I don’t know how I feel about Thanksgiving. I should start by saying I miss my family. It’s one of those occasions you know family is getting together for, and it certainly is one of those times you want to be there. But, I don’t know if that part is any different for me then if everyone is getting together for some other event.
I mean historically speaking it’s a sort of disturbing event, at least to me it seems that way. I mean as nice and peaceful and wonderful as the first Thanksgiving could have possibly been, it doesn’t even hold salt to the atrocious genocide that occured after. All the love that might have been expressed seems pretty irrelevant compared to the hateful use of slaves that labored in this land for years after that feast. I don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving just doesn’t seem like a happy thing to celebrate.

That aside I had a good day on Thursday. I worked from 7-3, which meant hanging out with the one guy that was still at his cottage, then going to a Thanksgiving lunch buffet with four students and three staff (good ratio).
After that it was off to our wonderful friends Bob and Jewly’s for a Thanksgiving evening of more food and great conversation. And a viewing of the movie K-Pax.

Good times, and being with people is something I always enjoy. Hope I didn’t ruin any holiday spirits, I tried to wait till after the day to write about it.