It’s been years since I’ve written anything of substance so I’m currently in training for my holiday break, when I plan to make good use of my nifty laptop and knock out some short stories. Or a novel. Something. The Kid wants to snowboard. Perhaps the agony of editing too many adjectives and commas out of my text will keep my infernal anxiety from erupting as she sloshes down a mountainside at high speed.

WoW’s new Death Knight class has become a quirky inspiration. I’m doling out little snippets of encounters that pique my fancy as I grind through lower level content on my way to hyperuberdom. If you like, you can read them here.

I’ve made a decent living writing all kinds of things but so far, not with a book. The story I started earlier this year is fleshing out reasonably well. I’m hoping to nail that puppy to its final bits of paper and send it out to the world to fail or fly. If nothing else, it’ll give me something to do this December since I can’t afford to go home.

Thanksgiving, my annual foray into the kitchen (and the only day when my oven is used as an oven), is now a memory. For all the bellyaching I do about cooking, I really enjoy it. I go through roughly twenty-four hours of euphoric shopping followed by fuck-me-I’m-not-doing-this-again-next-year regret. This year I decided to keep the juggernaut to a minimum and whip up a traditional menu. Nothing fancy, in case the Kid decided she wanted to eat with the grown-ups.

The meal turned out great, though, better than I expected. I made a simple roasted bird, my salsa- and pineapple-marinated ham, an apple-raisin-walnut-cranberry stuffing, and OSM’s perfect potato salad…though mine wasn’t as perfect, because I didn’t use Best Foods mayonnaise =/ The Kid had both turkey and tofu with her veggies, suggesting that I turn from my former fowl ways and use just salt and pepper forever. We have so many leftovers I may have to get myself a small freezer.

How was your Thanksgiving? How did you spend your day?