yes, probably, i should have saved this for December 23 (UK time), look you see, for that is of course the date of Festivus. and of course in many respects Festivus is better than Christmas is, what with it featuring smart stuff like aluminium poles, airing of grievances and feats of strength. but, no matter.
i am kind of sort of, as in directly and actually doing so, breaking the chains of tradition this year. a couple of things existed which i was particularly pleased to do at Christmas, with one being a throwback to an era gone. that one would be purchasing the mega, double edition of the Christmas tele guide, with a more recent one getting a smart Christmas CD off of Poundland. not this year.
whilst out shopping i noted (observed, perhaps) that the usual "mega" Christmas tv guides were out. also, due to the calendar and that, i saw that it didn't cover all of the festive time, for they all appeared to have listings up to and including December 31, meaning the treasures of the first day (proper) of the new year were not covered. oh.
so i looked at them, considered a purchase, and then hopefully in an internal monologue way, said to myself (for i have no one to talk to, anyway), you know what, just f*****g no. i wasn't prepared to pay for the premium magazines (Radio Times and TV Times) which were either just south or farcically north of £5 each (!!!!), and also i could not be bothered with the cheaper, hovering south of £2 variations of this. essentially i would be purchasing a magazine which would not be read, with it full of details of shows on the tele which i would not be watching. so yes, a rare common sense decision of mine.
having browsed the web (or internet, if you will) a bit, it seems all i really need to know is now known, anyway. which is that, yet again, Channel 5 (or whoever) are betraying us audiences. no, then, once more they are not broadcasting the legendary Chas & Dave Christmas Cockney Knees Up 1981 this year. i think this is the third or forth (4th) year they have failed to show it again. oh, should for some reason you have no idea what that is, exactly, then here is a link to one of my celebrations of it.
before continuing on with this, yes, i did detour to Poundland. usually it would be so that, around now, they would have a range of extremely cheaply licenced CDs of Christmas music on offer, for sale. not so this year. actually i get the feeling that them, Poundland, are stopping selling discs, as they appear to be decreasing the number of such on the shelves. with no new cheap disc of Christmas music, i guess i shall have to dig out one of the ones i have bought in years before, be it either of the Christmas discs of The King, Elvis Presley, Mr Sinatra or indeed Chas & Dave Greatest Christmas. or all of them, i suppose, i mean what's to stop me.
more or less it is so that i am at a point in my life where i am not really particularly interested in what's on the tele. sure, if there's some darts or snooker i shall watch, but otherwise not especially. as and when i do get what one might ascertain or determine as being free time, generally i would lurch towards listening to some music whilst reading. or typing things here, for who(m)ever it is what reads such.
if for some reason you relied on me (moi) giving advance warning on decent stuff to watch on UK tele, then my apologies to have briefly let you down by not purchasing one of these guides. as for the lack of a new Christmas disc, well, i cannot say sorry for such, for i would have bought so if Poundland had felt the need to sell it.
right, anyway, well, if the Poundland near you got Christmas discs in, happy listening. equally, if you bought (or purchased) one of them guides for what's on the tele and that over the Festive (and Festivus) period, happy reading, and of course viddy well.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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