1.  Have high self-esteem 

2.  Be optimistic, outgoing, & agreeable         

3.  Have close friendships 

4.  Have work and leisure that engae their skills  

5.  Have a meaningful religious faith 

6.  Sleep well & Excercise

Are you a happy person??

DannY O

Spring Break in Clearwater, FL was amazing.  Accomplished so much that I thought I would never have done.

Isn't it funny how an 18 year old, me, who spent 9 days with your 82 and 83 years young, respectively, Grandma and Grandpa ended up wearing me down.  My Grandpa wanted me to get up at 5 with him to get to the YMCA by 5:30!!!! 

This year's NCAA tourney final 4 is disgusting.  Thanks to Duke, UCONN, Memphis, and Villanova (all #1 seeds) who couldn't win 4 straight games against lesser opponents.

Tip to all that despise getting up early...get to bed earlier...I learned that one on Spring Break.

23 more days of school left for me!!!!!

Hope College Golf starts back up tomorrow for the spring season and when that starts basically it will be like snapping my fingers and school will be over.

Finally, I have never been a huge Church person before until I started going to Mars Hill every Sunday night @ 6.  Now, it is one of my favorite times of the week that I look foward to and it is just one of those things no one can take away from me.  I challenge all those who struggled to get themselves to go to church before to come at 6 on a Sunday and see if you like it or not.

"...if GOD is for me, who can be against me?" -Romans 8:31

Later Gators<><><><>Danny O.

Well the last post was a success and it is nominated for the Xanga Hall of Fame.

These next 4 days have always been my favorite 4 consecutive days of the year, but now that Spring Break falls on these days they become even better.

I struggle to fall asleep the Wednesday night before the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournement, which is why I am posting something right now.  I basically am like a 5 year old on Christmas Eve right now.

I can't wait to get to Florida and just relax in warm weather.  Plus, Grandma and Grandpa are always so great to be around and I can't wait to see them. The last time I saw them was in early January.

I will be attending the Jenison vs. Northview game tonight (it's 1:25am so its already Thursday) even though the game is at 7 and that is the time that my THURSDAY UPSET SPECIAL's are going to be played at:

The 13th seeded Iona Gales are going to defeat the 4th seeded LSU Tigers because of the frontline injuries that the LSU big men have.

The 12th Seeded Montana Grizzlies with defeat the 5th seeded Neveda Wolf Pack.

School is flying by so fast, and after Spring Break I cannot believe there are only 5 weeks left.

Finally, in life don't let your backstage self be different then your live performing self.  You just gotta be who you want to be.  If you want to be like everyone else, then keep doing what your doing, but if you want to make a difference in the world - step outside of the box and you will start to see things happen in your life that you never imagined ever could. 

Challenge yourself to step outside of your daily habits, that people get so caught up in, and say God I want to change this terrible habit that causes me to sin and I have had enough, it needs to change. 

Have enough self-confidence in yourself to say whatever you feel is right even though people might not want to here it.  People need to STOP living like everyone else because there is always a better way.  If you can change the world then do it, and it usually starts with the people involved in your everyday life.

~Danny O.

It is time to post a relationship post since nobody else has the gahones to do it.  Summer time is just around the corner and before all the summer relationships start to pop up like all the dandelions, this is just a precursor to those to make sure they are doing this dating thing somewhat right.  I can’t say I am a professional on this topic but I sure as heck believe that by finishing high school and almost my first year of college I have seen enough relationships come and go that I am going to rely on my experiences to settle the score on all this relationship stuff.  With the help of my friend, Daniel Maher Vaughan V (the fifth), we have created a list of things people need to realize while being apart of a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship.  WARNING:  Yes we understand that this might hurt some feelings but grow up it is only because we care about our friends that need to open their eyes because they are obviously so caught up in their significant other that they have become blind.

Relationship Rules:

Before we start these rules, if you are in a relationship right now…ask yourself these questions to begin with – Does your sig. other own you?  If this person is hanging out by them self on a Friday night and you get a call from your buddies to hang out, do you go hang out with he/she or do you go hang out with your friends because it has been over a month since you have hung out with them WITHOUT bringing your sig. other along???  Does your sig. other own you???

1.  The 50% rule is in effect at all times.  No one in high school or college, that is not married, needs to see their significant other every fricken day, nor when the weekend roles around needs to hang out with that person every single night.  You had friends before this significant other came into your life…look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if you hang out with as many friends as before???  Yes, hanging out with your sig. other with a group of friends does count!!!  We will all have plenty of time to spend with our spouses EVERYDAY when we are married so enjoy your guy/girl friends you have grown up with and meet in college at least 50% of the time and you can do whatever the heck you feel like with your sig. other the other 50% of the time.

Formula: 7 Days/Week divided in half = 3.5 Days

*3 days/ 1 Week (7 Days) = 42.3%, that my friends doesn’t cut it.  Challenge yourself to maybe even spend 4 Days per week with your buds I think you can manage 57% of your adolescence with your friends.

~~~~Golden Rule of Dating~~~~~~

There are no other rules besides that one, just enjoy this time of your life with everybody in your world not just one person. 

“This is your life are you who you want to be?” Switchfoot

Good Night Canada!!

Danny Oumedian with the help of DMV

Danny Oumedian is a Senior Writer of Xanga.com

Daniel Maher Vaughan is a Senior Editor of Xanga.com