I'm Just Wild About Harry...

Mood: Burned out
Song: Miserere - The Sixteen
Units of Caffeine: 0.75
Days Until Graduation: 23
Days Until Thesis Is Due: 5

Amazingly, I have a moment to write about something other than the Renaissance right now. Woo hoo! For the past two days I have been writing from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; stopping only to answer the phone or do some small task at work and to eat. Right now I'm pretty sick of the paper and can't wait to be done with it - But, of course, doing anything for 14 hours at a time for two days in a row would make someone pretty chachi. Truth be told, I'm doing these marathon writing sessions so that I can enjoy some of the holiday this week. (At the very least, I would like to just enjoy Thanksgiving Day without working on the paper.) It makes me very happy to think that next week at this time, I will be done!!!

But enough about me and this seemingly neverending paper. Let's talk about other things. Pleasant things, like yummy turkey; delicious stuffing; and custardy pumpkin pie. Mmmmmm. You know... it forces me to ask myself: If I like turkey so much, why don't I have it more than once a year? Well, truth be told; K and I live almost exclusively on turkey. We are fare from being vegetarians, but for health reasons, we don't eat very much red meat at all. Probably once a month, on average. Almost every meat product that we eat is turkey meat: ground turkey, turkey sausage, turkey ham, turkey dogs, etc. But, it's true that there is really nothing like eating it as nature intended: Roasted with mashed potatoes.

But something else I enjoy on Thanksgiving, aside from the massive quantities of food, is the tradition that K and I have to go to a movie after the Thanksgiving dinner. Since we have dinner at my in-laws, we started the tradition as an excuse to leave; but now it's more than that. It's not just an excuse, but something we enjoy and look forward to each year. Of course, we can catch a flick any time, but there's just something about our annual post-Thanksgiving dinner movie. It's like that glass of brandy on Christmas Eve; or that little something extra you do on New Year's Eve... it's something special. This year, we held off on seeing the new Harry Potter film on opening night just for this very occasion. I am really looking forward to this film because The Goblet of Fire is my favorite book in the series so far. As many have noticed, Harry and his cohorts have gotten a bit more... em.. mature. And I will have to say, I'm starting to feel a little resentment towards my lady friends who are discussing how hot some of the cast is getting (has gotten). Now, I will be the first to agree - Yes, I'm sure that Harry is certainly getting a goblet of fire, alright. BUT! Why is it that whenever I pointed out how hot some teen actress is getting*, I get that look as if someone had stamped the word "PERVERT!" across my forehead? Yet, when some ladies speak of Mr. Radcliffe being a "hot piece of ass." it's perfectly alright? Now, let me clarify something here - I am NOT the type that goes around constantly talking about how hot certain actresses are. So, ladies - please - go ahead and indulge in the soon-to-be-famous "Harry Potter bathtub scene," BUT, then allow me to drool a bit if and when Ms. Emma Watson begins to fill out.