(I posted this earlier, I know. It just seems that it’s fallen below the "threshold" where I’m no longer receiving answers. I’ll just give out another Best Answer.)

Just to give you a little back story here: I’m sixteen, she’s sixteen, we were "in-school friends" back when girls were icky (ok, a little later [sixth grade] :P. The thing is we’ve kinda drifted apart over the past five years or so. I became more and more quiet until last year I snapped. That’s another long back story, but pretty much what had happened was I got really sick and missed two weeks of school, couldn’t catch up, was out more and more, then to add to it I developed social anxiety, insomnia, and depression. I was on home tutoring for the last quarter. Well it’s several months later and I’m better than I’ve ever been! ^_^

Sorry, I’m going farther in depth than is really necessary, but I know there are some people here who are ridiculously insightful and I truly value their advice.

Ok, so here are the major issues at hand as how I see them: I really think we’d be great together for numerous reasons. I’m great in every aspect you could possibly want, funny, smart, good looking* (gimme a sec.), insightful, compassionate, the list goes on and on. The only real thing I have going against me is I’m a fairly hefty guy, ok, maybe you can take out "hefty". Right now I’m 5′9" and ~185lbs. (yeah, I could lose some. :P). This makes me very self-conscious and it’s really screwing me over in life. I’m working it back, but I’m not completely at peace with the fact. Now this might not seem like the biggest problem, but I’ve yet to get to her. She’s probably around 5′2" and I don’t know, probably around 110lbs, and I’m almost positive she dances, so she’s in phenomenal shape. I’ve seen her in a bikini, wow….

Apart from my qualities I’ve got a few things going for me, but I’ve also got a few going against me. If we were to be as shallow as to rank the people we hang out with (separate groups mind you) I think me being friends with sports stars is much better than who I used to hang out with. Bleh, I’m tried, it’s 2:20am here, forget the social standing thing. On to my disadvantages (which have really got me nervous), I haven’t spoken more than a few sentences to her since the sixth grade, I have no boyfriend experience (not because I’m a "undesirable person", I’ve just been reserved for a couple years). I’m sure if I can get past step one I can always come back and ask you guys for more help, but if anyone has any tips for being an active boyfriend let me know. I know of all the shortcomings of other guys in relationships and I’m fully prepared to always put her first.

Well there’s a bit of the back story, sorry. I probably left some parts out, but I’m shot.

So here’s my magic opening: I just so happened to have gotten my schedule switched around and I ended up in a class with some of my "smart" friends and her. Our AP Spanish teacher has the room arranged weird, so I’m in the far back corner with the board in front to my right (I’m facing left then). She’s in the same alignment to my right. I haven’t been able to say anything b/c for some reason I just freeze whenever she walks in and sits down. "Hi." or "Hey, <name>." sounds great in theory, but in my opinion it just seems random. Frankly I’m at the point where I’d honestly just turn to her randomly and say:

-"Hey <name>."
maybe -"Yeah?"
-"There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you for the past five years, but couldn’t bring myself to do so because whenever I want to say something I always freeze."
maybe "What is it?" or "…" (:P)
-"Well, I…."

..and this is the segway to my main question. I think as a Junior "like" sounds a little too childish, but I think "love" is overkill. I feel that there’s no way any person can justify "loving" someone at near face value. I knew her in sixth, I know about her, I know from being in the same classes she’s brilliant, she’s got her cute quirks that set her apart from other girls, she doesn’t try to be upright flirtatious (in our school that’s like unicorn-grade rare. :P), and although none of my friends see it she’s physically attractive; she not what most guys at our school would call "hot", she’d be more on the cute side, but with enough definition to set her apart from the "cute" girls. She’s in a class all her own and that’s what makes her beautiful - beautiful to the point where just walking by can stun me. Sorry, I’m ranting…where am I? Oh yes, I don’t think you can "love" someone until you’re communicating far beyond "face value".

So, what’s more powerful than "like", but could be used in my situation?

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I’m almost sure I’m going about this all wrong. Please, ANY advice you could offer me would truly be appreciated. I’ll definitely award Best Answer.

Here’s my MySpace if it helps at all (she’s not on my friend’s list by the way. I’d love to add her, but I think that’s definitely random and it
Thank you Adam. I needed a smack.

Something in between like and love would be infatuated. You never want to tell an intelligent woman that you’re infatuated with her though!

It almost sounds as though you are obsessed with her.

Something you could say is, " I’m developing some feelings for you and I’m not quite sure how to express exactly how I feel, but I would love to take our relationship/friendship to the next level, what do you think? (or how do you feel about this?)."

Then the ball is in her court.

Hmm. Then again you have kind of been admiring her from afar and that, in all honesty, is a little creepy to most women.

What you REALLY ought to do is work on building a strong friendship with her and take it from there. You have somewhat of a history so she might just have a soft spot for you already! Let’s hope anyway!

Once you have worked on building a friendship you can discuss taking it to another level.

im brilliant at computer animation and i really want to get a job as an animator at pixar studios, i live in england so it wont be my first job but i will buy i greenhouse card to live in america. how hard is it to apply if your fitted for the job?

not sure but i could speculate and say that you have to be very talented and willing…..good luck

i know she was making one but then backed out for unknown reasons but is there any news of her bringing one out in the near future or is there anyone i can contact to find out any information on this.

i think she is an amazing singer, is there an fan mail address that i can write to her about this and also to tell her she is briliant as an acter and a singer (and hot might i say to)

look at the first link there´s till yet no termin for her new cd
and look at the second and what you´ll find ??? yes indeed a fan mail address

Yet he’s always on the wrong end of a thrashing?

He’s made two big mistakes which have cost Blackburn two goals

nothing like his first half performance , and going off his first half one , he should be Englands #1.

I have a beautiful Lab and I love her to pieces. And not only do I love this amazing creature, she is increable brillant more so then most people I come into at my job. So I wanted to know if anyone else has a brillaint Dog and what kind?

My Dogs name was Chandra, She was a Black Lab. When I had my Process service business I would be able to take her with me everyday. She spent 24 hours a day with me. We would work together, Go down to the beach, go swimming, and sleep together (for all you sick people, that just means sleep) Because we lived on the beach I would give her a bath just about every night so she was always very clean. She would fallow me around the house and I was able to quickly train her to sit and stay in one place. I would be able to leave the house for hours and come back and she would still be there, not sitting but still there! I would bring a stick a ball and a frizzby to the beach and I could put them on the ground and ask her to give me one of them. She would be able to give me what I asked for. If there was not one to be found she would look up and down the coast until she found a ball someone might have left.

I took a girlfriend away for the weekend once and when I got home she was not there. The renters I had told me she left the day after I left and she never came home. I then found out that a police man, responding to a call, ran her over. They called the vet whom was not able to save her. =(

That was a few years ago. Does not hurt as much to talk about anymore.

Personally I think dogs are only as good as the time you spend with them. If they are treated with Kindness and respect and shown love like you would show a child they are more likely to also start to act more like a human in there own small ways.

I’m new to the SLR world and have been having so much fun with my new Cannon Rebel Xti. I’m feeling comfortable with the manual settings now, but am still having trouble with getting the colors the way I want them. Either I’m over-exposed and bright colors wash out, or I’m under-exposed and color looks dreary. I have the amazing book "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson that has helped tons, but I’m wondering if there’s a better book that might help me with my dilemma. Is my shutter speed wrong? ISO setting? Aperture? All of the above? Any tips or references will be greatly appreciated!

in the camera you have the ability to push or pull your exposure. when you pull or push you get more shadows or highlights, thus allowing you to get more color and details in the photograph. SEtting the apeture for a 22 f/stop and allowing the shutter speed to be appropreat for the lighting, set the ISO for the appropreate weather conditions you cant get awesome detail, sharp and infocus shots, awesome shadows and highlights. Brackett each shot, to the negative,. right on, and to the positive. In photoshop you can enhance with over exposure to accent color dramtically.

im 14 at the moment but going to college very soon. brilliant at computer animation and i really want to get a job as an animator at pixar studios, i live in england so it wont be my first job but i will buy i greenhouse card to live in america. how hard is it to apply if your fitted for the job?

Legend in your own head aren’t you.

Well pixar employer the top animators from around the globe and there are hundreds of thousands of excellent animators out there on the dole queue

Sorry to bring you back down to earth with a bump but i am just telling you how it is.

I remember news reports about these brillant kids who go to college to solve the secrets of the universe but never heard anything more about them.

They must have of stumbled upon something big, then some suits took them away, brainwashed them to go back into society, buy the crazy frog Album, a bumber pack off hoodies and a pack of razor blades… Thus you have the birth of chavs..

let me know if there is other class good than these two.
i would prefer hyderabad or bengalore.also tell me about fees if you know

Ace academy

i have 2 friends that are planning something behind me and my friends back. we know that they are trying to break up my friend and her boyfriend because they have a huge crush on him. they dont know that we know this. so is there anyone out there who has a good revenge plan to get these bitches back???

Tell your friend what’s going on.

Get rid of these two so called friends. Stay as far as possible from them. They’re not even friends to each other.