05.12.04 - 12:51

Thanksgiving, in brief

Locale: Brandon's house, Selibabe

Those in attendance: me, Annika, Adrianna, Brandon, Nate, Suzanne, Molly 2.0 (new PCV), Cailin, Brock, Madi, Jae, Angus

Delectable dishes: duck marinated in hibiscus wine, lemon pepper chicken, camel burgers, mashed potates and gravy, stuffing, cranberry chutney, baked sweet potatoes, squash, corn casserole, curried lentil soup, pumpkin biscuits, rice pudding, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, blueberry pie, apple pie, gin & tonics, and brousse wine

Number of hours spent plucking the duck: 3
Number of feather-free square inches of skin: 0
Number of minutes it took to peel skin off duck, once frustrated with plucking: 2

Pieces of pie consumed by Molly M (me) over the course of three days: 10

Fudge consumed by Molly M within 2 hours: .5 pan

Number of blood geysers shooting from the nose of Molly 2.0: a least 4
Number of nosebleeds that lasted more than an hour: 1
Number of hours spent at hospital the night before Thanksgiving: 2
Number of individuals in hospital: 16
Number of these that were, in fact, goats eating "leftovers" from hospital patients: 10
Number of helpful comments from doctor: 0
Number of times Molly 2.0 looked like she wanted to give nurse a nosebleed with her fist: 3

Number of Baaba Maal concerts attended: 1
Number of musicians who talked to us because we were foreigners/white people/extremely attractive: 6
Number of musicians who wanted us to come back to his hotel so we could "drink some tea, make some love, have some conversation...": 1

Number of Mollys too tired to write an actual entry: 1

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