i can just tell, this is going to be one of those weeks when thinking of stuff to post to the blog is going to be about as enjoyable as pulling weeds. i just. have. nothing. to. say. but when i do, dear readers, you'll be the first to know.

anyway, my inability to write is probably because i'm still sleepy from the turkey, and the wine, and the pumpkin pie. oh, god, the pumpkin pie. even though my immediate family had a delicious dinner at my uncle's this time around, and therefore we were barred from having to eat 12 pounds of leftover turkey and potatoes in the following days, i still managed to eat astonishing amounts this weekend. first, whenever i stay at my parents' house, i eat everything in sight - not because i'm actually hungry, mind you, but IT'S FREE FOOD! and i am poor, and at any point i might not be able to afford those $8 bananas at whole foods, and could starve, and therefore i should stock up on my fat cells while i can so i don't die, passed out in front of an empty refridgerator, a single slice of cold light emanating from the slightly open door and casting its harshness over my prostrate, immobile, emaciated body. etc.

then tommy made the Best BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches Ever on saturday so we could stuff our faces while watching the (ultimately tragic) uva vs. tech football game. he got all into it, and also made cornbread muffins and baked beans and it was all very delicious. apparently he just took a few chicken breasts, dumped them in a pot with a full bottle of trader joe's BBQ sauce and a little bit of water, cooked them for 3 hours, and voila! pure deliciousness. this + beer was goodness personified. or foodified. or whatever. oh yeah, and then we went and saw "the incredibles", and that was goodness itself movified. so awesome. i am in love with pixar's rendition of hair. my god, they do gorgeous hair. every single strand was perfection.

sunday, tommy and i hit up the flavin retrospective at the NGA. i'd seen it already, but didn't mind coming along for a second time so i could get some more fluorescent gamma rays or whatever makes my head hurt and my eyes twitch when i see that exhibit. then we cooked a lovely curried chicken-sweet potato thing for dinner that actually turned out pretty well. again, done with a bottle of stuff from trader joe's, curry sauce this time. i have only recently become a huge fan of TJ's bottles of sauces. they are so best.

and in non-related news, this indie xmas mix is getting me excited for the holidays. only 26 more days till the big Christ.