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The Sunscreen Song

May 5th, 2005 by Ashley

//I was debating whether I should put this under Music or Misc//
I first heard the “song” at the end of the movie Big Kahuna, and found it interesting. However, I didn&#039t look for the lyrics until now, and in the process of finding, I came across some critic articles as well.

Sunscreen Song

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of &#03999…..Wear Sunscreen

If I could offer you only tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; Oh nevermind; you will not understand the power of beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you&#039ll look back at the photos of yourself and recall in a way you can&#039t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked…You&#039re not as fat as you imagine.

Don&#039t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing that everyday that scares you.

Sing

Don&#039t be reckless with other people&#039s hearts, don&#039t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don&#039t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you&#039re ahead, sometimes you&#039re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it&#039s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don&#039t feel guilty if you don&#039t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn&#039t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don&#039t.

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you&#039ll miss them when they&#039re gone.

Maybe you&#039ll marry, maybe you won&#039t, maybe you&#039ll have children, maybe you won&#039t, maybe you&#039ll divorce at 40, maybe you&#039ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…whatever you do, don&#039t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either- your choices are half chance, so are everybody else&#039s.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don&#039t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it&#039s the greatest instrument you&#039ll ever own.

Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don&#039t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they&#039ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you&#039ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don&#039t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don&#039t mess too much with your hair, or by the time it&#039s 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it&#039s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

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