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Dear Allie,

My friend asked if I wanted to have a sleepover at her house one night. I said no because I was scared. Now she asked again and I don’t know what t do! I don’t want her to think Im constantly blowing her off!  I cant tell her- she’ll think Im a baby. I really want to go- I just don’t know what to do.

From,

Scared Snoozer

Dear Scared Snoozer,

The first thing you need to figure out is why your uncomfortable. Is it because you don’t want to sleep at her house? Do you not want to sleep on the floor? Or is it the overall concept of a sleepover? If you don’t want to go to her house, would you be willing to do it at yours? If you don’t want to sleep on the floor, ask if you can sleep on a couch or bed. If you don’t want to sleepover at all but you want to hang out and do sleep-overish stuff, blame it on your parents. Call your friend and say “My mom doesn’t really want me to sleep over, but she said it’s ok if we hang out until like 10. Would that work for you?” It’s polite, and it gets the job done. Hope I could help!

Love,

Allie

Dear Allie,

My sister took French for the first time last year and says she needs to practice over the summer. If she’s practicing for Annoyance 101; she should get an A+. She shouts random French words at random times. “Fromage!” “Chein!” “Verte!” It’s so…. XXX (that’s annoying in French). Please, please, PLEASE help me!

Sincerely,

Furious Frenchie

Dear Furious Frenchie,

This is a very annoying situation to be put in. You have to understand that your “soeur” does need to practice. Maybe ask her if she wants you to quiz her from one of her “livres”. By helping her out once in a while, she might not randomly shout out words. Say to her “I’d like it if you stopped shouting words out all the time. It really bothers me.” Just make sure you are “sympathique” about it. Bonne Chance!

Signing off,

Allie

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2. Take risks

3.Become a publicity hound

4.Find the Connections

5.Become determined and persistent

6.Hit them with the best you got

7.Get discovered somewhere else

8.Learn about music industry/business itself so as to not get fooled by bad contracts or by verbal agreements

9.Get it ‘DOWN’

10.Practice

11.Showcase yourself as much as you can

12.Judge your talent by the company to attract

13.Choose songs to do your best

14.Start with one good song that you sing well

15.Breath, Breath deep, more air than you will possibly ever need to do the song

16.Don’t strain and tighten up, or try too hard

17.Be Unique

18.Let them tell you its Sensational

19.Except turn downs

20.Jam with people better than you are and it should rub off on you

21.Join a band as a singer

22.Be a role model and also be nice because you don’t want people think that you are nothing but mean, selfish rock star to your fans

23.Remove the really negative people in your life

24.Prove yourself and prove your choices by getting it done with persistence no matter what

25.Never forget there is always someone better than you out there

26.If you have problems singing on stage then close your eyes and pretended no ones they’re but you

27.Keeps your friends close and never lose what’s close to you

28.Don’t let the world of success change you always be you and be true

29.Share your talent with everyone

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