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Stuck at home this winter vacation? Here are 8 cheap, fun things to do right around your town. (Shoot, some of them don't even require you to change out of your pj's.)

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Don't Let Your Older Brother Do This to You

Thursday December 24, 2009
Is there anything hiding in your room that would totally destroy you if it were posted on Facebook? If there is, I suggest you dig it up, tear it into a million pieces and burn it.

Want a good reason why? Check out this totally horrifying story about a guy who found his sister's "hookup list" (a list of all the guys she would hook up with, and what she'd do with them), scanned it, posted it on his Facebook page and tagged all the guys in it.

It's more proof that nothing is private in this world, especially now that everyone's just a status update away. Think twice before leaving any incriminating evidence lying around (even if you found a good hiding spot for it)!

What Teens Google More Than Anything

Wednesday December 23, 2009
What have you been Googling lately? If you're like most teens, you use search engines as shortcuts to your favorite sites, according to a new ranking of teen searches.

8 of the top 10 searches are for popular sites, like YouTube, Facebook and Google. (Which makes you wonder: why are so many people looking for Google when they're on Google?)

Coming in at #4 is "sex," which, considering that teens have lots of questions about sex, isn't a surprise. The real surprise is the search results. Page 2: a YouTube video of slugs having sex? That's not gonna answer many questions.

If you're looking for sex info, I recommend the What is Sex? info hub here at Teen Advice. (Though I must admit, I'm a little biased.)

Here's the top 10 list of teen searches - anything you thought would be here, but isn't?
  1. YouTube
  2. Facebook
  3. Google
  4. Sex
  5. MySpace
  6. Porn
  7. Yahoo
  8. YouTube.com
  9. eBay
  10. Wikipedia

So Long, Brittany Murphy

Monday December 21, 2009
Brittany Murphy in 2002
Brittany Murphy in 2002.
As you've probably heard already, Brittany Murphy, one of the biggest teen stars of the 1990's, died yesterday at age 32. Brittany's probably best known for starring in Clueless in 1995, when she was 18 years old.

If you haven't seen Clueless yet, I recommend watching it this week - not just to honor Brittany, but because it's one of the best, most hilarious high school movies out there. Brittany's performance as Tai, the stoner kid who gets made over by the popular girls, is totally perfect and a reminder that she was taken from us far too soon.

Just in Time for Mistletoe Season: Kissing Advice

Friday December 18, 2009
December is officially kissing season.

Why? First, there's the mistletoe hanging in every doorway. And second, there's the cold weather. There's nothing like a little snow on the ground and chill in the air that makes people want to snuggle.

If you need a little refresher course on how to kiss - or if you're still waiting on that first kiss and want to make it perfect - you've come to the right place:
Mistletoe Kiss
This guy know how to work his mistletoe.
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