The Battle of Who Could Sing Slowest

Dec
20

There’s only a few things that are constant for the Christmas season, and that’s the awful renditions of classic holiday songs that are put out by various pop stars each year. As far as I can tell, the only goal here, other than to gouge a bit more money from the populance, is to sing the song as slow as possible. Every year, it gets worse. Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera seemed to have this market cornered until Kelly Clarkson came along. I heard one of her songs recently and it was six hours long. That’s six hours of Holiday cheer filled time that I will never get back. Grr.

For those of you who live under a rock, you’ve got to call the Virgin Mobile Chrismahannakwanzakah hotline. It’s toll free and automated, so you can call with impunity: 1 888 353 7667. I guarantee you’ll laugh out loud — it’s offensively inclusive, which I think is the key to keeping everyone happy. I think there’s a good chance that “Chrismahannakwanzakah” will enter the popular vernacular — I heard someone use it on the radio yesterday. It’s catchy and sums up this time of year perfectly, and as an added bonus, it’s also ridiculously fun to say aloud. Try it at home, kids.

Anyway, I’ve got to go to work. I’m actually already here, but I’m up in the library on one of the spare computers. Not the best way to accomplish my job.

2:49 PM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.

Comments

Alex

@ 4:40 pm on December 20th

I got one of th Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas CD’s so I’m safe from the awful pop stuff.

Mark@Work

@ 6:20 pm on December 20th

I’ve never heard of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra…do share.

Alex

@ 10:05 pm on December 20th

I will when I get home, how’s that? Until then…google it. You’ll probably find something.

Greetings form the Hindu Santa

@ 1:16 am on December 21st

Happy Chrismahannakwanzakah to you!

Chris

@ 1:44 am on December 21st

TSO rocks the cashbah.

I have enough to fill one of their CDs… err… yeah. I just kept them all digital. =)

Mark@Ion

@ 2:45 am on December 21st

PIRATE!!!

Steve

@ 2:57 pm on December 21st

I have the Ratpack’s Christmas CD totally slick.

Crispin

@ 7:14 pm on December 21st

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Taylor

@ 10:48 pm on December 21st

I love TSO.

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Keddy@home

@ 2:58 am on December 22nd

I think there should be a rule stating that pop stars cant remake anymore of the old Xmas songs… they need to be orginal.

Pugs

@ 10:09 am on December 22nd

Hootie and the Blowfish did a good version of one song and Everclear has a good version of Santa Baby.

Keddy@home

@ 12:23 pm on December 22nd

i suspose….

Steve

@ 1:42 pm on December 22nd

Not really popstars though…

Pugs

@ 3:09 am on December 23rd

there popular stars.

Pugs

@ 3:09 am on December 23rd

there popular stars.

Pugs

@ 3:09 am on December 23rd

there popular stars.

Pugs

@ 3:10 am on December 23rd

Weird it kept saying it timed out but yet it kept posting it.

Mark@Ion

@ 3:17 am on December 23rd

I’d delete them, but it’s so much work.

KEddy the wickked speller

@ 3:46 am on December 23rd

It should be They’re.

Steve

@ 11:03 am on December 23rd

So wicked he double capped his own name.

Steve

@ 11:30 am on December 23rd

And mispelled wicked

je

@ 11:46 am on December 23rd

YAY…Christmas Eve Eve…YAY

Keddy@home

@ 12:20 pm on December 23rd

I LIKE CAPS AND THATS HOW I SPELL WICKED!!!

Pugs

@ 12:22 pm on December 23rd

Yea Steve stop trying to make Keddy be a conformist.

Keddy@home

@ 1:55 pm on December 23rd

I won’t conform! I am not a conformist or a contortionist!

Steve

@ 2:04 pm on December 23rd

If thats how you spell wicked why did you change the way you spell it in your last post?

Alex

@ 11:28 pm on December 23rd

that’s an excellent point…but yay to non-conformism!

Keddy Not Conforming

@ 1:04 am on December 24th

I did it so you conformist could read it… i thought two k’s might be difficult to read.

Mark@Work

@ 1:37 am on December 24th

I think Keddy would make a very unsettling contortionist. Also, I totally have a Nintendo DS and it rox0rs my b0×0rs.

Keddy@home... LOVIN MY HUGE BED!!!!

@ 1:47 am on December 24th

You have the real thing… or a emulator?

Mark@Ion

@ 5:24 am on December 24th

A real one. It’s really awesome. Built in WiFi. :D

Simon

@ 6:52 am on December 24th

do you have nintendogs with it? :P
i can really see you with that…and getting bo’ed of it pretty quickly!! :)

Mark@Gwen

@ 4:32 pm on December 24th

No way! It plays GameBoy Advance games, which means I can play the Super Mario Advance series. I LOVE MARIO. I never get sick of it.

Chris

@ 1:18 am on December 25th

So I should get one to add to my collection? Is it that worthy?

Keddy@home

@ 1:30 am on December 25th

I am wearing fancy shoes!

Keddy@home

@ 1:30 am on December 25th

Yay Fancy shoes

Mark@Work

@ 6:33 am on December 25th

Knowing what I do about the DS now, if I didn’t have one, I’d definitely get one. It’s freaking awesome. I bought Mario Kart DS for it yesterday, which can hook up to any Wifi access point and play against people around the world. I got my ass kicked by some Japanese guy before I came to work. It’s very fun.

Mark@Work

@ 6:38 am on December 25th

Oh, I finally got my marks back: A+ for Community Outreach (aka the Discovery Centre web site) and B in Logic: Deduction (not bad for a class where I got a 25% on the final exam).

Pugs

@ 8:13 am on December 25th

Merry Christmas Everyone!.

Crispin

@ 8:26 am on December 25th

MERRY HOHOHO EVERYBODY

KEddy@home

@ 3:25 pm on December 25th

Merry xmas and such!!!

Steve

@ 7:41 pm on December 25th

I bet you all had a better christmas than me whew! crazy.

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