Well, it's all over, folks. It was a success! Kathy didn't die, and everything was delicious and there are PLENTY of leftovers to feed whatever friends wander by for the next few days. I'm going to take the weekend to catch up on homework, study for my final and do some much-needed writing.

Now Kathy's asleep (because she has to be at work at 5am, poor thing!) and Kelly's out taking a walk in the POURING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM (which she says is proof positive that there is a zombie apocalypse coming, but I say there's never been a rainstorm in a zombie movie--not to herald the beginning, anyway. This is more slasher-horror-type weather), while I finish my last update.

As it turns out, this is what we saw coming home on Wednesday night, which is actually pretty awful.

( For a lighter subject, click this link! )

( Obligatory Family Mention )

( Finally, Kelly's EVIL retaliation!! )

I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was as PLEASANT as mine, and I hope you enjoyed my rambling spam of your f-list! Goodnight everyone!

Dinner is over! Now we're all sitting around on my mismatched couches (the matching stuff moved with deathgod02) talking about geeky things like fantasy books and anime and movies with Keanu Reeves and Bobby's job as an FBI agent (which, come to think of, isn't that geeky unless you sort of think of it in an X-Files context).

The food was a success! The turkey WAS a bit salty, but not too much, and I almost forgot the corn AGAIN (and I didn't get to the broccoli), and we're still 1 and a half LARGE pans of candied yams deep, but still! Now, who's coming over for leftovers? :-D

Having Bobby here is nice. It's like having my own little brother here. Except, well, probably less talk of Boondock Saints and less swearing.

( Now for some promised pictures! )

Now, off for dessert!

Turkey's done! @ 3:00pm, just as I predicted. (I predicted it to Kelly over the phone, not to lj, but take my word on it.) Now I'm just waiting for it to stop bubbling so I can get it in the car. It's got a lot of juice in the bottom, so I'm going to have to pour some of that out--sad, because I use that for gravy-stock, usually.

Also, I tasted a piece of the skin, and it tasted more salty than usual. Hmmm...I looked over my recipe last night and realized I put two cups of salt into the brine when I usually put only one. And the vegetable broth, itself, might have had some salt in it, since it was store-bought.

BAH! It's amazing how many mistakes I can make doing this, even though I've been doing it for 5 years already....

So, since it 'tis the time of Thanks and Giving, I thought I'd talk about my favorite charity:
CHILD'S PLAY

Which is the charity BY gamers (specifically the awesome duo over at Penny Arcade), whose donations come FROM the gamer community, to help sick kids by giving money to children's hospitals, and children's wards.

(I've already posted this on facebook, so I apologize for the double posting, but I thought it was a cause worth talking about more than once.)

The purpose of this charity is twofold:
1) First and foremost, to help children in need.
2) To help establish for the general populace that gamers are not all gun-toting tick-bombs of rage and destruction, ready to go off any minute and take out a school or some other such nonsense.

There are three ways you can contribute:
1) Give them money directly. Give them cash directly via Paypal (I think they also have an address on their website that you can mail in money if need be.)
- I actually donated through other groups because, for some reason, I feel less anonymous and adrift that way.
- I split my donation this year, sending one through Desert Bus for Hope which is an annual charity drive by the people over at LoadReadyRun. Sadly, it's over, now, but I thought I'd post it for future reference.
- The other I gave through Azeroth United which is a great one for all you WoW-ers out there! :-D
- If neither of those floats your boat, there is a number of other charity events that are going on around the country.

2) You can go to their website, pick a hospital from the map, and browse through their Amazon wishlist, picking whatever you like that's in your budget range.

3) Buy or sell things on eBay. It's that easy!

It's totally understandable if no one has the money for anything extra this year. Most years this has been going on, I couldn't give anything. But! I posted this mostly for those who didn't even know it existed. Knowing is half the battle! ....or something.

(That was totally lame. Sorry.)

Okay, okay. Shutting up, now! :-D

So I'm over at Katie's, now, totally stealing her computer. The turkey is in its second stage (i.e. after 500 degrees for a half an hour to brown it), and I think Katie's oven runs slightly hot because it's a bit blackened. I'm sure the inside will be fine, though.

( This is the menu. )

( Being alone at someone else's house sort of completely defeats the purpose of inviting people over to your house for the holidays... )

( Silent Hill, awaaaaay! )

Oh! Yes! I wanted to post PICTURES this year, for another level of excitement! Well, I think it would be exciting, anyway. However, my digital camera eats batteries so quickly, my little rechargeable ones don't keep it alive for more than a minute. So I have to get some SERIOUS batteries before I can take pictures of anything.

Also, I'm trying to change my lj theme, but thus far, I've been discontent with the results. MARY, if you're around and unbusy at some point, I would like to talk to you about graphics, since I always enjoy yours in your lj so much. :-D

All right, I'm out!

I'm awake!


Well, I'm upright and my eyes are open, at least. So, no snow for nightwalker, yet. But instead! A dense, choking FOG! YAY!


....wait.



OH. MY. GOD. WE'RE IN SILENT HILL!


No, it's cool. It's cool. As long as we don't hear the air raid siren, we should be okay.

(This is so much worse than zombies. For serious. I don't want to know what kind of monsters are in my psyche.)

On a side note: My apologies to those who've made comments on my last few posts. I'll reply to them, soon, I promise! Just as soon as I get a moment to pause. Right now, I'm going to collect all the ingredients I need for the turkey, find some breakfast and head over to Katie's house. Huzzah!

...I need my flashlight and an old fashioned radio that buzzes static whenever monsters get near....

GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS?? Hello everyone! I'm getting a jump start this year and posting early, though I suppose that it is TECHNICALLY Thanksgiving Day right now, at least on the East Coast. Joining me this time are the lovely Kelly (nightwalker) and Kathy (moonu_uwalker), with special guest Bobby, who is Kelly's little brother. (When I say little I mean he's in his twenties, but you get the idea.)

( So this year's challenge: no oven! )

( It may or may not be the Zombie Apocalypse and if it is, I need to stop and get more gas. )

( I babble about the actual food. )

I'm off to bed! I have to get up early tomorrow to get over to Katie's apartment and start the turkey. Good night, all!

Still ALIIIIIIIIVE. Okay, so I highly recommend Kung Fu Panda for the dumpling fight scene ALONE, and the rest of the movie is good, too. ^_^

( The Turkey is alive too! ...but in a dead way! ....it didn't suck! )

( Movie Reviews! )

( Family Peoples )

( NEW OBSESSION!! )

So how is everyone else? ^_^ Love to you all! *collective hug*

Hello hello! It's Sonnet's annual Thanksgiving Day Post. Everyone ready?

( I always talk about work the night before, and this year is no exception. )

Can I just say that I HATE TWILIGHT? This has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but I work in a bookstore in the children's section (which includes teen books) and that's ALL I HEAR ABOUT THESE DAYS. Seriously. They're not good books. I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I thought I'd get this off my chest.

( The Twilight Series SUCKS HAIRY MONKEY BALLS. )

( Okay, I'm done. Sorry. Back to work. )

( Things are not well in the kitchen. )

( SIGH. )

All right, that's all for now. I'll keep everyone posted! (Really, does anyone but me enjoy these for real, yo? ^_^ )

...it's too bad I chose to put them in everything this year.

Hello, all! It's an annual Thanksgiving Post! I'm very late. I apologize! But everything cooked so well in concert that I didn't have time to write. Plus, I went to post, realized I don't have a Thanksgiving Icon, hunted one down, uploaded it, and then spent nearly an hour rearranging my icons, because I'm a LOSER.

In any case! There were no major mishaps today. I know, it makes things boring. But nothing burned, nothing melted, and I cooked the turkey almost perfectly! It was a liiiitle dry, but not bad at all. ^_^

( The Turkey Recipe )

( Work Rambles )

( Notes on the side dishes. )

( The guest list. )

( So back to those onions...and how about the crazy weather which makes Kelly angry? )

( Obligatory Family Mention. )

So I think that's pretty much it. Enough about me. How was everyone else's holiday? ^_____^ Love and miss you all!