and it's thanksgiving day once again. now the ironic thing about the title of today's entry is that my menu has cornish game hen as the main attraction, but since i don't know what sounds that bird makes (cluck?) i thought it best to go with tradition.
it's pretty much a solo holiday for me, and, much to my surprise, i'm actually more ok with that today than i thought i was going to be (then again the day is still young). i imagine there will be several emotional ups and downs over the course of this holiday season. i hope it will be more of the former than the latter, but i would have to admit i'm not entirely optimistic about that (i know that shocks the long-time readers of this blog).
right now i'm camped in front of the tv, watching the macy's thanksgiving parade as i have pretty much every year of my existence on this planet (once even in person at age four or five when my grandmother took me and my cousin to see it). i'm not sure that there is a time i miss new york city (though i haven't lived there since i was 11) as when i'm watching the parade.
as many of you likely know, in addition to floats, ginormous balloons, and marching bands the telecast features selected performances from various broadway musicals. a great sign of how far we've come as a culture than the fact that the first featured musical was kinky boots. true it won this year's tony for best musical but given the fact that it features the oh so talented billy porter (a tony winner himself for this musical) in the role of the transgendered character lola, well, i don't think we have to go back too far to think of a time that inclusion of such a production would have been unthinkable.
it's wonderful to see progress, however small, being made. it gives one at least some hope that positive changes are still possible. happy thanksgiving everyone!
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marin mazzie - back to before (ragtime) July 4, 1998
ii was reminded of this performance tonight and wanted to share it here as a tribute to a phenomenal talent who left us way too soon.
2 comments:
Bonjour, mon ami! My family never does Thanksgiving on Thursday, so I am in McCauley Culkin territory today. I realize that this is not anything like your current situation. But, that said, I really enjoy having Thanksgiving Day to myself. Sleep in, no obligations, no responsibilities (not that I don't have several tons of work to do; but I ignore it for the day!) - - and looking forward to a delicious meal of Chinese takeout. (Where does one get Cornish game hen takeout???)
Any year you want to fly in & go to the parade, I'm game. I've only been once, during college. I would make the sacrifice of getting up early to go again!
Enjoy a lovely, relaxing day off!!
rjg
well, since my date book is wide open, let's pencil in thanksgiving, 2014 right now. oh and i'm actually cooking the hens myself (though that takeout sounds like a great idea).
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