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1) Steer the conversation. If a friend starts being negative, try to steer the conversation in a more positive way. For every negative thing you hear, retaliate with a positive take on the situation. Perhaps the person doesn’t realize just how negative they really are.

2) Avoid gossip. Gossip is a form of negativity. Unfortunately, it’s everywhere. Gossip newspapers line the shelves at the supermarkets. A family calls you with the latest family “news”. A coworker wants to tell you about another coworker. Not only does gossiping waste precious time, it isn’t healthy.
Also avoid celebrity gossip, as this can be just as damaging to your life. Gossip often breeds envy when in reality, you can accomplish things in your life as long as you tear yourself away from the television or gossip magazines.

3) Just say no. If someone is persistently negative around you, don’t be afraid to tell them that you don’t appreciate it. Of course, try to find a diplomatic way to say so. Explain that you generally like to look at life in a positive way and you feel that their comments are damaging.

4) Try to understand. It may help if you try to understand why someone is being negative. Maybe there is something you can do to try to help them? There are many root causes to negativity. These include abusive relationships, discontent, or clinical depression.
Perhaps if they realize that someone generally wants to see them happy, they will change. Don’t invest too much of your energy in this, though. Often, negative people don’t really change because they don’t want to. Trying to help can be just as much of an energy drain as actually listening to their comments.

5) Be positive. If you realize that you have a problem with negativity, don’t try to change all at once. This is a bad habit that can be broken, it just takes time. Start out by promising yourself that you will say one positive thing each day. If you catch yourself thinking something negative about the weather, turn it into a positive, for example. After you get comfortable, say two positive things. Continue increasing until you are free of your habit.

siromašna, ali lijepa i poštena djevojka, Molly alias Andie, i bogati, naivini i nadasve iskreni mladić Andrew McCarthy alias Blane se zaljube. Da u cijeloj stvari ne bi bilo sreće i veselja, tu ne ulijeću zločesti snobovi od roditelja -- jer to bi bilo soooooooo Romeo & Juliet već devijantni, podli, iskvareni bogatun James Spader alias Štef. (so I have lousy taste in men. still his best part yet. other than Less than Zero.) Tu je i neizbježni muški, u glavnu junakinju beznadno zaljubljen, prijatelj Duckie, koji naravno dobije košaricu. A dvoje zaljubljenih, naravno, završe zajedno.

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was that we did wrong. What we did WAS wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write this essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us...in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at seven o'clock this morning. We were brainwashed.

Brian Johnson: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...
Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete...
Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case...
Claire Standish: ...a princess...
John Bender: ...and a criminal...
Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question?... Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

You see us as you want to see us...

You won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth, but you gonna eat that?

Eat. My. Shorts.

Društvo za znanstvenu fantastiku SFera, Profil Megastore i Contiental film & video distribution pozivaju sve zainteresirane na obilježavanje stote godišnjice rođenja jednog od najpoznatijih pisaca znanstvene fantastike i futurista Roberta A. Heinleina.

I dok će njegov rođendan u SAD-u biti proslavljen velikim trododnevnim događanjem u Kansas Ciytyju pod nazivom Heinlein Centennial, u Zagrebu će u subotu, na sam rođendan ovog velikog zagovaratelja svemiriskih misija, o njemu, njegovom zanimljivom životu, te njegovom utjecaju, kontroverzi i nasljeđu u Profil Megastoreu od 13:00h govoriti Boris Švel, glavni urednik SFerinog glasila Parsek te i sam nagrađivani žanrovski autor. Profil Megastore će pak povodom Heinelenovog rođendana svim zaljubljenicima ovog klasika SF-a, a i onima koji će to tek postati, ponuditi niz odabranh Heinlenovih naslova po posebno povoljnim cijenama. U 16:45h u prostorijama Zagrebačkog foto kino saveza, Trg žrtava fašizma 14, u suradnji s Continental filmom održat će se besplatna projekcija filma Starship Troopers.

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907. - 1989.) jedan je od najvažnijih autora znanstvene fantastike uopće, iako je u Hrvatskoj široj publici razmjerno slabo poznat. Višestruko nagrađivan, jedan je od autora koji su formirali suvremenu američku i svjetsku znanstvenu fantastiku, i to ne samo u književnosti već i na filmu. Naime, po njegovim romanima snimani su mnogi filmovi – Destination Moon, Project Moon Base, The Puppet Masters i Starship Troopers. U filmu The Faculty, koji je i sam napravljen po motivima njegovog romana The Puppet Masters, jedan od likova ustvrdi da je knjiga “The Body Snatchers” Jack Finneyja, koja je doživjela čak tri filmske inačice, od čega dvije kultne, tek remake gore spomenutog Heinlenovog romana.

No, Robert Heinelin nije samo napisao više desetaka utjecajnih romana i priča, već je osmislio i opisao niz tehničkih izuma, poput vodenog kreveta i pametnog usisavača. Neki su znanstvenici i izumitelji u zadnjih četrdesetak godina ostali proprilično iznenađeni kad bi dobili odbijenicu za patent svoga izuma jer je Heinlein nešto takvog već opisao u svojim romanima. Heinlein se bavio i danas porovokativnim društvenim odnosima, a posebnu je pažnju poklanjao odgoju mladih. Ovaj je autor nezaobilazan ne samo za ljubitelje znanstvene fantastike, već i za one koji to tek kane postati.

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.