A Tuesday that feels like Thursday
Posted on | November 21, 2006 | 4 Comments
I have class tonight and prior to class, I am meeting Anne for a quick dinner or coffee. This weather is so refreshing. I love it. I brought my blue hat (picture forthcoming), and I am wearing it right now. They keep my office overly cold. Any excuse to wear my hat.
What are your plans for Turkey Day? (or in our case – Tofurkey Day) D and I are headed over to his Mom’s house in Oveido. A few of his brothers are coming to have dinner with Mom and Grandma. Her apartment is tiny, but it’s more about the time spent together than the space and amount of food. D and I are bringing a tofurkey for the two of us and I expect us to get razzed by his brothers. They are hunters and die-hard carnivores. When they met me, I was a strict vegetarian, so this reversal back to vegetarianism isn’t that far out of the realm of possiblility, but D’s a veggie too. I don’t think they expected that. I am glad we get to spend time with his mom and grandmother. They are very cool women. Mom’s a little Buddha – so calm and steady. His grandmother is in her 90′s. She’s a ghost of a woman, with tissue-paper skin and a watery laugh. But when she smiles, it’s a sight to behold. It warms her face and gives life to her whole body. I am sure that I am not explaining this correctly, but it’s enough to say that I love being around her (she grew up with beagles and cats and reminds us of that every time she comes over to our house). After dinner, we will head home, and I think we will sip on some pumpkin beer. If anyone is free, give me a ring. We love company.
Next Thanksgiving, I see Cat and Brains at our house (or vice versa) and perhaps my sister and her all of her spawnlings, and there will be a lot of food (half veggie and half carne) and we shall all eat until we can’t eat anymore. I see it. It’s a hope that lingers just in the periphery. If you turn your head swiftly, it shimmers and glows and then fades into possibility again. Next year, I will celebrate my birthday in style, with friends and family. Next Samhain, D and I will do something crazy and unique. Next summer, I will find out how the west coast does things. But today, I am enjoying the frigid bite of a snappy Florida winter. There is time for it all. Plenty of time.
I’ve been kind of quiet lately. Going through a funk, I think. Sometimes it happens during the holidays, but I will do my best this year to stay away from the blue. I’m stressed about finals. I feel uneasy about work. It starts to wear on the little lumps of happiness that I carry around.
My fucking stitches itch. Gah!
Here are a few things that caught my attention this morning.
Draft? Well, this is enough to piss off the populace. It’s going to get “interesting” in this country.
Your phone as your wallet. On one hand I like this. If I carry too many things then I am more likely to lose them. But, if I lose my phone, I would be fucked. It’s an interesting concept.
No Hobbit for Jackson? I am obsessed with the LOTR series. That being said, I think Peter Jackson did an excellent job in recreating the stories for film. How could they not let him do the Hobbit? Why can’t film be about art and not money? Idealism – party of one.
The Far Side goes wild. I always think that I am the only one who laments at the loss of the wild land. I am sure that the forests where I used to play have been razed for developments, and the wild tigers in India will eventually become extinct. I find it inspiring that people like Larson see things the same way I do. If enough people pay attention, perhaps we can fix things.
Did I mention that my stitches itch? Have a happy Tuesday, and remember – it’s a short work week! Wh00t and stuff.
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November 21st, 2006 @ 11:38 am
Your turkey day sounds like it will be fun!
November 21st, 2006 @ 11:42 am
YAY for nippee weather, coffee, food, pumpkin beer and friends!
I heart E&D!
November 21st, 2006 @ 11:50 am
I think it will be fun. We are also riding in the AM. The nice thing about Tofurkey is that you don’t have to cook it all day. I’m lazy.
I love you too Anne.
See you tonight!
November 21st, 2006 @ 6:34 pm
Ok, the LOTR article just sent me into a tizzy. I know there are bigger issues but you have to be fucking kidding me! He did a fucking perfect job in recreating those pages…he should have done Narnia. How the hell could New Line say that “they had limited time to make the film”? I’ll wait 10 years if it means it is done right. BASTARDS! They think they are being clever by punishing Peter Jackson but all they are doing is punishing the rest of us. No more New Line for me…unless they recant and hire him on.