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i can’t find my glasses. i haven’t left the house in 3 days, so they’re in there somewhere, but fuck if i can find them. so here i am, on the train to work, and without glasses. i can see a fair bit, my dr. always says i have a mild prescription and shouldn’t need glasses at all, but they sure make a big difference to me.

plus i have a cold, so i totally feel like i’m in a cocoon or something. actually with the eerie gray sky-this is all very dream like. shit i’m not wearing pants. dammi!

right so last saturday we got up early and went to the airport and went to orlando florida. it was disney time. my parents have some sort of timeshare thing down there, and through some overly complex series of trades and fees, they procured 2, 2-bedroom suites at a place near the disney empire for the kids/grandkids to come down and visit. the capt handled the travel well, we’ve been prepping him for the trip for months. natty spent endless hours pouring over this “unofficial guide to disney” book and some touring plans website. we were uber prepared for our adventure.

not to get in to the details, but over all, it was a blast. the travel part went well inspite of the whole thanksgiving week stuff. and the parks, while crowded as fuck, were nice and well, fun. the capt loved it to no end. he took all of it in stride and really enjoyed himself.

now on disney:

yeah yeah, they’re evil. i have spent some time reflecting on their strange mixture of brash commercial/consumerism, hegemonic morality, borderline racism and history of racial stereotypes, and basic overall evilness. but, godamn, do those guys know how to set up a theme park. bottlenecks aside, the place is truly clean, well run and by the end i found myself thinking….wtf, what’s wrong with people spending money to have a good time? amazing.

all in all the trip was a success, and perhaps most importantly, aside from 10 bucks i borrowed from my mom for the stupid toll roads down there, it was a cashless vacation. almost all transactions were on a card. fascinating.

anywhoo we got back, went to my fatherinlaw’s for thanksgiving. i got drunk. my body punished me by giving me a super sore throat, and i cooked our turkey for our typical ‘day after thanksgiving, thanksgiving’ dinner. the turkey however was a disappointment. i’ve once had great success with this recipe from alton brown with this heat the bird really hot at the beginning then lower the temp and shorten the cooking time (from the traditional 20 mins/pound) method. it worked a couple times, but the last 2 years it hasn’t worked at all and the bird is like half done. i was sick and sorta indifferent about it, but it annoyed natty,  me thinks. all in all she blasted the meat afterwards and it’s sorta dry now. oh well.

so now back to the grind. had 32 emails in my work inbox. no real fires to fight…yet. i missed my regular train b/c of the glasses fiasco so i’ll have to roll right in ot a status meeting at 9:30. bleh.

cheers.