#geeky has an advent calendar

[madegeeky]

BLOOD IT WILL TAKE BLOOD day 7: ummmmmm.... vibrating eye cream.

Yep.

I dunno what to do with that either.

Must have stood there for at least a few minutes laughing before I just handed it to Mr. Geeky so he could see what I was laughing at.

The lotion is thin and creamy which I like for face lotions. There's a very faint pleasant soap smell. It does indeed vibrate when you hit the switch. Other than that I just ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

I mean, I'm gonna try it out, of course I am, this is fucking hilariously absurd. But I have serious doubts that this will actually do anything.

Bonus points for originality, I suppose. I sure wasn't fucking expecting to open a box that has vibrating eye cream in it.

[clarktooncrossing]

Giraffe's Eye View: Christmas Specials Special (2023) | A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. All the dogs in the neighborhood somehow learned to bark Jingle Bells in sync. Yet retail workers are still more annoyed with Mariah Carey. Snow is getting shoveled, tossed, and formed into sentient beings leading parades without permits. It makes for an excellent distraction as the Krampus abducts children for bad behavior. Fruitcake is exchanged only to find its permanent home in the garbage. Terrorists have hijacked the Holiday office party right before your boss can give you a Jelly of the Month Club membership as your bonus. And of course, the Turducken has returned to wreak its fiery vengeance upon an unsuspecting world! If all this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, perhaps these following Holiday specials will!

Greetings people of today and robots of tomorrow! It is I, Santa Clark, your geeky giraffe friend with a deep love of Christmas! My obsession for the yuletide is rivaled only by Maleficent’s hatred for it, which is saying a lot considering she once teamed up with Mad Madam Mim to kidnap the literal Spirit of Christmas. Yes, that really happened. I know this due to my annual pilgrimage to the Island of Misfit Specials, home to obscure or nerdy festive media ranging from movies, TV episodes, and comics. It’s no easy journey. Constantly I find myself confronted by sinister snowmen, genocidal gingerbread men, and worst of all, crappy commercials. Getting stabbed in the foot by a candy-cane wielding cookie is one thing, but I swear I’ve seen that ad for Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium more times than I’ve seen Miracle on 34th Street! Sometimes at night I catch myself reciting that jingle. Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium: Where Christmas meets Convenience! Huh, maybe Maleficent had a point.

Nah, my deep-rooted appreciation for this time of year can weather even the most moronic marketing! It helps that most of the merry media I’ve seen have put me in the perfect Holiday mood! Examples include the time a Ninja Turtle found himself trapped in a truck full of stollen toys, a drunk department store Santa stumbling onto a wish-granting magic bag, Big Bird nearly becoming a popsicle, Gwenpool waking up in a world where Galactus took the place of jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas, a terrifying tree stump trying to slaughter some saps over a stupid ship war, and the year when Death gave the Little Match Girl the greatest gift of all. Needless to say, I thought I had seen it all. That is, until I took my friends on a trip to the Island, tasking them to find me new, strange, seasonal specials to review! Some of them were fair, finding me festive favorites as comforting as coco in front of the fireplace. Others were fiendish, wanting to feed off my misery like Gremlins after midnight. Regardless of how naughty or nice my companions were, I’ve compiled all of their suggestions into a makeshift advent calendar! So stay tuned everyday until Christmas to see how badly my buddies can shred what little sanity I have left.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my buddies gave to me...

Freddy Mercury once said the show must go on! It’s a credo that The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society takes to heart. For better or worse. You can bet your butts that any production they undertake is bound to be a disaster. Actors will be injured, props will be destroyed, the set will randomly combust at least once, and grandmas will get run over by reindeer. Or more accurately, foes of Doctor Who will get run over by elderly aunts. Still, the one thing you can say about a Cornley Drama play? They’re anything but boring! It’s why the Goes Wrong brand of comedy has become so beloved over the last decade. Much like the Simpsons before them, Mischief Theater began entertaining audiences with their own chaotic Christmas capers before airing two bonkers specials on the BBC. Said specials adapted both Peter Pan and A Christmas Carol, my fellow Figment fan Hannah (princessofDisney27) requesting I look at the latter. Thankfully both can be found for free on YouTube so long as you don’t mind ads. Who’s more miserly: Ebeneezer Scrooge or the folks running YouTube? You make the call! In any case, let’s look at A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong to see what they get right.

A lot, obviously. Starting with the fact that these British bozos have hijacked the show. Turns out the channel best known for Fleabag didn’t want these misfits back after botching Peter Pan last year. I don’t see what the big deal is! Just because Peter’s shadow caught on fire, Tinkerbell nearly got electrocuted to death, and Captain Hook hijacked a Teletubby doesn’t mean these talented actors shouldn’t be given a second shot. In case you’re wondering, yes, all that actually happened. Have I mentioned these programmes are insane? This one is no different as the cast try to retell this Charles Dickens classic. 

Making up said cast is Chris Bean (Henry Shields), portraying the main miser much to the ire of his louder and larger costar Robert Groves (Henry Lewis). Not contempt with playing the non-speaking Ghost of Christmas Future, the egotistical maniac makes it his mission to completely incapacitate Chris. In the process he falls through the floor in Scrooge’s home, shoots renowned screen actor Derek Jacobi in the neck with a blow dart, smashes a large crate over poor Tiny Tim (Ellie Morris) before assuming the role himself, and generally proves why he’s my favorite member of the ensemble. Seriously, Robert might be the biggest reason my cheeks began hurting from laughter. It’s true what he says, anything you can act he can act LOUDER! Even his phantom persona is loud. Whenever this creep cadaver hits its head on the set you can hear Robert going, “Ow.” By gosh is genius!

Besides the constant bickering between Henry and Henry, Dennis Tyde’s (Jonathan Sayer) Bob Cratchet is frequently forgetting his lines. The recurring gag is used to epic effect here, the nervous nitwit having to utilize the surrounding set to recall his dialogue. His colleagues best hope none of the backdrop is turned around or blocked, otherwise Dennis has no hopes of remembering even the simplest lines. He has no coins in his coin purse or a clue as to what’s going on. Uoy sselb! It’s certainly frustrating for Sandra Wilkinson and her boyfriend Max Bennett, portrayed by then real-life couple Charlie Russel and Dave Hearn. No idea if they’re still together, but it makes for cute on-screen chemistry. Especially when it’s a case of opposites attracting, Sandra the screen-loving Miss Piggy type while Max is a doofus unclear on the concept of ‘fiction’. He at least makes for a great Ghost of Christmas Present despite weeping over a false presumption that his love plans to dump him once the story’s over. Look on the plus side buddy, at least that’s one less gift you have to wrap! 

I joke, but honestly all the emotions land perfectly, both humorous and heart-felt. All of these weirdos are way more interesting than Whatsherface from Power Rangers. Blame that on a balance of witty writing and amazing acting. There’s more members of the company I’ve yet to mention who all kill it whenever on screen. Like when Annie Twilloil (Nancy Zamit) gets a prop gun stuck to her hand after an unfortunate glue incident, Jonathan Harris (Greg Tannahill) learning why Jacob Marley hated his chains so much, or technical director Trevor Watson (Rob Falconer) raining pizza down on London before wrecking it like Godzilla! It’s too funny for words, I’M DYING!

However, where it fails is in the actual adaptation part. Like most iterations, the devil’s in the details. Some incarnations fare better than others when streamlining the story. Not so much here, mostly in regards to Scrooge’s visits by the spirits. His past is almost entirely skipped over, sole focus placed on the break up with Belle. Eh, I’m sure his crappy childhood, deceased sister, or first job at Fezziwig’s isn’t important. Luckily they make up for these failings by giving the Cornley cast their own spin on the story. Chris is ready to move on and leave his troupe behind, though not before selfishly stabbing them in the back first. Upon seeing his character’s grave he realizes how selfish he’s been, apologizing to his amigos before finally letting Robert play the part. Rather a clever subversion, actually. Though really, even if you’re like me and are hung up on changes by that, you’ll be too busy busting a gut to notice. Compared to other Christmas Carols this is by far the funniest. Make up your mind Bob, are you gonna give to charity or not? WANG!

Though if your taste for brilliant British comedy isn’t satisfied yet, feast your eyes on The Nativity! In this second season episode of The Goes Wrong Show, the BBC has finally cut funds to these twits, hence why the birth of Christ is sponsored by Brookshaw Corporate Finance. Even Jesus loves cash! Blessed be the writers who thought up this running joke. Later when the Three Wise Men visit Joseph (Hearn) and Mary (Russel) in the manger they’re given gold standard accreditation, frankincense-ible advice on all their financial interests, and low-cost myrrh-gage rates. Badum tish! Fear not; for behold, it’s more than just painful puns. We also have the piano catching fire during a performance of Silent Night, desserts in place of a desert, an idiot innkeeper, nine wise men, John the Baptist, and Robert Grove as the Archangel Gabriel. All I need to say here is: Halo! On top of the cunning comedy, the set design is stupendous! It’s made to look like a pop-up book, pages turning to reveal a new location full of new mistakes to be made. I’d go on about other yuletide offerings by these professional screwups, but really I should save them for future reviews. For now I’ll close the book on the Cornley Drama Society and turn the page to reveal a familiar frog.

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[mrskurono]

CHRISTMAS THEME!! im not a really really big Christmas person, im more a halloween girl but this 🥺🥺🥺 I have ideas for Victor and Joker, I’m pretty easy to shop for but i like giving gifts more eheheh

Joker definitely as a present maybe some really fancy hair products for his hair so i can comb it out while he relaxes between my legs just enjoy himself getting pampered. maybe a bath to sooth his aching bones and muscles and just covering him in endless kisses and praise, of course all with Christmas bath bombs and body products, he gets it all month till Christmas when i surprise him with a little lingerie set just for him. HEHEHE YES 😤

Nowww sweet man Victor him and his sweet little brain. Being a scientist myself studying for horticulturist nothing makes me happier than getting books of my favorite interests. So maybe everyday a new book he can read and i can just sit and listen to him gush about all his excitement and most definitely wanna lay him down and give him the best back massage imaginable every night to help with his stress. Of course on Christmas he gets a special gift too, hmm maybe a cute babydoll lingerie set or the strawberries and cream cake HEHE 🥴

Sorry this was so much this all just came out now spspspsp

I'm a glutton I love Halloween and Christmas heuheuheu <3

But Joker with bath bombs?? I just think that's so cute and he looks like he fucking smells so nice anyways so the soft skin and soft hair just really completes it??? Advent calendar or bath products!! Man might live in the sewers but doesn't mean he has to smell like a sewer. Joker puts old spice commercials to shame with how good smelling he is. But also the lingerie set should be black and make use of those sexy hip dips I just know he has <3

BOOK ADVENT CALENDAR AHHHHH MY GEEKINESS LOVES IT. Viktor is gonna run his mouth with the most useless fucking facts and I just know it. But can you also imagine getting him one of those "101 Useless Facts to Impress Your Friends" kinda book?? Total bathroom knowledge book but Viktor is packing it around telling you about how the Beatles actually broke up and signed the papers at Disney and a shit ton of other useless ass facts. Also I'm very pro getting him where's waldo lingerie or just making that man look like a whole ass candy cane <3

Well Kurono is my husband sooo he does get more than one gift. Aside from the novelty ties 'n shirts I know I could get him to wear. But this one is so stupid and I just know he'd fucking love it, a plaque done up like "employee of the month" or some crap but instead it's personalized to say "worlds best husband" that he fucking hangs up at work. Or even worse a god damn mug that says "worlds best dad" and he uses it at work just to watch the horrified glances when his coworkers see it. Or the ugly shudder Oguru does when he has to think about the fact I let Kurono reproduce even once 😂

What do you want for Christmas from your 2d spouse? - Send me self ship gift headcanons!

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Best Holiday Gifts for Geeks in 2020

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To quote indie rock legends The Mountain Goats, 2020’s mantra seems to be “I’m going to make it through this year if it kills me.” We will all collectively breathe a sigh of relief once New Year’s Day hits, and a side effect of wanting the calendar to change is the desire to just get the holidays over with as soon as possible. Reality being what it currently is, most of us can’t (nor should we) see our friends and family right now. But that doesn’t mean we have to humbug our way through the next month. Small seasonal commemorations, even if it is just you and a tree straight out of A Charlie Brown Christmas, will be the norm this Yuletide. And that’s not ideal, but it’s okay given our circumstances.

Online shopping makes the arduous task of gift-purchasing, for those who can this year, easier—and safer—than ever before. Taking all of these factors into account, we’ve compiled the following geeky gift guide of largely inexpensive items that will make anyone’s holiday a bit brighter. Whether you are shopping for loved ones or just treating yourself (you deserve it, especially this year), these nerdy items will bring a smile to your face as we endure the end of 2020 together, with thoughts of better days to come at the forefront of our minds.

Star Wars: The Child: Animatronic Edition

Price: $59.00

The breakout star of this year’s Toy Fair (whoa, February feels like a million years ago), Hasbro’s animatronic replica of The Child exists somewhere in that uncanny valley between Furby dolls and Disney park professionalism. In other words, this is as close as you’ll ever get to having your own Baby Yoda to hug, and the character’s inherent cuteness is absolutely on display here. A terrific value for its reasonable price tag, The Child features screen accurate sounds and movement that somehow avoids the clunky creepiness that far too often bogs down these types of toys. (Remember the animatronic E.T. from a few years back? Shudder). There’s also fun features build into the bebe, including one that puts him to sleep when you lie him on his back. Love him or loathe him, and if it’s the latter you are a monster, Baby Yoda is here to stay. This toy is a loving tribute to the mysterious asset, and a must own this holiday season.

Buy the Star Wars: The Child Animatronic Edition here

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Gremlins Countdown Calendar

Price: $39.96

Over the past couple of years, Advent calendars have become more popular than ever with licenses from Star Wars to Harry Potter offering up a fun way to countdown to Christmas. Jakks Pacific has done these one better, by presenting a Gremlins calendar that covers through New Year’s Eve. This monster of a product features 31 collectibles—everything from Gizmo wearing a Santa hat to the Electricity Gremlin from Gremlins 2: The New Batch to slime packets because gross. Better still, the packaging folds out to recreate the movie theater from the original film in which you can seat your new Gremlin pals as they plot their next bout of chaos.

Buy the Gremlins Countdown Calendar here

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: From a Certain Point of View

Price: $22.70

If you’re the type of person who revels in Star Wars Expanded Universe minutiae, and if you are reading these words you probably are, The Empire Strikes Back: From a Certain Point of View is the book for you. Del-Ray’s second volume of stories that tell stories on the fringes of what we witnessed on screen in the original trilogy has gathered a jaw-dropping assortment of writers (among them Amy Ratliffe, Kate Cook, Charles Yu and original Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta) for this anniversary collection of 40 stories — one for each year since the film hit theaters. Weaving together familiar events and characters with the larger Star Wars mythos, these stories aim to present new perspectives on familar events in Empire. An audacious task that would seem blasphemous were it in less talented hands.

Buy Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: From a Certain Point of View here

Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

Price: $17.99

The second of two non-canon Doctor Who films released in the 1960s, this adventure sees the Doctor, his niece Louise and granddaughter Susan, and an unwilling policeman named Tom who stumbled upon the Tardis while trying to catch some jewel thieves, thrust into a future where the Daleks have ravaged the Earth. This being Doctor Who, 2150 London looks nearly identical to its 1966 counterpart—right down to its hilariously incongruous product placement. Peter Cushing delivers a charming performance as the Doctor, even though the heavy lifting action wise is left to Bernard Cribbins as Tom. (Cribbins would return to the franchise in the revival series as Donna Noble’s lovable grandfather Wilf). Unlike its predecessor, 1965’s Dr. Who and the Daleks, this film moves along at a swift pace, with some fun betrayals and story developments that are better than they have any right to be. The real stars of the show here though are the Daleks—louder and more inept than we’ve seen them before or since. This movie is an absolute oddity, mostly disconnected from Who lore at large yet campy and fun enough to please the most finicky Whovian. For a stocking stuffer this year, you can do no better.

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Back to the Future: The Official Hill Valley Cookbook

Price: $22.95

Featuring recipes for Hoverboard Cookies, Maggie McFly’s Biscuits and Cider Jelly, and Doc Brown’s Time-Altering Chicken Pot Pie, Insight Edition’s Back to the Future cookbook aims to bring you the best dishes and cocktails in history. This one is perfect for a movie marathon of all of Marty and Doc’s time travel adventures!

Buy the Back the the Future: The Official Hill Valley Cookbook here

Red Dwarf: The Promised Land

Price: $29.39

Unpopular opinion alert: This year’s best sci-fi revival wasn’t Star Trek: Picard but Red Dwarf: The Promised Land. Airing in the U.K. on the appropriately named Dave channel, this new feature-length special brought back Lister, Rimmer, Kryten, and The Cat for an adventure that contained (future) echoes of classic Red Dwarf installments like “Queeg” and “Dimension Jump” while telling an entirely new story—one about what happened to the rest of the feline race that spawned from Lister’s smuggled cat from the show’s pilot. Unlike recent iterations of the show, this standalone tale mostly focuses on new bits instead of rehashing the past. As a result, Red Dwarf hasn’t been this good since original co-creator Rob Grant left in 1993 following the show’s epic sixth season.

Buy Red Dwarf: The Promised Land here

Aliens Bishop Reaction Figure

Price: $14.99

Part of Super7’s retro-inspired Aliens line (all of which is worthy of your attention), this 3 3/4 Bishop figure lets you recreate the moment when the Alien Queen ripped the poor android in two. Truly a fun toy for the entire family.

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The Child Chia Pet

Price: $19.99

Is this Baby Yoda-inspired Chia Pet the only good thing that happened this year? Because it certainly feels that way.

Buy The Child Chia Pet here

Japanese Spider-Man T-Shirt

Price: $25.84 – $28.19

Thanks to Disney+’s Marvel 616 documentary series, the world is finally discovering the magic of Toei’s Supaidaman series. Otherwise known as Japanese Spider-Man, the tokusatsu show featured a very different version of Spider-Man fighting monsters and the sinister Iron Cross Army with the help of his giant robot and Spider-Car. Seriously. It’s amazing. While vintage merchandise from the show goes for a small fortune and a Blu-ray release weirdly doesn’t exist, the best way to show off your love for this unique take on Spidey is the above T-shirt, available in sizes from small to 2XL. Yeah yeah yeah, wow!

Buy the Japanese Spider-Man T-Shirt here

The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Price: $31.99

From Abrams Books comes a lavish behind-the-scenes visual tour of the world of The Mandalorian. Writer Phil Szostak’s fascinating, matter-of-fact writing style gives this hefty tome most of the weight here, but it is the production art and model work by Doug Chiang and associates that will take your breath away. Yes, there are early concept designs and insights into Baby Yoda (which is what this book primarily refers to the character as), but equally interesting are the little details— from costume facts to detailing the creation of the series’ creatures. Since this release only covers the first season, we can expect future volumes. Endlessly merchandising Star Wars, that is the way.

Buy The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian here

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[bookriot]

There are plenty of Advent Calendar ideas available at this time of year. Traditional options like chocolate and sweet treats are always popular and easy to find; every corner shop in town has a version. For more specific deals, I’m a fan of the Lego Advent Calendar or the new geeky socks at Target. And then there is the suggestion from a couple of teachers I know: the wine bottle advent calendar.

My favourite right now is the Reading Advent Calendar, like this one from Danika last year. Take a bunch of books (buy or borrow from the library), wrap them in some wrapping paper, and open one each day leading up to Christmas Day.

Just one little issue: We don’t celebrate Christmas. I’m Pagan, my husband is an atheist, and the kids are undecided. We love the idea of celebrating at the end of the year, we simply have our own way. We celebrate Summer Solstice; as both pagans and scientists.

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Advent Calendar for Geeks #22

Every day of Advent I'm going to post a geeky link to something you can play with online until it is time to open your presents. Geek Typer Geek typer is a site where you can make it look like you are a super-awesome hacker, even if all you know how to do is mash the keyboard, like me.

Wow, it looks like the killer has followed them on vacation. If only we knew someone who could make a GUI in Visual Basic to track the IP.

There are loads of themes to choose from...

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[madegeeky]

BLOOD IT WILL TAKE BLOOD day 3: Another eye shadow palette, more gingerbread shades but darker. Again, a little too orange for me so into the box to give away it goes!

Goddamn is that packaging fucking adorable though.

[clarktooncrossing]

Giraffe's Eye View: Christmas Specials Special (2023) | From All Of Us to All Of You

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. All the dogs in the neighborhood somehow learned to bark Jingle Bells in sync. Yet retail workers are still more annoyed with Mariah Carey. Snow is getting shoveled, tossed, and formed into sentient beings leading parades without permits. It makes for an excellent distraction as the Krampus abducts children for bad behavior. Fruitcake is exchanged only to find its permanent home in the garbage. Terrorists have hijacked the Holiday office party right before your boss can give you a Jelly of the Month Club membership as your bonus. And of course, the Turducken has returned to wreak its fiery vengeance upon an unsuspecting world! If all this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, perhaps these following Holiday specials will!

Greetings people of today and robots of tomorrow! It is I, Santa Clark, your geeky giraffe friend with a deep love of Christmas! My obsession for the yuletide is rivaled only by Maleficent’s hatred for it, which is saying a lot considering she once teamed up with Mad Madam Mim to kidnap the literal Spirit of Christmas. Yes, that really happened. I know this due to my annual pilgrimage to the Island of Misfit Specials, home to obscure or nerdy festive media ranging from movies, TV episodes, and comics. It’s no easy journey. Constantly I find myself confronted by sinister snowmen, genocidal gingerbread men, and worst of all, crappy commercials. Getting stabbed in the foot by a candy-cane wielding cookie is one thing, but I swear I’ve seen that ad for Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium more times than I’ve seen Miracle on 34th Street! Sometimes at night I catch myself reciting that jingle. Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium: Where Christmas meets Convenience! Huh, maybe Maleficent had a point.

Nah, my deep-rooted appreciation for this time of year can weather even the most moronic marketing! It helps that most of the merry media I’ve seen have put me in the perfect Holiday mood! Examples include the time a Ninja Turtle found himself trapped in a truck full of stollen toys, a drunk department store Santa stumbling onto a wish-granting magic bag, Big Bird nearly becoming a popsicle, Gwenpool waking up in a world where Galactus took the place of jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas, a terrifying tree stump trying to slaughter some saps over a stupid ship war, and the year when Death gave the Little Match Girl the greatest gift of all. Needless to say, I thought I had seen it all. That is, until I took my friends on a trip to the Island, tasking them to find me new, strange, seasonal specials to review! Some of them were fair, finding me festive favorites as comforting as coco in front of the fireplace. Others were fiendish, wanting to feed off my misery like Gremlins after midnight. Regardless of how naughty or nice my companions were, I’ve compiled all of their suggestions into a makeshift advent calendar! So stay tuned everyday until Christmas to see how badly my buddies can shred what little sanity I have left.

On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my buddies gave to me...

Being a Disney fan today is hard. The parks have been ravaged, their films flop on arrival, their continued downplaying of animation is annoying, and don’t even get me started on how they handled this year’s Writer / Actor Strike. Not to say there’s no diamonds hidden in the rough every now and again, but for the most part the buzzards running the Mouse House believe in profits not pixie dust. Worse, they have forgotten the most crucial ingredient to any creative undertaking: risk. Go big or go home, make a splash or stay dry, spending money makes money. Perhaps no one knew this better than Walt Disney himself. The man mortgaged his home to finance Snow White, nearly drove his company to bankruptcy to build Disneyland, and embraced television when the rest of Hollywood cowered in fear of it. He understood that television could be a powerful marketing tool that could help his brand grow in the long haul. Ironic, innit? Uncle Walt became a beloved figure through the small screen, hosting the Disneyland series and making a brief appearance at the opening from From All Of Us to All Of You. Premiering in 1958, the seasonal special proved so popular that it airs along with a sampling of various shorts to this day in other countries. Including Sweden, home to the rambunctious robotroll SIM-N (Finjix), himself having fond memories of watching it with his family. Being a classic Disney fan myself, I was actually eager to see if the hype the malicious machine was peddling was valid.

A pity it’s not on Disney+! First the Star Wars Holiday special, then Snowed in at the House of Mouse, and now this!? You advertised everything would be on there, Bobby Boi. What gives!? Thankfully where you fail, the Internet succeeds! Let’s just say I found a copy well archived on a specific site. It also had One Hour in Wonderland, Walt’s original Holiday offering from 1950. Sadly it was nothing special, just the Magic Mirror from Snow White showing clips from several projects to Kathryn Beaumont, Bobby Driscoll, Edgar Burgen and his iconic puppet pals. Aside from Walt’s daughters Diane and Sharon making a brief cameo, this trip to Wonderland is only notable for how many times it promotes Coca Cola. Man, is anybody else thirsty for a Sunkist?

Let’s pop a cold one and we can check out From All Of Us together! 

Walt, now the same size as Tinkerbell, welcomes us to the program. He wishes everyone at home a Merry Christmas before  turning things over to the real musical Masters of Ceremony; Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) and Mickey Mouse. Together on piano the cartoon celebrities sing a rousing rendition of The Little Drummer Boy mixed with Peace on Earth! Or rather Jiminy just shows off his collection of Christmas cards. Each card cues up a segment from a beloved animated feature that’ll already has or will be unnecessarily rebooted in live-action. Which features depend on the version you're watching, this recreation including Bambi, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, along with two additional short films, Toy Tinkerers and Santa’s Workshop. The former features famous foul Donald Duck (Clarence Nash) comically dueling against Chip and Dale in toy warfare, the latter showing Santa prepping at the Pole for his annual sleigh ride. It also features an unfortunate bit of blackface, something I hope is cut from reruns. At least they didn’t show an entire segment from Song of the South like One Hour did. Remember folks, Disney’s most controversial film was once endorsed by Coca-Cola!

Overall, From All Of Us is decent blend of Holiday warmth and Disney magic, a warm cup of cocoa laced with a pleasant amount of pixie dust. However, I feel like it’s unnecessary in this modern age. Call me crazy, but why watch this clip show when I’ve seen these movies in their entirety via VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming? For SIM-N, the answer is comforting nostalgia. While I might see it as regifted film scenes with barely any new material, SIM-N sees it as an excuse to get together with his family and watch the moments that made us realize magic was real. Knowing that makes this special a yuletide treasure in my book. Still, if you want some comforting Christmas capers centered around Mickey Mouse, I can do you one better. Or should I say three better?

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  When you first join, you arrive via train to our beloved train station. From there you can navigate your way around our DynMap via warps or Nether hub. You can also take a guided player tour of our overworld on our rollercoaster. Spawn has plenty of room to grow, with space to make memories building community projects against a lovely backdrop of scenic mountains, rivers, and forests. Spawn is decorated with Secrets & Easter Eggs from references to Harry Potter or LOST to inside jokes and even secret ways to earn trophies and decorative heads.

  We offer Discord, Wiki, DynMap, Forums

Plug-ins: Player Command Warp (1 sign per player), Nether Hub, GriefPrevention, Economy, Shop Chests, Decorative Heads, Brewery, Player Crates, Editable Sign, More Fish, and Custom Shopkeepers at Spawn.

We do not offer commands like /home, /sethome, /spawn, or /warp.

  ★ Should I Apply? ★

  You should apply if one or more of the following applies to you:

★ You love making new friends! ★

★ You have other geeky endeavors besides Minecraft (roleplaying, fandoms, other games) ★

★ You want to join a tight-knit community! ★

★ You want your server staff to be mature and professional ★

★ You are between the ages 18 - 100 ★

★ You have a sense of humor ★

★ You love server events, contests, and projects ★

★ You like vanilla playstyle, but enjoy a few plugins to spice it up ★

  ★ Server Basics ★

  MobGrief and FireSpread are OFF

Difficulty: Hard

Players get 1 warp after 10 hours of play time

Warp signs are extremely limited and cost money to use

The End will be reset once a month

Fully functional nether hub that also serves as a hub for player warps.

Land claiming -- Griefprevention & Lockette

4000 block world you can see on our DynMap

Map generation and mob/treasure spawn rate is 100% vanilla

Plug-ins do not overwhelm vanilla players.

No hidden plug-ins! Unlike some servers, we list our plug-ins that you have access to all up-front so you know exactly what server you’ll be playing on. You can find a detailed list of our commands here

  ★ Server Perks ★

  New map! The map was created August 2017 in 1.12.

We are newbie friendly! Just starting MC or perhaps switching from console? We’d be glad to have you.

A chance to help build a new community and meet new friends!

Small map, with chances to grow!

Discord, voice chat optional! Ability to access Discord text chat via in-game chat!

Caring and mature staff members! (Yup, we’re all adults here.)

Weekly events or contests!

Loyal members (play time = 10 hours+) are awarded one warp from their home to the hub.

Website and wiki to archive fun and keep you updated.

Option to play with semi-vanilla plug-in perks or opt-out and play strict vanilla.

  ★ Future Plans ★

  Adding Multiverse for Creative & PvP Worlds

PvP Games

September – The End Opening & Ender Dragon Fight

October – Brewfest, Special Event & New Brewery Additions & Casino Grand Opening

November – Fishgiving, Special Event involving fishing & competitions

December – Minecraft Advent Calendar & Secret Santa

  ★ Rules ★

Community

Be kind and courteous to all members. Displays of toxic behavior that affect the community negative will not be tolerated.

Keep chat relatively family-friendly, occasional swearing is fine. Just remember, everything in moderation.

Players must be ages 18+. No exceptions.

Recruitment of the server is the sole duty of admin and staff.

No griefing. This includes stealing from claimed/unclaimed chests, pranking players without their consent, harvesting farms or animals that belong to other players, mass terraforming/deforestation in unclaimed areas, or destroying builds/items placed by other players.

Mechanics & Lag Prevention

Keep the map pretty. No stray torches, floating trees, abandoned boats/craft benches, or 1x1 towers.

Do not build or harvest within two hundred blocks of other players without consent. This includes mining. Mining should be in your claim and the general 200 block buffer from your claim. Do not mine long tunnels near players or cutting across the map unless you have permission from players to mine near them. (This is because our map is small right now.)

Animal/mob rooms should be kept at a reasonable entity number or they will be culled. Redstone devices should be controlled by an on/off switch and not left on. Floating redstone machines are not allowed.

X-ray, flying, hacking mods, or the use of in-game exploits is strictly prohibited.

Circumventing the AFK timer kick is prohibited.

  (Read Server Policies if you have any questions.)

  ★ What Our Members Say ★

  "To everyone still not sure if they should or not join this server i have been on for a little less than 6 hour but i can tell you already that the community is awesome and that this server got a lot to give us in the future so you should all apply and get on the server to come play with us!" - poker134

  "I've already got 20 hours of ingame time, and I'm enjoying myself so much. - The admins are very dedicated and friendly, and I'm looking forward to enjoying so many more hours together with the wonderful people who so far have joined the server. I've built a base on top of a mountain, opened a shop - supplying whoever needs it with lots of eggs, and are now starting to prepare for exploration of the world! If you play Minecraft for the sake of being social, and being part of a nice community, this server is 100% for you! Join our server, and buy my eggs!" - DeviantLilja

  "So I just joined this server yesterday morning, having a great time. To be honest I think the fact that I've been in game active for approx 14-15 hours so far testifys to how good it is here. Ive never met a more friendly and willing to help admin team. You have an issue, drop a message on discord and you'll have a pleasant and helpful response on minutes. The community is great, you can very much tell it's an adult and mature community when you first join there server. Before I took my first step after spawning in, I'd been greeted by numerous people and welcomed. Theres a well thought out tour when you exit the initial spawn building, guiding you on different aspects of the server. Theres books pre written to guide you on anything the tour may over look. If if your looking for a vanilla with sprinkles minecraft server, your over 18 and willing to get stuck in with a social group. Come join us. i look forward to playing with you." Glasi13

  "Hello everyone I am oldchuck, and this is a server you must try out, then get addicted to and play non stop. It is a economy based survival server, and it has so many features! Let's start with the spawn, it's beautiful and has plenty of signs to navigate and even a automated tour! There are hidden Easter eggs and secrets, shops and of course the magnificent train station. The map is fresh, it has alot to be left to explored, and it isn't cluttered with random buildings. Your items are grief proof with. Your claim block, but the community is so friendly there isn't a need to worry about it. This isn't your average server, I've been to plenty of servers where you have buy items with irl cash and gain a huge advantage, but that's not the case with this server. This server does have a donation option, but the price is 5$ and is totally optional and does not give another player a huge advantage not make them OP. I am a newish minecraft player to PC, and the staff has been so no d to guide me and teach me about the server and policies and gameplay, which is above and beyond for any staff. The rules are simple and so easy to follow, I've never even had to question if I'm breaking them. This server thrives off simplicity and a great support team. Please, do the hard working staff, the community, and yourself a favor and come try it out! My in-game name again is oldchuck and id love to build with any friendly players" - oldchuck

  Apply for Whitelist on our Website OR Apply for Whitelist on MCForums

  Please take your time and write enough in your application to give us a good idea of your personality.

  We look forward to seeing you in game! :)

[madegeeky]

Advent calendar all lit up!!!

"What day is the trolley?" you might ask yourself. To which I'd reply: No day. It's empty, as far as I can tell. It's literally just there to look cute. XD Unless it's something in there so light that you can't even feel the weight when opening the door. (The trolley is attached to the door.)

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BLOOD IT WILL TAKE BLOOD day 6: Bronzers! Aren't the pans just the cutest? Also, enjoy the poem on the back. XD

Not a bronzer girl, so off it goes to my friend's daughter!

[madegeeky]

ADVENT CALENDAR!!!! :DDDDDDDD Paper towel, which is a regular sized paper towel, for scale.

(Please ignore the Halloween deco behind the box. Mr. Geeky and I have been having a Time of It and so Halloween deco is still up. But don't worry, we gave the giant spider a pilgrim's hat so it's totally Thanksgiving too.)

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BLOOD IT WILL TAKE BLOOD day 4: blush palette! The colors actually have a pinker tint to them than you can see in the pic but I tried my best. The camera keeps thinking the pale pink box is actually white and so kept trying to color correct it by taking all the pink out. >.< I have a blush I really like (it has golden highlights in it and makes my cheeks look subtly glowy) so I'll be giving this one away.

Also included the poem on the back. There's actually poetry/"poetry" on every single makeup item. I really should be taking pics of them because some of them are just bonkers.

[madegeeky]

Just a heads-up that I'm not going to post about the PLouise advent calendar anymore (not that that's a big deal, there are only three more days, counting). But today was more skincare and it was honestly so depressing that I just wrote a long depressing post about it and, y'know what, I don't want to post that.

So, yeah, today's advent calendar sucked and I expect tomorrow's will too. And that sucks and I'm upset about it but it'll be done in a few days and then I'll move on with my life.

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BLOOD IT WILL TAKE BLOOD day 20: Sparkles!!! It's, like, insanely pretty on my skin. I tried really hard to take a pic of it and it's just not possible for me, at least inside. I tried a touch on my cheek in a mimic of a highlighter and I actually kind of like it. I might try that and then see how it looks in the sunlight.