The Post-Thanksgiving Cigarette

Ahh, Thanksgiving. ‘Twas a good day. I’ve sat around all day feasting on food. Sometimes, it feels like a medieval feast.  Granted, I’ve only had traditional Thanksgiving for the past 5 or so years, so it was an interesting experinece. However, it was made bittersweet because my cousin, Patty, and her husband, Chris, were unable to make it because their son, Caden, is in the hospital for some bizarre auto-immune issue that messes up his liver. On top of this, Patty just had a new baby girl, Samantha, last week. So it’s a hectic week for them. Their absence was felt today but it was still enjoyable. I love seeing my grandparents.

I got to show off Guitar Hero III to my mother, who thought it was awesome. She really loves ’70s rock and is a bit of a cognoscenti, though you wouldn’t know it to look at her. She loves rap, too, which just weirds me out. Other than that, I’ve just been lounging around the house today, as my back still hurts, and watching pointless TV.  I’ve been catching up on my comics as well, though there’s a bit too many to talk about it.  Hopefully tomorrow I can start reading some Gaiman and Moore.

I did miss an outing with Jay and Donnelly to see Beowulf in 3-D because I’ve already seen it and didn’t feel like driving half an hour out of my way to see it at midnight, again. It’s a great film that I really enjoyed watching and I saw it with good friends who were really into it.

And I got to see Doctor Who’s Children In Need Special “Time Crash,” thanks to the lovely people at DWNY. (Who pay their license fees and use TiVo!) What a lovely, lovely piece. It uses my two favorite Doctors in a touching validation of both the new and old series. It’s just so… “pretty sort of marvellous” to quote Peter Davison.

Anyway, that’s about all for now. I’m hoping Caden is feeling better, maybe I can get to see him and Samantha over the weekend before I go back to school.

~ by praxjarvin on November 23, 2007.