked
him
to ask his parents about that. They've more or less said I don't fit
in their family. I don't want to have to be the person to break his
family apart. I don't want him to have to give up his parents to be
with me because he loves them so much. How can we have it so everyone
can be happy? Doesn't seem like there's a solution.
-Van

Dear Van,

I really believe that YOU should talk to his parents.
It may seem a little scary, but I bet you that they'd value the fact that YOU came to talk to them. You should tell them that you really love their son and that you have a great relationship, but also say what you said to me... about not wanting to mess anything up in their family. I really believe this could work. It is a very noble thing to do on your part.

I wish you the best!

Sincerely,
Abby

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6/26/2005
Okay,Im best friends with three people- (names will be
fake) Sara, frank, and larry. i met frank last school
year, and then i met sara. larry was in some of my
classes so then we sort of just became friends and he
was introduced to sara. after awhile, the four of us
just started hanging out a lot and we all just became
best friends. for two months or so, it was all great.
even so sara and frank constantly bickered, it was
just kinda funny. nothing bad. sara even started
liking frank as in more than just a friend. larry and
i eventually told frank and he just took it in like
nothing. so blahblah, we're all good friends. and then
....

one night sara and frank got into a huge fightt, like
realllyy bad. sara called frank a bad friend and frank
was just like, whatever i dont care. soo that got me
upset cause i didnt want this whole friendship to fall
apart. and luckily they soon got over it so then we're
all fine. and THEN, after a couple of weeks, sara
stops liking frank and well..starts HATING him. like a
really bad hatred. like, I WANT YOU TO DIE, that sort
of thing. and i guess frank knows that she thinks that
he's an a-hole and all that but he doesnt even care
and thats just making me mad cause i thought we were
all friends? so basically sara hates frank like hell
and i just dont know what to do .. i dont want this
whole friendship the four of us have to fall apart ..
and frank does treat sara like crap most of the time,
and i told frank that he should be nicer to her but i
guess he didnt care.
what now?

Dear Unsigned,

I think you should talk to all of the members of the friendship at once to get their feedback. Keep it calm, rational and fair. Make sure everyone feels comfortable voicing their opinions, but definitely make sure everyone remains calm and nice towards each other. I really think if you all sit down and think of some positive solutions to this problem, things could work out.

Good luck!

Sincerely,
Abby

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7/2/2005
I hope yur still giving advice

Well alright, I'll tell you my story first off. I like this girl, her
name's Tiff. Anyways we've been with each other before got into a
fight, broke up. Got back together a few months later, just to get
into another fight. So now we're both separate. I still love her. The
thing is my good friends who are also her good friends, say that she
still talks about me a lot (not negatively) and some suggest she
still
likes me, so I want a last chance with her. So my question is how I'd
bring it about. If I just asked her to come with me again, she'd say
no. Please reply
-Alex

Dear Alex,

Yup, I'm still giving advice.

I think you should talk to HER and see if she still likes you. Your friends may be just trying to keep things as positive and optimistic as possible, or they could pick up on the feelings differently. It'd be good to confront her and see if she'd want to try it once more, but if things don't work this time, I really think you should move onto someone else.

Good luck!

Sincerely,
Abby

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The thread to discuss Abby's responses is located here.