My university gets the entire week of Thanksgiving off. One of my students emailed me to ask if I'd be canceling class the previous Friday because of the holiday.
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Hil R. - Nov 09, 2010 2:09:27 am PST #7900 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
omnis_audis - Nov 09, 2010 2:23:32 am PST #7901 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
jealous! We only get the two days. And since I am in the School of the Arts, I get to work that weekend. I'm hoping that I can still take Friday off. That is still up in the air. We go into tech for both an Opera, and the big dance show for the fall quarter. In order for the Uni to have the Thursday and Friday off, they have a "Week Zero" for fall quarter, which is only Thursday and Friday. M-W of that week is orientation stuff. Rather interesting. Gotta love the 10 week quarters.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 09, 2010 2:51:08 am PST #7902 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Well we don't even have Thanksgiving.
But then, it would be odd if we did.
Jars - Nov 09, 2010 3:01:34 am PST #7903 of 30000
We're doing Thanksgiving on the Saturday this year, because neither of us has enough holidays left to cover a day off (which I usually take because there's a lot of cooking) and G is working and staying in Kent weekdays at the minute, so he'd have to drive up and straight back the next morning, which would suck. This way will be better, if untraditional, I think. But then, it's Thanksgiving in England, not much tradion there anyway.
zuisa - Nov 09, 2010 3:03:22 am PST #7904 of 30000
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
My Thanksgiving is definitely going to be odd. We have some major family drama and then everyone else decided to lose their minds with regards to said drama. This is the first time in four years I have been home for Thanksgiving and I'm sort of wishing I were out of the country again now!
I do quite like the holiday in principle though.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 09, 2010 3:18:04 am PST #7905 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I did Thanksgiving when I was in New York (actually, we went to join people in New Jersey for it). All that food. Fantastic holiday.
Ginger - Nov 09, 2010 3:45:55 am PST #7906 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am not really a fan of any holiday that is based on family togetherness. You may have already guessed that. The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday. The food is easy, there are fireworks, and no one expects you to drive hours to be with your family.
Jessica - Nov 09, 2010 4:00:21 am PST #7907 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Maggianos (Italian restaurant... I think it's a small chain out here in CA)
There's Maggianos in the midwest too (Chicago metro area), but I'm not sure how far their reach is.
Who was it who said that Thanksgiving is just the excuse Americans give for having Christmas dinner a month early?
Shir - Nov 09, 2010 4:02:12 am PST #7908 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
And I did manage to forget someone, in the end: Hil, the story with your student does suck. I'm sorry.
Steph L. - Nov 09, 2010 4:36:31 am PST #7909 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Which then spurred a whole "too much taxes is killing the jobs" rant.
I like how taxes are lower than they were under Saint Regan, but they're still "too much taxes."
There's Maggianos in the midwest too (Chicago metro area), but I'm not sure how far their reach is.
We have them here. They do a great gluten-free pasta. (Says the woman who should avoid gluten and just ate a donut and a half. What? A co-worker brought them in, and I cannot resist a cruller dusted with sugar [not powdered sugar; granulated sugar].)
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