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xbravenewgirlx

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Nov 25, 2004 18:29

before i begin my usual rant about how the macy's day parade is a gross example of consumeration run amuck (amok?) (i also think i might've lifted this cynical view from the pages of that pre-teen favorite, princess diaries II: princess in the spotlight, but i do agree with it, so there) and that the pilgrims were uptight ingrates who spread their ( Read more... )

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summerscene November 25 2004, 15:43:38 UTC

im beginning to come to terms with mine. and ive gotta say, i guess it isnt THAT bad.

its not like im starving somewhere in the middle east.

miss ya,
melissa anne*

xbravenewgirlx November 25 2004, 15:51:38 UTC

i've no inclination (or right) to preach, but i will say this: even if you don't realize it now, you are lucky. take nothing for granted. and don't change.
<3,
j "i'll try to do the same" eanne

girlwhosmiles November 25 2004, 17:39:07 UTC

i noticed that this year thanksgiving has lost some sort of magical vibe it had for me. when i was little, it used to hold this power, because christmas was so soon and i just loved the spirit. but now...it doesn't really excite me anymore.

and i wish it did. it makes me sad.

xbravenewgirlx November 26 2004, 11:57:32 UTC

this is funny (in an ironic, not-actually-funny way), because i always used to despise thanksgiving. everything was so fake, and everyone was always so rushed, and we were always forced to recite long lists of what we were thankful for, which felt like such a joke because we really feel sometimes like we're entitled to everything. something changed. no one asked me what i was thankful for this year, so it didn't seemed forced. and i wasn't searching for some picture-perfect greeting card holiday. it wasn't anywhere near perfect, and i didn't see everyone that i wanted to. but i had three people whom i love very much and don't spend enough time with to while away the evening with. and when dessert was over, i clutched my books to my chest, stole away to my second-story bedroom, and fell asleep with the window open, eyelids drooping over simone de beauvoir (ahem, i was supposed to be reading beauvoir. i actually began to re-read the nanny diaries. whoops.). it was nice ( ... )

girlwhosmiles November 26 2004, 13:32:20 UTC

i think my problem was that all of a sudden the holidays were upon me, and i wasn't really prepared for them. it still seems surreal to walk into a store and seeing a christmas display. i have to stop and think, "oh yeah, in a month it's christmas" and continue shopping.

instead of continuing shopping, maybe i should just step back and reflect on the fact that it's christmas.

xbravenewgirlx November 26 2004, 21:21:45 UTC

i think that sounds perfect.
less wasted money, no love wasted.
c'est parfait.
<33

"i am thankful for everything because i love my life and the people in it." lantecedentl November 26 2004, 20:17:04 UTC

awesome.
perfect.
<3

Re: "i am thankful for everything because i love my life and the people in it." xbravenewgirlx November 26 2004, 21:20:23 UTC

you know who's awesome, shendi?
YOU!
(aww, c'mon, you knew it was comin'.)
::grin::
<3

spedcialchild November 29 2004, 18:53:20 UTC

i don't like to list what i'm thankful for, but i must tell you this: i am thankful for you and all you have given to me. you make me feel like i'm not alone in this whole quest, and you really need to know i appreciate EVERYTHING you say/write.

you don't know how happy i am for you.