Writing is a struggle against silence. ~Carlos Fuentes

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR WEIRDLY DATED THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Swear to gawd, if it didn't have a laugh track I'd watch that show religiously.

THANK YOU! I KNOW IT WAS HARD FOR YOU TO CONTEMPLATE THIS WEIRDNESS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT... FOR MEEEEE!

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ITS LIKE HAVING CHRISTMAS IN MAY! ITS JUST WRONG!

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IKR? IT'S LIKE THE WAY YOU GUYS SAY "OOT" AND "ABOOT" WHEN YOU REALLY MEAN "OUT" AND "ABOUT". JUST... WRONG.

Speaking of so wrong it's right- someone in geekcooks posted a recipe for chocolate chip cookies WITH BACON. Oh, I can hardly contain myself.

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Wait... Isn't it tomorrow? o_O

HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND OFF!! Relax, enjoy and be happy!!

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Wait... Isn't it tomorrow? o_O

Seriously, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? Slap yourself. Right now. I'll wait here while you do it.

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Farms can have internet now. It's true. I read about it :)

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You know, I've heard that. I'll send the memo to Three Springs, PA and tell them to get on it.

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I love your icon deeply.

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Thanks!

I really need some more Big Bang icons.

Some many icons to make, so little time :)

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Couldn't agree more!

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You should see if she wants to make those icons and post them on TDE.

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Lol, Liz says I should tell you you should post your stuff at our icon comm (if you feel like it of course). XP

http://community.livejournal.com/thedailyexcuse/

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Hahahaha, I know I noticed. But the WUT was still my original impression so I went with it anyway.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PUTTING THE VITAL INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM INSTEAD OF AT THE END!

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Yeah, I think my dad is trying to keep the computer OFF the farm. My mother, see, she spends way too much time on the computer at their house playing Solitaire and whatnot (she's kinda... antisocial sometimes, likes to do her own thing) so this will probably not be happening.

WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE ON THANKSGIVING? DO YOU EVEN READ MY JOURNAL???

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Well it's an understandable effort. Plus farms should be places to relax and get away from the everyday life, and with a computer that'd be pretty much impossible.

I STILL CANNOT HELP THAT MY SUBCONIOUS LINKS THANKSGIVINGS WITH THURSDAYS. FREUD COULD EXPLAIN IT TO YOU!

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*LOL* A few years ago, I was trying to console my mother over all the hard work she was doing, by saying "Don't worry Mom, next year Thanksgiving will be on a Friday and you'll have the weekend to relax."

Mom: ...

Caro: ... BWHAHAHAHAHHAHA! XD

And yet, it CONTINUES to be on THURSDAY. WHY?!

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Yay! Thanks! It's always a ton of fun and this year will be moreso- there's an extra bathroom and a new front sitting room and MY MOTHER RETIRED, so maybe she'll be less stressed out.

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AWESOME! It makes me think of the movie Dan In Real Life, you should totally rent it and watch it this weekend. :P

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Good thought- we always watch a DVD after dinner, so I should get on that... not sure my whole family would like Star Trek, so I should poke around and see if anything else appeals.

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Happy TG Day! Foodie pics when you get back? ;)

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Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Foodie pics DEFINITELY when I get back. :D

Last night I was surfing the net for pretty pictures for Thanksgiving icons- haven't made icons in ages, but I was inspired. Weird eh? Food is MAH LAIFE.

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LOL. Eat to live, live to eat, which one are you? ;)

I'm still trying to figure out recipes for the ultimate vegetarian Thanksgiving.

(There's an oxymoron in there somewhere, I swear it...)

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Having had tofurkey, I believe in the power of the vegetarian Thanksgiving. I DO.

And there are a ton of good ones. I found a pumpkin pie recipe topped with nuts, cranberries and amaretto cookies (not sure where those are sold anymore, actually), some green bean casserole that's not atrocious, stuffing without sausage, and other similar things. And again- tofurkey? Even as an omnivore I'd eat it. ♥

LOL. Eat to live, live to eat, which one are you? ;),/i.

You caught me. ;)

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I was at Trader Joe's yesterday, and I seriously almost bought the Tofurkey. But I think we're going to bust out and try something different for the main course this year.

I'm thinking nut loaf and gravy, with the usual Thanksgiving accompaniments. I'm making pumpkin custard this year, and I feel up to all the slicing and kneading, maybe some apple pie too. (Last year, I got really lazy and made apple-oatmeal crumble instead, lol).

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Honey, there is no such thing as lazy if you make something. And the pumpkin custard sounds like a whole lotta win! Send me the recipe if you decide to do it- I'd love to give it a shot!

Whatever you do, enjoy the day! ♥

(And next year, let's see what we can do about getting together in person and doing some cooking, eh?)

Edited Date: 2009-11-25 05:18 pm (UTC)

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Yay, Happy Thanksgiving! :)

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Thank you! On my behalf, please enjoy a lot of chocolate, as I won't be having any, DAMMIT!

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ennyousai.livejournal.com

Eat plenty of delicious, delicious pie!

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I'm BAKING the pie this year! Mom bought a frozen mince pie (she loves her Mrs. Smith's for some weird reason) and I'm the one in charge of pumpkin.

And so yes, I totes intend to enjoy delicious pie! :D

(That pic, by the way? You totally inspired it.)

TRAVEL SAFE AND HAVE A LOVELY HOLIDAY!

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DO HAVE FUN! :D

AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU TOO! :D

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YAY! THANK YOU! BACK ATCHA!

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shimotsuki.livejournal.com

Happy Thanksgiving from the land of No Turkey! (Did you ever try to do Thanksgiving when you were here? I'll probably go out for some big ol' tonkatsu or something, lol.)

Hope you have a great and relaxing weekend at the farm.

And, a helpful diagnosis and effective PT? This is good news!!

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Ooh, tonkatsu sounds LOVELY. I miss it! There was this place in Kyoto that is known for it. *tears up* In the absence of that, grab a Naran deer and roast it over a fire. There's a place in Nagano that does a nice deer roast, actually, but you have to bag your own critter and I can't even finish that thought because I'm laughing too hard at the thought of the HORRIFIED LOOKS this would get from my older Japanese friends.

Srsly, a bunch of us usually got together and went in on a turkey and the trimmings, potluck style- you have to poke around at the foreign food shops, but someone WILL have something. In fact, you might have more canned pumpkin there than we do here (there's a shortage Stateside, according to the paper). Whatever you end up doing, HAVE FUN!

And thanks! Looking forward to loading up and getting on the road this afternoon. Usually I stay later than I intend to at work, but NOT THIS YEAR.

And, a helpful diagnosis and effective PT? This is good news!!

Thanks! I found an in-network PT near the subway and he listened, took notes, did a more comprehensive eval than the ortho guy, and then brought out the plastic model skeleton and said, "The area you pointed to on your body where it hurts is *here*" (points to hip joint) "And when you said that I thought of *sth*" and then he sent me off to work with a therapist for a bit, cracked my joints for me, wrote me a note and suggested I come back next week. I have 5 pages of exercises to do 2-3 times a day (so far FAIL- catching up on my sleep has dominated my time) and best of all NO. DRUGS. He said that muscle relaxants are the best thing, but only when necessary. "Necessary" for me is "bleeding out the ears", so that pleased me to no end. I feel so much better and I'm walking normally. Turns out I sit funny in my chair and that was a big part of what threw my muscles out of whack and lead to having an inflamed hip joint. Which is treatable in the extreme! That said, bummed I can't go 'boarding this weekend, but it's probably better if I don't. *sigh*

Still, walking without pain and sleeping through the night FTW!

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Forgot to ask and didn't want to add to the length of my previous reply- are the leaves still out and all pretty? If so, I hope you can get a few hours in Arashiyama.

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Turkey potluck thing sounds like great fun. I did actually imagine that if I went looking in Meidi-Ya or somewhere, there probably would be turkeys to be had, but I'm not that fussed about it -- especially since tonight (Wed) there was a party at the university for me. One of the professors went fishing and caught a WHOLE COOLER FULL of fish (buri), and a few of the grad students fixed everything from sashimi to yakizakana to TWO DIFFERENT kinds of nabe to butter-yaki with broccoli. I am stuffed full, and slightly tipsy, and it was fun, so this is enough Thanksgiving for me this year.

I like the sounds of your PT guy very much! And sitting in your chair sounds like something fixable, which is great news.

I'm in Fukuoka, so I won't be hanging around in Arashiyama much, lol. Around here the ginkgo leaves have gone all yellow, but that's about it -- there's a lot of green otherwise. I was up in Nara last weekend, and there I saw some red as well as yellow, but I don't think it's at peak yet. I'm going to Kobe for a linguistics conference this weekend (I think), so I'll see if Kansai's gotten any further along in a week.

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That sounds like an AWESOME PARTY. Call that your Thanksgiving and it's cooler than anything else you could do. ♥

The PT guy was great- he's using a treatment that includes poking and scraping at my muscles with a metal tongue depressor (Graston, I think?) and the bruising is worth it. When those muscles stop clenching it's wonderful. To be in pain 24/7 for weeks and then suddenly walk without hurting is epic. I'm trying to avoid going up stairs, though, because I want things to settle down first- to get to my apartment I basically step up with my right and then pull up my left. Just to be on the safe side. Every doctor should know what this guy knows, imo.

Yeah, I remember you saying that, but even though it's a slog it's a shorter slog than the slog from here. *lol* Enjoy Kobe- if you can get to Tokyu Hands and the foreign food market (there's one up the street) and if you can get to the Sannomiya Shrine (http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/japan/kobe/sannomiya.php) do- it's right down the street from a gaming arcade and the train and it really sort of gives you a super special taste of the dichotomy between old and new (yeah, you've seen it before, but this is still fun stuff).

Man, I wish I could be there. Something tells me going with another person who knows the place pretty well would be a blast.

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Wow, that PT sounds intense, but if it works it's worth it.

Thanks for the tip about the Sannomiya Shrine! I don't know Kobe very well at all -- I passed through once in about 1992 (and stayed in a very bug-infested YH, lol). My capsule hotel (ha! found one that takes women!) is in Ninomiya, so I may well have a chance to go exploring a little. I'll be meeting up with lots of Japanese linguists at the conference, though, so I think basically what will be happening is a LOT of drinking. This country is a bad influence on me. ;)

Man, I wish I could be there. Something tells me going with another person who knows the place pretty well would be a blast.

Oh, it would be so much fun to roam around with you here. Maybe we should all shoot for Eclipse in Tokyo next year? Heh. If only it weren't so far and so DAMN expensive to get here.

(I know you're at the farm now -- hope you're having a great time.)

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Glad to hear that the PT is helping! That's great news. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Thanks! And I appreciate your good wishes and support. Saturday was a rough day and I was sorta cycling through all the emotions before MAN-ING UP and getting back into things, and the fact that you were so kind was huge. ♥

Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Very thankful I know you! :D

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Happy Thanksgiving love!! Hahaha, I am instantly jealous that you are headed to a farm. ;o; How picturesque!! Be sure to stuff your faaaaace!! hahahaha

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