it gets dark around here early because of all the crows
you should listen to this song while you imagine my back yard. also, i took some pictures, but they don't convey the masses of crows (at least one murder of them) roosting in our trees.i love them.

serious
a serious man + incessant snacking = the day after thanksgiving.

fantastic
a feast at the kebab factory + fantastic mr. fox = thanksgiving.

thanks
oh, thanksgiving. i have such mixed emotions about you, you deceptive holiday. i spent countless elementary school class periods making and wearing construction paper pilgrim hats and "indian" headdresses and then sitting down to cafeteria meals of sliced turkey alongside those glutinous piles of mashed potatoes with the perfect concavity in the middle for the gravy, only learning years later what a bizarrely positive spin had been applied to thanksgiving, how fooled we all were.i've known the true story for a while now (and my own kids learned a much more accurate version of the way native people were treated in this country), but i was still shocked and upset when i watched am

quiz results
and the answer is...OAKDALE! the winners are meg, lisa, and mama d, who will be receiving baked goods of some sort very soon (meg, i am thinking i'll bring something delicious to jen's house december tenth, if you don't mind sharing). i told you it was hard!