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Giving Thanks

11/29/2010

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Returning back from break (even though I didn't actually go anywhere for the holiday) is kind of rough-- but having a short break from work & school was most excellent. I can ::just:: hear my assignments calling me to brush up on actionscripting and to quit this darn blogging... 
(I hate actionscripting).

I helped my brother, who came back home from school for a few days over the Thanksgiving break, make pumpkin cheesecakes on Thanksgiving Eve. Turns out, a hugely disgusting amount of cream cheese-- pounds and pounds of the stuff-- goes into cheesecakes...

There were no cheesecakes left by Saturday. Not a single one.

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Brother was in charge of making, well, everything Thanksgiving-meal related, from mashed potatoes to stuffing to sweet potatoes to gravy to the turkey.  


We got the smallest turkey we could find, which was still a 16 pounder. It actually turned out to be an appropriately sized bird, and was pretty much completely eaten by the end of the Thanksgiving meal ( held at my cousin/bff !'s house, with lots of family friends invited, including my neighbors-- the adults just made the entire day a majong-playing day). 

Despite my vegetarianism, I found the turkey-cooking process wholly fascinating:
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spices, herbs and butter on turkey
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rubbin' it in
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After posting those snapshots up, all I can see is: 

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End result. 
It smelled great. 
I miss turkey. 

The stuffing and mashed potatoes were good though. And the green veggies. And the cheesecake. Goodness I want more pumpkin cheesecake (::whine:: despite the amount we made, all I had was a small sliver). Oh well- there's always Christmas for more pastries and foodstuffs.  

What happens when I give in to my cats: 
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And a non-cynical (break from my ole- blah blah blah Stolen land! The death of millions of Native Americans! The slaughter of millions of turkeys! Boo, why do we even celebrate this holiday?!) reflection on Thanksgiving:
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Natalie
11/29/2010 10:04:09 pm

hey doris
these illustrations are getting better every time! I should bring some of my bad comics to class sometime.

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ka
11/30/2010 01:41:05 am

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kat
11/30/2010 01:44:53 am

Awww your last comic is sooo cute! And makes me feel bad - both in envy of you and cause I've been super ungrateful recently... But ill try to have a more positive attitude like you!

-Kat

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