self-improvement

my niece just started college.
she says it's both everything she expected
and totally different.
she (who horrifies her mother with
multiple body piercings and bad driving)
says she's developed "a maternal reputation."

my advice to her: enjoy finding out
about yrself and the world
and where you fit in it.
and don't spend too much of your time
taking care of puking emo boys.

and to myself:
stop smoking cigarettes.
start eating and sleeping regularly.
you want to be around
for a few more yrs of this
and you're not getting
any fucking younger, y'know.