it's turkey time... [2007.12.09]

Okay, so this is a bit after the fact, and way after Jess' wonderful piece (with pictures!):
euphemistical kashi
but better late than never, I reckon.

Jess K., Nathan, Christina, and I all met back in New York during the course of various pre-departure events.  We all bonded even more during the (extended) wait to get on our flight to Tokyo, chilling on the floor at the terminal.  Tokyo had the four of us thick as thieves, with several people thinking that Nathan and I actually went to college together, rather than meeting two days prior, much to our amusement.  It was in Tokyo that we all decided that three months later, we would get together for Thanksgiving.

Now Jess and I live about three hours apart in Nagasaki Prefecture, and Christine technically lives in Nagasaki but way off on an island north of here, so it's a bit of a trek.  Nathan though, he lives alll the way up in Miyagi Prefecture, which is quite a bit north.

Despite the distance, we planned it out over the months, and come the Sunday after Thanksgiving, three out of four of us were sharing table space at Jessica's house along with her father, her husband Scott, and her neighbor Alex (Christine couldn't make it).  It was glorious!  

While we didn't eat any actual turkey meat, we did have a pretty serious spread otherwise, with mashed potatoes, candied yams (WITH the marshmallows), green beans & bacon, salad, barbecued chicken, REAL Stovetop stuffing (thanks to Jess' parents), and gravy.  We still had some turkey representation though, with an adorable (and soft!) plush turkey that Christina sent me (thank you!) and the bottle of Wild Turkey Kentucky Bourbon that Nathan brought.  I'd never had Wild Turkey before, but we sure had some that day!

It really was a wonderful weekend, and it was really nice to be able to spend some time with good friends to make being away from the US for such a family-centered holiday not so bad at all.

sentimental *BRURRP* future love,

-greg.

ps: with apologies to Azad, Jim, Matt, and anyone else who has ever seen the movie Gigli.  gobble gobble.

pps: man, that last one ("tie game") was positively littered with grammatically [wow, that is horrible] mistakes.  i shouldn't write these at like one in the morning anymore...