Thanksgivinganza

I had a lovely Thanksgiving (and I hope you did, too!) Now I’m so stuffed full of leftovers that I’m having a hard time thinking of what to say. Since I live miles and miles away from my family and since most of my friends also live miles and miles away from their families we gathered together for our own special Thanksgiving feast. We didn’t have traditional foods per say, but there was turkey in the lasagna and squash and pumpkin in the curry. Ah, Americans of the 21^st century. Our food was delicious! I am so happy to have so many friends who cook so well. We topped our Thanksgiving off with projecting Shrek on the wall. All in all, a delightful day.

And now…pictures!

The food I cooked:

Chive Biscuits

Carmelized Onion Quiche

Ginger Pumpkin Cheesecake

All of the food!

David and Caely set the table:

and silly picture posing:

Will decided to do an entire series exploring his inner ghost in front of the camera. (I don't know why. I date--not explain--Will Pasley).

I had many more pictures, but now I can't find them on my computer (boooooooo.)

So here's the last one:

 

Thanksgiving+Shrek+ Couch = Very Sleepy Sarah

And now....a post! Update on U.C. Protests, Thanksgiving, Hooray for Caely

Okay, okay, so I haven't been doing as well as I hoped at the once-a-day posting.

I'm finding that maintaining momentum (for anything) is a struggle these days, but I am posting again as a way to fight my own instinct to slowly crawl into the fetal position. It's a pretty resilient instinct. Who knew?

Will has been keeping me up to date on the U.C. Protests. A few nights ago students occupied the lobby of the President's office in Oakland. Apparently another occupation has happened/is happening(?) at U.C. Davis. It's exciting to think about where this is going to go. The older I get the more disillusioned I become with our current systems of operating. Things are not working, and it's hard to be on the receiving end.

There have been and continue to be a lot of struggles, and the lone unemployed recent graduate in a recession in the richest nation in the world is hardly the biggest victim, but I do feel shaken up enough to know that this is not the system I want my children to grow up with. I dislike living in a society that so casually commodifies people, and largely acts inhumane because money is valued over humanity. But what is money, really? Just a system that allows us to not have to think/take responsibility for how we organize ourselves. It's easy to think of things happening because of a financial crisis, or poor countries having to borrow money (on interest!) because that's how "economics works," but I think this is often a poor excuse. Enough of that rant, though.

In other news, I am thinking about volunteering at Three Stone Hearth, a community supported kitchen. My friend Caely volunteered there for a while before. It would be a way to cook with other people. I have gotten quite into cooking lately, and I need people in my life, so it seems like a pretty good option. I'm not quite decided, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to try it out.

While we're on the subject of cooking--I am so excited for Thanksgiving! I am cooking (it's currently cooling!) Ginger-Pumpkin Cheesecake, Carmelized Onion Quiche, and Chive Biscuits. So exciting! I'm going to go over to my friends' house for a small gathering. I'm happy to bring my small bay area family together.

Also, my friend Caely got a job! I am so happy for her! Gooooo Caely!