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[turps]

solariana posted a link to a roundup of all Joey's performances and unmasking when he was on The Masked Singer last season. I enjoyed watching it a lot, and man, the guy can sing. You can watch it here. Thanks again for posting the link, Jacie.

I really enjoyed Strictly last night, but suspect either Michelle or Chris is going. I have to admit, I'm enjoying Chris more and more each week, both his very enthusiastic amateur dancing and as a person. Plus, his accent is so comforting to me and reminds me of home each time I hear him speak. He posted a pic on Insta of him and his wife at the Costco we go to, and now I keep imagining bumping into him there one day.

Apparently the last no tags story will be uploaded today meaning the collection will be complete, and what a great collection it is. It'll be interesting to see if anyone else guesses mine. I say anyone else as Turlough has already guessed mine correctly via email and had only skimmed the stories at the time. But, I'm putting that down to having known me and my writing for a million years.

It's been raining hard all night but there's no splashed water on the window, so I'm saying the gutter cleaning has worked, so, it was well worth the cost.

I'm really looking forward to seeing Last Christmas at the cinema. It's everything I love in a Christmas film and is going to be cheesy as hell, so bring it on! James has his last 2am finish tonight then is off for three days, so I've been contemplating going tomorrow. But, he's also got his next counselling session at 5 then we're at the theatre straight after. So suspect Tuesday will be more realistic. But, Tuesday I'm there, cheesy Christmas film, Christmas coffee from Costa, happiness.

Like many people I've been waiting to see the new John Lewis Christmas advert, and I like it, Edgar the pyromaniac dragon is fun. I also like Asda's for how magical it is, the one for Sainsburys, though it take a while to get going and the McDonalds one is lovely. But, my favourite so far just for being a bit different is for Ikea. This is very very, very very, very very very very unacceptable

Talking of. I'll be putting up my Christmas card poll later today. I know a lot of people don't send them now but I still love Christmas cards and enjoy sending them.

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[shadowhive]

I missed strictly this week, it’d be a shame if either went

Aww nice! I still need to read them all so I’m not going to guess just yet

Nice!

It looks good from what I’ve seen, let me know how it is🖤

Aww yay Christmas cards!

I thought of you today, we went to a cat cafe! We stumbled on it yesterday 🖤

[turps]

I hope you can watch on catch up at some point, as they all danced well.

I've got one left to read which I'll do very soon. I have got ideas about who wrote some, and no doubt will be totally wrong. Hopefully, a guessing post will go up eventually.

I will do. I've been looking forward to it loads, but really, I'm very easy to please in terms of Christmas films.

I've just been looking at your photos. It looks like a fantastic place.

[chalcopyrite]

Yay for cleared gutters!

[turps]

It was so great not having dirty gutter water splashing on the window. It's the little things that make me happy :D

[chalcopyrite]

It's great when something has such an immediate result!

[wenchpixie]

Ooh, I'll be interested to see what you think of Last Christmas - I think it looks great, but it's been so slated. I'm hoping it's just that the reviewers aren't looking for what we're looking for in a festive film!

Hurrah for the successful gutter clean - that must be a relief, particularly before it gets too cold.

I'm really worried for Michelle - that was such a fierce, fabulous performance and it obviously meant so much to her, but I'm pretty sure a lot of people won't get it at all. We shall see this evening!

[turps]

I think it looks fantastic, and right up my alley. That's a shame about the slating, I mean, I'll probably love it anyway but it would have been nice if it was getting some good reviews.

Yeah, it is a relief. I was worried about the winter setting in before we could get them cleaned, but now they're all done and dusted. And, next door got there's done at the same time so no water coming from their gutters either.

Yeah, it was obvious she put her heart and soul into that dance, but that means nothing in terms of the voting public. If they go on ability Chris should go, I'd be disappointed if he did, but I think he'd admit himself he's the worst dancer left now.

Bonus points for the show last night were the utter bewilderment of some of the pros when Sooty was doing the terms and conditions. That cracked me up.

[wenchpixie]

Sooty was completely hilarious, Clauds lost it so badly whilst that was going on (the fact that they were still audible and comprehensible is a fantastic display of professionalism!)

[dine]

yay, properly working gutters! that's got to be a relief

thanks so much for linking to the Joey compilation, and that weird IKEA ad; I greatly enjoyed both, and will be linking to them in my journal as well. everyone I know needs to see them both!

enjoy your cheesy Christmas movie, whenever you can get there. it's great to have a chance to indulge in things you love

[turps]

It really is, especially as water was seeping in from the flat roof of the porch. Hopefully, this means that issue is fixed.

You're welcome. The Ikea ad makes me laugh every time I see it, and has a very catchy tune/song. And I'm very impressed with Joey. It was good to see him going for it.

[pensnest]

That Rabbit thing is in-fucking-sane!!!! He must have lost *pounds* in sweat. But hey - great singing! And how nice to see him get a chance to perform, albeit in-fucking-sanely. OMG.

*boggled*

[turps]

I can't even imagine how hot it must have been in that costume, and it's not like Joey was just standing their singing either. He was all over the place, and obviously enjoying it.

[frausorge]

There are some stellar fics in the collection. I sent you my guess!

Congrats again on having working gutters. That definitely sounds like a worthwhile investment.

And I'm excited for cards! You've inspired me to put up my own poll too.

[turps]

And your guess was correct!

Awesome, I'll be filling in your poll asap, and I must get mine done as I'd like to get the international cards in the post soon.

[frausorge]

\o/ I thought it was something that was up your alley in general, and then there were some turns of phrase where I thought THAT'S TERRI FOR SURE. :)

[turlough]

Joey!!!!

I need to take a look at the last no_tags story - thank you for reminding me! (And way to exaggerate! I've only known you and your writing for at most half a million years ;-D

Hooray for clean gutters!! (We actually had sunshine yesterday! But today it's been drizzling all day. So depressing.)

I'm sure you'll enjoy the Christmas movie enormously!

[turps]

Joey did so well.

Ahahaha, half a million years is a lot, too!

Drizzle is always depressing. If it's going to be cold it should be the crisp sunny kind of cold, not that constant grey drizzle.

We're going to see the Christmas movie today and can't wait.

[sylvaine]

I've got some tentative thoughts about some of the no-tags fic authors. Can't wait to see if I was right about any of them. XD (not nearly certain enough on any of them to make any guesses out loud, though ^^) I will be very surprised though if yours is one that doesn't feature Mikey. ;P

[turps]

I will be very surprised though if yours is one that doesn't feature Mikey. ;P

Ahahahaha. You may be right!

I've just attempted a few guesses at the guessing post. Normally I fail totally at those but I thought, why not? I'm actually pretty sure of two, then have some strong hunches. The rest would be pure guesses.

[brandywine28]

I feel like everyone's ragging on Last Christmas, but that hasn't made me want to see it any less! The cheesier, the better! And Emma Thompson's involved, so honestly, even if I knew nothing else about it, that alone would be enough for me.

[turps]

The cheesier, the better!

YES! I totally agree, and about Emma Thompson.

We're going to see it later today and I plan to enjoy every last cheesy ridiculous moment.

[glitteryv]

I have to say that Joey in last season of The Masked Singer was great! He was one of my faves. I've been watching this season and still enjoying it. FWIW, it's the cheesiest show ever but super relaxing at the same time because the 'stakes' aren't dramatic nor do they have to do with embarassing ppl or whatever.

Dunno if it's me, but it feels hella early for Last Christmas to drop? OTOH, it's possible that the ppl behind the movie want to avoid the onslaught of SW Ep. 9 and whatever else drops in December.

[turps]

The UK version of the Masked Singer has just started here, and I agree. It is cheesy but in a good way. For example, one of the first to be voted off was a former politician. He couldn't really sing, wasn't much of a dancer, but was obviously having the best time, and the panel and audience were having fun along with him, both masked and unmasked. I liked seeing that.

Last Christmas did drop early, and I suspect you're right they wanted to avoid SW as once that came out pretty much every screen was filled with that. Saying that though, Last Christmas stayed on for a really long time. I know it got slated in reviews but obviously had some appeal. No doubt from cheesy Christmas lovers like me *g*