Q: Your hair needs to be long so that it knots and loops naturally. Attempting to do this method with short hair will not create dreadlocks. During the time when your locs are forming, washing them or getting them wet may cause them to unravel. This is especially true of straight hair. Try using a dry shampoo to clean your hair until your locs have had a chance to get established. Conditioner detangles and softens your hair, which is the opposite of what you want to happen when trying to achieve locs using the natural method. You can wash your hair with water and shampoo or soap once the locs have had a few months to set, but do not use any conditioner. Mix a couple of tablespoons of salt into a spray bottle with water and spray it onto your locs twice a day. This will increase the friction among the hair strands and create more loops and knots. You shouldn't need to use creams, waxes, or hair products when forming natural dreads. In a month or 2, your hair should start to loop and knot together. Over time, your hair will start to form locs if you don't condition or brush it. The natural method is the longest method to achieve dreadlocks and should only be attempted if you have patience. Since you have little control over how your locs form with this method, it's important to separate your hair when it becomes severely matted or your locs become too big. If you notice that your locs are fusing together into a giant loc, separate them into smaller pieces by pulling them apart.
A: Grow your hair out to at least 10 inches (25cm) long. Avoid washing your hair for a few months. Don't condition your hair. Spray salt water on your locs to speed up the process. Wait 1-3 years for natural dreadlocks to form. Separate the dreadlocks into smaller locs when they get too big.

Q: Have girl friends over, too. Emphasize to your parents that these boys are just friends. The more regular and neutral these visits, the better to warm your parents up to the idea of external male figures in your life. As weird as it may sound, band your boyfriend with the rest at first. If you've played it cool enough, your parents won't suspect a thing. After a while, your parents will probably loosen up and become used to having him around. This way when (and if) you choose to introduce him to them as your boyfriend, they won't be as disapproving. They will know him and have seen you interact, and they will know that it is a healthy relationship. Never close the door to your room. That just calls for your parents to get suspicious. Have a very open and casual "friendship" with him in front of your family so that they are not uncomfortable or second-guessing anything. Once they are friendly with him and are used to having him around, you may choose to tell them about him or continue with how you're going. Whether they like him or not generally plays a large role in that.
A: Normalize having guy friends over. Tell them he's just a friend. Make him familiar to your parents as a friend. Consider when and whether it's time to tell your parents.

Q: There are certain keys you will need to use for different parts of the cat's body. Some people make more complex cats than others do with their keyboards. But they tend to use the same keys. Using ^ marks (hold one of the shift keys and press 6 on the numbers above the first row of letters) make good cat ears, and you can use either a w for a cat's mouth, two underscores and a period in between them, or just a period for a nose. You can use lowercase or uppercase letter o's for eyes; if you want a surprised cat, q's can be 'crying' eyes, or you can use @ signs for dizzy eyes, if you like. Don't hesitate to experiment in a text document. Unless specified, many emoticons don't use spacing between the characters. Add spaces, or use the wrong font, and it might not resemble a cat at all. When using multiple lines of text to create a cat with feet, the figure may not appear correctly when using a font that is not monospaced, meaning a font whose letters do not have a uniform horizontal width. Examples of common mono-spaced fonts include Courier and American Typewriter. Many common fonts, including Times New Roman and Arial, are not monospaced. These are known as proportional fonts. In its most complex forms, such artwork (of cats and other things) has a technical name. It's called ASCII art. That's a graphic design technique that creates designs using the 95 printable characters defined by the ASCII standard. There are lots of different kinds of cats, and the designs get extraordinarily complex. For example, you have the everyday ^^ face, which is made by pressing shift and 6 twice, the =' . '= face, which kind of speaks for itself, and lots of other different faces. Just play around and use your imagination. ASCII is considered an artform because there is no single way to make a cat or anything on it really. There are many free resources available with pre-made ASCII art online. Try doing an online search for the image you're trying to make followed by the word ASCII to see what others have already made. If you're interested in making your own ASCII art, try searching for a tutorial on making ASCII art. It's amazing what you can do with your keyboard. You can also enable different languages on your keyboard, so you will be able to use signs from different alphabets, or you can just go online and search ASCII art for examples of cat faces.
A: Figure out how to make the common keystrokes used to create a cat. Use the right font, and try not to use spacing. Research ASCII art cat faces online.

Q: If you keep your Venus flytrap outside, it will catch spiders and insects on its own (unless your outdoor environment is unnaturally sterile). When you see the leaves in a clasped position, the Venus flytrap has probably caught something. If you want to feed the Venus flytrap - either because you're keeping it indoors or you just want to experience the excitement of watching it eat - you can use mealworms, insects or spiders that are small enough to fit in the leaf traps. Place the food inside one of the traps or release it inside the terrarium. The trap will close when the tiny hairs inside are triggered by the insect's movements. It's best to feed a Venus flytrap live bugs. The plant won't close unless it senses movement, so feeding the plant dead bugs is not a good idea. You can purchase live or dead insects from a pet store, but you could also try catching your own. For smaller Venus flytraps, black flies are a good size. For larger traps, you could try small crickets. Venus flytraps can go months without eating, but if you're keeping yours indoors you should plan to feed it about once a month for best results. Once the Venus flytrap closes over its food, it takes at least 12 hours to digest its meal. Digestive enzymes break down the soft inner fluids of the insect or spider, leaving the exoskeleton intact. After about 12 hours, the trap will open and the empty exoskeleton will blow or wash away. If a small stone or another indigestible object ends up in the trap, it will release the object after 12 hours. You might be tempted to give the Venus flytrap a piece of ham or chicken, however, the plant does not have the right enzymes to digest animal meat. Feeding it anything besides spiders or insects could cause it to rot and die.
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Let the Venus flytrap catch its food. Feed the Venus flytrap mealworms or insects. Watch for the trap to reopen. Don't feed it meat.