X-mas Xtravaganza #1 - Holiday Clif Bars!

So, I figured I'd kick this season off right with a good old holiday tradition. When I couldn't find that, I went with these gigantic cookie bars.

Clif Bars have been pretty ubiquitous in the heath food aisle for a few years now. With a good portion of your daily nutrients, not to mention enough calories to kill a yak, they're a good meal alternative, probably. I can't really wrap my head around it. They're just big cookies, not that that's a bad thing. They're also the bane of any spelling enthusiast. I keep wanting to type "Cliff". Spellcheck will hate this article.

So this year, they decided to come out with these winter versions of their popular bars. I don't really know why, as nothing about Clif Bars screams "CHRISTMAS" at me. Still, they're here, and I have a very specific disorder that makes me buy and eat anything yuletide-themed. Will I like them? Probably not, but let's find out together, shall we?

Sentient Vending Machine's X-mas Xtravaganza!

 Oh blog. How I've missed you. I promised a week break and it's been 237819721 weeks or something. Forgive me?

Because it's time for

SENTIENT VENDING MACHINE'S X-MAS X-TRAVAGANZA!!

Yes! The series of blog posts that deserved bold, underlined, AND italicized letters in alternating colors! It took forever! I won't do it again! EVER.

So, I've got a ton of great posts lined up for you guys. Christmas specials, food, decorations, and all the love you've come to expect from Sentient Vending Machine. I won't get into detail yet (better to save that for when I actually talk about stuff), but it's gonna be great. All deserving of my favorite holiday season.

For now, though, I've gone ahead and made a special Christmas playlist. I used Spotify for this, because the YouTube one I put together for Halloween didn't really pan out right. Namely, you couldn't watch most of the videos inside the playlist, which made it a little difficult. With Spotify, you'll just have to make an account and download the player. I realize this is a little cumbersome, but it's well worth it. I'm nothing if not  inconvenient.

So, here's the link to the open playlist. Hopefully it'll work for you, otherwise, this has all been for nothing. Please work. PLEASE WORK.

I'll be back in a few days (really!) with my first REAL Christmas post!

IT'S COMING

Halloweener #11 - It's Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everybody. Even though I'm posting this at like two in the morning my time. It's still Halloween in some parts of the country. Just roll with it.

I genuinely hope your holiday was filled with mirth and candy and spooky stories and all the things that make Halloween magical. Posting these little articles certainly helped my season along, and if it did anything to help your Halloween enjoyment, I'm glad. As an adult, I'm not really privy to the usual traditions of this holiday, so doing these blog posts help keep me young in a way. I guess. I'm not that old. Gah.

Anyway, in lieu of  doing an actual blog post with all the writing and whatnot, I'm gonna put up a bunch of pictures that I forgot about of articles I didn't get around to writing this season. There's always next year, and I know I'll make Halloweener a yearly tradition. Now if you'll excuse me, the Garfield Halloween special isn't gonna watch itself.

Don't worry much about me. In about a week, I'll be back to start the X-mas Xtravaganza. Just hold tight till then, okay? Don't give up on us, baby.

Click the photos to enlarge. Or don't. You'll only miss out, though.

One more photo. My desk has slowly become a Halloween paradise, as everything I've collected to potentially write about has been displayed there. Here's a pic. You can see some of the stuff I didn't get around to writing about, but there's always next year. Really regret not doing that 3D Foam Graveyard set.

 

To end this Halloween season, a horrible poem.

Thanks for reading, everyone! See you in about a week!