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November 28, 2005
Happy Cyber Monday!
I guess I'm to start shopping online today, cuz the media has coined a new term for today and tells me I should. It's Cyber Monday! So everyone log on and purchase your Trailer Trash Turleen dolls before midnight!
If you woke up at 4am to go shopping on "Black Friday", then you really need to get out more. Seriously. I don't see how anyone would want to put themselves through all that chaos. I love watching the video from the news of all those losers running through the entrance of the Wal-Mart pushing each other over. If I were forced to go out that day (at Wal-Mart), I would start slam dancing into people. I would trip anyone running. I would throw things. I would scream like a girl. I would tell little kids that the Wal-Mart regional manager told me that Santa Claus isn't real, and that they should have their parents call him to see if it's true. And I would shoplift anything I wanted cuz Wal-Mart is evil. If you don't believe me, watch this movie and see what a fucked up company they are. But if you MUST shop at Satan's Lair, please just take shit and leave.
Anyway, we had a blast all weekend. Saw lots of movies. Thanksgiving dinner went very well. Such good company. Diverse group of friends. One of our favorite movies is "Flirting With Disaster" so we made everyone watch that after dinner. We laughed our asses off. It was a good time. We had so many leftovers (even after we sent everyone home with doggy bags) so we invited everyone back Saturday for a sequel of T-Day.
Friday, we went to see a musician/salad maker/dinner guest perform at Ram's Head in Annapolis. Show was HOT. In fact, it was smoldering. Who do you think caused this a few doors down? Coincidence? I think not. For a good rundown of the show, check out this from a couple new bloggers.
Saturday, I went to a movie at DC's cool, new independent theaters downtown, E Street Cinemas. Great place to see a movie. Anyway, Marla and I went to see "Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic." Wow, what a crazy, funny, sick, stupid, odd movie. I laughed through the whole film (although it seemed I was the only one). She makes fun of every racial stereotype, or any stereotype for that matter. She also jokes about 9/11 and the Holocaust and other no-no's. Makes for some uncomfortable laughing but you can't help it. I could have done without some of the musical numbers and skits, but her stand up is really good.
Saturday evening, we had the same T-Day crew over again (plus 2 additions) to eat all our leftovers. We watched "The Upside of Anger." Another one of our favorite films. It seems like a chick flick for a good while but has a great ending. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
Anyway, I had stuffing for breakfast this morning. Ugh. How can we still possibly have food left over? Must. Hit. Gym.
Some random pics from the paparazzi on T-day & T-day 2. He took about 700 pics so I'll post the best ones when I get them. Not sure why some of them are so small but I do not ask questions from freelance photographers.
Pretty Table
The group (except for Jose)
Learning that the neck and giblets should be removed before cooking and not after.
Random photos from Turkey I and Turkey II
Posted by durban bud at November 28, 2005 11:21 AM
Comments
Wal-Mart unethical
There are MANY reasons not to shop at Wal-Mart (sprawl, child labor, etc) but if you still think low prices are all about free market principles and you are going to shop there this holiday season, I encourage you to resist the urge to rush out to Wal-Mart. Those discount prices actually are subsidized by American taxpayers because Wal-Mart has a corporate policy to under insure their employees. Nearly half (46%) of all Wal-Mart employees are on state funded Medicaid programs (meaning your tax dollars are subsidizing one of the most profitable corporations in the world who refuses to provide quality health insurance to their employees.)
Of the Soap Box giving thanksThanksgiving weekend was a lot of fun. I gave thanks for Target as they are a much more benign corporation. Sorry, that really was the last issue from the soap box. It was nice to be surrounded by good friends and food. We even ventured out in the cold and went all the way to Annapolis before it burned down. The Rams Head was fun and the entertainment was great and we got to see D and T. The entertainment was also kind enough to give us a ride home. Thanks to D and J who were kind enough to give us a ride to Annapolis.
And thanks for good movies, surround sound, our fireplace, our many fiends and stuffing.
Posted by: rob at November 28, 2005 03:29 PM
aww, it looks like your thanksgiving went really well. wish i was on the right coast to help you eat the leftovers.
what i learned from my thanksgiving--don't bring exes you've badmouthed to dinner. don't flash your hot pink american apparel undies at the dinner table. do, smoke lots of ganja before and after dinner. don't be asshamed to kick everyone's ass at 90's edition trivial pursuit.
(the winning answer--Ace of Base--ha!)
Posted by: jeremy at November 28, 2005 03:58 PM
No problem re: the ride to the show. It was good to have time to actually hang and talk to you guys.
Posted by: Dumbek at November 28, 2005 11:42 PM