Diary of an Evil Genius

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Have a great weekend, everybody!!

Christmas Bells, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
and wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."


As sung by Canada's current Christmas music king, Johnny Reid -

Hey guys, do you know what tomorrow is? Not only is it Dan/Jan Day, but it's D/J Day's 4th anniversary!!

That's right, we've been doing this every month for FOUR YEARS now. Can you believe that? Seems like just yesterday we got this thing started...

For those of you not familiar with the story, it was Christmas day 2003 when Anna suggested that we D/Jers needed our very own holiday - a day when we could get together for chat, watch Dan/Jan eps, read/write lots of Dan/Jan fic, even eat Dan/Jan-related foods. We all thought it was an awesome idea, but we couldn't seem to agree on a date to set it.

Then we found out that 2010, the episode where Michael and Teryl officially started dropping Dan/Jan subtext into their scenes, had originally aired on January 12, 2001. We decided to declare January 12 "Dan/Jan Day" from then on, but we had so much fun with the first one that we decided to make it a monthly thing instead!

So, here we are 4 years later, and Dan/Jan Day is still going strong. Hooray for us, I say!! What other ship can say that??

To celebrate, I say we make this month's Dan/Jan Day bigger and better than ever. I'll be hosting a chat in Gateview, as always, but this time I'd like to make it even more special by watching 3 Dan/Jan-related episodes together throughout the evening. By this I mean that we'll all get our DVDs out at a set time, press play simultaneously, and chat about the episode as we watch it in real time. We've done it a few times before, and it's always loads of fun!

I know from experience, though, that if we just say, "Hey, let's watch an episode tonight!" we'll just end up debating what time to do it, which episode it should be, etc. So, I've taken the guesswork out of it for everyone. ;)

Here's the gameplan -

6pm EST (GMT -5) - 2010
9pm EST - Rite of Passage
12am EST - Lifeboat

This way, the vast majority of us will be able to watch at least ONE of these episodes, and a lot of us will even be around for all three. We'll be chatting in between each one, of course, so even if you can't watch the episodes with us, you're welcome to join us whenever you can for as long as you can.

Those of you who have never participated in our Dan/Jan Day chats... now's your time to get in on the fun!! Here's where you can find us -

http://forums.delphiforums.com/gateviewforum/chat

If you've had trouble logging on in the past, make sure that Java is installed and running properly on your computer, but that Java Sun has been disabled. (If you need help figuring out how that's done, just let me know.)

So... who's ready for the best Dan/Jan Day we've ever had?? :D