2004-11-27
well carve me up and call me a jive turkey
Miss Linguist loves Thanksgiving. Did I ever tell you that my faithful readers? Oh yes yes. Miss Linguist is a turkey-preparing officiando. Probably because the turkey we have is Jennie-O and requires absolutely no preparation whatsoever.
Her side of the family came over since that is all that is left in this small town hell. My aunt Birdbrain, cousin RocktheCasbah, Uncle IrishCatholic, and cousin Literal all came. Of course, since they were born with the troubling 'always late' gene, they arrived half an hour late and by that time the poor little Jennie-O had hardened slightly. But after a quick nuking in the mircrowave, everything else was a-ok.
After opening a bottle of our finest white wine[which yours truly picked out thankyouverymuch]the two female parentals were er...let's say they were safely tucked away in Giddyland. I had a glass and a half myself, but the Irish complex kicked in and I held it steadfast[that's a beautiful, why don't more people use it?].
Uncle IrishCatholic wanted to watch the Bears/Cowboys game as soon as he entered the house and Aunt Birdbrain said that since we didn't have a remote he would have to clap to turn on the TV. Silly Uncle IrishCatholic,the most gruff-on-the-surface man I have ever met, actually clapped. Twice. Aunt Birdbrain was cracking up, as was Literal. Finally he realized that they were playing a cruel joke on them and made Birdbrain turn the TV on for him. Rather hilarious to see a grown man trying to turn on a small television by clapping. Picture it and laugh heartily.
We tried to play a game of gin while listening to my Gaelic Storm music that I have downloaded on the this PC. It was all going so well until a particular song came on and Miss Linguist and Birdbrain decided to get up an do a jig and reel in our small kitchen. Thus, they kicked over a folding chair and knocked around the dishes sitting in the sink. Needless to say, we didn't really accomplish anyone getting gin so we switched over to 31.[always a safe bet to play when your relatives are drunk and numbers in sequence are difficult]
They left around 10. I watched an interesting PBS documentary about the North Pole expedition in 1912 that went so wrong. You might think this makes me a quack but it was interesting and primarily, not the leaders fault they all parished. Then I had to watch the conclusion of Regency House Party, which knowing PBS, was probably shown already in August and I was seeing the repeat. Didn't matter to me since Miss Hopkins ended up with Mr. Everett. Great match if you ask my opinion[which seeing as you just threw a sandwich at me, I'm gonna guess you didn't]
In other news:I am actually excited about the movie version of Pantom. Anyone want to ditch out on family Christmas and watch it with me? Twould be a pleasure don't you think?
This has been your Jane Austien documentary loving diarist. Ooh tonight maybe they'll do something on mummified turkey.
Quote of the day:"Oh I didn't serve wine in that glass because there was dirt in the bottom of it."-[Miss Linguist]