What the hell are we supposed to do this year? For the last four years, it's been a given: do some stuff with the family, then go to Aroon's house for the annual Thanksgiving LAN and stay up until some ridiculous hour playing Rainbow Six games.
Now, there's no Aroon's house to go to, sadly. The holidays were always less "family and friends" for me and more "friends," mostly cause I've never been close to my family at all. Lots of friends are still around, but it's a real shame to see one of my favorite traditions go.
Of course, Thanksgiving means my birthday is right around the corner. So, I'm thinking of doing the following:
For UT people, I'm going to throw a small get-together in my basement and give away cookies to anyone who shows up. There will be Super Smash Bros. among other wonderful activities. My birthday falls on a Wednesday, which would make for a great South Park party, but sadly I have two major projects due the following day, so I can't really promise anything at all. Push comes to shove, weekend celebrations will happen. Mongolian, or Pluckers?
For Non-UT people, I have no idea, but I'm planning on hanging with pretty much all of you around the holidays anyway. There will hopefully be much Mario Kart playing, considering that game should be out pretty darn soon. Leslie and I contemplated a combined birthday celebration for a while, in which case there could be like... boyish things (video games and sports) combined with girly things (really good food) in addition to our usual gender-neutral insanity. Man, I'm really pretty excited about heading home. I've been dying for my usual foods (pasta, On the Border, Chili's, Cheddar's, Mac's...) and I could really stand some free time to a) play through these games I still have stacking up (On part 2 chapter 6 of Max Payne 2, just started Call of Duty) and b) enjoy how absolutely gorgeous it is for me at home at this time of the year, and do all that silly reminiscing and driving business. It's no Rainbow Six, but I'll probably have a good time nonetheless.
For Non-UT people, I have no idea, but I'm planning on hanging with pretty much all of you around the holidays anyway. There will hopefully be much Mario Kart playing, considering that game should be out pretty darn soon. Leslie and I contemplated a combined birthday celebration for a while, in which case there could be like... boyish things (video games and sports) combined with girly things (really good food) in addition to our usual gender-neutral insanity. Man, I'm really pretty excited about heading home. I've been dying for my usual foods (pasta, On the Border, Chili's, Cheddar's, Mac's...) and I could really stand some free time to a) play through these games I still have stacking up (On part 2 chapter 6 of Max Payne 2, just started Call of Duty) and b) enjoy how absolutely gorgeous it is for me at home at this time of the year, and do all that silly reminiscing and driving business. It's no Rainbow Six, but I'll probably have a good time nonetheless.