November 22, 2007
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‘Twas The Night Before Turkey…
This “poem” is obviously filled with many inside jokes, but suffice it to say it is quite representative of our “GLY” group of friends from all over the world. Apologies in advance to Clement Clarke Moore.
‘Twas the night before turkey, and all through the ‘Couve,
GLY’ers were happy, getting into their groove.
The turkey was ordered from Safeway with care,
In hopes that Tom, Cathy & Patrick soon would be there.Bassam was nestled all snug in his bed,
While visions of gluten free pumpkin pie danced in his head.
And Emily in her leopard pants, and I in my trendy cap,
Blogging till all hours, while everyone napped.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
We sprang from our futons to see what was the matter.
And what to our wondering eyes did appear,
But an angel Quandetta, and 8 tiny reindeer.
More rapid than Plato, her coursers they came,
And she whistled, and shouted, and called them by name.
Now Bine, now Eva, Carolina and Youenn,
On Joelle, on Mick, and the rest of you loons.
She was chubby and plump,
A right jolly old elf.
And I smiled when I saw here,
In spite of myself.
She spoke not a word,
But went straight to her work.
Spreading the GLY message,
Then turned with a jerk.
And by saying, “Quandetta, we ARE the dates”,
This wonderful woman sealed all of our fates.
As an angel she may now look down from above,
And see a group of great friends in their Seasons of Love.
Marble & Wiley
The campus of Washington State where Marcelo teaches
Brazilians need a’space!
Comments (13)
Well I got to wake up to your post and it’s a great way to start a day and especially one dedicated to giving thanks for all the simple things in life – friends, pets, companionship, upbeat, positive music, and humor. here’s hoping you all recognize the blessings you have and treasure them not only today, but each day of your life. peace, Al
I always do Al…thanks
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today is Thanksgiving Day so just a note to thank you for
your love and friendship. May this day be filled with many blessing and
may your life be filled with much to be thankful for not just today but each
and every day of your life. Peace and love to you and yours. Al
“Quandetta, we ARE the dates” !! Awww the dogs looks adorable! Marble looks like my dog Leo and I just wanna wrap my arms around Wiley! Beautiful dogs! Washington State looks like a wonderful place to have picnics and throw raves ( Hah just joking bout the last one ) . Happy Thanksgiving to you! Gobble Gobble.
RYC : Thanks for lending me your car! Its back in the garage with a full tank of gas and less than 5 scratches. You da bomb! :) Grapes on a cake is certainly NOT a Malaysian thing. It was just a random thing Carmen and I thought of to cover all the untidy sides of the cake. Haha. What a Malaysian thing to do would be to put hot curry sauce and coconut milk on it :P I already made it today and sent it to you. Should be there anytime there. Be sure to get ready a doctor on speed dial. :)
-xoxo Jin ( Rihanna is a ho , fo shizzle yo )
How wonderful to wake up and find this great post. You rock! Hope you all have a fab time up there. I’ll be staying in San Francisco, taking care of foreign orphans that stay behind and introducing them to this great American holiday of an excuse to drink and be merry… And give thanks ofcourse. Got to go… My turkey needs to go in the oven.
Your fellow gobbler,
Mariana.
gobble gobble ^_^
HEY HOW FUN!
lol we took a picture with the same hat on
what a fun coincidence hehe
Have a good thanksgiving! Funny videos.
good blog you got here. ryc: the subject is unknown to me. at the pumpkin patch he ran past me and i snapped the photo. not too much time to prepare. glad you like it. sometimes photos are serendipitously communicative. this is one of those instances.
happy thanksgiving! (i think i saw that turkey pic somewhere :P)
freat pics as always. those dogs are cute! i still wish i have that kind of breed but weather here isn’t for them kind.
Happy thanksgiving ~!
Frankly, I have no idea what’s the last video is about . (Conversation of life?)
The last video is a very poorly done take on the meat/space discussion with my Brazilian friend Marcelo
Happy Thanksgiving! Sounds like the discussion is about spacing out?! haha~~