Wow, Thanksgiving sounds wonderful…It’s definitely a
good reason for you to celebrate. I wish we had it here, despite the fact that it wouldn’t actually be possible.
Ah, I guess we do have Guy Fawkes night, but that’s just a single night, so we don’t get time off for
that, let alone a week! Well, have fun eating your turkeys, and Happy Thanksgiving nonethless! 
I’m getting ready
for…ahem…work. Waaaaaah. I’m bringing Sudoku puzzles and candy canes for the others because I’m certain
it will be dead.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! 
~~=oP
I continue my thanksgiving traditions. Fast
until dinner. This way, I can finish a big turkey leg all to myself. Also, football. Nothing beats a good
thanksgiving than the best sport in the world.
[b]TSS: You got that right TSS!
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I am the perfect holiday
scrooge. I guess I just don’t get Thanksgiving 1) because I am most assuredly
not thankful for my family, at least my extended family on my mom’s side, which is
the part of the family that we always have Thanksgiving dinner with, and 2) when it comes to food, I’m a
“purist” who doesn’t really like big things that have 50 zillion different ingredients cooked in
together, so all I ever eat is turkey (which always seems to be really bad turkey that’s really dry) and rolls.
And don’t get me started on Christmas. Love the presents (and yes, I do actually enjoy giving
them as much as getting them, I’m not that much of a scrooge); can’t stand the
atmosphere and the traditions. And, of course, the family. Again.
So, if you’re ever feeling sad this
holiday season, just drop me a line and I’ll be sure to be able to cheer you up.
Lol, I know where
you’re coming from, DELF. I haven’t much of a family left, but holiday time with them ends up being very
stressful and depressing. Thanksgiving was fine for me, but it’s usually nuts. I got yelled at for not waking up
early enough to see the parade.
Would’ve been worse if I spent it with my grandparents though.
My pop-pop
went ballistic over how the parade was too ‘commercial’. And I got in trouble for having a kicking fight with
my brother at the table … though it was childish, the table didn’t shake or nothing … my parents overreact.
I got back from work
around midnight. I was wrong wrong wrong when I predicted it would be dead. [i]Jackass Number
Two[/i] was SOLD OUT! Not very Thanksgiving-y in my opinion …heheh…even though I’m a fan
of Jackass.
And they say Thanksgiving is a day for spending time with family
and getting closer to them. Well, this night was spent getting closer with my boss. We both share a passion
for toys and video games, so I sparked a conversation with him about the whole PS3/Wii thing and we talked for
the longest time about Nintendo.
Delf, I can’t say I’m all that thankful for most of
my family on my father’s side either. I won’t go into details, so let’s just say
that they’re good people, but they’re screwy. I wish I could have a perfect family, but I don’t believe such
a thing exists…anywhere. Every family has its ups and downs, and unfortunately for me, mine has more downs
than ups. 
~~=oP
[b]Here?s my Thanksgiving day for you. First I got out of bed and helped my family cook Thanksgiving
dinner, and then about 1:00 pm we ate and then from 2-6:00 pm we watched football, and then after the Cowboys
game was over, are family made a new tradition to watch a Pixar film every Thanksgiving, this time it was
Cars! How awesome is that for a thanksgiving day?
Guys you
should tell us your story of what you did on Turkey day. [/b]
Well…ok. Here I go – this is gonna be long…
What is it with you guys and football, anyway?
DElf - Aww man, that sucks. Too bad that you can’t really get into the
“spirit”, so to speak. However, I can also kind of relate to you there on a few levels – for one
thing, there are members of my family who are rather…umm…how shall I say it? “Snooty”,
“uptight”, and “creepy”. However, let’s not go there…
(snigger)
FONY - You have kick fights, too? Awesome. I’m not the only one!
PixarVixen - Heheh – sounds like you had an interesting Thanksgiving Day.
I’m sorry that you had to work, though. What’s up with that?
JV -
Cool – I watched Cars, too! And now, like you said, I will finally tell
my Thanksgiving story – heheh.
The day first started out as any usual,
sun-lit morning begins: dew hung upon the freshly-grown grass, blotches of sun poured its way through my curtains
and into my surrounding room, and my little sister could be heard banging her toy stroller against her well-worn
and scratched door.
I got up at the typical time – 6:00 AM, in my case – and did my usual morning
duties: set up my sister’s washcloth and toothbrush, stocked the clean dishes, made breakfast and lunch for my
little sister, and finally made breakfast for myself at 7:01 AM.
I let my neighbor’s cat in around 7:15 and
made him do his tricks before kicking him straight back out again, his tail high in the air. Then I waited until
the rest of the family got up…
At first, all seemed well. Mom had gotten the necessary ingrediants the
day before – the turkey, cranberries, and other delictable morsels were ready to be cooked and served around
6:00-7:00 o’clock PM. And then, it happened…
The oven broke, so mom and I had to go
back to the store and order some pre-cut/-sliced turkey from over the counter; she
also bought some potatoes, coleslaw, and an apple pie while there. Truth be told, the oven broke last night, so
it was, in a sense, just still broken.
We got through that one alright, and mom was happy because she didn’t
have to cook as much.
Afterwards, my two sisters and I decided to blow off some steam and watch
Cars in my dad’s room (as the tv had burned out only a few days ago). The whole
family ended up watching the film, and mom topped it all off by making an unsual statement: "I think this is
the most peaceful Thanksgiving we’ve ever had."
I was absolutely satistfied to the core – everyone was
happy and peaceful and we were actually going to be able to eat the turkey! (Mom previously wondered whether or
not we would have to go out for Thanksgiving, which didn’t happen, thank goodness.)
We passed the time
by spending some “family time” together: my dad did some free-lance work, my mom started to cook, and I
turned on some Christmas music for some lively entertainment. My sisters danced to the tunes while I took out my
sketchbook and started to draw Remy’s family.
Low and behold, the time came when it was almost time
to serve up the food. Unfortunately, dad had just popped in [i]Monty Python and the Holy
Grail[/i] into his dvd player, and was having a blast watching it, as were Leia and I (my other little
sister had been gratefully plopped into the bed; I had sung “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
while putting her in).
Mom finally got mad and shouted for us to come in before the food got cold. So, with
our heads hanging, we shut off the dvd player and went in to eat…
Surprisingly enough, we had a great
time! Yesterday, ladies and gentlement, was the first time that we had ever had Thanksgiving [i]by
ourselves[/i] – no one else: just our family of five. No nagging relatives; no pesty aunts and
uncles; no screaming cousins. Mom was pleased… (snigger)
Actually, I was rather depressed concerning
the lack of fun relatives to hang out with – I didn’t mind it when two thousand people came over to our house,
as they used to do every Thanksgiving…until mom got sick of it. I do love my ever-growing family, as do my mom
and dad – we just love some of them at a distance. 
After washing all of the dishes in the dishwasher
two times around…the sink got clogged up. I finally managed to solve the problem by pulling out a very large
piece of turkey that had gotten stuck in the “grinder”.
And that was our Thanksgiving. We went
to bed full and tired, as you can expect. And this morning, my mom and I were awoken by the wonderful smell of
dirty pull-ups seeping from under my little sister’s bedroom door…
Whew – that was long… Heheh…
Nice, Mitch. It sounds like you had a fun day. I know it can sometimes seem
like a pain, having family around, but guys, you really do have to appreciate the fact that they’re even there
at all, no matter how annoying or weird they can be, because one day, they might not even be there at all, and
you’ll regret missing your chance with them.
Mitch: Sounds like your family had a great Thanksgiving after all.
I probably had the most dysfunctional Thanksgiving I’ve
ever had. Make that the most dysfunctional week I’ve ever had. So my friend, two of her brothers, and I got to
go into Atlanta and see Turner Field (where the Atlanta Braves play - I’m also sort of collecting pictures of me
at different baseball stadiums when I travel - and the setting of the 1996 Olympic Opening and Closing
Ceremonies), and Centennial Olympic Park. It was grand fun for an Olympic nut like me, and I took a ton of
pictures.
That evening, I went to my friend’s mom’s house, where she and the three of her kids that
still stay with her live with another divorced mom and her two kids, and the 9 of us had Thanksgiving dinner
together… throw in an almost-war over the fruit salad, a kid with poison ivy (praise the Lord I didn’t catch
it) and a couple of the boys playing Ozzy Osbourne on their guitars (I think the Beatles was requested), and
it’s a far, far cry from my own family’s Thanksgiving traditions… oh well. Three more weeks and I’ll get to
go be with my own family. This week really has made me feel more thankful for them…
lizardgirl - Heheh – yes, I did! Thank you.
And yeah, you’re absolutely
right. I know I should be thankful for the family that I do have, and I have a big
family. I’d much rather sit around the table with twenty-eight noisy people than with no body at all.
JV - Yep – it was, indeed, a fun day.
KE - Oh my – I’m sorry that your Thanksgiving was
so…“unusual” – heh. But hey, at least you got to spend time with some people. It’s better than
being alone on Thanksgiving, with no family at all…
I found it odd how I couldn’t eat breakfast today. I
guess all that food from last night really fattened me up. And if you look into my fridge, half of it is full of
leftovers.
Thanks for your concern, Mitch. Yes, this week has been both frustrating and
entertaining, but if I had stayed back at my dorm room, I highly doubt I would have gotten through the week
unscathed… I’m sure I would have ended up doing something unladylike from the resulting crushing boredom of
staring at the same walls I’ve stared at for three-plus months…
[b]The Star
Swordsman[/b] - Tell me about it – I can completely relate. All I had for breakfast this morning was
a rather diminuative bowl of cereal, some tea, and a little pastry. I didn’t even have my usual banana. Maybe I
ate a little too much yesterday… (snigger)
KE - You are most welcome.
Heheh – hey, look at the bright side: once you get a job you’ll be out of there. I’ve never had to
reside in a dorm myself; I don’t really want to, to tell you the truth. Heh – you’ll get through it.
Hopefully tommorow
Mitch, things will be back to normal.
The Star Swordsman - Well…it’s tomorrow…and, so far, things are looking pretty
good.
I had some more of the leftover turkey and extra entrees for dinner last night, and yet I am –
surprisingly – not full at all. I guess that that is a good sign, considering that I had a whole pile of candy
yesterday, too. Good thing I’m skinny…
And may I ask how you are doing, as well?
Well, I’m doing fine. Thanksgiving (and the day after)
was such a blast. I never realized you could have so much fun. But probably the best part was I got to watch
Cars, Mater and The Ghostlight, and One man Band.
The Star Swordsman - Haha – cool! I’m glad you had a wonderful time. Fun can
come in all kinds of packages, large or small or family-sized.
I also got to watch
Cars and the afore-mentioned short films. Mom left when [i]One Man
Band[/i] started playing, though. Don’t know why.