It's Freaking Cold!

I guess I never posted this here.

It's still technically Christmas. And it is still cold outside... kinda.


So whatever. It's on here now!

Yeah, I know there's another parody/updated version where there's consent. I haven't watched it. I honestly think the original is more innocent than people make it out to be. But I made this one because I thought of the idea and Melissa thought it was funny too.

Christmas and all is quiet

I was having trouble falling asleep last night. So I made a couple quiet videos:

I like to whistle. I like the song "Oh, Christmas Tree".

So...

Here is 4 quiet minutes of the Christmas Tree from my afewquietminutes youtube account:

And here is 4 minutes of a fire in our backyard fire pit that I forgot to make public  during the fall:

I guess it's still fall for a few more days....

Day 360 - Day After Christmas! (a poem) - 12/26/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is a poem!

The day after Christmas

the magic is gone

I know it's still Christmas

but it's time to move on.

A new year is starting

and soon it will be

time for the trashmen

to pick up the tree.

Day 359 - Christmas with sethiufs! - 12/25/2015

Merry Christmas!

Here are all of the Christmas songs I've done!


1. Holly Jolly Christmas! with Princess Melawesome!

2. Santa Buddy!

an outtake bonus!

3. Song for the Season (Doctor Who!)!

4. Christmas Time is Here!

5. Silver Bells!

6. Noel! (Animaniacs!)

7. In the Bleak Midwinter!

8. Ugly Christmas Sweater!

9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear!

10. White Christmas!

11. Jingle Bells! (as MisterSeth)

And here are some other Christmas Things!

May your Christmas be filled with everything you like!

Happy Holidays!

Day 355 - 10 Novelty Christmas Songs! - 12/21/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is a list of 10 Novelty Christmas Songs!

I've done nonreligious and religious, now I wanna do the silly ones that we like because they are silly!


1. Christmas At Ground Zero! - Weird Al Yankovic

also this one:

I love Weird Al!

2. Carols of the Bells - Brian Posehn

I just saw this one the other day! It's just awful and I love it!



3. 12 Days of Christmas - Bob and Doug McKenzie

I remember kids in my elementary school classes laughing like crazy as we listened to this tape. I didn't like it very much at the time, but now I think it's wonderful.




4. I Wish It Was Christmas Today - the SNL guys!

It's so dumb it became an instant classic.


5. It's Christmas in Heaven - Monty Python!

God I love Monty Python!



6. Happy Holidays You Bastard - Blink 182/Ben Folds!

This one has ample naughty language!

I loved Blink 182 when they were making albums and look forward to the new one with Matt Skiba!

Ben Folds is one of the musicians that constantly vies for the top spot in my favorites..



7. Santa Clause is Watchin You - Ray Stevens

Dumb and fun. Perfect for this list.



8. Christmas Will Be Soon - Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega)

The whole I AM BECOME CHRISTMAS album is great. You should go listen to the whole thing!


9. Skank For Christmas - Reel Big Fish

RBF's Christmas Album is also excellent.

Reel Big Fish is my favorite band.


10. Santa Baby! - Eartha Kitt

My favorite version of the song!

It's so good it inspired me to make a parody.





That's it!


All that's left is a list of all the Christmas songs I've written/recorded!

Soon.

Soon.

SOON...

Day 353 - Snowman Oreo Pops! - 12/19/2015

For today's Thing-a-Day Thing I helped make some Snowman Oreo Pops!

It was a full day of baking Christmas treats with Princess Melawesome and our friend Erin!

We made lots of things like Chex Mix, scones, cookies, etc. But the most Thing-a-Day worthy Thing was the Snowman Oreo Pops!

A couple of them fell apart. We stuck them back together and they ended up looking like Cookie Monster and Grover!

They were my two favorites.

We've already eaten them both.

Day 351 - 10 of My Favorite Religious Christmas Songs! - 12/17/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day is a list of 10 of my favorite religious Christmas songs!


1. Emmanuel/Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Amy Grant

My Mom had this album for as long as I can remember. It was also the first CD I ever had that was mine.

Emmanuel is my favorite song on the album and love the transition into and Amy's version of Little Town.


2. Little Town of Bethlehem - HangNail

This song is fast and fun. Plus it has my favorite guitar solo thing at the end of the song.

I only wish I could play guitar like that.


3. What Child is This - Vince Guaraldi Trio

I love all of the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.

This is an instrumental track on it that I also love.

4. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Vince Guaraldi Trio

A vocal track from the same soundtrack.

This part of the special always makes me tear up.


5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Garth Brooks

I like how dark the tune of this song is. I also like the older-sounding words.

I try to recreate this kind of feeling in the pumpkin carols I write for Halloween.




6. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear -  Celtic Women

I like the words a lot. The tune is nice too.

7. Silent Night - Michael Buble

I like this song. I like Michael Buble.

But I'd rather sing this song with a church congregation than listen to Buble sing it.

I just needed a copy of it, and wanted to include Buble.

I like how he sings.

8. In the Bleak Midwinter - James Taylor

Another song I love, that I would rather sing than listen to.

9. Angels We Have Heard on High - Andy Williams

Another song I love!

I especially like the "Gloria" parts.

10.  Oh Holy Night! - N'Sync

There are so many versions of this song. This is my favorite.

There are so many versions that my dad decided to compile as many as he could find and make a full album of different versions.

So far he has 45 different versions.

I quite like this version as well:

Bonus: 

The Only Gift - NSYNC

I forgot this song on the non-religious Christmas songs list:

I love the tune a lot. I love the silly lyrics.

And I LOVE Lance Bass's solo. They should've let him solo more often.

That's it for now!

I hope your Christmas Season is more wonderful than you could even imagine it could be!

Mine's been pretty good so far. But we decided not to put up our tree this year.

We'd put it up and turn around and have to take it back down again so soon.

Day 345 - Some of My Favorite Christmas Songs! - 12/11/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day is a bunch of my favorite Christmas Songs!


I will try to get 10 Christmas Songs that aren't specifically religious. We'll see if I can find that many of them on youtube.


1. Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You

This might be my favorite Christmas song. It's up there, anyway.

I've loved almost every version I've heard. I've only heard one so far that I did not like. I heard it in the restroom at the mall, and I don't know who it was by.


2.  Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time is Here

Mariah sings my favorite Christmas song with vocals. Vince played my favorite instrumental Christmas song.  So sad I had to cover the vocal version.

3. The Drifters - White Christmas

I love this song. It's almost my favorite. It's funny and well-sung at the same time.

It was in Home Alone.

4. Pep Squad - Feliz Navidad

I don't like this song for the talking at the beginning. It borders on racism, but I love the trumpet and the shouting.

5. Lost Dogs - The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

I do love the original, but the harmonies on this are lovely.

The talking in between singing parts is hokey and kind of annoying, but I love their harmonies.

6. Michael Buble - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

I love the jazzy little "You better watch out..." part near the end.

7. Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone - Baby It's Cold Outside

I like most versions of this song. This is my favorite.

8. Jonathan Coulton - Christmas is Interesting

I agree.

This is yet another song JoCo wrote that I wish I had written.

9. NewSong - The Christmas Shoes

JUST KIDDING!

I don't like that song at all.

9. The California Raisins - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

I love all of the Claymation Christmas Special.

This is the Temptations version of the song. I think directly their version, but it sounds a bit retooled to me. There is a different higher tenor part than the classic Temptations version I've heard.

I don't feel like looking it up. I'm just going by memory.

10. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time

I hear that people hate this song. I don't understand why.

I love it!

The lyrics paint a comfy Christmas memory picture for me.

I love the idea of someone saying, "How's your holiday season going?"

and I reply, "Oh, I'm simply having a wonderful Christmas time!"

I like that idea a lot.;

That's 10!

I didn't think I'd be able to think of or find that many.

I could probably find more of my favorite non-religious Christmas songs, but 10 is a good number.

Later in the Christmas season I'll probably do a list of 10 of my favorite religious Christmas songs.

I gotta make something to fill out the rest of the year of Thing-a-Day things...

What are your favorite Christmas songs?

Day 344 - Ugly Christmas Sweater! - 12/10/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is an Ugly Christmas Sweater!

Tomorrow is Ugly Christmas Sweater day at work. I didn't have one, so I made one!

I made Snowman Cup of Hot Cocoa with Marshmallows and a Candy Cane!


I hope it stays on the sweater.

I haven't had Hot Cocoa yet this year : (

Day 334 - White Christmas! - 12/2/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is my cover of White Christmas!

I tried!

May all your Christmases be white!

Day 333 - Jingle Bells! MisterSeth Style! - 12/1/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day is Jingle Bells!

I did it in one take!

I said today was 333, but it should be more than that.

I don't know if I repeated a number or two, but I did the maths last night and if today is 333 I will not have made a full 365 things by the time New Years Eve rolls around!

I hope I'm off by a few days. It would only be 362 or 363 if I mathed it right.

Sigh... maybe I should just make a few more things, just to be safe.

I hope your December is off to a great start!

All the way...

Day 318 - Things That Make Me Cry! - 11/16/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Things is another list thing!

It may become a recurring feature!

For now, thought, it's going to be a list of...

... a certain number of things that make me cry. I don't know how many yet, but I'll figure it out.

Here are some Things That Make Me Cry!


1. Jonathan Coulton Songs!

Almost all of his songs are sad! But so good. Many of them are about relationships and are very true. Like this one.

2. Pixar Movies!

This God. Damn. Scene!

And pretty much everything else they've done.

*sniff*

3. John Lewis Christmas Commercials!

Just... just watch...

Gee-zes... freakin'... crap.


4. Freaking Proposal Videos!

I... I can't...

5. Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog!

That's the full video. If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, just watch this:

That's it for this list! *snurfle*

More to come some time, eventually.

If you have dry eyes right now, you have very different feelings than me.

Day 309 - I Love Holidays! - 11/7/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is: Happy Holidays!

I love the Holidays! They're all pretty great!

Happy Holidays! Happy HOLIdays!

Day 293 - Halloween Santa! - 10/22/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is Halloween Santa!

Even Santa is excited about Halloween!



Halloween is my favorite holiday, but Christmas is my 2nd favorite.

I love them both and am excited for both.  But Halloween should come first.

Santa agrees with me.

Thanksgiving is 3rd!

Valentines Day is 4th!

I'd have to think about the rest...

Ponder and Enlightening Christmas Comic 2014!

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This is the newest Ponder and Enlightening thing! Click here to start with the first comic!

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Hot Chocolate

I've never been much of a hot chocolate (hot cocoa) fan. I grew up preferring cold beverages (unless you're talking about soup, then hot is better), but I also didn't like coffee, tea, chocolate milk, cola, or beer until I was well past the legal age for each.

So I never really cared for hot chocolate... until last weekend.

Last weekend Princess Melawesome and I were walking around the Fashion Mall because we often do on the weekends. They have been building their Christmas Season Spirit since the day after Halloween. I don't wholly approve of this because I love Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas and think each should get a full chunk of the calendar to itself, but it's hard to resist Christmas music, decorations, etc. when they're plastered all over everything you see.

We were walking around, taking it all in (reluctantly) when we saw a group of girl scouts just inside the middle doorway of Pottery Barn. They surrounded a folding table on which there was everything you need to make a gourmet hot chocolate. It was mainly to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital . I am all for charity that helps children. So we decided to donate some money and ordered a couple cups.

There were about 8 girl scouts and each of them had a job. They asked what we would like in/on our hot chocolates. We ordered two with everything. Their eyes got wide. Apparently no one had asked for one with everything yet. They worked eagerly and efficiently: one girl poured out the cocoa mix, one added hot water, one added marshmallows, one added cinnamon, one carefully unwrapped our candy canes and added those, and one stared off into space absentmindedly ringing a bell.

In the end they handed us these:

Thanked us, and we were on our way.

My heart is still bursting at the seams with Christmas joy from this experience. They were so earnest in their jobs; making hot chocolate (a drink most people loved) in order to raise money for a great cause.

I wish I could thank those girl scouts for giving me the first in what I hope is a full season of heart-warming Christmas memories for 2014, but it would probably come off as a little creepy and old-guy weird. So I decided to just tell all of you.

It's safe to say that I am officially converted. I now love hot chocolate.

Christmas Ghost Stories? - Spike the Betta Fish

Ugly Christmas Sweater!

A song about an Ugly Christmas Sweater:

I sort of channel the ghost of Buddy Holly in this one. Or... maybe a Buddy Holly impersonator.

Here're the lyrics:

 get anxious when I see an evergreen tree
covered in tinsel and lights.
I start to perspire when I hear a choir
singing "Silent Night".

My forehead starts to bead when the pastor reads
about shepherds hearing good news.
My neck hair mats down when there's fruitcake around
and my feet flood my Christmas Shoes.

My palms get wet when I see silhouettes
of carolers out in the snow.
It flows down my back when nuts start to crack
and I pit out underneath mistletoe.

I love the Holiday Season and it makes me want to cry.
I'm and Ugly Christmas Sweater but by New Year's Eve
I'm cute and dry (x2)

A Traditional Christmas Hymn!

One of my favorite traditional Christmas hymns, presented as straight-forward as possible with no jokes or silly stuff.

Noel!

Here's a cover of a Christmas song from one of the best cartoons ever made.

I hope this Holiday Season finds you warm, happy, and looking forward to a lot of good things.