We gave CowChop an out of this world Secret Santa gift,
so our expectations were high to see what we were gonna get.
But, as luck would have it, Farid gave us the worst possible hint
and we all immediately guessed what our gift was gonna be...
A mariachi band playing a cover of "Just A Couple Friends"!
There was no way in hell we were gonna let a band come into our office--
OUR OFFICE--
and let them upstage us,
so we decided to put a little troupe together and hopefully challenge them to a battle of the bands.
Unfortunately we had a renegade army's array of instruments and our minds.
You see, there was James on the pipe bag, Cib on the Mandarin chin, and Autumn on the scat caster...
And me on Old Jack.
I was so excited for this!
The last time I saw a live Mariachi band was at El Chapo's daughter's high school graduation party,
and boy, was I on a lot of blow!
Yup, still feeling that yehyah!
This is the moment we've been waiting for.
Years (well, days) of blood, snot and blood working long nights to ensure our eminent victory.
Eheh, uh- Just kidding, guys...It was- it was a bit that we planned.
Dude... Roasted all of you.
Wow, this really makes me want to do an acoustic version of the song.
Maybe we will.
James: We're hangin' out again, y'all!
James: We're hangin' out inside the sun!
James: We're riding inside of the sun!
This is actually an amazing gift.
Not only are these guys super talented, but hearing our song being covered is a feeling like no other.
I just wondered... who orchestrated this gift?
After two whole days of preparations,
I finally finished the first thing I've done for somebody else in a very long time:
Cib's room.
I figured since we're moving in together, and since I had a little free time,
I'd furnish and clean his room as a surprise.
I don't know why, but for the first time in a while, my head didn't feel so cloudy.
I think maybe the idea of living with my best friend again was gonna make me worry a little less
about our separating paths.
I said that in jest, but I'm pretty sure James doesn't really know what that means.
Aaaaaaand demonetized.
I guess Cib's surprise would have to wait.
We've been planning this photo shoot for about three years,
and today was the culmination of countless ideas and countless hours.
The photos had to be perfect.
Autumn forgot to bring her Christmas sweater.
After all this planning, how does she forget?
The good news is, we had a back-up plan.
TRACK: Blue Christmas (Cover)
Finally, with the photo shoot done, I could spend some time with Cib
to tell him the good news about the apartment.
And also, give him his gift.
♪ I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas♪