We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams

I'm thinking that Thanksgiving Break is kind of a cruel joke. The teachers like to tease by saying "Have a great break. Get some good rest." But they don't mean it. There is no way you can have a good rest because you are given piles of homework to get done for monday. On my list of things due Monday is my politics final project on the political protest posters of the 1960s complete with an artsy homemade book displaying the posters and a 2-3 page paper about why they were important in the scope of the 60s, one design project featuring a series of 13 postcards I wrote about in my last entry and one design visual metaphor poster project, and an intimidating-as-hell-wet-my-pants french oral exam. All due Monday. So as i sit with my fancy Thanksgiving feast I will have the thought of all that work circling in my brain. And I'll probably have to cut out some quality friend time with people coming home from across the country to do homework. It's not a new thing, ever since elementary school Thanksgiving has been snatched away by evil teachers. I suppose that we got the assignments way in advance, but really, with a constant stream of midterms and papers, who has time to work ahead on upcoming projects?

Things I'm looking forward to this weekend:
1) going to see Bridget Jones' Diary with Amy and Jessica! And hopefully my mom will make a batch of her famous popcorn. It's a tradition.
2) mashed potatoes...we always have homemade mashed potatoes (without onions!) for thanksgiving dinner and they're my favorite part of the night
3) after dinner board game on Thanksgiving night. Yeah, super corny, I know. But I really do consider my family to also be my friends and it's a tradition to play a board game like Loaded Questions that night. You may call us The Cleavers. I guess that would make me Wally. Matt is Beaver.
4) USC vs. Notre Dame football game. I've turned into a football obsessed woman. My daily schedule on saturdays rotates around who is playing that day. I'll be watching from the comfort of my living room, but it's guaranteed to be an exciting game.
5) Hedwig friday night...possibly? I'm not sure if this one is gonna work out, but I haven't been in about a year and I'd like to go again.
6) Amoeba Records run hopefully. I haven't been since summertime and I am desperately needing some new cds. I never bought the Strokes cds and I have been wanting to buy the Eternal Sunshine sountrack for months. I feel the urge to spend hours browsing. I don't have a group for this yet, so if youre interesting in going at some point this weekend, please let me know.

Things I'm not looking forward to:
1) mainly just mounds of homework crushing every fiber of my soul
2) stepping on my scale Friday morning only to discover that I have gained 20 pounds and need a crane to get out of my house.
3) returning to school with nothing between me and finals. Gulp.
4) Seeing my friends and realizing how much I miss them the other 200 days of the year that they're away.