here are a few important steps on how to become a hippie.

|achtung spitfire|/obs!/anyone reaing this is acting out of their own self-destructivity. i will not be held responsible of the consequenses.

1) PEACE & LOVE. the most important thing is to think that peace and love wins all. if that's not what you really truly think, then there is no way you could ever be a hippie.. but this part is really easy: you just have to understand, and that comes from inside. if you don't know this, you won't learn it. You just have to find it and understand. a true hippie lets people be different, and loves that, too.

2) MUSIC. the second important thing is the music. you have to believe that music can change the world. you just simply have to like music like the beatles, bob dylan, etc, or any 60's or 70's hippie music. but to be a true hippie, you must also understand other music, and you can like other music too. you just have to like hippie music.

3) HAPPINESS. this is related to peace & love. you have to be mentally balanced with yourself, and that is where happiness really comes from.

4) THOUGHTS. this is actually also a part of the peace & love-thing, but this means other things, too. you have to think deeply, and it would really help if you could also do that without drugs.

5) CLOTHES. haa. this is the part we were all waiting for. you gotta start using hippie clothes. what else can i say? if you, at this point, don't know what hippie clothes are, it's really no use trying to be one.. (why would you even want to ?)!!!

6) FURNITURE. you have to:
* start burning incense
* get some lava lamps all over your flat
* have chains of beads hanging under doors
* redecorate with all kinds of crazy stuff
* paste something crazy, like chinese/japanese letters or pics of yin & yang on your walls

7) HIP LINGO. yeah, that's right. watch ye mouth, young lady. you have to get groovy and speak groovy. see how to..