November 26, 2005

• Turkey Day recap…gobbles you!

  
  
  Alright, i have been on hiatus long enough. time for a recap of the weekend.

  Wednesday Bahram and I flew back home to LA. I followed my annual
  tradition of returning from Chicago and eating at In N Out. Considering
  that this is usually the only time i will eat beef, much less a
  hamburger, i forgive myself. That ought to clue you in to how good
  these burgers are. I do not like the taste of beef and yet eat one
  double double whenever i come home.

  Later that night drove out to meet Jenn and her new bf. Who i might add
  seems neither gay, abusive, or neurotic, so for now he gets The Josh
  stamp of approval. you’re welcome, muranaka san Good times were
  had, as they always are whenever we get together. I disturbed them all
  with my tales of anatomy lab, not the least of which was my traumatic
  experience described in the last post.

  And from Dean, a list!

  Things you can say at Thanksgiving and get away with!
  

   
  

  1- Talk about a huge breast
  

  2- Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist
  

  3- its cool whip time!
  

  4- If I don’t undo my pants, I’ll burst!
  

  5- Whew, that’s one terrific spread
  

  6- I’m in the mood for a little dark meat
  

  7- Are you ready for seconds yet?
  

  8- Its just a little dry, do you still want to eat it?
  

  9- Just wait your turn, you’ll get some!
  

  10- Don’t play with your meat
  

  11- Just spread the legs open and stuff it
  

  12- Do you think you’ll be able to handle all these people at once?
  

  13-I didn’t expect everyone to come at once
  

  14- You still have a little bit on your chin!
  

  15- You’ll know its ready when it pops up
  

  16- How long will it take after you stick it in?
  

  17- Wow- I didn’t think I could handle all that
  

  18- That’s the biggest one I’ve ever seen
  

  19- How long do I beat it before its ready?

  So Thanksgiving. In a yearly tradition, my family and I drive down to
  San Diego where all our greek and mexican family live, and we have a
  big ol thanksgiving dinner. I like it because there is greek food.
  Turkey is involved too, but really it is all about the spanakopita, the
  greek salad, the avgolemono soup (this year provided by yours truly)
  and smothering lemon over everything there. Cousin Yvette brought her
  baby this year. Marty is a lot like my puppy in terms of being confused
  when picked up. Fred did not appreciate the comparison

  It must be so disorienting to be a baby, falling asleep and waking up
  in new places all the time, toted around like some kind of chloroformed
  kidnap victim

  but i digress.  There was much of the eating, and the reminiscing,
  and a pre-screening of my brother’s film (in theater on December 16th!)
  yes theater, singular. He’s not spielberg yet, but he will certainly
  give him a run for his money. This was followed by the annual old
  people and Josh poker game…i won 2 dollars. Not too bad when the ante
  is usually a nickle or dime.

  Black Friday was the usual madness. Got to CompUSA at 11pm thursday
  night to wait in line for the store to open at midnight. All i wanted
  from the place was a 1gb flash drive for me and a 512 for my friend.
  total cost would have been about 40 bucks. not too shabby. two bruised
  ribs and 3.5 hours later i had only managed to obtain the one flash
  drive and had just finished sitting in one of only two checker lines
  with 200 other people operated b y the slowest moving checkers you ever
  did see

  I also felt bad because i was next to a very nice and slightly fobbish
  chinese man who every 10 minutes or so of the 3 hours i was in line
  would point to somethign in the circular and ask me if it was good. If
  i made a comment to the effect of yah that product was okay, he would
  immediately ask me to hold his place in line, and go purchase 3 more of
  whatever the product was. This happend about 4 times to the point where
  i was afraid to open up my mouth because i kept running up his credit
  card bill. So finally he asked one more time and i said, no that is not
  that great. So he disappeared and only came back with one more. *sigh*

  Left compusa at 3:45 am, walked across the street and purchased a
  burrito from a business savvy snack cart driver waiting outside of best
  buy, then caught a ride over to Fry’s to wait for it too open at 5am.

  I only wish i had my camera. Fry’s looked like some sort of post
  apocalyptic homeless shelter. People were huddled up close together,
  bundled up in several coats or sleeping bags (although in all fairness
  it was 57 degrees in California ) sitting on tipped over shopping
  carts and cluthcing circulars too themselves. I really cant do the
  scene justice, but it was a beautiful mental ironical image, this
  celebration of capitalism making everyone look like the poorest of the
  poor. Only in america. Mad my purchases went home and slept for a few
  hours then continued shopping with the mom

  Then saw Harry Potter 4. It was dark, and they changed certain things
  from the book, but all in all i enjoyed it. Also, as the quality and
  number of movies that i see decrease, i get really bad at reviewing,
  and for this i am sorry. but the movie was in fact worth seeing. so go
  to it.

  And because I was tagged by niffy44 a while back, here are 5 weird habits of mine. if you want to play share, consider yourself tagged.

  1. I always put on first my right sock, then my left sock BUT my left
  pant leg then my right pant leg. I don’t know why i do this.

  2.Anytime i drive through a yellow light, i touch my fingers to my lips
  and hit the ceiling so nothing bad happens to me. thus far it has worked

  3. When i bother to gel my hair, i use two mirrors, the main view and
  the side view to make sure my profile isn’t all weird looking

  4. I shave using only water. no cream, no gel. Not even a blade okay maybe a blade, but that is it

  5. When I go to the zoo, i must both begin and end the visit with the monkey cages

  Okay okay, now i know you are all anxiously awaiting the oppportunity
  to see me in a turban, but i am still waiting to get a few diwali pics
  sent to me, so i will have that post up on monday. Til then, hold your
  horses and a happy remainder of the holiday weekend

  til next time-

  -J

  The Josh will baste YOUR turkey

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