Happy Thanksgiving from me and from Rahm Emanuel. :D

One thing I am thankful for today: discovering what a TOTAL HOTTIE James Kyson Lee is behind that sidekick exterior. Oh my GOD, that boy is ripped. Also: package. Yeah, I pointed it out, now you HAVE to look.

Another thing I am thankful for: weslyn is writing me Hiro/Ando fic! ♥ and I finished writing one of my own! I am the happiest panda. :D :D :D

Now, I uploaded three Gackt albums for her, so I'm going to share with everyone. (oh man, I missed listening to Gackt. I freaking LOVE the Mars album.)

Mars
Moon
Rebirth


More thankfulness later~~~ bed now. xD

Absolutely bizarre dream. Got lost in NYC, separated from Mom, and decided to go see tick, tick... boom! Bought the tickets, tried to find my way there, ended up walking into a musical being workshopped. It was about Jesus and his las few days... and John was totes hot. ♥ The writer was all nervous and I told here I was there by accident but I was glad I was there.

Then she and I drove to Jersey, but on the way the sky started to crack, split with pink lines that spread tiny evil storms. When we got to where we were going, my mom was there, and it turned out she knew the lady so I ended up being ignored...

*sigh* I can hardly keep my eyes open.

ohhhh, I am so fat and happy right now. :D

My mom makes the best side dishes. ever.

Julia didn't come eat with us, so for a little while Butcher sat in her chair. Little grey kitty face peeking over the table: completely too adorable for words.

Now, I am going to nap off some of this tryptophan and make room for omgpiecheesecakecranberryupsidedowncake NOM NOM DESSERT.

Yes, it's a tired sort of thing that the rest of the world has to deal with from American LJers every year. Yes, I do it every year. And I'm going to do it again this year. :D

I'm thankful for my family.
For my brother Dennis, who never seemed to consider his lame big sister an imposition, who looked out for me and took my side when I felt defenseless, who was willing to beat the shit out of someone for my sake, who makes me smile without even intending it sometimes.
For my sister Julia, who won't let me cloister myself alone in my room because she's always trying to get me to do something with her, even if it's just sharing a cigarette out the bedroom window, who teases me about being fannish but understands it anyway, who I can talk to more honestly than anyone else.
For my littlest sister Rachael, who makes me feel ancient by being such a teenager, who tells me about all her drama even though I hardly understand most of it, who somehow manages to keep herself optimistic and sassy even when she's in pain or feeling down, who is always unapologetically herself.
For my dad, and his surprising turns of empathy in moments when I feel like I'm in a freefall, who bitches about the pets but then does things like fall asleep petting Oreo, who passed on so many of my non-physical traits (I wish I'd gotten the height!), who hides his own emotions but does the kindest things for people he hardly knows.
For my mom, who I am so alike in so many ways, who somehow puts up with all the million demands on her time and still has time to hug me when I need one, who I can laugh with and joke around with and argue with and be frustrated with and still be absolutely certain that she loves me unconditionally, who cries at movies and books and songs and tv shows and even just when someone says something meaningful.
I'm thankful that I never had to worry about where I would be sleeping, that I have people who care enough about me to care for me.

( I'm thankful for LJ cuts, so you won't all kill me for filling up your flists in epic fashion )

I'm thankful for Butcher, because that cat is the best friend I have, because he listens to me and when I need him to, he'll sit in my lap and purr, because he's such a goofball and so funny sometimes, because I can look into his green eyes and feel like hey, things are going to be okay, I've got a cat.

I'm thankful for all of my friends on LJ.
For your comments, the ones that bring lulz and the ones that bring comfort, the serious discussions and the cracked-out comment wars.
For being the wonderful, weird, creative, assertive, emotionally-unbalanced, beautiful, kind and loving people you are, and letting me get to know you in this limited but (sometimes incredibly) revealing way.
For sticking with me through my freakouts, my bitchiness, my depression, and my pain, and letting me know that you're here for me and thinking about me and loving me. And for letting me stand by you and love you back.

And oh my god, I am thankful for turkey and buttermilk rolls and mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes with pecans and stuffing and black olives and cheesecake and the success of pumpkin pie with cream cheese swirls, and apple cider, so much apple cider!

♥ I hope you guys all had as wonderful a day as I did. Love to you all.

Tomorrow, I do something I swore to myself I would never do.

I am going to a major shopping center on Black Friday, three hours before the sun even THINKS about coming up.

Me, my brother, my sisters, and Ryan Church in one small car, driving to Syracuse in the dark, battling our way through the Carousel Mall through frenzied ass-early shoppers.

If I don't post by midafternoon tomorrow, assume the worst.