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alexiscartwheelToday is Canadian Thanksgiving, six weeks before its American counterpart. We got the day off from classes today, which would be much more exciting if I had a class that meets on Mondays. All of my Canadian housemates took advantage of the long weekend to take a trip home, so it was just me and the other international students at home this weekend.
Yesterday, I got together with some of my LIS friends for a Thanksgiving potluck. We didn't have turkey because none of us really know how to cook one, but we had both chicken and ham instead. We also had cheese and crackers, corn muffins, macaroni salad, potato salad, rice, corn pudding, cranberry sauce, scalloped potatoes, pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate cake, and, of course, plenty of wine. The food and the company were both very good! I have leftover apple pie and ham, so I'm sure I'll be eating plenty of those this week. I think for dinner, I'll use some of the ham in an omelette. I love Thanksgiving leftovers!
I was less than delighted, however, to discover that Provigo (which is a Quebec supermarket chain) doesn't carry stuffing or yamrs (either the canned or fresh variety). I could have plenty of those for Thanksgiving at home, but unfortunately I have class on American Thanksgiving and can't afford to fly home anyway.
Today I've been "celebrating" by getting work done for my group projects, or at least I'm trying to. (The database project, incidentally, has made me more aware of the "controlled vocabulary" of my LJ tags. Is the Montreal tag useful if everything I do takes place somewhere in the city? Classes are corrupting my internet timewasting!) I'm having huge concentration issues today, so I've decided that as a reward for reading my really boring cataloguing book, I get to watch The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I loved (and still love) the book; it's one of my all time favorites. When I was young, PBS used to air the BBC film version every December. As adaptations go, it's not that great, but at the time I really enjoyed seeing the on-screen version of a favorite book. The 2005 version blows that one away. It's true to the original story and visually stunning. In my opinion it's one of the best, if not the best, film adaptation of a novel that I've seen.
Yesterday, I got together with some of my LIS friends for a Thanksgiving potluck. We didn't have turkey because none of us really know how to cook one, but we had both chicken and ham instead. We also had cheese and crackers, corn muffins, macaroni salad, potato salad, rice, corn pudding, cranberry sauce, scalloped potatoes, pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate cake, and, of course, plenty of wine. The food and the company were both very good! I have leftover apple pie and ham, so I'm sure I'll be eating plenty of those this week. I think for dinner, I'll use some of the ham in an omelette. I love Thanksgiving leftovers!
I was less than delighted, however, to discover that Provigo (which is a Quebec supermarket chain) doesn't carry stuffing or yamrs (either the canned or fresh variety). I could have plenty of those for Thanksgiving at home, but unfortunately I have class on American Thanksgiving and can't afford to fly home anyway.
Today I've been "celebrating" by getting work done for my group projects, or at least I'm trying to. (The database project, incidentally, has made me more aware of the "controlled vocabulary" of my LJ tags. Is the Montreal tag useful if everything I do takes place somewhere in the city? Classes are corrupting my internet timewasting!) I'm having huge concentration issues today, so I've decided that as a reward for reading my really boring cataloguing book, I get to watch The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I loved (and still love) the book; it's one of my all time favorites. When I was young, PBS used to air the BBC film version every December. As adaptations go, it's not that great, but at the time I really enjoyed seeing the on-screen version of a favorite book. The 2005 version blows that one away. It's true to the original story and visually stunning. In my opinion it's one of the best, if not the best, film adaptation of a novel that I've seen.
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