i'm lacking something

Fun Fact: There are no turkeys in Jinan.

Another Fun Fact: Today is Thanksgiving, and I've only had two major feelings: homesickness and hunger. 

It's kind of worsened given what today is. Earlier in class, we had an assignment to talk about "party preparations" and my teacher saved me for last because I had mentioned earlier that today was Thanksgiving, and he was like "Oh! I am going to make you TALK ABOUT IT TO THE CLASS!" So when my turn came up, I stood there for 10 minutes blathering on and on about preparing for a Thanksgiving feast, some shit about giving thanks and being with family, and some other shit about turkeys. At this point, my teacher interrupts me with an abrupt, "我有一個問題！" (I have a question!) He asks, "What are turkeys?" I said, "火雞," literally "fire bird." He gives me this look, and I start describing a large plump birdie with big feathers, ugly wattle, complete with noises and everything. He still doesn't get it. Oh well. Regardless, the purpose of including this small anecdote was to make myself feel a little better with being in China and not home for the holidays... it was supposed to make me laugh, but it didn't. Anyways, Tanner had also just called me and invited me to this "American Thanksgiving Buffet" at 7:30pm that the Silver Crowne Plaza was throwing. It's apparently 160元 per person (like 23 USD) which is a wee bit expensive by chinese standards, especially for a buffet. Plus, it's cold outside, and I just threw in all my laundry, so I'm not gonna go out in the sweats that I'm wearing at the moment. 

I'm starving. Haven't eaten at all today. Normally if I were at home, I'd be pigging out in the middle of the night on whatever pre-thanksgiving preparations my mom put in the fridge, then waking up around 2pm to find a huge Thanksgiving spread (I'm talking colonial style, all kinds of gut-busting  stuffingcranberrysaucepieturkeygravymashedpotatoesbutterycorncobsgreenbeancasserolefreshmuffins deliciousness on the table with a beer for me to gorge myself on, and then I'd look forward to a nice nap until perhaps 7pm, and around that time, I'd awaken slowly from my tryptophan-induced nappage only to pig out on LEFTOVERS. And then more passing out. Thanksgiving is awesome.

And that, my friends, is what I'm missing most out of today.

Gobble gobble, everybody. 

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