My Thanksgiving was quite eventful, actually. I had 14 people in my house for dinner. We were really getting in each other's personal space a lot but it was a lot of fun. We made a huge turkey, tons of mashed potatoes and everything else you'd expect at Thanksgiving dinner. There's also this dish that's customary in my family to make during the holidays called lefse. It's a Norwegian dessert that we make. Basically you make mashed potatoes and roll them into balls. Then you use a rolling pin and flatten them out into thin crepe-type things and cook them on a lefse griddle. After they're cooked you brush one side with butter, sprinkle sugar on it and roll it up. Then you eat it! It's really really tasty. It takes a long time to make because of all the lefse we made but it's very delicious.
Lots of families do different things with Thanksgiving leftovers; I know someone who makes a giant casserole out of everything. In my family we make hot open-faced turkey and gravy sandwiches. Yummm :)
Crunch time now, ladies and gents. I thought the week before break was hard. This week I have 2 tests, lots of quizzes and tons of finals to study for. It's going to be a madhouse. Then there's dead week with studying for finals. Fortunately I only have to take 3 finals: Humanities, Calculus and Philosophy. I can come home after my Philosophy final.
Over the break I saw some cool movies: The Fourth Kind, New Moon and The Blind Side. The Fourth Kind was okay; the attempt to make fake footage look real was iffy. New Moon was just a culmination of the pre-pubescent girl hype and obsession with fictitious characters and mythological fantasies. The Blind Side was based on the true story of a homeless high school student turned pro football player. Sandra Bullock did a great job of personifying the "Bible Belt" Southern mom, in my opinion.
Good luck on exams, everyone!
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