That sounds very nice, juliana. My T-day plans were all set up to my liking, but now my sister is starting to introduce complications, and I'm having a very hard time not getting pissy about it.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Nov 10, 2006 2:53:33 am PST #9117 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sheryl - Nov 10, 2006 3:02:36 am PST #9118 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Looks like Thanksgiving will be at my MIL's house. Whether there will be anyone besides us and my MIL, I dunno. At least there's a convention that weekend...
Theodosia - Nov 10, 2006 3:11:42 am PST #9119 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
No T-Day plans at present. I'm not sure if I should try to make a long drive to see family or not. sigh
vw bug - Nov 10, 2006 3:42:57 am PST #9120 of 10001
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No T-Day plans at present. I'm not sure if I should try to make a long drive to see family or not.
You could always hang with me, mom, and dad. We're doing a small Thanksgiving this year, filled with CRAFTS! I'm all about the crafts with my turkey day.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 10, 2006 3:46:09 am PST #9121 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Thanksgiving's our one big family reunion of the year. (Well, we sort of had one for my cousin's wedding in late July, but Dad wasn't well enough for my parents to make it.) Hopefully everything will work out for me to drive the folks up to Poplar Bluff this year.
brenda m - Nov 10, 2006 3:46:17 am PST #9122 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What kind of crafts do you make with a turkey?
Theodosia - Nov 10, 2006 3:48:27 am PST #9123 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
vw -- ooh! I could definitely take you up on that offer, unless I do decide to go off to see my own Mom. Will talk to you offline, later!
vw bug - Nov 10, 2006 3:49:22 am PST #9124 of 10001
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What kind of crafts do you make with a turkey?
Quilts, duh! With turkeys on them! (Ok. Maybe not with the turkeys on the quilts. Although, I have seen them. I'm just not gonna make one.)
vw bug - Nov 10, 2006 3:50:30 am PST #9125 of 10001
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Yay, Theo! Mom is here, and I told her I invited you. She says we won't have NEARLY enough food. t /sarcastic
Of course you're welcome!
brenda m - Nov 10, 2006 4:08:37 am PST #9126 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Thanksgiving is huge for my family. Always has been. And now that I think about it -
We do thanksgiving with a group of families - four core ones, though in the past there've been others here and there - who all met and became friends thirty-some years ago when we all lived in NYC. (At church, actually.) Since then, there've been mutiple moves, and so T-day rotates locations - NY, DC, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, even one year in London. Not everyone makes it every year, but it's a near thing.
We do the big dinner on Friday rather than Thursday to make travel easier, and have built up a host of traditional elements, some more set in stone than others. (The Stuffing Wars of '92, when someone switched the two stuffings we ususally have for some "alternative", feh, are still legend.) There's always lots of wine, lots of silliness - our gift traditions border on the absurd at this point - lots of food. And these people, more than any others in the world, are my family, even though none of them are actually related.
When it comes right down to it, there's a lot of parallels to Buffista-dom, and one of the things that makes this place so homey for me. t hugs everybody