One of the most popular holiday decorations is the Christmas Wreath. You will see Christmas Wreaths used in many different ways and in many different settings. It is common to see them on the stairway, hanging on walls or doors, or even as a centerpiece on a table. From individual homes to large corporate offices, Christmas Wreaths are a pleasant sight throughout the holiday season. But why do we use wreaths in our holiday decorations, and where did this tradition begin?


The term "Wreath", curiously enough, is linked to our word "Wrist", with both terms forming a continuous physical circular shape. It also came from Middle English's "wrethe", meaning a twisted band or ring of leaves or flowers in a garland.

Wreaths have been used symbolically for centuries. The circle or ring shape is symbolic of eternity or eternal life, because the shape has no beginning or end. Back in ancient Rome, this symbol became so powerful that people used decorative wreaths as a sign of victory. Some believe that this is where the hanging of wreaths on doors came from.

Putting plants into the symbolic circular shape symbolizes the strength of life overcoming the forces of winter. Wreaths and other decorations during long winters often consisted of whatever natural materials looked attractive at this bleak time of year. People used candles, fires, evergreens, hollies, berries, and forced blossoms to hold on to the promise of spring.

At one time, you would seldom see a wreath except at Christmas. Now they have become so popular that you will see them for all seasons of the year, for whatever holiday or time of year it might be. Their form makes a great backdrop for decorating.

Who likes it?

...Which I should have posted a lot earlier lol.

Become a fan if you're interested: http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/The-Writing-and-other-stuff-of-Bass-Hyuuga/194770127157

I wouldn't suggest friending me though... you can if you like, but since I don't know you guys in real life you won't be able to see pics of me or anything.

One of my school projects due before Christmas is that I need to make a three-minute film. I chose the sci-fi genre. So what are some good ideas to do a short film on? I was thinking maybe Final Fantasy, Star Trek, or maybe do a scene from that book I was writing.

EDIT: Okay, I have a new idea. What would be the easiest Fullmetal Alchemist to imitate?

Song of the Blog: "Kings and Queens" 30 Seconds to Mars

Konichiwa guys! It's been a while since my last blog! And well we have some interesting news first. Starting it off is that Disney XD is airing Shipuuden this month, Bleach's 3rd movie should be out in a few days subbed for all of us to enjoy, and I found out that Soul Eater's manga is going to finally be translated next year! Geez it took them long enough and now I'm wondering if someone is going to dub the anime as well? Yeah, I've been watching Bleach's newest filler subbed and I'm wowed by it (I think). Anywho let's get down to this blog's stuff!

Okay last night my sister and brother-in-law took me and my oldest sister to go see Star Wars in Concert! And let me tell you this if you like Star Wars then it's worth seeing. We were sadly at the very top of the arena and had some of the speakers covering part of the screen. Other than that it was so cool! It takes you through the Star Wars saga in a musical adventure with lasers and fire ^_^

Welp that's about it I'll write more later or see ya after I watch the 3 Bleach movie!

FoxCat ya later ^_^

By life, I mean my senior year of high school. Meh, just doing work and playing video games. I've also noticed that school is worlds more boring without a girlfriend; of course, this is my own opinion. I'm also knee deep in the whole college application process, which is moderately stressful.

I cannot wait for the abundance of games coming this fall and spring, especially for Modern Warfare 2. I'm also highly anticipating Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Although, I am aware that it could end up being awful). To be honest, I think I'm most excited for Pokemon Heartgold and Soulsilver. They're not coming out for quite a while, but I've always been a huge fan.

Also, I'd like to add that WoW is amazing. I'm currently PvPing on my pally with lots of real life friends, as well as improving my PvE holy set, which is already quite good (good enough for Ice Crown when it comes). I've also joined a PvE guild on my hunter, which is highly skilled. I just bought dual speccing on him a few days ago, and he now pulls around 5k dps in MM. Ahhh, it's the good stuff.

But yeah, life. Schmeh.

Well after watching the new shows listed in the previous blog it is safe to say that I have narrowed it down to the select few, that I believe, that will be a success, a hit, and those who will get canceled very shortly, a miss or flop. So, think of this like a result show and I get to be Simon for a day.

The outcomes are as followed, with either Hit or Miss and rating (out of 10).

(I will update this blog as they premiere)

Flash Forward - I had a vision to and I see great things about this show - great storyline, cast, and concept - 9 out of 10 - Hit
Trauma -
Mercy - Didn't have much interest toward this show before it aired but now it is certain - for the dramatic concept it hits the mark but other than that not to much else - 6 / 10 - miss
The Forgotten – A little bit slow for a pilot but a pretty good show overall, great cast – Christian Slater all the way. 8.9 / 10 - slow but overall entertaining - Review added for this show
Community – All I have to say is that if it wasn't for the cast then I wouldn't give this show another chance. 7.9 / 10 - posted a review so check it out.
Modern Family – I think is show is the best comedy show that I have seen in a long time, a bit slow in the beginning with the intros but after that it picks up - very funny. 8.5 / 10 - Hit - Review posted

(Reviews for these shows are on their way) -

Other Misses so far
-Eastwick
-Brothers
-Hank
-The Middle

If you feel that I am either right or wrong then let me know, and as always this is my opinion and only effects what I watch or record to my DVR. Take Care and Happy Viewing.

My friend was screaming (for a good thing), and then I said "What? Are you having an orgasm? Cause I've been trying to get you in the sack for years!"

She's single, so am I (now I am), and she just all of a sudden kissed me. Guess it was pretty good news, I got to second base

But I'm confused...are we together?

Well yep i got a 360 and im looking for games so i thought id log on and give an update now as of the 19th of september i wont have gold but i have no access to get on the net but i do go on it from time to time to update my gametag so add me if ya want ill accept ya one day ha ha its Baconmaster2890 but yer if i can find it ill add it to my profile i got my 360 just a few days b4 they made the 120GB down to $300 or $400 whatever it was...

Hmm so theres a fair few titles i want but..hey im not exactly rich the 360 was enough money for me but so far it looks like ill be getting fighting/wrestling games as i love fighting and wrestling...on my game tag you'll see Halo and GTA IV and Burnout Paradice City they were just some games i borrowed *apart from Halo 3 played that online so not all of my free month went to waste at a mates place* while i had no games and while i wasnt on the net when i did get my Xbox live i got a few demos and such i played a few off a demo disc of a mates Stuntman was pretty cool i also want UFC as the demo was awesome the 2 games ive got atm are MKvsDC *got it off ebay for around $35* and Fight Night Round 4 *got that for $60 something* also i should/might be getting Condemend 2 *sorry bout the spelling* as I played that at a mates place while borrowing off another mate in town and i liked it almost finished it...now i gotta do it on mine =] and also waiting for Fight night round 3 *as the demo of fight night round 4 made me hate it but i had already brought it* so i got number 3 while i was waiting for number 3 to come as i had played the demo it was easier and at the time was heaps cool *before number 4 was out* so i get FNR 4 and it turns out i can play it better then i did in the demo ha ha so ill have both of the games as i played the demo again recent of FNR 3 and....i didnt like it as much as i did..i love the sounds it makes in both games *like FNR 3's a bit better* also im getting Rumble Roses XX pre-owned from the US for pretty cheap around $30 or so ill also be wanting to get UFC as i said Tekken 6 when it comes out WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 *if i get it it will be my 1st Xbox 360 WWE wrestling game* but as you can see all the games have something to do with some type of fighting....

so yer add me as a friend who knows i might save up or get rich one day *as i lost my job as a cleaner at a cafe..it didnt last long ive applyied for a job at a pub as the cleaner...been at least 1-4 months i guess no reply and still they have the advert up..they can go stick it i say* and neways might b able to get that uhh $100 thingo so i have wirless even though i cud use the lan cable into a laptop apperently im guessing i cud do that with my PC but..no HD tv in my room =[

Just wondering, if anyone here would interested in roleplaying in Naruto. Some friends of mine and I have our own Naruto RP that we've been running for a while now. It's currently set 33 years after the end of Naruto leaving players able to estabilish their own place in the history of Naruto, be it as hero or villain. So if anyone is interested in checking it out, here's the link:

http://narutongrp.proboards.com/index.cgi

Also/Or if you're intertested in Bleach, we've also made a Bleach RP. It's setting takes place years after the end of the series, leaving multiple squad positions as well as the void of evil open for a new generation of characters to take their place. If you're interested, check it out here:

http://bleachvengeance.proboards.com/index.cgi

wow it so white it hurts my eyes

and I can bearly find anything here

it been so long I fogot how the old site looked

I think it was gray

Are you tired of mods and admins suspending/banning you or your friends? Well, look no further! Come to this new tv.com where you can talk about any show! We also have a caht, you have a show you want added to the boards? Just ask! Don't take TV.com's crud anymore! JOIN NOW!

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Has anyone here heard of the Tails Doll curse? There was a game called Sonic R and one of the characters was a creepy doll version of Tails. Some people think that under certain circumstances, you could summon the doll in real life. Of course, its not true, but what if it was? This is a short story about such an event.

Curse of the Tails Doll

by Merhimek

In 1996, a game was in development for the Sega Saturn and PC. Wanting to try something new, Sonic Team and Traveller's Tales joined together to create a racing game based on the the blue hedgehog and several other prominent characters in the series.

After a few months of development, the game was nearing completion. All that was left was to finish testing the game for bugs. At last, a few days later, the game was ready for release. However, on the night before the game was to be sent off for production, it is believed that a disgruntled employee, half-driven to madness after hearing a particular song in the game countless times, made his move.

Around 1:30 A.M., the employee broke into the room where the master copy of the Sonic R game was kept. He picked up the now-completed game and stared at it for what seemed like an hour. The individual began speaking in a bizzare fashion, almost as if he were chanting. Then he began to yell phrases such as "Won't you be my friend? Well, won't you?" Nobody else was believed to be in the building, so he could very well have been talking to himself.

The next morning was business as usual, except when the storage room was opened, the disgruntled employee was found on the floor, apparently dead. Several other employees ran to his side. Suddenly, the man stood up, and stumbled out of the room, but not before turning his head and saying, "I made a new friend." His eyes were glazed over and he had no expression. He also appeared rather pale.

Shrugging it off, the employees took the game to the copy room. Soon people the world over would be playing Sonic R...

1997, the year Sonic R was released on the Sega Saturn. The game enjoyed a fair number of sales, although the number was still slightly dissapointing. Amoung the people who purchased the game was the well known video game designer and producer, Shigeru Miyamoto. He placed the Sonic R game into his console, and after playing it for a while, he thought it was quite fun, and wondered how he could unlock the other characters. He found out that by collecting all the tokens hidden in each stage, a new character would challenge him. The first up, was a robotic looking Tails plush.

"Well, this is an interesting character", he thought.

He managed to be the Tails character and proceeded to unlock all the characters, including Super Sonic. Having unlocked all the characters and stages, Miyamoto smiled and turned off his Sega Saturn.

"Not bad, not bad at all", he said, in Japanese.

He went to bed shortly afterwards. Several hours went by, and suddenly Miyamoto awoke with a jolt. He sat up and looked around his room, sweat beads on his forehead. The room was pitch dark, but a red light was seeping into the room. He got up and made his way to his living room. Miyamoto looked around, then brought his attention to the television. There,on the black screen, was the reflection of a figure. Somone was sitting on the couch behind him! He whipped around but saw nothing. Breathing heavily, Miyamoto slowly headed back to his room. On the way, something tapped him on the shoulder. He let out a yell and turned around. There, floating in midair, a gem on its head glowing, was the Tails Doll from the game! Shigeru Miyamoto, frightened though he was, made a fist and tried the punch the doll. He succeeded and Tails swung to and fro on the string to which he was attached. Miyamoto darted past the Tails doll and made a run for the front door. Before he could reach it however, Tails descended fom the ceiling and was blocking his path.

"Don't you wanna play?", said the Tails doll in a childish tone that somehow made it appear even more bizzare and frightening.

In a shaky voice, Miyamoto managed to say "Leave, now!"

The menacing doll simply stared at him and said "Aw, thats too bad."

Miyamoto could see that Tails was hiding something behind his back. What was it?

He watched as the doll brought his arm forward. Tails slowly opened his hand and it was now clear that he was

holding a disc-the Sonic R game.

"Don't you wanna play?", asked Tails.

Shigeru Miyamoto knocked the game out of the Tails doll's hand.

"That wasn't very nice", stated the doll.

"Get out of my house!", said Miyamoto.

The gem on the doll's head lit even brighter as it lunged toward the game designer.

Miyamoto moved out of the way just in time to avoid the attack.

"Looks like I'll have to take your soul", said Tails Doll.

Before Miyamoto could respond, the doll began moving widely, and dance like it had gone insane. In an instant, Miyaoto was bound the the doll's strings, and the gem began to glow brighter than before.

"Stop!", Miyamoto stated. "What do you want?"

The light faded and the doll looked attentively at him.

"Play the game", said the Tail's puppet.

"Why?", inquired Miyamoto.

The doll stayed silent.

"Wait a minute", thought Miyamoto, "This creature came from the game. Perhaps I can seal him inside the dic once more".

"Alright, I'll play", said Miyamoto, trying to sound like all hope was lost.

He walked over to the Sega Saturn and booted up the game.

"I'm pretty fast", said the Tails doll, hanging from the ceiling beside Miyamoto. "Why, I bet I could even beat Sonic in a race", he added.

"Sonic!", thought Miyamoto. "No, Super Sonic! If I can beat the Tails Doll in the game, maybe he'll be 'beaten' in real life as well!"

"You seem awfully confident, think you're gonna win?", said the doll. Then, as if by magic, a second controller appeared, and the Tails doll was ready to race.

"Tell you what", continued the doll, "If you can beat me in a race, I'll go away". "But if you loose, I take your soul". "Sound good, right?"

"Looks like I don't have much of a choice", thought Miyamoto. "Very well", he said, "I'll race you!"

"The stage we play will be...Resort Island!", exclamied the Tails doll.

Tails Doll selected himself in the game as the character he would play, and Miyamoto selected Super Sonic. The race was on!

Their characters selected, the race was ready to begin. The game was loading, and Shigeru Miyamoto thought to himself, "I cannot loose".

The intro music started and the racers were off! The song "Can You Feel the Sunshine" began to play. It was Miyamoto's favorite from the game. Super Sonic dashed forward and for a slight moment, was in the lead. Tails Doll quickly caught up and got ahead of him slightly. Miyamoto had to catch up! Knuckles and the other characters were close behind. Super Sonic made a turn and was toe to toe with the Tails Doll.

"Come on...", thought Miyamoto.

The Tails Doll stepped on a dash panel and zoomed forward, with Super Sonic doing the same. The race was really close. A second dash panel and a loop-de-loop, and the first lap was completed! One of Eggman's Homing Missles was aimed at Super Sonic, but with a quick jump, it was avoided. The Tails Doll was just ahead, if only he was a little faster!

The Tails Doll was moving at a slight angle. Steering his character as straight as he possibly could, Miyamoto managed to catch up to the Tails Doll. The second lap was over, now it was time to race through the final lap! The two racers were neck and neck, who would emerge victorious? The pressure was building. Miyamoto knew he had to win! Being such a fast character, Super Sonic was fairly difficult to control. The first turn came up, and once more, the Tails Doll took the lead. Miyamoto simply smiled. He had a plan. Having collected 20 rings, a shortcut was opened and, dashing through the tunnel, he made a right turn, went around in a loop-de-loop and crossed the finish line in first place! The congratulatory music played, and Super Sonic did a victory pose.

The real Tails Doll was silent. Then, it began to hiss and gave a blood-curdling scream. The screen got dark and an image of the Tails Doll with glowing eyes appeared on the television and a song played in the background. Miyamoto recognized it as "Can You Feel the Sunshine", being played backwards. The Tails Doll on the television began speaking, but it was unitelligible, as its speech appeared to be backwards as well. Then, suddenly, the Tails Doll stuck its hand out of the screen and grabbed the real Tails Doll, taking it into the game world. The televesion went black.

"It's gone!", exclaimed Miyamoto.

The Tails doll had been sealed away. Miyamoto reahced forward to turn off his Sega Saturn, but just before he did, the Tails Doll appeared on the screen again, with tears in its eyes. After a moment, the game shut off.

"I think," began Miyamoto, "the only thing he wanted was a friend."

Eight years passed and Miyamoto still played Sonic R every now and then. When he heard that a game called Sonic Gems Collection would include Sonic R he was quite happy, but he knew that the Tails Doll was still too unpredictable and dangerous. Because of this, he was allowed to place a special seal within the game, preventing people from summoning the Tails Doll. Many theories exist as to how the seal can be broken. Some say that tagging Super Sonic with the Tails Doll in the game releases him. Others say you have to stand in front of a mirror and sing "Can You Feel the Sunshine" backwards. How can the seal be unlocked? Well, I'm not exactly sure. In fact, I'm not even sure that it is such a good idea to try.

-The End-

=_= im.s0.tired....my.eyes.burn...i.havent.sleept.4.c0uple.days....

drinking.the.third.c0ffe....

s0me.0f.u.may.kn0w...i.wanted.2.runaway...leave.my.dream....ff0ll0w.a.diy.way.0f.life...

sleep.0n.a.park...0r.a.squad...all.i.has.is.my.sleepin.bag...+a.pair.0f.cl0thes....

+i.l0ve.it...

-yawns-

And I know everyone else is wondering where the fck ive been for the past year...the answer: i was eating.

But on the real biz, ever since James Brown died, the greatest artist left on Earth was Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. And now, our greatest has died, the man who started his own generation and changed the world. But no one should forget the times we had with Michael, from when he was a little afro-haired boy singing "I Want You Back" with his 4 brothers, to 1982 when he exploded into the ultimate pop master, making "Thriller" the best selling album in history, to the bad times when Michael became desperate for money and he was the laughing stock of the world.

The overall moral of the King's tragic death is how when Michael was having a carreer recession, the world mocked him and pushed his reputation further down the toilet. then suddenly the world expects Michael to turn around to perform for them again. Michael died before he got the chance. Michael Jackson wasnt a machine for our own entertainment, he was a human being.

Michael's death his huge, Elvis' death doesnt come close. The world has just lost the biggest man its ever known.

Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

P.S. this is my last blog. I just wanted to come back to rant about Michael. Now im gonna start a twitter I guess. Peace out!

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So within the past few weeks, I've been contributing more and more of my time on a new website created by fellow members (former and current) of tv.com. Toki and Eddy have a lot to do with it, Raizen's up there too, I could go on.

Instead, I've decided to use my blog to take the chance to invite any of my friends (or just people looking at my blog) to join us, we're still a very small community, dedicated to Naruto material, but there is an array of different topics other than Naruto to talk about. Best part is, there's no enforcement trying to ban you, or force you to stay on topic, even the administration is off topic most of the time.

If you want the website name, just PM me, since it's invite only as to keep the community at its best.