Horoscopes for October

Libra (September 23 - October 23)

Not only are you and your best friends are getting along better than ever, but plenty of hotties are looking your way, too. Get out there and mix it up. The more you're with people, the more fun you'll have. *Take from http://astrology.gurl.com*

(10)Want everyone to be happy.
(9)Your: Motto: I have taste.
(8)Make a great hostage.
(7)Oh! so loveable.
(6)Love to be right.
(5)Super sensitive
(4)Brainstormer deluxe.
(3)Hate to make decisions
(2)Keep redecorating the house.
(1)AND YOU WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF THE SCALES!!

Scorpio (October 24th - November 21st)

Helping someone else out might just get you where you need to go, too. So look for a happy compromise to this situation and everyone will get what they want with a minimum of fuss. *Take from http://astrology.gurl.com*

(10)Oh, so mysterious
(9)Your Motto: Leave me alone.
(8)All that power.
(7)Such a deep thinker.
(6)Get on the depression express.
(5)What a rebel.
(4)Want what you can’t have.
(3)Fear nothing.
(2)Such a sharp tongue
(1)AND YOU WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF THE SCORPION!!

Healthy Recipe

Submitted by art_punkxero

Ingredients

1/3  cup  reduced-sodium soy sauce
1/4  teaspoon  red pepper flakes
4  (1/2-inch-thick)  boneless top round steaks (minute steaks)
3  ounces  thin spaghetti
3  teaspoons  olive oil, divided
1  medium  red onion (6 oz.), halved and sliced
1   red bell pepper, chopped
5   green onions, thinly sliced
1  tablespoon  minced fresh ginger
2  teaspoons  minced garlic
1/2  pound  savoy or green cabbage, finely shredded (5 cups)
1/4  pound  cremini or white mushrooms, sliced
1/2  cup  water
1/2  teaspoon  salt
1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground pepper

Preparation
Cook: 20 minutes
Marinate: 30 minutes
Prep: 25 minutes

1  Stir together soy sauce and red pepper flakes in a shallow glass baking
dish. Add minute steaks, turn to coat and let marinate at room temperature
30 minutes, turning once.
2  Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain and
rinse with cold water.
3  Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 2 teaspoons oil,
onion and bell pepper. Cook 5 minutes, until onion softens. Add green
onions, ginger and garlic. Cook 1 minute, stirring. Add cabbage, mushrooms,
water, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cook 3 minutes,
stirring, until vegetables are tender-crisp.
4  Add pasta to skillet, tossing with vegetables until pasta is heated
through. Transfer to bowl; cover and keep warm.
5  Wipe out skillet. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil and heat over high heat.
Add steaks; cook 1 minute per side, until well browned and medium-rare.
Place on a cutting board and thinly slice on the diagonal. Divide pasta and
vegetables between 4 serving plates; top with steak. Makes 4 servings.

"My Life Story"
Written by Kayla aka stlbluzgrl2007

 In 2001, when I was just 13 years old my life forever changed. You always think that it can't happen to you but when it does it takes you by surprise. I started showing signs early in the year that something was wrong but yet my parent's & I had no idea what was in store for me.
 On the drive down to the camp grounds, I was talking to my Dad while drinking a soda & all of a sudden I dropped my soda and it spilled evrywhere. Well to most people you just think okay no big deal you just lost control of the soda and accidently dropped it but that was far from the
truth in this case. So my parent's and I really didn't think much of it at the time. Well then a couple weeks later a couple more signs happen like while I was eating I would drop the fork & throw it accross the room. The same thing happened while I would be like doing hw, I all sudden would be writing and then I would throw the pen or pencil accross the room. This
really puzzled my parents because they had no idea was going on so they decided to contact my doctor. Well the doctor suggested that I go see a Neutralist. So we set up an appointment to go see him & he gave me a bunch of tests including a Cat Scan & a MRI. After getting the test results back the doctor dianosed me with Epilepsy which is is a brain disorder that occurs when the electrical signals in the brain are disrupted which in the brain leads to a seizure. If you have more then two seizures in your life time techinally you have Epilepsy. Really when ever I This was a really hard thing to deal with at first but I have learned to live with it. But I'm
extremly fortunate because some people have alot worse cases of Epilepsy then I do. Those people that have more serious cases can completly lose control when they have seizures and drop to the ground. But I haven't had a seizure in over a year now so I'm doing really well. Even though this changed my life in so many ways I think its helped me realize alot about
Epilepsy & how others feel when their dianosed with a disease. I hope sometime in the future I can help out the Epilepsy Foundation by helping people out who are expericencing the same thing I went though, Raise some money & just get the message out saying just because you may have a disease it does not make you different or change who you are, you are who you are.
                     ~Kayla
                        (stlbluzgrl2007)

Submitted by SunRiseRose

My Top pick of Costumes for Women

Fallen Angel

Athena

Lady Juilet

Pirate Lady

Little Red Rideing Hood (not the Velvet)

Daphne

Jasmine Prestige (nicely made)

Midnight Fairy

Tinkerspell (Oh No She gone Bad!)

Top Costumes for Men

Vampire Gothis

Rustic Pirate

Robin Hood

Gilligan

Lancealot

Baby in a highchair (We would all love to see lol)

Zorro

Jack Sparrow

The History of the Jack O'Lantern

The Irish brought the Jack O'Lantern to America. The Jack O'Lantern legend goes back hundreds of years in Irish History. As the story goes, Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who liked to play tricks on everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the devil himself. One day, he tricked the devil into climbing up an apple tree. As soon as he did, Stingy Jack Placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. Unable to get down the tree, Stingy Jack made the devil promise him not to take his soul when he died.

When Jack finally died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told he was too mean and too cruel and had led a miserable and worthless life on earth. He was not allowed to enter heaven. He then went down to hell and the devil. The devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter hell. Now Jack was scared and had nowhere to go but to wander about foerever in the darkenss between heaven and hell. He asked the devil how he could leave as tehre ws no light. The devil tossed him an ember from the flames of hell to help him light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out Turnip, one of his favortie foods which he always carried around with him whenever he could steal one. For that day on, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place.

On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets and placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack O'Lanterns. In the 1800's a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack O'Lanterns.

This month, we are going to talk about Depression. Depression is a Health Problem. In my opinion, the worst way to treat it is by the use of pills. Pills are only a temporary solution which could end up making your problem worse or causing you even more problems. The best way to deal with depression is therapy. Talk to someone that you can trust and keep a journal to get your feelings out. There are also many sites with forums and advice. One of the things that you can do to help with your depression is by changing your lifestyle. Exercise is proven to promote a more positive mood. Also stay away from junk food, caffiene, and limit your sugar intake. Meditation and breathing correctly can also help. Put you hand on your stomach and make sure that you are only moving your stomach and not your shoulders when you breathe. To meditate, focus on one object or sound and clear your mind. Try not to think about anything and just focus. You can also play some soothing music. Don't feel bad if you get depressed. Almost everyone goes through it at some point in their life. It mostly affects teenagers and the elderly. If you ever think about taking pills for it, check out the side effects first. There are some things that you won't even be prepared for. Read this article about one person's experience with the anti-depressant Paxil. http://slate.msn.com/?id=95903

Submitted by Bebe_Grl66

Are you tired of all those cookie-cutter politicians with squeaky-clean backgrounds? Prefer a candidate who isn't afraid to don a second-skin red leather outfit or bet big at the poker table? Then Ben Affleck may be your guy.

The Washington Post reports the Oscar-winner-turned-'Gigli'-punchline's recent house-hunting excursion to Virginia with expectant wife Jennifer Garner had the state's Democratic bigwigs dreaming they might soon have their very own Schwarzenegger.

Seems party officials are on the hunt for a big gun to run against Republican senator George Allen next year and figured the liberal-minded star, 33, might be the perfect candidate.

The idea of Senator Affleck "spread pretty widely, at least in the political underground," University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato tells the paper.

Ben, who campaigned for both John Kerry and Al Gore (he also stumped for Hillary Clinton's more successful senatorial bid), has made no secret of his love of legislature.

"I think there's a real nobility to public service," he told Vanity Fair in 2003. Two years earlier, he revealed to GQ, "My fantasy is that someday I'm independently wealthy enough that I'm not beholden to anybody, so I can run for Congress on the grounds that everyday people -- be they singers or poets or bankers or lawyers or teachers -- should be in government."

The other appealing aspect to the job, according to the "everyday" movie star: "Not to get too Susan Sarandon on you, but part of what I'd get off on would be the oration, the speech-making and the idea of leading."

But don't start cranking out those "Benator" buttons and bumper stickers just yet. While Affleck's rep Ken Sunshine confirms to the New York Daily News that Ben has been approached by the Virginia Dems, he says that right now, he has no intention of "running for anything except diapers."

"Ben and Jennifer were just driving and stopped to look at some pretty houses," explains Sunshine to the paper.

But they aren't moving there.

The spokesman adds to the Boston Globe that the rumor is "absolutely crazy," but points out to the Post that Affleck "would be a superb candidate for public office in the future" (most likely in his native Massachusetts). Sunshine further earns his salary by working in a plug for Ben's upcoming directorial debut, "Gone, Baby, Gone."

Mrs. Affleck, meanwhile, apparently hasn't picked up any covert ops skills in her years of playing a CIA agent on "Alias." With the due date of her little Ben-bino fast approaching, the usually tight-lipped actress, 33, can't stop tripping over her tongue. Twice in recent weeks, Garner has seemingly confirmed the long-running rumor that she's expecting a girl.

During a stopover on "The Tonight Show" Tuesday to promote Thursday's season premiere of her ABC spy drama, the actress was asked by Jay Leno whether she knew what she was having. She played it coy and deflected the question, quipping, "We have one or the other, for sure."

Leno then lobbed another softball, asking whether she had finished decorating the nursery. Garner launched into a story about how she had planned to buy everything at the last minute, only to realize the baby products she wanted had to be pre-ordered.

"Apparently you need a crib," laughed Jen. "I kind of thought shhhh[e] ... this kid won't know what's going on."

A few minutes later, Garner began talking about her expanding belly, describing how self-conscious she felt at the Hurricane Katrina telethon when she realized that her phone was broken and she was stuck on TV with nothing to do.

"I have never felt so pregnant in my life," she recalled. "You can just start to feel really pregnant, like you are the hugest person on the face of the planet and I sat there, and first I felt bad, just because I wasn't helping, and then I just felt bigger and bigger like she was ..."

Jen immediately stopped, threw an "oh no!" look at Leno and covered her mouth with her hand, prompting the already clap-happy crowd to break into cheers. Offered Jay, "You meant to say he."

Garner's loose lips on Leno come on the heels of an Emmy night chat with Access Hollywood, when she was asked by host Nancy O'Dell whether she had seen her show's new promo spots, in which a baby can be heard crying (her butt-kicking alter ego Sydney Bristow also has a bun in the oven).

"I've heard, I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard, believe me," said Garner. When O'Dell joked, "I hope your baby's getting paid," the swelling star responded, "I think that's a great idea. She ... " Garner then caught herself and continued, "I think, yes, definitely."

Ben and Jen are said to be partial to the name Violet.

Submitted by pinaypoet499

The witches fly
Across the sky,
The owls go, "Who? Who? Who?"
The black cats yowl
And green ghosts howl,
"Scary Halloween to you!"

~Nina Willis Walter~

Submitted by sweet_jojo_16

1)Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams,
So I'll propose... on Halloween.

2)Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you.
--Dennis Yost and the Classics IV, "SPOOKY"

3)He's not stupid; he's possessed by a retarded ghost. 

4)Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

5)Eye of new, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boi and bubble.

6)On Hallowe'en the thing
you must do
Is pretend that nothing
can frighten you
An' if somethin' scares you
and you want to run
Jus' let on like
it's Hallowe'en fun.

7)Just a little witch
on high
She'll tell you that
your love is nigh
Your fortune on Hallowe'en
when told
My secret will the witch unfold.

8)Come with me
All Hallow's night
We'll frighten everyone in sight
Such pranks for ince,
are justified
And fun and frolic amplified.

9)Forget the ghosts . . . beware of me!

10)Time for a coffin break.