aahhh, thanksgiving

Okay, even though I was a non-believer of this thanksgiving, I was giving thanks for having no classes for the past week and a bit! I was thankful because even though I was a non-believer, somehow the holidays just seemed to sweep over me, too, and I got all into holiday-mode! So what did I do? Marathon coffee sessions with myself and my sketchbook, I went for a walk with Shannon from Nova Scotia, and I partook in RISD's free turkey dinner for all of us who were left behind and didn't get to go home for thanksgiving.


It was so warm, we ate outside and I only wore a shirt! I ate two pieces of pie, and then they said, please, take some food home, we have too much! So I took home enough helpings for two dinners for myself later, plus much more for my roommate (he works at JCPenny, and says, after taxes, he makes about $6 per hour!), but I did eat one of his pieces of pie - so that made three pieces in total that day for me. And my pants are tight now! But I was pms-ing so I have since excused myself - but not totally.

And before the school shut down on Wednesday, I spent a few hours in the library's little video viewing room. They have these comfy bean bag chairs (actually, not too comfy on the neck) and I smuggled some food into that room and THOROUGHLY enjoyed myself watching Manhatten by Wood Allen and Blood Simple by the Coen Brothers (Fargo fame - they have a new movie, great reviews, can't wait!).



While I was watching the movies I fell asleep for about an hour or so, after a long week of late nights in the painting studio.

Because I have no tv or dvd player at home, and no computer at home, any time I can watch moving pictures is thoroughly enjoyable! This is the first time I've allowed myself to watch some movies at the library here, even though I do it practically every lunch time when I'm at ECI, watch bits of movies while I eat my lunch.

So I was thankful for the holiday, because this week I've been getting some much-needed sleep!

Oh, also, the previous weekend, I went with 3 friends to Vermont, and I was soo tired, I didn't even take photos, except for this one in the rest stop on the interstate as we were leaving Vermont, it was only about 6pm and so dark!


And then, just before I was going to bring the rental car back to Budget - a flipping fender-bender! It was my fault, I was backing out across two lanes, and did not see the guy behind me and I crunched into him! Not too serious, but will probably ending up costing me serious cash!