Uh oh...

After a big turkey feast, what is the first thing you want to do?

Sleep? Really?

No.

I wanted to play a video game. And since the sum total of my video game experience in the last year has been all of the killing zombies persuasion, I found myself in quite a fix. My brother has never and probably will never own an Xbox, so there was no going out and renting Call of Duty or Left4Dead. I thought about playing Final Fantasy of some kind or Kingdom Hearts. I might later on in the vacation (you know, all 2 or 3 days left of it), but I wanted something I was semi familiar with.

Which led me to Prince of Persia.

Now, the last time I played this game, it was with Ryan, Stauff, and Sean. They wanted to get drunk. I wanted to play Left4Dead. Sean's game was fucked up. Ryan suggested I play Prince of Persia and every time I fell off a cliff, they would drink. Very funny, guys. I've just learned to work the controls for the Xbox and I'm still getting used to them.

Needless to say, I fell off many a cliff and they got drunk.

But, anywho. I've had a bit more experience with dual joysticks (I think that's the right terminology. Correct me if I'm wrong) and this time, I didn't fall off so many cliffs. In fact, I think I did pretty well, if I do say so myself. So well that I kept playing and playing until I thought my eyes were going to catch fire from lack of moisture.

I need to read 100 Years of Solitude over break. This is not going to be easy.

Thanksgiving dinner was good. It didn't feel quite so holiday-y though because we didn't go anywhere. And as much as I sometimes hate seeing relatives, it definitely feels a bit more empty when I don't see my Aunt Chris. Just kind of feels like an ordinary dinner...only much bigger and with pie. The average Korytowsky dinner lacks pie...so, that's different
But, during dinner, I had my dad telling me what words meant in Ukrainian and their equivalent in Russian. Not that I'll be able to repeat anything back to anyone or speak any kind of Ukrainian at anybody, but it was still relatively educational.

By the way, I hate the way Prince of Persia ends.

Saw Sunshine Cleaning and The Proposal today. I knew Emily Blunt was in The Devil Wears Prada but I recognized her from another movie and I could not figure it out. Thank God for IMDB

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Sunshine Cleaning was a good movie for a lot of different reasons, though, as most indie movies nowadays are, surprisingly sad.
The Proposal was very good. That damn puppy dog was so damn cute. Every time there was a scene with Ryan Reynolds and the dogs, I'd squeal like the little girl I am and my brother would comment on Ryan Reynolds and I'd have to tell him that it wasn't Ryan Reynolds that I was melting over...it was the dog. But, the movie itself was also very funny. I enjoyed it.

Well, I hope everyone had a fantastical Turkey Day. Tomorrow is Black Friday, which means I'll be running out hourly thermoses of coffee and cider to my dad whose one mission in life is to always be the first in line at these sorts of competitive, grabby things. I thought about asking for an Xbox 360, but I know the only reason why I want one is to play a certain game and 1) I'm distracted enough as it is, 2) Stauff and Sean both have one and that's enough, 3) I'd drive Emily crazy if I played it all the time, 4) I'd drive myself crazy if I played it all the time, and 5) There are things that I want more.
They are getting a Wii, though. My mother claims it's for the Wii Fit, but I know better.

She just wants Rock Band so she can fulfill her lifelong ambition to be a Beatle.

That woman is so transparent.

That is all

Take it easy. Don't die. Don't get raped. Enjoy your Turkey Day leftovers. I know I will