{"id":31645,"date":"2023-12-02T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=31645"},"modified":"2023-12-05T07:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T13:56:40","slug":"we-wish-you-a-xeria-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/02\/we-wish-you-a-xeria-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"We Wish You A Xeria Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the company for which I work has been naming sprints after bands starting with the letter A at the beginning of the year and then progressing every two weeks.  When they asked for an A band, I said Amaranthe, of course, and the product manager running the video meeting played &#8220;82nd All The Way&#8221; up until the unclean vocals.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XhepwtKR5lg?si=DNfZpBvpeEzRxIm0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Which means my coworkers rock less than I do, but to be honest, they&#8217;re mostly not in QA.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve suggested proper bands for every sprint since then, but have only had a few suggestions elected via poll to the sprint name.<\/p>\n<p>When we came to the X sprint, I was at a bit of a loss.  I didn&#8217;t have any bands in my library that start with X.  So I did some research (visited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/lists\/X\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">the Encyclopaedia Metallum<\/a>) and started working through some bands.<\/p>\n<p>I found one, Xeria, from Spain, who sings metal in Spanish.  Which is unlike many European metal bands who sing in English.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ow3K7MopO2k?si=R8zxxNkwSdO9gfZw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I went to their Web site, in Spanish, and ordered their CD <em>Tierra<\/em>, paying the Value-Added Tax and everything.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/xeriacd.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It arrived today, cell-wrapped and unsigned, but it did include a couple of postcards.  Which maybe are a thing still in Europe.  Also unsigned.<\/p>\n<p>Well.  Also on my desk were a couple of Christmas cards.  We have traditionally hung Christmas cards on our living room walls during Christmas, and I&#8217;ve made room and have put up the Christmas cards from the overachievers who mailed their cards in November, and, well&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/xeriacard.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>We will see if anyone notices.<\/p>\n<p>Just to update you on the Santa Claus I put on the mantel <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/06\/a-little-christmas-retail-therapy-at-nogglestead\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">the first weekend of November<\/a> to see how long it would take anyone to notice:  <em>Nobody did<\/em>.  No one really spends much time in the living room except me, and I did the Christmas decorating this year as it was limited to unbreakable things since the Three Negritos would look upon all Christmas lights and decorations as cat toys.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/threenegritos.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not even putting lights on the trees this year.  Probably just wrapping them a bit with garland.  And planning to spend December cleaning up shiny hairballs from the rug.<\/p>\n<p>And now if anyone sees the Santa Claus, they might think we&#8217;ve had him all along.<\/p>\n<p>The Xeria post card, though&#8211;that will likely be noticed.  Maybe.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"red\"><b>UPDATE:<\/b><\/font>  Actually, my beautiful wife noticed it almost immediately.  Perhaps because the Christmas cards are hung basically at the top of the steps from the lower level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the company for which I work has been naming sprints after bands starting with the letter A at the beginning of the year and then progressing every two weeks. 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