"Thanksgiving"

It's strange how my feelings regarding holidays seem to be tied to media more than anything else. Today is "Thanksgiving" and I don't really feel a thing. Don't get me wrong I miss the fam and friends for sure, but I don't miss the holiday like I thought I would. It doesn't feel like Thanksgiving here because I'm not surrounded by turkeys and pilgrims and "Indians" and pumpkins and food. I don't watch TV here and even if I did I'm sure I wouldn't be seeing all of the clever Thanksgiving marketing campaigns and reminders.

I have a feeling Christmas is going to be the same. I will miss everyone back home, but I won't miss the tree or the meal or the gifts or the wreath or any of the other meaningless accessories that have become so intertwined with our family "traditions" and memories. By now most churches have caught on that people like the truth so they now teach that Jesus was probably born closer to September or the summer. This turns Christmas into more of a pagan than Christian holiday since December 25th was initially celebrated for agricultural reasons (among many others). I'm not trying to belittle or denounce Jesus, maybe just politicians. It's crazy that years and years ago a bunch of "fat cats" decided that they should change Jesus's birthday so that it would conveniently coincide with a holiday that they already celebrated. So Jesus is cool, politicians not so much.

I am gonna miss the time off although I have a 2 month winter break after the new year so I can't complain.

What's the point here? I miss everyone back home, I don't miss marketing. Unless there's a rad power ballad involved:



"YOU'RE THE CHAMPIOOOOON!!!!!"

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My Winter Camp

I think I might base my winter English camp around the movie Back to the Future. It will be a 2 week camp, 2 hours a day. I would show all three movies, probably broken into one hour halves with some worksheets and comprehension exercises for the other hour of class. Does that sound like it might interest a middle school kid who has never seen the movies??? It interests me.

Andy McKee

I feel like I've already blogged about Andy McKee but he deserves another one if I have. I've been obsessed with this guitarist for a while. He plays amazing acoustic songs.



Here's my favorite song:

80's dance party + David Lee Roth outfit = Fun Halloween