Personal: Thanksgiving, my birthday, variousness

I'm not a big Thanksgiving person. Mostly, this is probably because I'm a much bigger "it's (almost) my birthday" person and my birthday is on the 26th (this year, it's four days after Thanksgiving). Also, ritual sacrifice with pie. Plus, the biggest thing that Thanksgiving had going for it was turkey. The day is much less interesting now that I'm vegetarian (I suppose I could have a tofurkey, but I didn't stop eating meat so that I could eat fake meat). Otherwise, my feelings towards Thanksgiving are similar as my feelings towards Valentine's day -- every day should be a day to be thankful/show the people you love that you care for them.

Now, my birthday (which is next Monday) is pretty exciting for me because I'm going to be twenty-five. Twenty-five always felt like it would/should be a milestone for me. Turns out that it kinda is. As some of you already know, I've been accepted into the Art Institute of Portland and will be starting in January. I'll be going for a BFA in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics (i.e. special effects). I'm really looking forward to it.

Anyway, I'm going to my dad's tomorrow for Thanksgiving and I'm planning on making cookies and baking a loaf of bread for the dinner. Good times, plus ensuring that I have stuff to eat (my family is aware that I'm vegetarian, but occasionally seem to forget what this actually means).