Who Killed the Turkey?

Its the holidays and i am at home. After living on my own for awhile its refreshing to be home at times and also a reminder of how much i wanted out of here when i was younger. OH the holidays, how i dread thee. It gives us dam filipinos a reason to get together and go for each others throats. I actually still get a kick of watching the elder women in my family sit around the table trying to one up each other by comparing their families and lives. its funny how it looks like a regular conversation people laughing and chatting but if you pay close attention you can sense the hostillity and violence in those sly remarks.... We even bet on said conversations. i still got money on my aunt by far she is the most skillful and tactful one of the bunch, not saying much but when she does its usually to shyt on all the other peoples lives in the conversation.

"Oh your daughter graduated? hmmmm what is she going to do with a nonsense bs like that..."

Frikken hilarious. as see simply smiles and pats whoevers shoulder shes talking to as if she were saying its ok i know your life is dull.

well as for thanksgiving hmmm being part of a family that loves to gamble( note I HATE CASINOS) my dear cracked out slot machine mother tells me that she wants to go to this place for thanksgiving that serves all you can eat lobster. OK IM A HUGE SEAFOOD LOVER and living in an appartment full of people allergic to seafood how could i pass this up.


1 HOUR LATER....

2 HOURS LATER...

....(dam holiday traffic note to self :add the 210 freeway to those i must bomb when i finish googling "how to make a bomb" and make it out alive without killing myself JUST KIDDING IM NOT A TERRORIST jeebuz)

5 HOURS LATER...

WE HAVE ARRIVED AND LOO AND BEHOLD ITS A FRIKKEN CASINO. well they did have the seafood which was a plus and i do believe i ate myself stupid (Does staring out into space and drooling count?) I just look at them all and go " the lobster was just a set up wasnt it." my dad laughs and goes "you know your mother". Ohh how i know them... the moment dinner was done they all made a break for it and scattered like mice into the blinking and singing ailse of machines and tables with smiling people waiting for you to hand your hard earned cash, legal and illegal, over to their grubbly lil paws. The thing is when you get my mother,father and grandparents in there, there is no way to get them out. See Fire Alarm. See Earthquake. See needing to go to the hospital. See the world is ending.... "Just 10 more minutes..." is all they say...

6 hours later... and a few thousand gone...

Were on our way home. All a little more broke except for me that loves to go up and ask for "spendiing money" only to return and say i lost it all and they give me more. I figure they are going to hand it over to the casino anyways like "HERES MY WALLET TAKE EVERYTHING I GOT". 5 dollars every 20 -60 minutes adds up and sure i feel bad, but dam i gotta pay for school somehow and hustling money is better than dealing drugs out of a library. For all you parents out there... THATS WHERE THE DRUGS ARE IN COLLEGE. its like checking out a book. quick and simple find the kid thats been sitting at the same desk for hours or days hell im not even sure he ever moved from that spot. those bags under his eyes suure seem to be growing bigger. with no coffee cups... hes got to be on something.

Anyways. im getting sidetracked. overall it was an interesting thanksgiving and i have to say i did enjoy myself. And having a person i could talk to was really nice. THANK YOU, you saved me from the blackjack tables (ok ill admit i do have a lil problem with card games ~cough~) and kept me company ~GLOMPS~

Happy Turkey Day people.

p.s and remember if your family starts looking like they are turning into savage beast animals gnawing on turkey legs and fighting for the food at the dinner table,your not crazy... they really do look like that ~wink~