Turning Tables

Friday night, 

I met some relatives I had never

known about before 

and got reacquainted with

some relatives I hadn't seen in years.

They were really excited for me 

and pretty disappointed that

they weren't able to meet Jesse yet.

My Uncle John
kept singing the song
for the Miss America pageant
AT me...

and my Great Uncle, Larry,
who is actually younger than my mom,
asked me if I knew my lines
for the wedding...
I replied, "I do."

(rimshot
a-thank you)

I had forgotten how much
I enjoy my family.

Especially when they tell stories about
growing up in the 30s and 40s.
That's super neat.

I so seldom see them
that I don't really remember
a lot of good times.

I'm looking forward to seeing
many of them again in April.

Momma, what's vacation?

Are you ready for Turkey Day? 

Or ham or pork day? 

Whatever your meat or meatless preference may be day?

Or are you one of those people that complains

about the origins of the holiday and ruins it for the rest of us?

Maybe you would win an award here.

Or maybe you should just:

And I might just bake you a pie

or make you some fudge. 

Ask Jen if I won't make you some

fudge. I'll even make your favorite flavor of fudge. 

One thing I will absolutely not make is this:

Gross.

Anytime cupcakes look like food...just...blech. 

Why would you eat something sweet disguised as something savory?

I'm going to be eating the real thing, instead of an imposter.

It's a phony!!!

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

And a crazy Black Friday! 

And an even crazier Iron Bowl!

Is that too many exclamations? 

Nah. One more won't kill ya.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Now, it's your turn to say "Happy Thanksgiving" back. 

(Any You've Got Mail fans out there?)

Oh, and by the way, I'm so happy that Jesse gets to come home with me 

for Thanksgiving this year. 

All pics courtesy of weheartit.com

So I went to a double feature last night...which has been a rare occurence these days...even for just a single feature... First up was Fast and Furious, seriously I had to relieve the old days of watching the original and then watching guys in cars with half of the speed of the ones from the movie get pulled over for speeding right out of the Fox theatres parking lot. Oh...good times. Needless to say the movie didn't disappoint. It was what I expected it would be and that is all...

The second movie however appealed to my more humorous (or so I thought) nature and contained an audience to whom I related. We went to a 9:55pm showing of Adventureland, which I expected much more than what I actually received. Unfortunately the characters portrayed by Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig were not featured nearly as much as I expected them to be. HOWEVER, when they were in the scene they definitely stole it, because they were the only comedy relief in the whole film, besides the character of Frigo, played by that kid who in the AT&T rollover minutes commercials...flippin' hilarious character is all I have to say. The rest of the movie seemed to be filled with a very maudlin look at the decline of the American family and how that affected its youth that were becoming America's present in 1987. A good comparison being a America in '87 was also going through a pretty hefty recession as we are now. The character of James, played by Jesse Eisenberg, set the tone of the youth that existed then and still exist today... totally unprepared for the future with expectations of continuous parental help. The mixtape he made for Kristen Stewart's character, Emily, set the musical tone of "sad-bummer songs".

Also, Kristen Stewart proved that her range is pretty stationary (stationery?...I can never remember)---> pothead with severe anxiety and depression. And on another side note: what is it with teenagers and hipsters overuse of the "f" word. Seriously, do they think it makes them sound smarter? Because it doesn't. It puts a limit on their vocabulary, however, extensive it actually may be, and makes them sound truly ignorant.

I didn't really understand what the underlying plot of the story actually was...but I guess it was an informal social commentary of the continuous decline of the American family and education and the lack of career choices for college students straight from graduation...I really don't know... But that's my theory. You can form your own and get back to me on that. Thanks.