P.S. This is my #100!!!!!!
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
99th post!!!
Welp, this is my 99th post. In the words of Rachel Ray, How cool is that? LOL. I'm at the library waiting for my mom to pick me up. I was doing some research for school. How fun. I found what I needed pretty quick so now I'm just goofing off. Checking my correo electronico and such. Not much going on. I finally figured out why my dig. camera doesn't work sometimes. It doesn't have a flash so it will only take pics in well lit places. Well, that helps. I'm thinking about taking it to school on monday. That reminds me, I am so bummed. Health class is over on the 19th!! NOOOOOO!! Say it ain't so! That means no CSG! Bummer. I don't have any other classes w/ him either. That really stinks. like, more than words can say. i hate it. ARE U GETTING IT NOW?!?!?!?!? LOL. Well, since not much is going on, I'm gonna go now. Bye!
Monday, December 26, 2005
To: U know who u are (prev. posted on xanga, bebo, and tagged)
Before I drop the subject, although it isn't even the issue anymore, I'm putting this out. If you can go and put an article saying how bad my opinion is and everyone can think it's ok I can do the same-
Xmas (or X-mas) is an abbreviation for Christmas. It is derived from the Greek word ×ÑÉÓÔÏÓ, transliterated as Christos, which is the origin of the English Christ. Greek is the language in which the New Testament is generally believed to have been written.
Originally, in "Xmas", X represented the Greek letter ÷ (see chi). It was pronounced with an aspirated [kh], which is the first letter of Christ's name in Greek. An upper-case ÷ has the same shape as a Latin alphabet letter X, hence the abbreviation "Xmas".
It seems Christmas has been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000 years. Before Xmas, there was XPmas, according to Inge Milfull, assistant editor of etymology at Oxford English Dictionaries (OED). She found references in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle as far back as 1021 and says the P was probably dropped later. XP, or the Greek Letters ÷ (chi) and ñ (rho) is an ancient abbreviation for Christ (see Labarum) and is still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ.
As origins of the word go largely unnoticed by the larger public, many people believe that the term is part of an effort to "take Christ out of Christmas" as a means of secularization or a vehicle for pushing political correctness, or as a symptom of the commercialization of the holiday (as the abbreviation has long been employed by retailers). This notion is greatly disputed.
The occasionally seen belief that the X represents the cross Christ was crucified on has no basis in fact; St Andrew's Cross is X-shaped, but Christ's cross was probably shaped like a T or a †. Indeed, X-as-chi was associated with Christ long before X-as-cross could be. The use of X as an abbreviation for cross in modern abbreviated writing (e.g. "Kings X" for "Kings Cross") may have reinforced this assumption.
In ancient Christian art ÷ and ÷ñ (Chi Ro--the first two letters in Greek of Christos) are abbreviations for Christ's name. In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma); compare IC for Jesus in Greek. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50 years before the first English colonists came to North America and 60 years before the King James Version of the Bible was completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity".
The abbreviation is widely but not universally accepted; some view it as demeaning to Christ, whilst others find it helpful to use in text messages and emails and quickly handwritten notes to save space. Similarly, Xianity is sometimes used as the abbreviation for Christianity (although this usage is much less common than "Xmas"). This usage has extended to "xtal" for "crystal", and on florists' signs "xant" for "chrysanthemum" (though these words are not etymologically related to "Christ"; "crystal" comes from a Greek word meaning "ice", and "chrysanthemum" from Greek words meaning "golden flower", while "Christ" comes from a Greek word meaning "anointed").
Xmas (or X-mas) is an abbreviation for Christmas. It is derived from the Greek word ×ÑÉÓÔÏÓ, transliterated as Christos, which is the origin of the English Christ. Greek is the language in which the New Testament is generally believed to have been written.
Originally, in "Xmas", X represented the Greek letter ÷ (see chi). It was pronounced with an aspirated [kh], which is the first letter of Christ's name in Greek. An upper-case ÷ has the same shape as a Latin alphabet letter X, hence the abbreviation "Xmas".
It seems Christmas has been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000 years. Before Xmas, there was XPmas, according to Inge Milfull, assistant editor of etymology at Oxford English Dictionaries (OED). She found references in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle as far back as 1021 and says the P was probably dropped later. XP, or the Greek Letters ÷ (chi) and ñ (rho) is an ancient abbreviation for Christ (see Labarum) and is still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ.
As origins of the word go largely unnoticed by the larger public, many people believe that the term is part of an effort to "take Christ out of Christmas" as a means of secularization or a vehicle for pushing political correctness, or as a symptom of the commercialization of the holiday (as the abbreviation has long been employed by retailers). This notion is greatly disputed.
The occasionally seen belief that the X represents the cross Christ was crucified on has no basis in fact; St Andrew's Cross is X-shaped, but Christ's cross was probably shaped like a T or a †. Indeed, X-as-chi was associated with Christ long before X-as-cross could be. The use of X as an abbreviation for cross in modern abbreviated writing (e.g. "Kings X" for "Kings Cross") may have reinforced this assumption.
In ancient Christian art ÷ and ÷ñ (Chi Ro--the first two letters in Greek of Christos) are abbreviations for Christ's name. In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma); compare IC for Jesus in Greek. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50 years before the first English colonists came to North America and 60 years before the King James Version of the Bible was completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity".
The abbreviation is widely but not universally accepted; some view it as demeaning to Christ, whilst others find it helpful to use in text messages and emails and quickly handwritten notes to save space. Similarly, Xianity is sometimes used as the abbreviation for Christianity (although this usage is much less common than "Xmas"). This usage has extended to "xtal" for "crystal", and on florists' signs "xant" for "chrysanthemum" (though these words are not etymologically related to "Christ"; "crystal" comes from a Greek word meaning "ice", and "chrysanthemum" from Greek words meaning "golden flower", while "Christ" comes from a Greek word meaning "anointed").
Christmas goodies I got!!!! ( A very good haul! lol)
1.)Clay Aiken "Merry Christmas with love"*
2.)UNC Charlotte Hoodie3.)Digital Camera*
4.)Kenny G Christmas CD
5.)The Sims 2 PC game*
6.)Restaurant Empire PC game
7.)V-neck or turtleneck shirts*
8.)Leather Jacket*
PLUS....
1.)Assorted health and beauty items
2.) Jessica simpson Perfume that smells like Cake batter
3.) A barbie (huh?!?!?! I haven't played w/ those since I was 11! It was a family friend. It's the thought that counts. She was a pretty doll)
4.)6pairs of toe socks
5.) a very pretty white scarf
6.)a new plaid purse
Sunday, December 25, 2005
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