A Lounge of Two Tacits

[KRYPTON INC.]

Too much food, too much alcohol, so pretty darn good. Yours?

No turkey. No family. No alcohol. Didn't even catch the parade. I worked the night. Just happened to work out that way.


Last couple of years Thanksgiving has been pretty bittersweet though so I kinda don't mind.


Story time...

As little kid my mother and father owned a modest brownstone in Brooklyn. From basement to the third floor it was my family. Mom, dad, grandma, sister, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, all under one roof, and of course the rest who came and went from the rest of the family as most lived in the same area.

One year, I must have been 6 or 7 my mother told my dad to organize the other fathers to take all the kids out to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She figured it would be easier to get all the cooking and prep done without all the kids running around underfoot. The dads would take the kids into Manhattan and by the time they came back everything would be done. She told my dad to make his signature alcoholic egg nog before he left.

This happened to be one of the coldest and windiest Thanksgivings in a long time. I remember my dad, who hated the cold having grown up in Puerto Rico cursing a lot let's say. But it was a great experience as a kid. We saw the floats, the balloons and even some of the performances live.

Meanwhile back at the house the women of my family were hard at work cooking. This year we happened to have not one but three turkeys (We were a big crowd especially when the extended family is included, friends ect.), my aunt Carmen having won one in a contest from her job and a friend of my mother's from her job gave her a fresh turkey as well that morning. Thing is... The women were also taking a sip of that egg nogg as they were cooking. Make the potato salad, have a cup of nog. Finish the prep for the stuffing... Have a cup of nog. And so it went until they had finished the bowl, and were pretty drunk ta boot.

We all get home, my dad and the others and we find the ladies three sheets to the wind. My dad in faux outrage starts yelling, "I'm out there freezing my ass off and I come back you all are drunk?!!" Thing was... That meal was AMAZING. I don't know what the effect the alcohol had on their skills but it was all delicious. Also we got to say stuff like "Alright... Bring on the second turkey!!". A grand time was had by all. It's one of my most cherished memories.

I can't help but think of it when I hear this song or think about this time of year and they both make me pretty sad. I think that my mom understands so she doesn't mind that I've not been able to do Thanksgiving with her as much as I would have liked since 2014.

Spoiler

[YT]uRQDFUl7e7k[/YT]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

An ape socializing with humans. This is obviously going to lead to something bad.

Harambe wanted us to live in peace.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

So Castro is dead.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

So Castro is dead.

Like I said in the Politics section... 2016 finally got one right.

 

[flickchick85]

No turkey. No family. No alcohol. Didn't even catch the parade. I worked the night. Just happened to work out that way.


Last couple of years Thanksgiving has been pretty bittersweet though so I kinda don't mind.


Story time...

As little kid my mother and father owned a modest brownstone in Brooklyn. From basement to the third floor it was my family. Mom, dad, grandma, sister, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, all under one roof, and of course the rest who came and went from the rest of the family as most lived in the same area.

One year, I must have been 6 or 7 my mother told my dad to organize the other fathers to take all the kids out to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She figured it would be easier to get all the cooking and prep done without all the kids running around underfoot. The dads would take the kids into Manhattan and by the time they came back everything would be done. She told my dad to make his signature alcoholic egg nog before he left.

This happened to be one of the coldest and windiest Thanksgivings in a long time. I remember my dad, who hated the cold having grown up in Puerto Rico cursing a lot let's say. But it was a great experience as a kid. We saw the floats, the balloons and even some of the performances live.

Meanwhile back at the house the women of my family were hard at work cooking. This year we happened to have not one but three turkeys (We were a big crowd especially when the extended family is included, friends ect.), my aunt Carmen having won one in a contest from her job and a friend of my mother's from her job gave her a fresh turkey as well that morning. Thing is... The women were also taking a sip of that egg nogg as they were cooking. Make the potato salad, have a cup of nog. Finish the prep for the stuffing... Have a cup of nog. And so it went until they had finished the bowl, and were pretty drunk ta boot.

We all get home, my dad and the others and we find the ladies three sheets to the wind. My dad in faux outrage starts yelling, "I'm out there freezing my ass off and I come back you all are drunk?!!" Thing was... That meal was AMAZING. I don't know what the effect the alcohol had on their skills but it was all delicious. Also we got to say stuff like "Alright... Bring on the second turkey!!". A grand time was had by all. It's one of my most cherished memories.

I can't help but think of it when I hear this song or think about this time of year and they both make me pretty sad. I think that my mom understands so she doesn't mind that I've not been able to do Thanksgiving with her as much as I would have liked since 2014.

Spoiler

[YT]uRQDFUl7e7k[/YT]

What a lovely memory. Hopefully you and your mom can make some nice new Thanksgiving memories in the future.

I didn't spend this Thanksgiving with family, either. I was over at a friends' place, but it was a good time. Truth be told I don't have any great family memories of Thanksgiving, so I envy you that. I mean, I love my family, but more on a one-on-one basis or in small doses. Gathering them all together is like a nightmare scenario for me and I didn't start being able to enjoy it at all until alcohol became an option, lol.

 

[Guts]

Does this mean we are finally going to get a Fidel biopic with Liam Neeson in the lead?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Does this mean we are finally going to get a Fidel biopic with Liam Neeson in the lead?

tacit... YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!!

That's... That's genius casting. Thing is... Liam can only play a mature Castro. Who do you pick to play young Fidel?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

What a lovely memory. Hopefully you and your mom can make some nice new Thanksgiving memories in the future.

I didn't spend this Thanksgiving with family, either. I was over at a friends' place, but it was a good time. Truth be told I don't have any great family memories of Thanksgiving, so I envy you that. I mean, I love my family, but more on a one-on-one basis or in small doses. Gathering them all together is like a nightmare scenario for me and I didn't start being able to enjoy it at all until alcohol became an option, lol.

Family can be... They can be something let's just say.

t:

 

[flickchick85]

Family can be... They can be something let's just say.

t:

Something indeed.

 

[Marvolo]

Uh... Sure.

(Mental note: Keep tabs on Marv.)

Thomas Jane: "Ahh ah ahh Ahhhhhhhhh...ahhhhhhhhh....ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

*cars and rescue pass by*

[YT]LukyMYp2noo[/YT]

*laugh track*

 

[Marvolo]

So Castro is dead.

I thought he was already dead.

 

[dude stannis]

[YT]idoYCVLh2qI[/YT]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Thomas Jane: "Ahh ah ahh Ahhhhhhhhh...ahhhhhhhhh....ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

*cars and rescue pass by*

[YT]LukyMYp2noo[/YT]

*laugh track*

(Mental Note: DEFINITELY keep tabs on Marv.)

 

[jokesonm3]

So Castro is dead.

I'll be smoking Cubans all day in his name.

 

[dude stannis]

I'm sure all those fellas will love it.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I'll be smoking Cubans all day in his name.

 

[Reek]

I'll be smoking Cubans all day in his name.

I'm sure all those fellas will love it.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I'm sure all those fellas will love it.

When in Miami...

Spoiler

Do as the Miamians do.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I dunno, I kinda laughed at the end, tbh.

That final scene is comedy gold.

There are no ''.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

There are no ''.

Like I said... There are some strong reactions to the movie out there.

 

[Reek]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Danny and I have similar tastes.

 

[Greens]

Strange man.... titty bar.... great investment opportunity..... beauty pageant!

 

[C. Lee]

Not a fan, I assume? I can understand.

Spoiler

I myself have never been big on "horror" films. I guess it was my generally fraidy cat nature as a child. I found no joy in getting scared asa little kid, and I can even think that maybe my Catholic upbringing had something to do with it. In anycase, Jason, Freddy... Never got into them and once I got to a certain age and stopped believing in the supernatural they stopped being scary totally. With THE MIST though... That ending sticks with you. It haunts you. For me... That's true horror. And I thought for a big budget American horror film that it was gutsy as hell, and since what came before was also pretty well done to it was for myself film that hits you deeply and unsettles you. And honestly, the reaction baffled me a bit simply because it wasn't like most big budget films of it's type, and film fans are always talking about how they want something "different". That's me though. I could see some just not cottoning to it.

I dunno, I kinda laughed at the end, tbh.

That final scene is comedy gold.

I probably would have felt that way too years ago, but.....[BLACKOUT]I think having a kid of my own and knowing what I would go through to protect her and keep her safe....the ending just makes it an unpleasant experience to watch.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Iceman]

Be forewarned sir... this one is a REAL horror film. It's ending is not for the faint of heart. This ain't a Freddy Kruger film.

Weird that you just brought that up. Only yesterday I specifically recalled it and looked up the ending on youtube again. And I remember what came before was pretty horrific too. Horror films in general aren't my thing but I like to watch genuinely scary ones to help me appreciate how good life is as long as you can avoid **** like that. t: