November 26, 2004
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It's almost over, but happy Buy Nothing Day, everybody.
I celebrated by waking up waaaay too late, making some coffee, eating some pumpkin pie leftovers, and watching 'Kill Bill Vol. 2.' I fear I'll go and buy something, since I'm hungry for a sandwich (think: Bill explaining B.B. learning about life and death while he makes a sandwich), and I don't have any fixin's around.
'Fixin's,' by the way, is one of those terms that defies proper punctuation. It's the plural form, not the possessive, but if you say 'fixings,' then you lose the idiomatic flourish and you sound like a Yankee who wears his belt too tight.
Yesterday, for Thanksgiving festivities, I went and visited a friend of mine who invited me. He's way off in a semi-rural sort of bedroom community on the eastside. They fed me full of good food and good company. Then I rushed off to the Shui house for more fun and frivolity. The Shui house has turned from being a place that attracts 20-something aimless hippies into something that attracts young brilliant people with a joi de vivre. They've turned a corner over there, I think, and good for them. And for me, because I got to hang out.
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Thanks for mentioning Buy Nothing Day. I managed to stay out of the stores today but tomorrow I'll be headed to Circuit City to see about a few things for Xmas. I heard on the news that people are saying they're going to buy less amounts of things but pick things that cost more this year. Big ticket items.
Ah yes, Buy Nothing Day. Hopefully, if you guys were really "successful" this year, you managed to make a Nike close some sweatshops, and few thousand more people will starve to death this holiday season in honor of your idealistic vision of the world. Happy Holidays.
I managed to celebrate Buy Nothing Day without really trying. It's the easiest holiday in the world. Don't have to go anywhere, don't have to do anything... It's an actual holiday.
yea, I did too actually, assuming buying food doesn't count.
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