Tenacious Day.
The basketball game went well from the stand point that I didn't embarrass myself by not knowing the rules. The Kings lost but it was a fantastic experience and one I would happily repeat. So I am thankful for that. There was the obligatory national anthem before the game along with the crowd whooping the high notes, but I am getting used to the wholly uneccesary national pride and patrionism of my American hosts.
On to yesterday which was Thanksgiving. Jen & I decided not to cook at home and to go out with our friends Jason & Amy. We were limited in which restaurants we could choose as most of them were shut. We decided to go to the movies first and chose Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. Now the plot (or what there is of it) was flimsy, but the music is great and as long as you don't mind needless swearing you will enjoy this film, but don't expect too much, and there aren't many belly laughs. I fully expected the cinema to be packed as not only has Tenacious D just been released but also some dancing penguin movie is out as well the new Bond. But the cinema complex was eerily quiet and our actual theatre empty apart from the 4 of us.
Dinner was fine and I was the only one who odidn't opt for the Turkey Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey is really not my favourite meat, so I went for the steak sandwich pleading Britishness to the waitress. So Thanksgiving was fine and not the grub fest it is for most American families. However, what it is, like all American holidays, is an excuse for shops to have MASSIVE or MEGA sales. Every holiday here is a consumers wet dream, we have Christmas sales, the New Year sales, the Martin Luther King Jr Day sales, veterans Day sales, Labor (Sic) Day sale, Presidents Day sales and of course Halloween and Thanksgiving sales. I am not one to fight it as I need to finish my christmas shopping..........
On to yesterday which was Thanksgiving. Jen & I decided not to cook at home and to go out with our friends Jason & Amy. We were limited in which restaurants we could choose as most of them were shut. We decided to go to the movies first and chose Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. Now the plot (or what there is of it) was flimsy, but the music is great and as long as you don't mind needless swearing you will enjoy this film, but don't expect too much, and there aren't many belly laughs. I fully expected the cinema to be packed as not only has Tenacious D just been released but also some dancing penguin movie is out as well the new Bond. But the cinema complex was eerily quiet and our actual theatre empty apart from the 4 of us.
Dinner was fine and I was the only one who odidn't opt for the Turkey Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey is really not my favourite meat, so I went for the steak sandwich pleading Britishness to the waitress. So Thanksgiving was fine and not the grub fest it is for most American families. However, what it is, like all American holidays, is an excuse for shops to have MASSIVE or MEGA sales. Every holiday here is a consumers wet dream, we have Christmas sales, the New Year sales, the Martin Luther King Jr Day sales, veterans Day sales, Labor (Sic) Day sale, Presidents Day sales and of course Halloween and Thanksgiving sales. I am not one to fight it as I need to finish my christmas shopping..........
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