Top (couch) L to R: Grandma Jo, Shaggy, Aunt Lisa&Cousin Josiah, Uncle Keith, Aunt Selene, Aunt Alicia, Uncle Scott
Bottom (floor) L to R: Aly, Cousin Miriam, Marva (my mom)
TURKEY 05
As you may or may not know, it is a decade+ long tradition for my mom’s side of the family to travel to Ashland, OR to my grandma’s for Thanksgiving. This year was extra special, because I got to bring a guest: Alysen! We usually gather in the Bay Area, rent a car, and then drive the 5 hours to Ashland.
This year, instead of the big van, we had a bigger (outside and enginewise, not inside) Nissan Armada. Strange name for a car, I think.
Since my grandma lives in a conda now, we can’t stay there with everyone and can’t cook there for everyone. We rented a big 4 bedroom house for the weekend. It was nice except: 1) The groundwater source is sulfer-rich, so using water (washing, bathing) was smell-tastic. 2) It was not well heated. 3) They gave us crappy wood.
So, the kids LOVED Aly. They could care less about yours trully, but Aly couldn’t keep ‘em away, especially when she was on the computer. None the less, everyone loves Aly—she’s a regular member of the family now, which is just splended in my book.
The food, as always, was great. The weekend was great. Everyone had a blast. A good time HAD BY ALL. But, that was not all the fun of this weekend…
There was the Dolphins game!
The ‘fins 33-21 win, as you can see. It was a fun game, and the right team won.
It certainly was overwhelming: a few green specks in a sea of black. There was a lot of trash talk and vulgar behaviour. What’s to expect from a team who’s fanbase constists of a majority of gang members? DolFans were so few and far between, in fact, these random fans were so impressed with Aly’s and my matching Marino Jerseys they had to take a group picture.
We finnished up the day with a great meal at In-N-Out, complete with Animal Fries (pictured above). Then we headed home to the snow in the SLC… with one minor problem. We got picked up late (midnight) by my roommate Tony. He left his lights on, and we didn’t get a jump from AAA until 1:45. Sucks when you have to be up at 7.
And now, rooney’s special underground investigative report into the secret secret underground that’s secretly seedey underground with a secret special investigative report on special underground reporting of underground investigativeness. Yeah…
In-N-Out: Sure it tastes good, but what about the subliminal religious fanatisism and brainwashing?
We discovered with our not-so-hidden camera that each food item (except fries) has a religious message printed on it:
Fountain drink: the classic John 3:16
Shake cup: Proverbs 3:5
Single patty burger: Revalations 3:20
Double-Double: Nahum (huh? Is it just me, or is this an obscure one?) 1:7
Joseph Fucking Smith, what the hell is going on? So, like many of you, eating at In-N-Out is a religious experience by itself, but this certainly is troubling. I am certanlty an avid denouncer of organized religion, but the food is amazing. Should I boycott my favorite burger joint for this overt religious fascism? While my beliefs against religion, especially Christianity, is strong, my lack of religious faith limits my perserverence, moral will, and foritude. This means a boycott is as likely as reading the word of god from stone tables in a hat.
Comments (15)
glad to see you had a good break. Aly looks about 9 years old in the picture with the computer. I think it is because the computer looks freaking huge in comparison to her.
i ditto pezzam…
that is so weird about the burger-bible combo…
re: bible-burger – dammit!!! is nothing sacred? I mean, not sacred??
re: t-day – you two are soo cute!
oh and you all are super cute in your matching shirts… true fans indeed…
nice…. food, family, fun! dude… you should have given us a call if you were in the bay area!!!!!!!! agu?
Haha! Ditty on the Pezzam note. Glad it was a super time in Ashland. I, too, am upset about the godly In N Out.
Wait! I was also going to say, isn’t that list of people too long for that photograph of people?
“Armada” sounds like something out of Battlestar Galactica. hah. Nice burger joint. How odd. I wonder what God thinks about all of his Bible messages being printed on non-biodegradable packaging, sitting in landfills, and destroying the planet. Maybe when I have my baby I’ll write Scripture on his diapers. Hah.
How close is Ashland to Eugene? G did his graduate work at the U of O.
RYC: The western side of Oregon will forever be one of our favorite places. We talk about retiring there. That’s so long from now it hardly matters, but a nice thought, none the less. I don’t think I’ve been to Ashland. G and I bought our wedding bands at the Eugene Saturday Market.
Hope you’re not sick anymore.
Jelous you were in OR, I’m headed thata way this new year, glad to see you had a good break you deserve it!
Armadas are Beastastic Gasguzzlers that smashy smashy stuff.
In-n-Out aint so bad, they’re just offering suggestions…remember…it’s the food you eat, the paper that tells you the religious stuff…ends up in the trash.
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Looks like somebody had an awesome Thanksgiving Day weekend. Congrats on your Dolphins plowing through the Dumbest Team in America. I used to be a Raiders fan from middle school through sophmore year college until I got fed up with the behavior of the fanbase.
As for In-n-Out, very interesting with the Bible references. I don’t see any conflict of belief with you eating there. In fact, I think that it’s a nice irony that you’re showing tolerance toward an institution (organized religion) that has a very lengthy history of intolerance.
I’m glad that you dig the pic. It’s from a painted frieze of a Byzantine (Eastern Roman) naval ship blasting an enemy ship with a mysterious lighted substance called “Greek Fire”. Ran into it while I was researching for my Roman lesson plans.
texas? yeah i might have to go for them as well… ahhh… i can’t believe i wrote it. argh. i HATE mac brown. grr… but i hate sc even more.
hook’em horns? eh? vomit. i feel dirty now.
Thats cool!