Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck: Day Five
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Bill & Gloria Gaither feat. David Phelps
Pretty impressive.
2013 was Shawn McDonald, 2012 was Sinatra, 2011 was Sarah McLachlan
Silent Night - Pentatonix
And they stand there awkwardly...Loved seeing these guys live. Had to buy the new album when it came out. That makes 2 Xmas albums, both fantastic.
2013 was Kelly Clarkson, 2012 was SNL, 2011 was Aly & AJ
What Child Is This - Gardiner Sisters
Pretty talented family. Check out their acoustic covers of Radioactive, and Happy, or their Pirates Medley which is super cool.
2013 was Lindsey Stirling, 2012 was Carrie Underwood, 2011 was Charlotte Church
2011 Day Five - Battle of the Blogs, Gypsy Caroling, Fat Cats, Whom Shepherds Guard and Angels Sing
2012 Day Five - I'll Deck Your Halls
2013 Day Five - Merry Christmas ya filthy animal
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Merry Christmas you filthy animal.
The boyfriend's birthday today so I could finally give him his present.
Which means I can finally tell you what it was.
He once said if he could ever have season tickets to anything it would be Stars Hockey so I got him season tickets for the rest of the season.
Now there is a game on Valentine's Day so I need to remember that that is entirely my fault.
He seemed excited so I'm calling it a victory.
Along with the fact that he never figured out what it was after months of guessing.
Victory.
That's basically all I remember from today.
Gave him that, we went to dinner then watched Home Alone.
We're doing it backwards cause last week we watched the second one.
Marathons.
Nothing major from work, except it went by super fast.
Tomorrow is staff meeting and food day so I should konk out soon.
And yes, I did watch the Voice finale and it's killing me not posting about it but I figured I'm already hitting you with enough music so I'll ramble about it after all the Xmas music.
I do have to point out that my pick won it all.
Which makes me 2/4 since I picked Cassadee Pope 2 seasons ago.
And I've only watched 4 seasons of it.
I'm just glad the one with the best voice finally won it.
I mean Judith Hill seriously should have won last season. A lot of people said Amanda Brown was the best the season before that but I liked Cassadee better.
Cause I was a fan of Hey Monday before they got popular.
I don't remember much about season two except I was for Jordis and she got hosed.
Oh, Juliet, she should have won but she got second.
Started Blake's three-peat but now Adam is back on top.
Anyway, enough with my ramblings. I'll post those clips after Xmas.
On to the music.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Five
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Shawn McDonald
if you're into christian music you should check out his song Rise, very catchy, very cool.
2012 was Sinatra, 2011 was Sarah McLachlan
Silent Night - Kelly Clarkson
crazy talented, been a fan since Idol. the one year i watched it. i could link you to like 20 of my favorites by her but i'll just stick with one. my favorite we used to sing over and over in high school. Respect.
2012 was SNL, 2011 was Aly & AJ
What Child is This - Lindsey Stirling
yes it's instrumental but i like it. she's the one that covered Radioactive with Pentatonix which I posted last week. check it out here.
2012 was Carrie Underwood, 2011 was Charlotte Church
out.
2011 Day Five - Battle of the Blogs, Gypsy Caroling, Fat Cats, Whom Shepherds Guard and Angels Sing
2012 Day Five - I'll Deck Your Halls
Which means I can finally tell you what it was.
He once said if he could ever have season tickets to anything it would be Stars Hockey so I got him season tickets for the rest of the season.
Now there is a game on Valentine's Day so I need to remember that that is entirely my fault.
He seemed excited so I'm calling it a victory.
Along with the fact that he never figured out what it was after months of guessing.
Victory.
That's basically all I remember from today.
Gave him that, we went to dinner then watched Home Alone.
We're doing it backwards cause last week we watched the second one.
Marathons.
Nothing major from work, except it went by super fast.
Tomorrow is staff meeting and food day so I should konk out soon.
And yes, I did watch the Voice finale and it's killing me not posting about it but I figured I'm already hitting you with enough music so I'll ramble about it after all the Xmas music.
I do have to point out that my pick won it all.
Which makes me 2/4 since I picked Cassadee Pope 2 seasons ago.
And I've only watched 4 seasons of it.
I'm just glad the one with the best voice finally won it.
I mean Judith Hill seriously should have won last season. A lot of people said Amanda Brown was the best the season before that but I liked Cassadee better.
Cause I was a fan of Hey Monday before they got popular.
I don't remember much about season two except I was for Jordis and she got hosed.
Oh, Juliet, she should have won but she got second.
Started Blake's three-peat but now Adam is back on top.
Anyway, enough with my ramblings. I'll post those clips after Xmas.
On to the music.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Five
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Shawn McDonald
if you're into christian music you should check out his song Rise, very catchy, very cool.
2012 was Sinatra, 2011 was Sarah McLachlan
Silent Night - Kelly Clarkson
crazy talented, been a fan since Idol. the one year i watched it. i could link you to like 20 of my favorites by her but i'll just stick with one. my favorite we used to sing over and over in high school. Respect.
2012 was SNL, 2011 was Aly & AJ
What Child is This - Lindsey Stirling
yes it's instrumental but i like it. she's the one that covered Radioactive with Pentatonix which I posted last week. check it out here.
2012 was Carrie Underwood, 2011 was Charlotte Church
out.
2011 Day Five - Battle of the Blogs, Gypsy Caroling, Fat Cats, Whom Shepherds Guard and Angels Sing
2012 Day Five - I'll Deck Your Halls
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
"I'll deck your halls."
Big day for a Tuesday.
Worked 9-6, got to spend the morning at the home branch jammin' with Joe Studley. We're both such goofballs so the time flies by. Drive thru for lunch and back to the work branch in the afternoon. Check-in and supplies in the afternoon.
After work was a different story. It's the boyfriend's birthday today so we went out to eat with his parents. Got a hot beef sandwich - one of my favorite meals, though it's hard to beat tacos - and then we came back and watched the last part of The Grudge.
Nightmare-worthy but I like Sarah Michelle-Gellar so it was fine. And there was Seinfeld as well - finally saw the Soup Nazi. I've seen a few episodes but I was never a die hard like some of my cousins. Perhaps I'll order a few seasons through the library.
So I was there 'til 11, got back at midnight and then watched THE VOICE FINALE which was EPIC. Lots of duets with famous artists and they brought back a lot of singers - they let the finalists sing a song with singers of their choice. Gonna Rock and Roll All Night was my favorite - Terry brought back Michaela, Amanda, Bryan, and Rudy. Nicholas brought back Amanda as well, along with Dez and Trevin. Cassadee went with country singer Liz, unique artist Melanie and vocal powerhouse De'Borah.
She also performed with her idol - and mine - Avril Lavigne. And then turned into an excited mess immediately following.
Which leads me to the winner.
Major spoiler alert - if you hadn't figured that out already - the winner is....
*dramatic pause*
*insert crazy girl celebration* my number one actually pulls it off.
lasted much longer than last year, and while jordis still does rock cassadee is my favorite of the two. mostly cause i liked hey monday before the voice and that just carried over.
But I'm so happy she won, though I would have cheered if it had been Terry too. Nicholas would have been interesting as well.
Aside from the winner being announced I think this was my favorite famous artist duet.
just cause i'm a nerdy fan for both of them.
The bring back performances were alright, as were the super group ones but nothing spectacular so I'll move on to the Christmas music and post them later.
Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck: Day Five
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Frank Sinatra
again with frank on a classic. last year's was Sarah McLaughlin, she's always great with christmas music.
Silent Night - SNL Choir
no words. last year was aly and aj but this is better.
What Child is This - Carrie Underwood
rockin' country chick. last year's was charlotte church.
For last year's Day Five go here
did i mention it's not only my boyfriend's birthday today but also cassadee's boyfriend's birthday? and xtina's? so sad she's skipping next season but she'll be BACK!
oh well, i will attempt to stop talking about it for a while. next season doesn't start up again until march anyway so take a well-deserved break from my rambling...on that topic.
here's the preview for next season.
my shakira, how you've changed.
and she's out.
just realized that timothy hutton is very similar to ryan o'neal. thoughts?
Worked 9-6, got to spend the morning at the home branch jammin' with Joe Studley. We're both such goofballs so the time flies by. Drive thru for lunch and back to the work branch in the afternoon. Check-in and supplies in the afternoon.
After work was a different story. It's the boyfriend's birthday today so we went out to eat with his parents. Got a hot beef sandwich - one of my favorite meals, though it's hard to beat tacos - and then we came back and watched the last part of The Grudge.
Nightmare-worthy but I like Sarah Michelle-Gellar so it was fine. And there was Seinfeld as well - finally saw the Soup Nazi. I've seen a few episodes but I was never a die hard like some of my cousins. Perhaps I'll order a few seasons through the library.
So I was there 'til 11, got back at midnight and then watched THE VOICE FINALE which was EPIC. Lots of duets with famous artists and they brought back a lot of singers - they let the finalists sing a song with singers of their choice. Gonna Rock and Roll All Night was my favorite - Terry brought back Michaela, Amanda, Bryan, and Rudy. Nicholas brought back Amanda as well, along with Dez and Trevin. Cassadee went with country singer Liz, unique artist Melanie and vocal powerhouse De'Borah.
She also performed with her idol - and mine - Avril Lavigne. And then turned into an excited mess immediately following.
Which leads me to the winner.
Major spoiler alert - if you hadn't figured that out already - the winner is....
*dramatic pause*
*insert crazy girl celebration* my number one actually pulls it off.
lasted much longer than last year, and while jordis still does rock cassadee is my favorite of the two. mostly cause i liked hey monday before the voice and that just carried over.
But I'm so happy she won, though I would have cheered if it had been Terry too. Nicholas would have been interesting as well.
Aside from the winner being announced I think this was my favorite famous artist duet.
just cause i'm a nerdy fan for both of them.
The bring back performances were alright, as were the super group ones but nothing spectacular so I'll move on to the Christmas music and post them later.
Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck: Day Five
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Frank Sinatra
again with frank on a classic. last year's was Sarah McLaughlin, she's always great with christmas music.
Silent Night - SNL Choir
no words. last year was aly and aj but this is better.
What Child is This - Carrie Underwood
rockin' country chick. last year's was charlotte church.
For last year's Day Five go here
did i mention it's not only my boyfriend's birthday today but also cassadee's boyfriend's birthday? and xtina's? so sad she's skipping next season but she'll be BACK!
oh well, i will attempt to stop talking about it for a while. next season doesn't start up again until march anyway so take a well-deserved break from my rambling...on that topic.
here's the preview for next season.
my shakira, how you've changed.
and she's out.
just realized that timothy hutton is very similar to ryan o'neal. thoughts?
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Battle of the Blogs, Gypsy Caroling, Fat Cats, Whom Shepherds Guard and Angels Sing
It seems that some people have decided to use their blogs for evil.
To which I feel I should retaliate.
But then they take me out for steak and back to their place to watch Sherlock Holmes, and it's making me have to think really hard about something mean to say back.
Like...
The time that...
You know what?
You are full of crap.
Love Mom.
There.
Take that!
Geez, I tell them I find someone I'm actually legitimately interested in and suddenly my clothes are being banned to Narnia.
That's a closet.
But you're literate, so you knew that.
If you weren't you wouldn't be here, reading a librarian's blog.
Or, sorry, Library Service Associate's blog.
Although I still refer to myself as an LA2. Cause I like that better than LSA. LA2 sounds cool, LSA sounds like a service announcement. Though I guess I am a bit of a walking billboard for the library so it's okay.
What was I saying?
Oh yeah, so they take issue with my tearaways and sport shorts.
It's not like I wear them to work.
Or that I'd wear them on a date.
Unless we were playing softball or something that actually required them.
I did wear them this weekend, that was exciting.
Fine, bash on them all you want.
But leave my backwards hat out of it.
That's the one thing that will last forever.
Aside from all that joy, today was crazy mass hysteria. Church in the morning then practice. Yeah, we practiced at 1 - for the first time - sang at 2 - I left at 3:30 to make it for Squirt and Bubby's program at 5:00, then headed out for steak, and went over there to watch Sherlock Holmes and jam out on their couch. Cause it's comfy. and they have a dumb-as-a-post cat that snuggles with you.
She's about half the size of Carter.
And that's only cause she has lots of hair. Take that away and you have maybe a quarter of my big fat cat.
He could squish her.
But we used to say that about her other cat as well. That she would squish people. Then Second Sister got a fatter cat and that became the squisher. Now mine is the fattest, and therefore the one that will dominate. Plus he bites. He could take 'em down. He's got it going on.
I'm sorry, but the fact that Squirt said that same thing at the restaurant while completely missing the former conversation highly amuses me. She's just too smart.
So yes, Gypsy Caroling today. The Gypsy nickname and tradition started a few years ago when we were singing for family day at Heritage. Gypsy Leader had her guitar and we basically went around the building singing camp songs. This year we were stationary. It was awesome, our usual gang of course. We sang a lot of twisted carols - they were twisted cause they were carols, but had other verses being sang over the top of them as harmony. It was amusing, especially "Are you going to Bethlehemtown?" I can never keep a straight face for that one. Or "Happy Winter" which was actually just Frosty the Snowman, but had added verses.
We couldn't make it, we literally couldn't get all the way through it during practice cause we were laughing so our Gypsy Leader was basically like,
Okay, just sing Frosty. Skip the rest.
We said we'd throw in a few "Happy Winter!"s just to throw her off while she played. Didn't miss a beat.
After that it was driving back here to watch Squirt and Bubby. Bubby rocked it on the piano. It was funny cause he played two songs and you could tell he liked the second one better just cause he played it a lot faster and louder than the first one. He rocked it seriously. I made a lot of silly faces at Squirt - we couldn't even get Bubby to look at us! But I figured the faces were payback for when their parents made faces at me.
See, I'm the baby.
So, like in a certain person's blog, the older siblings feel a responsibility to tease me. It's only natural, right?
This includes events like a Christmas Eve service in which they sit in the back and wave at me when I'm in the front. And make faces. When I'm trying to be all serious. Yeah, didn't work out so well for me. Though Squirt did make it through the service without cracking up too obviously despite the attempts of both myself and the awesomeness that is Megan.
I learned - especially when I did One Act and Drama productions - that if you pick a spot in the back and focus on it you won't notice the funny faces and gestures they're aiming in your direction.
After the program was steak at a fancy place down the road. Bubby can only eat salad when it's drenched in Ranch so that was amusing.
We talked random things, library stuff, ballet and the concept of a Three-Three as opposed to a TuTu.
Though whenever I hear anything about ballet I immediately jump to a camp conversation I had with my D...R partner in which I corrected a pronunciation and he came back with "I don't freaking know ballet!!" That was the same year he claimed I shot him during a prayer. But I didn't. It was BETWEEN prayers! And it was just a tiny water pistol. He had one too. It was war.
Alright, on to the Rec's.
Figured I'd give you a few we sang today.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Five
"Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" Sarah McLachlan live
fantastic version, but I love all her music. it's very zen. helps on a bad day.
"Silent Night" Aly & AJ
simple and classic.
we didn't sing this next one, but it was on the list.
"What Child Is This" Charlotte Church
say what you will, this chick is impressive. She's 25 now, but this was like '07. Props man, props.
and this song - not essentially this version - but this song is probably my second favorite of the sacred Xmas songs. Only losing to O Holy Night, but we'll get there. And that's only the sacred ones. I've got a bunch of goofy ones as well. Well, one in particular. Which, if you know me, or if you read the blog last year around Xmas I'm sure you know to what song I'm referring. and if not you'll figure it out.
To which I feel I should retaliate.
But then they take me out for steak and back to their place to watch Sherlock Holmes, and it's making me have to think really hard about something mean to say back.
Like...
The time that...
You know what?
You are full of crap.
Love Mom.
There.
Take that!
Geez, I tell them I find someone I'm actually legitimately interested in and suddenly my clothes are being banned to Narnia.
That's a closet.
But you're literate, so you knew that.
If you weren't you wouldn't be here, reading a librarian's blog.
Or, sorry, Library Service Associate's blog.
Although I still refer to myself as an LA2. Cause I like that better than LSA. LA2 sounds cool, LSA sounds like a service announcement. Though I guess I am a bit of a walking billboard for the library so it's okay.
What was I saying?
Oh yeah, so they take issue with my tearaways and sport shorts.
It's not like I wear them to work.
Or that I'd wear them on a date.
Unless we were playing softball or something that actually required them.
I did wear them this weekend, that was exciting.
Fine, bash on them all you want.
But leave my backwards hat out of it.
That's the one thing that will last forever.
Aside from all that joy, today was crazy mass hysteria. Church in the morning then practice. Yeah, we practiced at 1 - for the first time - sang at 2 - I left at 3:30 to make it for Squirt and Bubby's program at 5:00, then headed out for steak, and went over there to watch Sherlock Holmes and jam out on their couch. Cause it's comfy. and they have a dumb-as-a-post cat that snuggles with you.
She's about half the size of Carter.
And that's only cause she has lots of hair. Take that away and you have maybe a quarter of my big fat cat.
He could squish her.
But we used to say that about her other cat as well. That she would squish people. Then Second Sister got a fatter cat and that became the squisher. Now mine is the fattest, and therefore the one that will dominate. Plus he bites. He could take 'em down. He's got it going on.
I'm sorry, but the fact that Squirt said that same thing at the restaurant while completely missing the former conversation highly amuses me. She's just too smart.
So yes, Gypsy Caroling today. The Gypsy nickname and tradition started a few years ago when we were singing for family day at Heritage. Gypsy Leader had her guitar and we basically went around the building singing camp songs. This year we were stationary. It was awesome, our usual gang of course. We sang a lot of twisted carols - they were twisted cause they were carols, but had other verses being sang over the top of them as harmony. It was amusing, especially "Are you going to Bethlehemtown?" I can never keep a straight face for that one. Or "Happy Winter" which was actually just Frosty the Snowman, but had added verses.
We couldn't make it, we literally couldn't get all the way through it during practice cause we were laughing so our Gypsy Leader was basically like,
Okay, just sing Frosty. Skip the rest.
We said we'd throw in a few "Happy Winter!"s just to throw her off while she played. Didn't miss a beat.
After that it was driving back here to watch Squirt and Bubby. Bubby rocked it on the piano. It was funny cause he played two songs and you could tell he liked the second one better just cause he played it a lot faster and louder than the first one. He rocked it seriously. I made a lot of silly faces at Squirt - we couldn't even get Bubby to look at us! But I figured the faces were payback for when their parents made faces at me.
See, I'm the baby.
So, like in a certain person's blog, the older siblings feel a responsibility to tease me. It's only natural, right?
This includes events like a Christmas Eve service in which they sit in the back and wave at me when I'm in the front. And make faces. When I'm trying to be all serious. Yeah, didn't work out so well for me. Though Squirt did make it through the service without cracking up too obviously despite the attempts of both myself and the awesomeness that is Megan.
I learned - especially when I did One Act and Drama productions - that if you pick a spot in the back and focus on it you won't notice the funny faces and gestures they're aiming in your direction.
After the program was steak at a fancy place down the road. Bubby can only eat salad when it's drenched in Ranch so that was amusing.
We talked random things, library stuff, ballet and the concept of a Three-Three as opposed to a TuTu.
Though whenever I hear anything about ballet I immediately jump to a camp conversation I had with my D...R partner in which I corrected a pronunciation and he came back with "I don't freaking know ballet!!" That was the same year he claimed I shot him during a prayer. But I didn't. It was BETWEEN prayers! And it was just a tiny water pistol. He had one too. It was war.
Alright, on to the Rec's.
Figured I'd give you a few we sang today.
Christmas Music that Doesn't Suck: Day Five
"Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" Sarah McLachlan live
fantastic version, but I love all her music. it's very zen. helps on a bad day.
"Silent Night" Aly & AJ
simple and classic.
we didn't sing this next one, but it was on the list.
"What Child Is This" Charlotte Church
say what you will, this chick is impressive. She's 25 now, but this was like '07. Props man, props.
and this song - not essentially this version - but this song is probably my second favorite of the sacred Xmas songs. Only losing to O Holy Night, but we'll get there. And that's only the sacred ones. I've got a bunch of goofy ones as well. Well, one in particular. Which, if you know me, or if you read the blog last year around Xmas I'm sure you know to what song I'm referring. and if not you'll figure it out.
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