#5. Be cautious about trying new things for the first time. This concept can work in two ways: good and bad. For example, last night me and Phil went to the indoor pool down at the Health and Fitness Center. Near the back of the pool, the have two diving boards, the average sized one and a huge 10 foot one. So I decide to jump from the big one. And let me tell you something, it's really not as bad as you think it would be. It's not like your jumping into a pit of snakes, its only water. Later on some kid starts doing like some Olympic diving junk off the high dive. Wanting to show him up, I decided to add some "flare" to my plain Jane backflips. So the next time I go up to do a backflip, I twisted my body as soon as my feet leave the diving board. Everything seemed to be going pretty good, until I see the water coming at me at a really weird angle. And before I know what was happening, I hit the water, but not the way I wanted to. I hit it on my left side with a sickening "CLAP". By the time my limp body had floated to the surface, everybody at the pool, even the lifeguard on duty, was laughing at me. So, children, the moral of the story is.....STAY AWAY FROM THE DIVING BOARD!