...On An Ordinary Sunday

Have you ever been surrounded by a group of friends and decided to not watch TV or a movie while you're all hanging out? I highly suggest it. It's odd that more often than not, we resort to watching television or being on the computer or playing video games when one of our friends is over, and then we have random sparatic conversations while we're busy doing one of those things. But try eliminating electronic devices and just sit down and talk, or play guitar, or want to be Bob Dylan but realize all that you have is your plastic recorder from elementary music class and you can only play an open chord on the guitar (which I have patented and made my own, thank you very much). As we were sitting around last night, being total dweebs - and loving every minute of it - I said "Wow. So this is what we do. What a weird way to spend our time". Only to be answered with "Well, it's a lot more healthy than watching TV". I wholeheartedly concur. It's fun to depend on nothing but the randomness of conversation to get you through an evening. After a while, it doesn't even feel like a struggle to come up with the strangest things to talk about, and believe you me, last night, we talked about some pretty strange things. Also, you eventually put down the guitar and the recorder and you stop playing the piano ( after a great deal of laughing, I might add) and just sit with the fireplace on and off and on and then off again and the company of great people who are all equally as full and exhausted as you are from eating way too much turkey and having a very nice portion of wine/bailey's/schmirnoff sour apple vodka.
It's a lot more interesting to listen to the world without background noise, I think, and therefore, more interesting to listen to your friends without a computer or a TV to distract you. Even something as simple as turning down the radio in the car, or even turning it off, while your with friends. You learn a lot because you're able to talk; there's no out and no distraction. I like that.
What a wonderful thanksgiving.

I had 2 pieces of pie right after I had breakfast today.
Just in case you were curious.