History Lesson

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)". The name is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end". A similar festival was held by the ancient Britons and is known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced Kálan Gái av).

The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".
The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family's ancestors were honoured and invited home while harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces. Samhain was also a time to take stock of food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames. Sometimes two bonfires would be built side-by-side, and people and their livestock would walk between them as a cleansing ritual.
Another common practice was divination, which often involved the use of food and drink.
The name 'Halloween' and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era. Origin of name
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day. Up through the early 20th century, the spelling "Hallowe'en" was frequently used, eliding the "v" and shortening the word. Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556.

Life is Good

Guess what? I got a JOB!! Wow amazing isn't it? I now work at the public library with a bunch of old people!! :D

PLus I'm going to Africa! I think i might have already mentioned this but whoo! 2012 here i come! Africa here i come too!

Joke of the Day

Knock KNock
whos there
Candace
Candace who?
Candace be the last knock knock joke?

Hah that a real knee slapper

Happy Halloween!

A camel ate from my hand!

Yays, i went to a fair and got a camel to eat out of my hand. it was really cool. His lips were really big and slobbery. teehee it was fun.

"Since when are we members of Netflicks?"
"As of...today?"

Oh my parents are sooo silly haha

Joke of the Day
What's a mummies' favorite type of music?

Wrap!

Awesome Quote
Paul: Carrrrlll! We're supposed to be on vacation!
Carl: I don't know about you but I am having a wonderful time here..
Paul: You toppled the South American government Carl!
Carl: The people have spoken. Viva Le Resistance!
Paul: You pushed the Resistance leader into a giant fan.
Carl: He was a traitor and a scoundrel.
Paul: He was trying to stop you from pushing other people into a giant fan..
*kick*
Carl: Oh! That was a foot! I appear to have swallowed an entire person!
Paul: That would be the hotel bartender
Carl: Well that explains why my Mojito is taking so long!
Paul: It was horrifying! Your mouth unhinged like a snake!
Carl: Wow that sounds pretty awesome!
Paul: I can't go anywhere with you Carl!
Carl: That hurt my feelings. Now we're both in the wrong.
Paul: I wanna go home. We're leaving..
Carl: In that case I should probably mention that I filled our luggage with orphan meat
Paul: Wha...What?
Carl: Well Im building a meat dragon and not just any meat will do.
Paul: You know what? Forget it...Im not even shocked anymore.
Carl: Awww...thats no fun.
Paul: This has become the norm for you Carl!
Carl: I'll have to try harder next time.
Paul: Please don't!
Carl: I feel like I've been issued a challenge
Paul: Carrrrrlllll!
Carl: It's too late now...you...
Paul: You?
Carl: I totally don't remember your name
Paul: We've known each other for three years Carl!
Carl: ...and what an impression you've made...
Paul: My name is Paul.
Carl: What?
Paul: I said my name is Paul.
Carl: Oh....I thought you were a woman...
Paul: Why would you think that?
Carl: Mostly the hat. Are you sure?
Paul: Of course I'm sure.
Carl: Well...if you'll excuse me...I have some pictures to delete from my computer...

POETRY MONTH!!! (not really :P)

Heya! I wrote poetry!

Soon enough time will be sewing its blanket
Closing it's doors to the realms of your eyes
Ticking seconds cry for life
Minutes shout their last good-byes
Times has flown so fast for me
It's finally my turn to grow and be free...♥

Joke of the Day

Knock knock?
Whose there?
confused chicken.
Confused chic--
MOO!

Joke from Sonia that i liked!

knock knock
whose there?
olive
olive who?
olive you!!! (you get it? no? say it out loud. still don't get it? it sounds like i love you).

Teehee

oxoxoxo

Live It Up

Hi guys! Remember to look and comment! How is everyone? I wanna know.
oxoxox

Joke of the Day

Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Return Key" because of the many calls asking where the "Any" key is.

October 1

it's the first day of October! Yays, Halloween will come soon!