Quick Bits

Thanksgiving

Unlike last year’s Thanksgiving madness, our second North Carolinian Thanksgiving was refreshingly laid back. We spent it with Kate, Peter, Andy and their family. It was a fun time, and we were well fed. Later on in the day, DJ stopped by Rockland-Ave for some holidayish eats. We also played a favorite game, just like the first Thanksgiving.

BossTones

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are getting back together. This brings me great joy. They’re only playing in New England around the holidays, which brings me great sadness. I saw this band many times back in the day and it was always a good time. Does that make me old? Being a fan of a band, seeing the band break up, and then getting excited about them getting back together years later? Yeah that kind of sounds old.

Homeowners Association

Tonight I went to the our Homeowner’s association meeting. It consisted of some food, seeing a few familiar neighbors, and about 30 people essentially shouting get off my lawn at each other and at the HOA/developer people. It went from a crowd of calm, recently fed people and became a slightly disgruntled mob. No chairs were thrown thankfully, but it was unpleasant and I left. I feel torn about the whole homeowners association thing. One part of me wants to know that I have some recourse when a neighbor paints their house plaid and puts several unregistered Camaro’s on their lawn, but that part of me is in conflict with the part of me that despises rooms full of shouting people. Luckily I think these meetings are only once a year.