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Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans on my flist. Odd holiday. Turkey wasn't at the meal. And well, things didn't quite turn out as planned. But the holiday is more about the idea...than what happened.
And in some respects it goes back further than the Pilgrims...it's the last big harvest before the long winter, where light slowly recedes, and in some places doesn't peek out again until Spring.
I'm staying home this year. Slept in. Watching the ad-a-plooza otherwise known as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (And the musical performances are truly bad this year - I cringed during Spiderman: Turn on the Night. Not a show you'd see for the musical performances. The best, was oddly, Daniel Radcliff in How to Succeed in Business - that guy has a massive career ahead of him. He's incredibly talented - which may explain in part why the Harry Potter movies worked so well. Casting is 90% of it, after all.) Been half-watching, most of the time - I've been Kindle book shopping on Amazon...found several cheap and brainless books. The only one I'll tell you about
is "The Night Circus" - about two competing magicians in a dangerous contest at the traveling and mystical Night Circus. The write-up makes me think of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked this Way Comes married to Harry Potter and the Hunger Games. I'm intrigued. Also playing with Daughter of Smoke and Bone - but it may be too young for me. Too star-crossed.
Thanksgiving Dinner is going to be:
1.)Cornish Game Hen - takes about an hour and 30 minutes to cook. (Confession? I'm ambivalent regarding Turkey. It doesn't taste all that different than chicken. Also not a stuffing fan (possibly due to being celiac).) Will make it with an orange juice, butter and white wine basting sauce.
2. Wild Rice with dried cranberries
3. Green beans (I sometimes add almonds)
4. Gluten-free Pumpkin pie. (courtesy of Arrowhead Mills and a gluten free pre-made pie crust)
Have Crispin Hard Apple Cider to drink.
And in the DVD player? Harry Potter marathon.
For the books - a whole host of pulpy fluffy escapist romance novels that cost no more than 99 cents or in some cases no money at all on the Kindle. I love the Kindle - it is perfect for cheap, guilty pleasure reads. And I need a break from George RR Martin's incredibly grim Feast of Crows. I kid you not, when I say that the tv series is cheerier. Although to be honest Game and Storm were lighter than this book. I'm only half-way through...and I feel bludgoned by flashbacks of rapes, gruesome deaths, and hopelessness. If you are at all depressed or frustrated by life? Don't read Martin.
Oh this is a fun dance routin from New Orleans by Ordinary Guys dancing to I Need a Hero. They are all overweight. And in shorts. Every time I watch this parade I wonder if they've put up heat lamps around the performance area. I don't believe so. It's always cold...37 degrees. But hey at least sunny! And no rain or clouds! A lovely, if crisp day for a parade, with little wind.
This year I'm thankful for the following: 1)being alive. 2)healthy (no sprains or breaks), 3) a good job, 4) rent stablized flat. 5) nice church. 6) parents being okay
7) on good terms with everyone in my family, 8)my livejournal...which continues to be a place where I can write and communicate with people around the world. 9) various entertainment resources and a wide variety of books, tv shows, and movies. (I have Fringe, Harry Potter, and Veronica Mars DVDs to watch. Hee.)
My life is pretty good for the most part. It helps to be reminded of that.
And in some respects it goes back further than the Pilgrims...it's the last big harvest before the long winter, where light slowly recedes, and in some places doesn't peek out again until Spring.
I'm staying home this year. Slept in. Watching the ad-a-plooza otherwise known as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (And the musical performances are truly bad this year - I cringed during Spiderman: Turn on the Night. Not a show you'd see for the musical performances. The best, was oddly, Daniel Radcliff in How to Succeed in Business - that guy has a massive career ahead of him. He's incredibly talented - which may explain in part why the Harry Potter movies worked so well. Casting is 90% of it, after all.) Been half-watching, most of the time - I've been Kindle book shopping on Amazon...found several cheap and brainless books. The only one I'll tell you about
is "The Night Circus" - about two competing magicians in a dangerous contest at the traveling and mystical Night Circus. The write-up makes me think of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked this Way Comes married to Harry Potter and the Hunger Games. I'm intrigued. Also playing with Daughter of Smoke and Bone - but it may be too young for me. Too star-crossed.
Thanksgiving Dinner is going to be:
1.)Cornish Game Hen - takes about an hour and 30 minutes to cook. (Confession? I'm ambivalent regarding Turkey. It doesn't taste all that different than chicken. Also not a stuffing fan (possibly due to being celiac).) Will make it with an orange juice, butter and white wine basting sauce.
2. Wild Rice with dried cranberries
3. Green beans (I sometimes add almonds)
4. Gluten-free Pumpkin pie. (courtesy of Arrowhead Mills and a gluten free pre-made pie crust)
Have Crispin Hard Apple Cider to drink.
And in the DVD player? Harry Potter marathon.
For the books - a whole host of pulpy fluffy escapist romance novels that cost no more than 99 cents or in some cases no money at all on the Kindle. I love the Kindle - it is perfect for cheap, guilty pleasure reads. And I need a break from George RR Martin's incredibly grim Feast of Crows. I kid you not, when I say that the tv series is cheerier. Although to be honest Game and Storm were lighter than this book. I'm only half-way through...and I feel bludgoned by flashbacks of rapes, gruesome deaths, and hopelessness. If you are at all depressed or frustrated by life? Don't read Martin.
Oh this is a fun dance routin from New Orleans by Ordinary Guys dancing to I Need a Hero. They are all overweight. And in shorts. Every time I watch this parade I wonder if they've put up heat lamps around the performance area. I don't believe so. It's always cold...37 degrees. But hey at least sunny! And no rain or clouds! A lovely, if crisp day for a parade, with little wind.
This year I'm thankful for the following: 1)being alive. 2)healthy (no sprains or breaks), 3) a good job, 4) rent stablized flat. 5) nice church. 6) parents being okay
7) on good terms with everyone in my family, 8)my livejournal...which continues to be a place where I can write and communicate with people around the world. 9) various entertainment resources and a wide variety of books, tv shows, and movies. (I have Fringe, Harry Potter, and Veronica Mars DVDs to watch. Hee.)
My life is pretty good for the most part. It helps to be reminded of that.
Happy Thanksgiving!
It was a beautiful sunny day so we all took a nice walk outside afterwards.
I'm very thankful to have my brother in my life, and for all my dear friends.
I hope your dinner came out great and that you enjoyed a nice relaxing day!
{{hugs}}
Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
Busy watching Harry Potter and reading.