Halloween

What do you know 'bout Halloween?

I can tell you this: Originally, Halloween was a Pagan holliday of the celts. Samhain (pronounciation: sowen) is the equal of New Year. It's about leaving bad habits and stuff behind and moving on to a better year (I could go all New Agy and Wiccan on you, but I'll be nice enough to spare you). It normally takes place between the 10/31 and the 11/1. The Christians have transformed it into All Hallows Eve which is on the 10/31 and All Saints Day and All Souls Day, which take place on the 11/1. Those are the days when we pray to the dead and remember them (compare: El Dia de los Muertos in Mexico on the 2nd of Nov.).


So, now you know.Let's never forget about the sweets, though. I think that's really important to.

I hope you'll have a really nice holliday, whatever you wanna call it.

Luv, moi

Riddler

I can not say I really like math, but I like the challenge and the feeling of victory when I have succeeded at some nauseatingly dumb exercise. Same thing with riddles. Most people with average intelligence feel good when they solved a riddle - except if they are Buddha or some other really moderate wise man. So here a few for the bored brains of the readers.

I turn my head and you stand still,
I turn it again and you go forth,
With crooked teeth I smile at you.
What am I?

If you keep me you have me,
If you give me away, I cease to be.
What am I?

Cold or Furry

I know, everyone of you must have asked him/herself this really important question: if you could choose, what would you rather be, a werewolf or a vamp? It's a really difficult question, I know...
Maybe I should list all the cons and pros, so you can make a really rational decision. So, here we go.

Werewolf:

pro: You get to be a really big wolf
con: You might try to eat your relatives
pro: Depending on what books you read, you might know that as a werewolf you get to be in a pack, which means that there is a lot of bonding going on and the relationships to your fellow werewolves are really deep (so you're very sociable)
con: You might be a little bit bad tempered sometimes, but hey, everyone had his moods...
pro: You are really hard to kill
con: For some reason people think that being a werewolf makes you a good target for major killing
pro: You can change from animal to human (again depending on the book or movie, your ability to change depends on moon cycles and stuff like that)

Vampire:

pro: You're really strong (like bench-press-a-car strong)
con: You need to drink blood (now, I'm not a great fan of the metallic taste, but I suppose that changes when one becomes a vamp)
pro: You get to b really cool
con/pro: You need to stay out of sunlight
pro: You're really hard to kill
con: Getting dinner is always connected to stalking and hunting
pro: You don't age
con: You can't eat chocolate ice cream anymore
pro: Somehow vampires always get to have a lot of sex
con: People try to kill you
pro: Easy to accessorize nowadays
con: Fetish fashion is so out
pro: Ever seen a fat vamp? Whatever they were before, they always turn into Calvin Klein underwear models

Now let’s compare: A vamp is a corpse walking around, whereas the werewolf is a hot headed person who changes into a wolf once in a while. While the vampire has to stay out of sunlight, he can control his urges a bit better than a werewolf. Werewolves have a pulse and can reproduce themselves. They are both able to do all that nifty telepathic stuff. There’s a lot more I could mention here, but I’m tired and…well, that’s all actually.

So there you go. If you ever need to make that decision, I hope this helps you.

So tired

Today I had the feeling that everybody around me was sucking the energy right out of me.
Hundreds of people passed me by, entangled in their own thoughts, not minding anyone around them. After half an hour in the crowd, my eyes burned with tiredness. I could barely keep them open. I couldn't focus. (And now I have an exam.) Crowds are bad...so tireeeeeeedddd