Penchant

Thanksgiving 2005 has come and gone, marking the start of the holiday season (at least, that's what various retailers would have you believe... (/conspiracy)). The NARFA Turkey Day thing went very well, and everyone gathered at the abode of stickypawz and I to decimate Ryngs' ham and a few other things. Our kitchen is once again a wreck, but I'm glad it is. A messy house is a house well-lived...in. Or something.

I made roasted garlic mashed potatoes, which went over well (only prismo specifically complimented me on it...thanks, Walla, for building my fragile ego ;)), and carrot cake which was *awesome* but no one ate (more for me!), and borscht, which was officially D.O.A. I'm not sure what went wrong, exactly; the soup itself wasn't bad, actually, but with 'exotic' dishes and the like you want to be sure it knocks people's socks off so they'll try it. No such luck; at best, it was below average. So we all made fun of the word 'borscht' instead, which is kind of like eating it. Only you don't stain your teeth beet red.

Now begins the countdown to Vacation 2005. :D At this time next week I'll be in sunny California, kissing Tube every chance I get and many other activities that won't be mentioned here. :) There's so much to do before that happens, though; I'll be working every day except Sunday until I leave, and I have to do laundry and pack, and play in a game, run a game, and watch a movie with a dear friend. Oof.

Work is appropriately worky; I'm trying to catch up on everything and organize stuff so it's not so difficult to work my sections when I'm gone. I think I'll actually be in good shape if I can just shelve Travel duplicates before I go. Everything else is pretty much done, except for Travel actually being straightened. Ah well, it'll be good to have goals to come back to. ;)

The Narnia movie is fast-approaching, and I cannot wait! This is the movie I've been waiting for all year. What worries me, though, is that the whole thing becomes tied with the evangelical surge happening here in America and people get turned off to 'yet another conversion attempt.' Lewis doesn't deserve the tag of prosletyzer, and his work certainly doesn't deserve to be a tool of some politico-Christian faction just aiming to put more butts in the pews. It bothers me on some intrinsic level whenever something pure becomes corrupted for something so...common and dirty. Lewis' faith is all over his books, and it's not asking its audience for anything. It's just there, and that's very attractive. I'd hate to see the chance for his work to speak for itself ruined by someone with an agenda. Bad form. :P

One more push with books, and then I'll go home. arlekin's Werewolf game is tonight. It's very...interesting so far. I think it's because our group is so small (the only players are Jim and I), but the task before us is depressingly large for only two people...even if they are two people who can rip the faces off most other folks without even blinking. More thinking about why I don't like W:tA, ultimately, ensues.

( White Wolf, Meet Existentialism. )

I rambled a bit longer than I thought I was going to. Ah well. :) Hope everyone had a great holiday.