3 Guys, a House and a Web Site: Turkey Day
11/23/06
Thanksgiving is one of those rare ocassions when you can find a number of my relatives together in one building.
But even when we are together . . . we still find ways to be apart.
The women sit together and talk about things that only women talk about.
The men hang in the livingroom and watch the game.
While John and I go off into a secluded room and play Halo on our Uncle's X-box.
But when my aunt brings out that big delicious butterball turkey, it brings everyone together, and the most entertaining conversations begin.
For some reason my cousin Robin's stories always invovled alcohol and partial nudity.
Robin: . . . and so I'm totally flat out wasted, right? I climb up on a table pull my shirt off and start dancing topless right there in the bar.
And then after everyone is done telling they're interesting stories they always ask me what I've been doing lately. Usually all I have to to tell them is that I'm running a crappy website and playing video games. If I told them any of the interesting stuff, like the witch and the clones she made, burning down the court house, kicking Jesus out of the house . . . they'd probably send me to a mental hospital just like uncle Dan.
And of course they ask me about my life goals. Because apparently everyone is supposed to have some.
Mike: Well . . . I'm going to EB Games in the morning to buy a Wii . . . That's like the only goal I have right now. Well I suppose that after I buy a Wii my next goal will be to beat Legend of Zelda.
*Awkward Silence*
Aunt Debbie: . . . So . . . uh . . . didn't you say your friend WiGgY was coming? Where is he?
Mike & John: Uh . . . .
Elsewhere, at an unnamed homeless shelter . . . .
WiGgY: Ripping my favorite shirt, not showering for 3 weeks, and getting mugged in line 7 times was totally worth it for the free food.
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