The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

Wow, it’s halfway through the year. About 6 months since and until Christmas and I finally get around to discussing my thoughts and feelings on the Playmobil Advent Calendars that I bought for Christmas 2009.

18.50 GMT So, a rather unofficial Saturday Night Thread, but I’m doing a movie marathon tonight and thought I’d try to blog throughout it as the night progresses. Wine, gift wrap and chocolate to be had. Feel free to drop a comment and join in. 19.00 GMT Garfield Christmas Special 19.20 GMT Garfield found the [...]

Day 1 (Pt 1): Guise gets Bunny-fied in a random act of Christmas magic Day 1 (Pt 2): Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness and two mysterious characters are NOT introduced! Day 2: Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness STILL. The mysterious man gets some rather suspicious goodies. Two advent calendars still hide their secrets! Day 3: [...]

Day 1 (Pt 1): Guise gets Bunny-fied in a random act of Christmas magic Day 1 (Pt 2): Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness and two mysterious characters are NOT introduced! Day 2: Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness STILL. The mysterious man gets some rather suspicious goodies. Two advent calendars still hide their secrets! Day 3: [...]

Previously on The Great Guise Advent Rip-Off: Day 1 (Pt 1): Guise gets Bunny-fied in a random act of Christmas magic Day 1 (Pt 2): Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness and two mysterious characters are NOT introduced! Day 2: Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness STILL. The mysterious man gets some rather suspicious goodies. Two advent [...]

Previously on The Great Guise Advent Rip-Off: Day 1 (Pt 1): Guise gets Bunny-fied in a random act of Christmas magic Day 1 (Pt 2): Guise wanders the Playmobil wilderness and two mysterious characters are NOT introduced! Box 2 Guise: Oh man, for a stark, barren two-dimensional wilderness it certainly goes on for miles. I [...]

Previously on The Great Guise Advent Rip-Off: Day 1 (Pt 1): Guise gets Bunny-fied in a random act of Christmas magic Box 1 Guise: Well, this is just perfect…seriously, what could be better than being transformed in to a Playmobil bunny? You know, besides NOT being transformed in to a Playmobil bunny! At least I [...]

Wow, been a long time since I updated. In the meantime I’ve tried my hand at daily vlogging (which is a lot harder to do when nothing interesting has gone on), changed jobs and am still in the process of settling in to having the homestead all to myself. However, that’s the past and the [...]

Hey all, I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas, with plenty of time with family and friends, with great food and good drink, with presents and music galore, and with memories and love that will last a lifetime and more. Best wishes to you all and to those closest to you, Guise (For [...]

There’s a long standing joke about fruitcake, that nobody likes it and yet everyone gives it. It’s a joke that gets repeated ad nauseum through any possible outlet, be it word of mouth or through modern media. It’s a joke so old that it is a cliche that gets rolled out every winter with little [...]

It’s the first day of December, the day to crack open the first door of Advent Calendars and marvel at the joys within. The day when you can actually start humming Christmas songs without too many strange looks. The day that you can see if it’s ‘festive novelty’ to insert tinsel and baubels into demonstrative [...]

[Wii-kun and boy who is still lacking a name sat on the couch, Brawl-ing] Dugal Dugal: Ok, Wii-mote Boy… Wii-kun: Um, Wii-kun? Dugal: Uh-huh, sure…listen you, you’ve been selected for a mission of utmost importance. Wii-kun: Can it wait, I’m kind of in the middle of something? boy: Wii-kun is teaching me smashes, onee-san! Dugal: [...]

This one ties to an earlier entry and comes after Dio’s recent story on her dA. Once again, crossposted to dA. T.H.R.E.A.D Floor Five – Habitational Level “Aha,” Guise exclaimed lifting the handheld device in to the air, with just a little backlighting and a miniscule fanfare he would have been mistaken for being sucked [...]

It’s that time of year. Please welcome Official Excuse Of Why Christmas Presents Look Badly Wrapped This Year: 2008 Edition. [Webcam IM Service bleeps] Dugal Dugal: Yeah-llo? Guise Dugal: Dugs, it’s me I need you t…Dugs…? Dugal: Yeah? Guise: …Dugs…what is that ungodly mess behind you? Dugal: Ooh, yeah, I’ve been wrapping Christmas presents! Guise: [...]

Once again, cross-posted to dA T.H.R.E.A.D Floor Four – Global Surveillance Operations Centre Alpha-Five “Amy, any news?” Will asked as he and Guise enterred the room. Amy stood hunched over a tabletop LCD display of the world, a stylus between her fingers as she poked the display zooming in to areas around the globe. “Some,” [...]

Firstly, Dio, don’t kill me. I swear, there’s no way you’d corrupt Lucas, you wuv him far too much, I know. Second, sorry if I missed anyone. Thirdly, sorry if I characterised badly. Fourthly, Bill, it was too hard not to make Veggie Macabre a voodoo superhero. Fifthly, I’ve had too much caffeine today. Sixthly, [...]

We’re only just over Halloween and it seems that Christmas wasn’t just trying to leapfrog over Halloween during it’s special time, but it had actually been sneaking around when Halloween wasn’t looking and moving all it’s stuff in. Christmas is now closing in fast and I would complain had I not realised ‘holy crap, we’re [...]

Bow down, bow down before the power of Santa Or be crushed, be crushed by His Jolly Boots of Doom Santa, Invader Zim So, Christmas Day is drawing to a close. Presents have been had, food has been cooked and consumed, and I’m actually now eager for another Christmas next year – this is something [...]

You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop Or Jack Frost on your windowsill But if someone’s climbing down your chimney You better load your gun and shoot to kill Christmas at Ground Zero, Weird Al Yankovic Less than 12 hours to go until the fat man is due to make his rounds and I’m [...]

I have a dream today, my friends That before this Christmas ends A big Santa’s sack of love I’ll bring And we’ll unite the whole world through, Yes, ven Belgians too And we’ll all stand together and sing… Merry Christmas, Santa Claus, Max Headroom So, I haven’t been around much, but I can’t not mention [...]