Christmas Tale: Part 1

Christmas Tale
Part One

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all things were dark,
Except for one house, near Burnside Park.
The lights were turned on, inside and out,
Then two cheering girls decided to shout:
"Merry Christmas my dear friend! And let the season never end!"
The pair were joined by a group of three,
The signs on their faces were showing nothing but glee.
The Elder jumped up and onto the bed,
"Best Christmas so far." He finally said.
All of a sudden outside was a roar,
And the five ran out, and into the door.
"Ouch!" They all cried and yelled "What the hell?"
As their yelling was stopped by jolly red bells.
"Santa?" Merlin asked, "But, you aren't real?!"
Then his lips were magically sealed.
"'TIS I!" A drunken Saint Nick replied,
"Oh God, he's drunk." The Greek boy sighed.
Santa tripped over and out of his sleigh,
in a very informal and drunken way.
He waved his hand and gave his fingers a snap,
and not a second after, Merlin's voice came back.
"Santa can not deliver presents like this!"
"Not when he's currently on the piss!"
"We should be Santa!" The Dwarf hit The Elf's arm,
"Well, we've done worse, so I don't see the harm."
The Dwarf dug through her bag and pulled out a red hat,
then onto the sleigh the five of them sat.
"This will be stupid." The Greek said with a grunt.
"Shut up, Greek boy. No body cares."
Moaned Merlin, who received multiple stares.
The Elf turned round to give them a slap,
Then turned on the radio to Eminem's rap.
As the five of them cheered, the sleigh lifted up,
And coffee spilled out of The Elder's cup.
House after house, the presents dropped in,
"This is quite fun." The Elf said with a grin.
Five hours later, with lots of complaints,
They headed home to watch Boondock Saints.
They went backwards and forwards, trying to find their way,
But navigation was difficult, in the red sleigh.
After a while they were back on track,
And The Elf and Dwarf said back to back:
"See, I told you this Christmas would be fun."
"Yes, but drive faster, I can already see the sun."
They parked on the driveway, as quiet as a mouse,
And tried to sneak into the Christmassy house.
Their mum opened the door and said, "You're all grounded."
"WHAT?!" They all screamed, rather astounded.

THE END OF PART ONE

What did you think? We'll be posting part two next year ;)
-The Dwarf

Christmas

Dear Viewers,
We wish you all a merry Christmas and happy New Year, hope to see you all next year!
We hope that next year we will get more involvement from the viewers through comments, and so on.
Have a happy holiday and best of luck for all your New Year's resolutions.
Next year we are going to try to post more often and the Dwarf apologizes for her lack of involvement due to technical difficulties. We are going to try to update more with guest bloggers, too.
Once again, merry Christmas and happy New Year!
From The Elder, The Elf and The Dwarf!

Letter To Santa

Dear Santa,
I've been good, I swear! Don't listen to the others. I haven't done much bad things... Just a few disagreements with Merlin, The Greek and The Elder. We're getting along now, though! Promise, not my fault.

ANYWAY, all I want for Christmas is (yooooooooooooou) uhm, my mum to get money and buy me books >:)
Yeah, that's pretty much it....
The Elder wants a big red button, so if you could deliver that too, that would be great.
OH, and could you get everyone to do the whole 'clean slate' thing? Then we could all get along and have a meeeerrryyyy Christmas.

Okay, please get me that and thanks, bye!What do you guys want for Christmas?
~The Elf

Letter To Santa

DEAR SANTA,

I am the Dwarf, and I'd like you to know I have been good this whole year, a part from a few minor incidents... ANYWAY, compared to my last years of being "naughty" this year I have been nicer than usual. I hope that means something...


For this Christmas, I wish for a few minor things:
-World Domination
-A nuke, preferably targeted at the moon, it makes a beautiful light display
-A big red button for the Elder
-A reindeer, preferably with a big red nose to deliver the big red button
- And finally, money, a lot, like trillions.

PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

-The Dwarf.

Christmas Cookie Recipe

Christmas Cookie

Ingredients:

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C (400 degrees F). Grease cookie sheets. On a clean floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes sing cookie cutters.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks. If you've tried it, how did it go?

~The Elf

Update!

Hey everyone!
So, we're doing a 'Countdown to Christmas' thing, which is why today we posted a Christmas Poem. Tomorrow is going to be something to do with food ;).
Hope everyone likes it and has a lovely holiday season!
Merry Christmas from all of us here! (The Dwarf, The Elf, The Elder)
And HAPPY NEW YEAR-ish.
Byyyyyeee ~~~~

~ The Elf

Christmas Poem

Christmas Poem

A tree sparks joy, of those young and old,
And at the top, a star made of gold.
Either Santa Claus or boys in stables,
There's a celebration at all tables.

Those of us, on this blog,
Wish you the best, and lot's of egg-nog.
So let's celebrate now my friends,
As this season is soon to end.

-The Dwarf

Merry Christmas from the duo!

EXO (2011)

EXO

EXO are an amazing South Korean-Chinese boy band produced by S.M. Entertainment.
They were formed in Seoul, South Korea in 2011 and they have 12 members. Those 12 members are divided into two subgroups; EXO-K, who perform in Korean and EXO-M, who perform in Mandarin.
Once the group names were decided, the 12 members were introduced individually through 23 different trailers released between December 2011 and February 2012. Members Kai, Luhan, Tao and Chen were the first to be introduced and performed together for the first time at SBS's annual Gayo Daejun event on December 29, 2011.
Below are a list of all the EXO members and their most commonly used nicknames.

EXO
(in order of oldest to youngest)
EXO-K;
Suho - Joonma (The leader of EXO and EXO-K)
Baekhyun - Beef
Chanyeol - Happy Virus
D.O. - Dyo
Kai - Kkamjong
Sehun - Odult

EXO-M;
Xiumin - Boazi (steamed bun)
Luhan - Little Deer
Kris - Picasso
Lay - Xing Xing
Chen - Chen Chen
Tao - Kung Fu Panda Tao

I love their individual voices, but I know that it's hard to remember everyone and distinguish who is who, considering there are 12 of them. They are the K-Pop group that I've recently fallen in love with. They're truly amazing and unbelievably talented. They have their own reality T.V. show called EXO's Showtime, in it you see them out on the town in their free time or in their dorm just hanging out doing random -hilarious- activities.

Studio Albums;
XOXO (2013)
1. "Wolf" - 3:52
2. "Baby, Don't Cry" - 3:55
3. "Black Pearl" - 3:08
4. "Don't Go" - 3:36
5. "Let out The Beast" - 3:27
6. "3.6.5" - 3:07
7. "Heart Attack" - 3:39
8. "Peter Pan" - 3:56
9. "Baby" - 4:00
10. "My Lady" - 3:33
11. "Wolf" (subgroup version) -3:52
12. "Wolf" (other language version) - 3:52

There is a repackaged version of this album with two extra songs;
1. "XOXO" - 3:06
2. "Lucky" - 3:23

Extended Plays
Mama (2012)
1. "Mama" - 4:31
2. "What Is Love" - 4:22
3. "History" - 3:32
4. "Angel" - 3:01
5. "Two Moons" - 3:03
6. "Machine" - 3:26

Miracles In December (2013)
1. "Miracles In December" - 4:34
2. "Christmas Day" - 3:46
3. "The Star" - 4:07
4. "My Turn To Cry" - 4:07
5. "The First Snow" - 3:27
6. "Miracles In December" (Classical Orchestra version) - 4:33

They also have their own clothing range called Boy Who Cried Wolf (BWCW). The collaboration store is in at OUTLAB in Garosu-gil, Sinsadong. EXO also have a 2 year endorsement deal with cosmetics brand Nature's Republic.
Do you think these guys are talented enough to make it big all over the world?
~The Elf

To This Day Project

To This Day Project
Warning: This video might be upsetting or triggering.

A spoken word poem, written and performed by Shane Koyczan.

The project is mainly a way of informing everyone of the long lasting effects that bullying has on people, and to let people know that they aren't alone.

Below are some words from the To This Day Project website:
My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life, but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.
I wrote "To This Day", a spoken word poem, to further explore the profound and lasting impact that bullying can have on an individual.
Schools and families are in desperate need of proper tools to confront this problem. We can give them a starting point... A message that will have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying. ~ Shane Koyczan.
For more information on the project go to: http://tothisdayproject.com/

I think this is inspiring and it's a really good start in getting people to recover from bullying and try to stop it. I don't think many people realize just how huge bullying is. It's in every school and it can still continue on to when an individual gets home. It needs to stop, but no one really knows exactly how to stop it. I think this is definitely a step in the right direction. I hope that people know that they aren't alone, and that there is always a way to make things get better, that things will eventually get better.
I know a lot of people who have been bullied and I myself have been bullied, I know how it feels, but I've seen things get better too. I think Shane Koyczan is another superhero without a cape. Do you think this video will help spread the word against bullying?
~The Elf

Singularity

Singularity

Singularity is a game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. You battle your way through Katorga-12, jumping through time, trying to fix your mistakes.
The game starts when an electromagnetic pulse knocks out an American satellite and the U.S military decide to investigate. They send some soldiers, including Captain Nathaniel Renko, but another surge destroys their helicopter.
After the crash, Renko starts going between the present and 1955, which is when a catastrophic accident on Katorga-12 occurs. He arrives in time to save a scientist named Nikolai Demichev from falling into a fire, despite a man warning him not to.
When Renko arrives back in the present, he realizes that Demichev has taken over the world. The rest of the game are missions where you try to prevent that from happening.

My Review

The game play is very much like most of the Call of Duty series, but you can customize your character (Renko) so that he is stronger in some ways and weaker in others. You can also choose which gun you want to improve and upgrade the most, those parts are more like Bioshock and Borderlands. There are some creepy parts where you can see and hear ghosts from the past, and a lot of them are children, which just makes it creepier.
I personally enjoyed the game. It was good because although you were technically going back into the past, it had a futuristic feel. With the TMD, or Time Manipulation Device, it makes it seem more futuristic. It's a good first person shooter game and it has a multiplayer feature, similar to Call of Duty. The graphics were brilliant and made the game better. This game is definitely not family friendly being rated PEGI 18+. It has a lot of blood, guts and gore. Despite that, it's still a brilliant game and I think more people should play it. This is MY personal opinion, if you have anything to say please keep it clean. Or I will shoot you. Jk..... Mostly. Seriously though, what did you think?
*The Elder*