'time goes by so slowly for those who wait'

it's 25 degrees outside and so so windy. yuck.

the holiday went by so quickly today. i spent the morning tracking down chestnuts. isn't that strange? they seem like such a prevalent holiday food. i'd emailed my dad a list of ingredients for the dishes i wanted to make, and he tried his damndest but didn't quite get everything right. i was given a can of water chestnuts instead of the roasting-over-an-open-fire variety. shopper's food only had the kind in the shell, and i finally located two dusty cans at giant on the last shelf in the baking aisle. when i opened the cans, i was surprised and amused to find that chestnuts in water look like kind of like shrivelly little brains.

can't figure out the rest of my stay here. to richmond or not to richmond seems the chief decision, followed by dare i venture out to start christmas shopping when my rent is due next week. say it with me now: i have no self-control.

i absolutely adore the new madonna album. it was my saving grace on the car ride from new york yesterday. it made me all hype to go out dancing, but i can't seem to convince my fairfax girlfriends to try out the, ah, scene here. boo.

i really enjoy the goofy little touches of sites like google and yahoo on holidays when they do something to make the site title reflect the occasion. google today has a turkey -a cartoon one, with napkin around its neck- standing at a dinner table getting ready to eat what appear to be pie and cranberry sauce. (wonder how he avoided being the main course.)

one of my friends is contemplating leaving her husband, another may be moving to hong kong, and a family friend at dinner today announced today at thanksgiving dinner that she is pregnant. my mind is whirling a bit, though i feel like i am standing still and everyone else is going like mad.