What is Thanksgiving to me?
(A holiday that makes you really lazy and makes you skip blogging for 3+ days?)
Ah, yeah, that. But besides that... it's just an "eh" holiday.
What did I do for Thanksgiving? I went out in the blistering cold with a grumpy mother to do some last minute Thanksgiving day shopping, that's what. Yeah, I helped with the cooking of course, it's tedious, strenuous work - god, I hate cooking so much. When I get older, I swear I'm just going to live off frozen food. I can't stand waiting around a pot and poking and prodding at chicken and making sure the curry's texture is just perfect, gah! And I can't watch somebody make potato salad because the sight of mayonnaise just disgusts me.
I don't know why but it does! And then when I sit down to eat, I just remember what all the food looked like before it was cooked and it makes me sick. I guess that makes me a bit of a pansy, but it's true...! And so, that is why I don't like Thanksgiving dinner - because I can't eat food I helped cook, for some reason that involves things like meat and chicken and goat, etc. Like, I can't cook meat and eat it, it's just weird! I'm no vegetarian or anything, but just remembering the sight of those slabs of animal flesh... Am I the only one skeeved out by it? (Yes, Kiri, yes you are.)
( In which Kiri is a scrooge and rants about Thanksgiving... )
Okay, some things about this holiday are overrated, okay, sure, but it's not like I'm some ungrateful wench! (A holiday that makes you really lazy and makes you skip blogging for 3+ days?)
Ah, yeah, that. But besides that... it's just an "eh" holiday.
What did I do for Thanksgiving? I went out in the blistering cold with a grumpy mother to do some last minute Thanksgiving day shopping, that's what. Yeah, I helped with the cooking of course, it's tedious, strenuous work - god, I hate cooking so much. When I get older, I swear I'm just going to live off frozen food. I can't stand waiting around a pot and poking and prodding at chicken and making sure the curry's texture is just perfect, gah! And I can't watch somebody make potato salad because the sight of mayonnaise just disgusts me.
I don't know why but it does! And then when I sit down to eat, I just remember what all the food looked like before it was cooked and it makes me sick. I guess that makes me a bit of a pansy, but it's true...! And so, that is why I don't like Thanksgiving dinner - because I can't eat food I helped cook, for some reason that involves things like meat and chicken and goat, etc. Like, I can't cook meat and eat it, it's just weird! I'm no vegetarian or anything, but just remembering the sight of those slabs of animal flesh... Am I the only one skeeved out by it? (Yes, Kiri, yes you are.)
( In which Kiri is a scrooge and rants about Thanksgiving... )
Here's some things I am thankful about....
1. My Friends
Especially my best friend,
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razzberree . If not for her, where the hell would I be? We've been friends for ... I wanna say maybe five years now? And honestly, I have no idea what I'd do without her. She's been a friend who's supported me no matter what - she's helped me with my writing, we've lulzed and fangirled about video games together (starting off with Kingdom Hearts!) and she's always been there when shit at home seems like way too much to take. If you're reading this, thanks so much for stickin' with me, no matter how annoying and whiny I must get at times, haha...2. My Home / Family
'Kay, so my mom's not the nicest, nor the sanest person in the world, sure. But I've got a roof over my head, a cozy bed to sleep in, a thick blanket to warm my toes when that goddamn Rhode Island winter starts kickin' in around December... I've got an XBOX 360, a Wii, a DS, a PSP, and tons of other old consoles... I have a computer with wicked fast Internet access. I have enough memory on my computer to download and store a crapton of anime and manga to read in my spare time. I have the smartest little sister in the world who knows more about Pokemon than I do, and totally annihilates me every time we battle, I have a Dad who respects my privacy and is so proud of everything I do... Sure, I don't have it easy - fuck, who does have it easy?! - but I'm doing pretty well. I'm doing excellent, I'd say!
Ah, that's it, really. I'm sure that covers it all! So yeah, while I'm not fond of the traditional Thanksgiving "feast" (where if you don't eat at someone else's house, you're stuck eating turkey for the next week...) and I'm not fond of the football / pep rallies (hell if I'm ever going to be subjected to another one again!) I do like the idea of Thanksgiving. To just stop and think about the crap you're thankful for. It's kind of to just slap everyone awake, you know! As if the world's trying to say, "Hey you! Yeah you, stop being a whiny emo kid, ya stupid prick!"
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