Jesus Christ and our robot overlords

There are loads of versions of this tune kicking around, but for some reason it has evaded most Christmas song compilations since it was first released in 1978. Originally by Big Star (before my time, sorry), for your enjoyment I present the song as performed by Teenage Fanclub on the 2006 tribute CD Big Star Small World.

And with that, I think I will be signing off until, probably, 2012. Have a meaningful Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.

What was that sorry? You want another song first? A geeky sci-fi song? About robot overlords? Are you mad?

Have a good one people, God bless.

Cycling geek moment

Well deserved, the very lovely and talented Mark Cavendish, BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

A thank you

If you were paying attention, you may have noticed that when I wrote the story of how I became a Christian, there was something of an unsung hero.

So I think it is time to officially thank the person who, having to pull out of Momentum at the last minute, passed his ticket on to me, a friend of a friend, who he had never even met.

In fact, although I saw him around once I started going to church, it was a good three months before we actually got to talk, at a birthday party for a mutual friend. We clicked straight away. I think it's fair to say that in a past life, I would have woken up with a guy I got on that well with (oh yes, did I mention he was cute too?), but not this time. This time we stayed up till the early hours, and I found myself sharing my deepest secrets with this guy I had only just met.

Needless to say, we became the best of friends. He (briefly) became my drum teacher. I only mention it now because a year ago this week I finally got the courage up to invite him over for dinner....

A home-cooked steak, some strategically located mistletoe, and... well let's just say, he may have been disappointed to miss out on Momentum last year, but he's pretty happy with the way things worked out!

I love you babe, you changed my life in so many ways :)

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God (Romans 8:28)

These aren't the snowflakes you're looking for...

I am so decorating my place with these!

Print out the patterns from here!

Darth Vader is a little disappointing, but the Stormtrooper snowflake totally rocks :)

(seen first at Geekologie)

O Holy Night

Time for another of my favourite Christmas songs, the very lovely O Holy Night. My favourite arrangement is by BarlowGirl, definitely worth tracking down if you can (Hint: they're on Spotify) but I couldn't find it on YouTube. So instead, here's a not quite as good but still worth a listen acoustic version by one of my favourite bands, Flyleaf.

Geekery

Ah yes, the other great love of my life: all things geeky - to be specific, sci-fi geeky.

And as I'm busy trying to increase the geek chic of the man in my life, let's have a look at the things that make me geek out (with a little help from this handy guide for anyone planning on dating a geek).

1. Star Wars. I have the original trilogy (theatre release and 'special edition') and the prequels on DVD. I have ensured that the man in question is aware that Han shot first.

2. Star Trek. No DVDs in my collection, but I have seen them all (TV and movies) at least once.

3. Comic books. I have only a passing acquaintance with these, but I have seen a lot of the recent movies like Iron Man and the X Men ones. OK, I'm a little geek-lite on that one.

4. Lord of the Rings. The man has one up on me there! I've always been more of a sci-fi girl, so this kind of passed me by.

5. Firefly. Awesome! On the DVD shelf, along with Serenity.

6. Anime. Yes, I know what it is, although I haven't watched a great deal. Akira, and:

7. Neon Genesis: Evangelion.

8. RPGs. Epic fail for me there.

9. Geek terms. There are two I'm woolly on, which I think go back to my epic fail on RPGs.

10. Trivia. My sf trivia knowledge is much more British in scope than the preceding 9 items. I can quote Red Dwarf and Hitch-hiker's till the Arcturan Mega-Cows come home, and occasionally surprise myself with some random fact remembered from classic Doctor Who.

11. Memorabilia. Yes, I've dressed up as Leia. No, I will not be posting photographs.

12. Books. Geeks read, don't they? Neal Stephenson, Iain M Banks, Stephen Baxter, and of the classics, Philip K Dick ftw!

So who's out there geeking out with me?

What Christmas is really about....

The Doctor Who Christmas special, of course :)