Tuesday November 25th, 2003
Threatening Thanksgiving
Every Thanksgiving I usually end up at someone's apartment for a traditional Hollywood Orphan Thanksgiving dinner. This usually consists of a normal Thanksgiving meal, turkey and all, except with a lot more alcohol and no family. Since most of the people I know out here have families in other parts of the world it's no wonder why. This Thanksgiving would be different however since I just got word that the host of this years Thanksgiving suddenly has to go home due to a death in the family. Normally we'd just move it to someone else's place but she was the cook. Now when I say THE cook that's exactly what I mean. Karen is a supremely amazing culinary school drop out who loves to cook for people. She honestly loves nothing more than to cook a big meal for a ton of people which is good news for me since I'm friends with her boyfriend. The usual deal is we pay for groceries and she cooks. Now Karen and her boyfriend are going to be gone and the various friends of them both are quickly scattering to the wind. When all is said and done I'll probably be having Thanksgiving pizza with my brother over a few rounds of Tony Hawk. Not that I'm an incredibly traditional person but if there's one holiday made for fat people it's Thanksgiving. You're encouraged to be as lazy as possible and eat as much as you can. Come to think of it I guess I celebrate the spirit of thanksgiving a lot. This is different though; there is something to be said for a real home cooked meal. Hopefully I can get something together before Thanksgiving.
