General updatery

Heya. How's about an update? Okay!

On Sunday I roasted a turkey. I'd only roasted a turkey once before and I don't even remember doing it, so this one might as well have been my first turkey. Turned out very nicely. If you're curious, I used Dave Lieberman's Do Nothing Turkey recipe. Since my turkey came brined, I didn't salt it, and I also stuffed the cavity with celery and carrots, since I had them handy.

sarah_prineas says it looks like a roast octopus.

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On Monday we had early Thanksgiving up at my parents' place in Culver City. My mom had a kidney transplant a little shy of a month ago, and her recovery's had some rough spots, so it was particularly nice to sit down to a family dinner around the table. Lots of stuff to be thankful there.

Had a very nice stroll around the neighborhood while my parents napped, some highlights of which I will place at the bottom of this entry.

Other stuff going on: Just took on a little freelance gig, writing a short science fiction-y skit to teach language arts skills to small sub-adults.

And I'm addressing a personal failure of this year by signing up for professional intervention. Okay, we're all friends here, so I'm going to admit to you that I haven't been able to figure out knitting on my own, so Sunday will find me at The Needlecraft Cottage, where I will get down a knit stitch or die trying.

And now, some Culver City pictures:

This is Culver Studios, formerly Ince Studios and Selznick Studios and RKO and DesiLu and maybe some others that I forget. They filmed King Kong and classic series Star Trek here.

From Hometown

A happy lion in downtown Culver City. This is about a block from my old elementary school. I used to have to maneuver around unconscious people to walk to school. Now, happy lions. The building in the background is the hotel where MGM put up the Munchkins during filming of the Wizard of Oz.