While waiting for people to come

We're watching the parade. There was a country band playing, and they had a 2 foot tall midget. We're not sure why.

Dave: That just sums up my entire life.
Me: You were a midget?
lopaanre: All of us used to be midgets. But only a few of us had the guts to stay midgets.
Me: So are tall people cowards?
lopaanre:Yes.

Yay for Hobbits, who are not as gutsy as midgets, but are braver than those wimpy tall-folk :-p

*Dave = Jon's roommate, who is here for Thanksgiving, since he lives in Puerto Rico.

Thanksgiving grab

People are still here, but not the full 35 that we had today. So I deserve laptop time.

Every year, we have thanksgiving at our house, and we have a "yankee swap." Everyone brings an unmarked wrapped gift with a value up to 15$. Then we all take numbers.

The first person chooses a gift, and unwraps it.

The second person chooses a gift, unwraps it, and can either keep it or trade with the other person. The other person has no sya in this [though they can try and convince the person not to steal their gift...]

The third person has the choice of their gift or any previous gift.

This continues, and the person who went first gets to trade with anyone at the end. So it's to your advantage to be first, or near the end. I was 4th to last.

Someone had opened this cool fiber-optic lamp, that I wanted. So then Dave stole it, and then I stole it from Dave, trading my Israeli pottery jug [which must have been from grandma and grandpa.] Then my mom got tie-dye fuzzy slippers, which she traded with Dave, since they were his size. All were happy.
( slightly disturbing... )

I'm bringing back the lamp. It's shiny.

I also have a light-up pen, which my mom bought at the smithsonian. It changes color. It's way cooler than the Avidan-pen, which I might give back to Avidan, since I barely used it, and it probably still has full batteries. Whee!

It's definitely kosher, as I told Ari Levine in an e-mail. It's certified by the vaad of Barrington, Rhode Island. Which consists of every shomer shabbas Jew who lives in Barrington. Which is me, and only me.