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sprunkle

Thanksgiving in Montreal This Year

Oct 08, 2006 14:45

I'm spending Thanksgiving in Montreal this year, which is a little bittersweet for me. As much as I love Montreal, I wanted to see my parents and my brother, and eat all of the scrummy food my parents usually buy. Plus, I was looking for a reprieve from my apparently cursed life. I keep on making really stupid, embarrassing mistakes in Russian ( Read more... )

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veeboochi October 9 2006, 01:15:16 UTC

Your posts are so entertaining! It reminds me of my own life pre-marriage. However- being an american, I don't understand the Canadian Thanksgiving being in October. Is it the same holiday with a date or a different holiday with the same name?

If you do ever finish the big scratchy sweater- hope that you do post a picture. Would love to see it so that I may be inspired to make my own big scratchy sweater.

sprunkle October 11 2006, 05:02:29 UTC

Aw, thanks for the compliments. It's pretty much the same holiday- we get a day off, eat turkey and pie. Of course, that didn't stop my Dad and me from taking American Thanksgiving off and watching college football on the telly when I was still in high school. I found this amusing blog post about it:
http://futuremd.blogspot.com/2005/11/canadian-versus-american-thanksgiving.html
I should really pull out the old camera and take some pictures of it in progress, but perhaps with some artful lighting to hide the colour change,

azuree October 9 2006, 01:46:00 UTC

Enjoy your Thanksgiving! I don't get to go home either, but my friend invited me over to her place, and I ate enough to sustain me until Christmas, so it's all good. ;)

Haha, I'm sure your Chomsky essay is better than the group Organizational Behaviour essay I have to turn in. I meekly asked my group members if maybe we should start with introductory and concluding sentences in each PARAGRAPH and they all though it was unnecessary. ::looks::

sprunkle October 11 2006, 05:04:33 UTC

Ack, you have to write group essays? That sounds dreadful. I do believe that rules about essay-writing, such as introductory and concluding sentences, can be broken from time to time depending on the overall style of the essay, but if you thought the essay needed them then it probably did for clarity and organization.
Seriously, down with groupwork.

azuree October 13 2006, 03:45:10 UTC

It's not too bad, it's just that the sucky part is that I could have sat back and done nothing, and it still would have gotten done, and other people DO that, so, it's not really a whole group effort, ever. If that makes any sense. It's just so easy for people to slack off.

catlein October 9 2006, 17:53:32 UTC

No need for worrying. The pies were awesome! Though I do understand your distress over spending the holidays here. Damn you travelling! Wish they'd move their asses on making teleportation a viable transportation device. No idea who they is... meh ^__^

catlein October 9 2006, 17:54:04 UTC

And crap... I do so want to see your verson of Chomskey! The Musical!

sprunkle October 11 2006, 05:05:59 UTC

It does feature such hits as "Shut up, Chomsky" and "Shave and a Haircut- Chomsky clearly pays less than two bits for his!" Buy the original broadway cast recording NOW NOW NOW!