Splice Advent Calender 08: Day 18

S. A. C. 2008: December 18th

In response to Ruud's Xmas tree saga I thought I'd post some of my own. Shamefully I don't put them up in my house, I'm not a scrooge I'm just lazy. So here's a video I made of Paisley's Christmas lights which are actually pretty damn good. Enjoy:

Splice Advent Calendar 08: Day 17

S.A.C. 2008: 17th December

here is my top 5 Christmas songs. these are the ones that get me going year in year out. The ones i actually enjoy repeated ad nauseum for 6 weeks!

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Splice Advent Calender 08: Day 16

S. A. C. 2008: 16th December

Look at this Xmas billboard advert:


Now is it just me or are we being forced to look up a turkey's vaginal cavity? Or did Christmas On Mars actually freak me out more than I actually let on?

Splice Advent Calendar 08: Day 15

S.A.C. 2008: 15th December

It always happens, every year, usually when you slept in on a school day and were rushing around trying to brush your teeth and put your jumper on.

What am i talking about? forgetting to open the advent calendar of course, and thats what i did. Hence, the 15th door is being opened on the 16th (today), now lets see whats behind that door................

Its Christmas gambling time! yeah!

Typical seasonal punts are number one in the pop charts and also whether or not it will snow. but there are others.

Xfactor sadly has taken the fun (was their really any fun?) out of the race to xmas number one but the bookies are still taking bets. In fact paddy power is taking bets on who will finish top without the xfactor single in the running. what about Status Quo at 50/1 or Jeff Buckley at a 9/4 for all the sad sacks that think getting it to chart will actually mean something in the long run. Plenty of choices to be made!

What about number one toy? here is your choices, again with paddy power.
High School Musical 3 Musical Dance Mat 3 - 1 Catcha Beast 9 - 1 MB Elefun Game 16 - 1 Star Wars Clone Trooper Voice Changer 5 - 1 FurReal Biscuit, My Lovin’ Pup 10 - 1 Dr Who Classic Figures 20 - 1 Rubik's Cube 5 - 1 Dance with me Teletubby 11 - 1 Rescue Pals Swim To Me Puppy 25 - 1 Ben 10 Deluxe Omnitrix 6 - 1 In The Night Garden Upsy Daisy and Her Chase and Play Bed 12 - 1 BABY born with Magic Potty 33 - 1 Hannah Montana Tour Bus 7 - 1 Bakugan Battle Brawlers 6 pk 12 - 1 Cupcake Maker 40 - 1 Elmo Live 8 - 1 Bop it extreme 14 - 1

am i missing something, Dr Who clasic figures, really? what kid wants that pish? personally Il have the rubiks cube please!

Anyway, glasgow is 7/4 to see snow on the big day, the same price as New York!

Check out any big bookmaker site and look at their xmas specials, happy xmas gambling!

Splice Advent Calender 08: Day 14

S. A. C. 2008: 14th December

So you've taken Ruud's tips on what to buy your loved ones, but there's that one lot of born again Christians twice removed on your Mum's side that you haven't figured out what to buy for yet. What do you get them since absolutely everything that brings joy that isn't somehow related to our saviour is a sin?

You get the kids these for a start:



As for the adults? For Dad how about some Jesus socks? Mum's a bit trickier. You see as much as she'd probably like an apron it's doubtful it''ll make her as happy as this flash game. That'll teach him for stealing the Lord's thunder this Yuletide.

See, sometimes the best gifts really are free!

Splice Advent Calendar 2008: Day 13

S.A.C. 2008: 13th Decemeber

its now the 13th, your probably bricking it cos you havent done your shopping and there is only two weekends left and the shops will be rammed and your skint and all the other reasons, yada yadda yadda.

Here is 5 totally stinking ideas for gifts to fuck with your head.

Splice Advent Calender 08: Day 12

S. A. C. 2008: 12th December

Christmas On Mars



Oooh where to go with this one. I love The Flaming Lips, hokey hippie stuff and all, but the prospect of a movie shot in Wayne Coyne's back garden about madness in space always had the whiff of something bad. Of course it could have been excellent, their music is even though some of the ideas can be a bit fluffy and that. Sadly it's not.

The plot's a mess, the acting's poor and to put it mildly, it's pretty fucked up. It's not all bad though. Some of the visuals are pretty impressive, especially the sporadic use of colour, and the sound is fantastic, although that was pretty much a given of course.

Sadly in the end what this feels like is a bunch of people making their own little, low budget It's An Erasurehead Christmas out their backdoor. That said if you're planning on getting really high this Christmas to survive the "festivities" and want a film to freak you out that has a Yuletide theme then this may be for you.

Splice Advent Calendar 2008: Day 11

S.A.C. 2008: 11th Decemeber

Time for a wee moan. This

is a classic, no doubt about it a cracking tune and as mucha part of Christmas as Turkey, Santa and Jesus, (maybe slightly more than Jesus in these commercial times)

BUT

and its a big but, why on the video, played repeatedly i must add are the drums at the end so loud, i cant get them out my head, and am tellign you incase you havent noticed it. Annoying! a minor annoyance, true but an annoyance all then same. Your life will never be the same again, sorry.

Splice Advent Calender 08: Day 10

S. A. C. 2008: 10th December

Now to that all time Christmas classic, a film of small town cheer with a big heart, sure to warm the cockles of even the loneliest soul this Yuletide:

Splice Advent Calendar 08: Day 9

S.A.C. 2008: 9th December

this may get deleted from youtube sometime soon (it happens more often than you'd think) so if its a blank screen your seeing well thats what happened, i should tell you that its really good, and funny too, with a Christmas twist which is kinda mandatory for this sort of advent calendar type thing.




NEWS FLASH!

Update on my tree, it succesfully survived transit from one house to another, bauble shopping yesterday was fruitless, i am today pondering the merits of tinsel on a tree, is it socially acceptable, should i decorate my tree with it, and if so do i want big thick tinsel or thin floaty stuff?