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10 Things I didn’t know about Halloween

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

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1. It is extremely rare for there to be a full moon on Halloween, the next Halloween with a full moon will be in 2020. The last one to take place was in 2001 and before that it was in 1974.

2. It is Illegal to use Silly String in Hollywood on Halloween. From 12am on October 31st until 12noon on November 1st, the use of Silly String carries a fine of $1000.00. This law came into effect in 2004.

3. Bobbing for apples (dookin for apples in Scotland) was traditionally a way of determining who would next be allowed to marry. The apple tree was brought to Britain by the Romans and apples represented Pomona the Goddess of fruit trees who was also linked with fertility. For the Celt’s the pentagram was already a symbol of fertility so when they cut apples in half and found the seeds formed a pentagram like shape they agreed that apples symbloised feritility and thus, the first person to successfully ‘dook’ for an apple would be the next to marry.

4.Legend has it that if you see a spider on Halloween it is actually the spirit of a loved one watching over you. I hope my deceased loved ones know better than to watch over me in the guise of a spider, that is just a one way ticket to the bottom of my shoe and the after after-life.

5. Harry Houdini died on Halloween.

6. Many animals shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted in October time in case they are used in rituals or tortured around Halloween.

7. Samhainophobia is the irrational fear of Halloween.

8. There are many legends surrounding Halloween and mirrors, one of them is that if a young woman looks into a mirror on Halloween she will see her true love appear behind her. I guess I will be getting ready without a mirror tomorrow, freaky mirror ghosts and applying mascara don’t go together in my book.

9. If you are born on Halloween your star sign is Scorpio.

10. I have bought so many sweets for Halloween that I think they will probably last until New Year.

Halloween Sweets

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For everyone who has ever had to write an essay

18 Friday May 2012

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If I was a bear and I had to write an essay…well you get the picture.

 

I hate essays so much, I would gladly swap having to write an essay with any of the following situations :

I would wash a stack of the dirtiest, mouldiest, smelliest dishes with a smile on my face if it meant I didn’t have to do an essay.

I’d happily drool all over myself during a long, painful and annoying dental procedure to avoid reading up on information to shove into my essay.

I’d walk a mile in dog poo to avoid looking for quotes to put in my essay that no one actually cares about.

I’d be the first to buy a ticket on a long haul flight full of crying babies if it meant I didn’t have to devise a way to put my essay points together in a way that makes some kind of sense. I’d do a round the world trip. Seriously.

I would willingly read war and peace sustaining a papercut every time I turned a page to avoid having to think up enough meaningless crap to say to meet the word count requirements of my essay.

I would cheerfully walk up to an ex or bunch of people who hate my guts while looking my absolute worst to avoid the excruciating task of referencing. correctly. every time. in the right style. with the right thing in italics. that idea that you found in a book that was mentioned on tv that you found a link to an extract from on the internet.

I would rather take a spectacular fall in a public place in front of lots of people than double space and proof read that essay and then find that  I haven’t mentioned something that probably needs to be in the damn essay for it to have any hope of passing. Even if that fall happened while I was walking down the aisle and I ripped my wedding dress I’d still be happier than if I had to re-write that source of all evil essay.

Sorry there haven’t been any posts in a few days, I have had essays to do.

What would you do to avoid writing an essay? tell us in the comments section.

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When uni or work is getting you down…

01 Tuesday May 2012

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…Turn that frown upside down!

I have been stresssed out lately with uni work and essay deadlines. I got an essay handed in today and can now relax and smile again so I thought I would share this funny video with you all. If you are ever stressed out at work or uni and just want to escape why not try this ? 😛

All that you need are nerves of steel, a cape and a sense of humour.

 

 Hope that made you laugh, Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

Hey, it’s OK…

14 Saturday Apr 2012

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…to stick to your guns. You said ‘no’ to trying radio-active looking food but they insist, tough! no means no.

…to secretly turn the shopping trolley into a scooter when no one is looking.

…to return an item simply because you changed your mind about it.No it wasn’t too small, you don’t want it in another colour, you just want your money back.

…to see your friends having babies and think that you need at least another 5 years before even contemplating it.

…to not want babies.The human race will continue without your contribution.

…to re-gift. You don’t like it, why can’t you give it to someone who does?

…to go to work looking like a supermodel on Monday but come Thursday you look like Shrek, you’ve had a busy week, it was either stay late to get that report finished or get your beauty sleep.

…to put the beauty sleep before the report. Shrek is not a good look on you.

…to buy a lottery ticket and immediately start planning how you are going to spend your winnings.

…to actually be surprised and disappointed when you don’t win the lottery. After all, your horoscope did say that you would come into some money today.

…to not be a technophile. No you don’t want the latest new mobile phone because it can make calls to the moon. Your current mobile suits you just fine.

…to like this blog on Facebook, go on you know you want too 😉

 

Inspired by Glamour Magazine’s ‘Hey, it’s OK’ page but all work is my own.