In which Ruth almost but not quite outs herself

[rthstewart]

Been there, done that, got the turkey coma (and a search at 11:30 PM last night for a grocery store that was still open and had fresh turkeys to accommodate my swelling gust list.  Yes, I cooked 2 turkeys this year as my list went from 7 to 15). 

We have a tradition that everyone at the table must identify a book or movie that was moving, interesting, or memorable in some way.  Two years ago at Thanksgiving, I went on and on about Roald Dahl and the Irregulars in Jennet Conant's book (and TQSiT was the result).  Last year I blathered about the Kladstrup Wine and War book (which I used for Maenad of the Maquis).. 

This year, it was gay giraffes, same sex paired albatrosses, and Biological Exuberance  and that remarkable wikpedia entry.  Apparently I was hilarious and articulate.  But really my wine soaked guests had difficulty getting passed the "OMG GAY GIRAFFES?"  We were very loud.  Good thing the kids were watching Jurassic Park.  I consider myself a pretty dull person in real life.  It's pretty funny when the stories you tell about the fic you saw in a porn challenge involving Pepsi and Coke and John Major and QE2 are memorable enough that people remember them the following year. 

Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.  If not, I hope you  had a lovely day.  I am grateful to all my imaginary friends.

Comments

[magdalaena.livejournal.com]

If You are looking for information about British life and language (vs. America), this blog is a great resource:
http://hp-britglish.livejournal.com/

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I've got a number of sites I go to for some of this, but I also know I'm never going to capture the feel of proper English. There's a passage in Le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy involving a description of the school that Jim Prideaux is teaching at and I know the book by heart and the paragraph or two is nearly unintelligible. Or it tosses around words like "red brick" and an American has to go and look it up. Pathetic, I know.