Did You Miss Me? I Know I Missed All Of You!

So I totally kept myself busy enough this past week that I had absolutely zero time for this thing. Mission accomplished. I did mean to make my triumphant return last night, but I got caught up in homework. I almost missed tonight too. You see, I'm heading over to Anthony's in a bit, so I can't imagine I'd be home early enough to write an entry for all of you kids. So I decided I'd write it all now before Anthony gets out of work. Great idea, me! As I'm writing this, I keep on going to the Run For Cover Records website every two minutes to restart the new Hostage Calm song. It just so happens to be one of the greatest songs I can remember hearing in recent memory. So I think all of you should definitely check it out. Know what I mean? http://runforcoverrecords.com It's amazing, right? It sounds so much different from anything that Hostage Calm has put out to date, but it's absolutely amazing, and gets my full recommendation. So get into it! But this break from school was a total success. I guess I didn't see anyone who was home from school other than Christian and Kate, but I think I can still consider that a success. But they're back at their respective schools right now while I am finishing that whole school thing up. All I have is two World Music classes, one Marketing class along with a Marketing final, and just one Humanities class with no final. Then I'm done with school. Pretty exciting, eh? And then all of my friends will be back again for winter break. Although, Kate apparently has to go back to school very soon into January so she can continue interning. What kind of shit is that? All I know is that she better come home for my birthday weekend. I need to throw a huge rager, and it's just not the same without Kate there to cheat her way into winning Balderdash. Kate is such a cheater. But enough about Kate. She's the only one who reads this, and I'm sure she doesn't want to just read about herself the whole time.

So let me let you all in on how my Thanksgiving break went. Well it all started after I got out of work on Wednesday. And as is to be expected, whenever I'm psyched to get home for something, I'm going to be stuck in traffic. But eventually I did get home. Kate (Let's face it, Kate. You're going to make up at least half of this entry.) and Anthony beat me there, though. Apparently, I told them to just show up at my house instead of waiting for me to call. Oh well. At least I gave the message to Christian correctly. But I walked in and Kate and Anthony were inside hanging out with my parents over apple cider. They had already called Christian and told him to come over. He had completely forgot that our plans for the evening were even happening, but he said he'd be right over. And in typical Christian fashion, it took him a very long time to get to my house. So long in fact, that we were afraid that we would not be able to make it to American Pie Company in time to give Anthony a proper Thanksgiving. But he did end up making it, and as punishment we had him drive us all there. Although, it was hard to punish him at all after seeing him walk into my house. I missed him dearly, after all. We had to make our pleasantries quick, though. We were off to Sherman soon after that. We pulled into American Pie Company after a nice ride full of catching up and dad rock. We all walked in and the staff was very happy to see us so close to closing time. They promptly seated us at a table that was missing a chair. So while Christian, Kate, and I sat down comfortably, Anthony was forced to have his meal standing up. Or rather, he would have if he hadn't stolen a chair from some other table. What a punk. And since Anthony was going to be missing Thanksgiving this year, we made him get the Turkey Dinner. Christian got the Meatloaf, Kate got the Chicken Pot Pie, and I got myself the Portobello Chicken dinner. So while we waited for our meals to arrive, we quizzed each other with the very old Trivial Pursuit cards they kept at all the tables. We could tell they were old because they featured colorful phrasing such as "Who was the first black to..." Needless to say, we had a grand time simultaneously expanding our minds and sounding completely ignorant. We also snacked on freshly baked breads and delicious soup. But eventually, our meals arrived, and we dug in. Being that we were at the American Pie Company, all of the food was completely delicious. Unfortunately, I had filled up on bread and soup, so I did not end up conquering my meal, but I made a much better showing than Kate. She did not make much of a dent in her meal at all. But keep in mind, all of these foods were delicious. We just filled up on delicious bread and soup. Anthony and Christian both massacred their dishes, though. They also both eat tons and tons of food, though. After we were all done, the waitress asked if we were all set for dessert. And although I was full, the minute she said "peach raspberry pie" I was suddenly very hungry again. So I had that, and Christian got a pumpkin whoopie pie. That ended up being incredible, and I wish I had one right now. Pumpkin-flavored things are so great. (Pumpkin Mousse this Thanksgiving was pretty much perfect.) Anthony was too filled up for dessert, though. But not too full to try and swipe all of my whipped cream, though. Kate abstained from dessert on the grounds that there was going to be a cookies and milk party at my house afterward. But we all finished up and then made our way back to Danbury. Once we returned to my house, Anthony left to go get laid, Christian went home to have birthday cake for his dad's birthday, and Kate and I went inside to make turkey cookies. After we finished that, Kate and I went downstairs and watched some Top Chef. Eventually, Christian came back and that's when the cookie party began. I brought down all the cookies in the house and a big glass of milk, and then Kate started eating. Christian and I watched, because we were completely full. So Kate had a great time while we sat there wishing we could fit cookies into our stomachs. But to distract us from our utter jealousy of Kate's cookie consumption, we turned on one of our favorite movies. McHale's Navy! Kate had never seen it before, and she kind of still hasn't. She was falling asleep throughout the whole thing. But Christian and I were drawn in as much as we were the first time we saw it. I mean what a star-studded cast. Tom Arnold, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Deborah Messing, Ernest Borgnine, and David Alan Grier? It doesn't get much better than that. Once the movie was over, Kate decided it was time for her to leave. She was a tired girl, and she didn't trust us one bit if she were to fall asleep in our company. So she left, and then Christian and I played video games for the rest of the night. It was a beautiful thing.

Well I think I'm going to quit here. I still have more stories from Thanksgiving break, but I don't want to waste them all tonight. Plus, this thing is getting long. I don't want it to get too long, and lose the attention of all my many many readers. That would just be a tragedy. Anthony called about 15 minutes ago, though. He has to wait at the mall for AAA, because his brother's car broke down, and he needs to give him a ride back to his house. So who knows if I'll end up going out tonight. I guess only time will tell. But it's nice to be getting this thing done early either way. And even if I don't see Anthony tonight, I'll be sure to see him on Wednesday. You see, we're going to go see Fake Problems on Wednesday. I think it's going to be quite a good time. I've even been getting into them a lot more recently. There have even been times where I have been in moods specifically to listen to them. So I could definitely say that I'm pretty excited to see them. Alright. I think I'm going to get to that wrapping up I said I was going to do. I'll see you guys tomorrow. I hope you're happy to have me back. I missed each and every one of you. Bye!