Annual Thanksgiving dessert at my Mhaimeo's house. Graham Cracker Custard Pie.



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Remind me why shopping on Black Friday is supposed to be a good idea? The aunts are still shopping, but I had to get out of there. it's not like I have to rush to do the presents, after all.

I'm still debating about whether or not I want to take the MCATS. I mean, looking at it that way, well duh, you graduated Pre-Med take the MCATs, its the next logical step.

The thing is, if I take the MCATs, most likely, I'd be staying in the East, and I really really miss the heat already.

That, and I've gotten used to being out of school. Phlebotomy is a steady, easy career.

Plus, seriously? Malpractice insurance is killer.

I don't know. Blargh. I think I'll spend awhile on fandom_wank, see if anything amusing is going on.

ETA: And now the cousins are arguing about which opera we;re going to see this winter. La Rondine or La Boheme.

I'm not getting into the argument, but if there are any gods up there: La Rondine, PLEASE. Angela Gheorghiu! I mean, I adore Puccini, but Angela Gheorghiu!

So, I pack up and go to my Mhaimeo's house, and got up at 5:45 after going to bed at 2:30, so I could help cook. Granted, I love to cook, but you stick four Irish women, and one half-Romanian/half-Irish chick in a kitchen, and guess who takes over.

Hint? I got stuck holding the turkey open while they stuffed. I'm not sure whether they were taking pity on me or tormenting me by letting (making) me do the black pudding. At any rate, that's how it started.

Then Maggie called, and it was cute, wishing me a happy Thanksgiving and talk about how much she missed me, and how awkward it was her family. This would have been great, if Sarah hadn't called at that exact moment. Now, Sarah doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, because she's native American and all, but last year she had come up and spent the week or so with me and my family.

Anyway, Sarah called on the land-line, and while I try to (subtly) get off the phone with Maggie, so I can save Sarah from the deluge of my family wanting to know how everything was. Then Mhaimeo says (loudly) "Sumaire, darling, Sarah's on the phone, she misses you!"

Maggie hears this, and throws a snit, saying that I should go talk to Sarah and figure out who I miss and hangs up.

Girls can be so bloody complicated. Friend =/= girlfriend. especially when said friend is straight.

Then, after lunch, I get banished from the kitchen, and decide to hook my laptop to the modem. I ended up spending 45 minutes on the phone with tech support, when I told them the problem was that the Verizon dialer wouldn't install, and they had me do all sorts of bullshit.

Finally, I lost my tempr and cursed at them, and told them what the problem was, and they go: "Oh, I can tell you how to connect manually."

Well DUH, that's what I said I needed to do FORTY-FIVE MINUTES AGO.

Fail, internet tech support, FAIL.

The kind that's up at 5:45 because she's going to be helping four other women cook in fifteen minutes.

Another Romanian recipe. Placinta cu prune, or Plum pie.



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Stuffing/dressing, whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it, but it appears every year. I groan every time, and then they always ask "Do you want some?" even though they all know I can't stand it.

I have to admit, I went to see Twilight on Friday. The movie was so much better than the books, to be honest. I read the books, and while the grammar made me wince, and Edward is a creepy stalker, it's like caffeine. You can't believe some of this crap is true...(Sparkling? Really? Vampire baseball?!) but for some reason you can't help but want to know what the hell happens next.

But the movie is so much better. the plot appears before the book is three-quarters over, Bella is far more three dimensional then she was in the book, and Alice is freaking awesome. Screw Bella and Edward, i want more Psychic!Ninja!Vampire Alice, who can twist off a dude's head in a split-second.

It's not for serious vampire or horror fans, but he movie was so much funnier, faster-paced, and more developed than the books.

I have to add this slideshow--28 reasons why the movie is better

Also m15m has a wonderful Twilight in Fifteen Minutes summary--If your afraid of the fangirls, try it.

I have to admit, I'm ashamed, I now want to watch the vampire baseball again.

(Note to movie people: In New Moon, can we have more Alice?)

Well, this is a traditional Christmas/Yule/Wintertide dish, so I figured with the season, I'd bring a little happiness. It's a sort of walnut sweet bread, and there are two parts to it.


( Part I--Dough )

( Part II--The Filling )