Winners announced and another ARC contest!
After perusing all 184 comments from 72 people (between Blogger, MySpace, LJ, and the Fangs, Fur & Fey community), I've picked winners for last week's fill in the blank contest. You guys made it really tough! Thanks to everyone who took part.The prize for Most Appropriate goes to spark_force on LJ for Family curses never die, they just devolve.
It's the only one I like more than "mutate," because it goes to the heart of what I was trying to get across--changing, with some deterioration, but not sounding weak (like my original version, "get watered down"). "Devolve" is often used with "chaos," as in "The universe is devolving from order into chaos." Sounds negative, but in a mysterious as opposed to depressing way.
The prize for Funniest was a lot tougher, and I've decided to call a three-way tie, because they're funny in different ways:
First there's kehazen from FFF with, Family curses never die, they just mutate; growing a duckbill, beaver tail, poisonous barbs on their feet, and gaining the ability to lay eggs despite being mammalian. Oh, wait...that's a platypus, never mind. Man, evolution's a bitch.
Then janni from FFF offered, Family curses never die, they just move into assisted living.
Finally, Dave S. from Blogger gave us, "Family curses never die, they just--" I recall my uncle saying on his deathbed.
Congratstoallthewinnersthankstoallwhoenteredyadayada....
Moving on....
This week's ARC winner will be drawn from commenters across the three blogs. All you have to do is tell me your favorite pop/rock Christmas carol(s). Here are mine, in no particular order (and probably with a glaring omission or two that I'll run back and add later):
Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - David Bowie & Bing Crosby
Please Come Home for Christmas - The Eagles
Father Christmas - The Kinks
Santa Claus is Back in Town - Elvis Presley
2000 Miles - The Pretenders
Deadline is noon EST next Thursday, December 27. Have a great weekend!
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Now playing: Louis Armstrong (Holiday) - Winter Wonderland
via FoxyTunes
Labels: Contests, music, vampire series
9 Comments:
"On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
a tattoo of Ozzy! "
here are the lyrics:
http://www.lyrics-of.com/heavy-metal-christmas-lyrics.html
Great song!
Posted by:
lysrian at 12/21/2007 10:59 AM
Christmas is a Time to say I Love You by Billy Squier
"Just outside the window snow is falling
but here beside the fire we share the glow
of moonlight and brandy, sweet talk and candy
sentiments that everyone should know"
Posted by:
Sharon GR at 12/21/2007 1:59 PM
And Santa Baby by Ertha Kitt, because that woman is dead sexy.
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Unknown at 12/21/2007 10:42 PM
"Fairytale of New York": The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
"Wrapping Paper": The Waitresses
"Do You Hear What I Hear?/Baba O'Reilly" Spiraling
"Father Christmas": The Kinks
"Merry Christmas from the Family"
: (It's a Robert Earl Keene song, but I like Jill Sobule's version even better.)
Most of these have a real cynical veneer, but I find it makes their sentimental core all the sweeter. (When it's there, anyway -- the Keene song's pretty harsh all the way through.)
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Rob S. at 12/23/2007 2:35 AM
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Zoot at 12/23/2007 4:13 AM
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Rob S. at 12/23/2007 11:51 AM
Broke On Christmas Again - The Mansfields.
The latter is a local band that I see a lot around where I live.
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Anonymous at 12/25/2007 12:14 PM
I assume if we weren't named up in this post we don't play right? (I can't anyways since I'm deaf and don't know any music, so I have no clue whats going on, LOL).
Posted by:
Caffey at 12/26/2007 2:14 AM
Then I'll do it again and again, every Friday from now until the end of January. Loads of chances to win!
Posted by:
Jeri at 12/27/2007 12:06 PM
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