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Thanksgiving cheer

Tonight I ate dinner alone in my windowless room, feeling sorry for myself. This is the wost Thanksgiving, ever I thought. Then I remembered the Thanksgiving dinner that I had in a San Francisco homeless shelter and I realized that I have had significantly worse Thanksgivings than this. I'm thankful that despite everything, I still have the ability to wallow in self pity.

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My Thanksgiving was very usual. Except for the part where I snuck a huge chunk of turkey into the bathroom like I was smuggling drugs, and then gobbled it all down in a rush and ate a bunch of mints to disguise the turkey-smell.

I am a vegetarian. Hopefully this story seems less bizarre now.

I hope your next Thanksgiving is in a room with windows and people who don't smell very homeless.

ayah babes, this makes me miss you... thankful for wallowing in self-pity!! the hipsters look the same here in SF, real terrorshow! then i realize i'm wearing the same clothes... ehhh, next time i make a pumpkin pie, it'll be at your place... feb 2008 bwaaahhh

I missed you at Tessa's house yesterday. Congratulations on your courageous path to upward mobility ion a most difficult town. Thanks for your astringent writing. Sometimes it reminds me of Paul Theroux's, except the bile is directed at self instead of others.
I hope you can move to a windowed room soon, even if it means room mates!

Here alone but with windows, here to say you're not alone.


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