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We saw Happy Feet last night and I want that hour and a half of my life back. I felt it was a big disappointment and didn't work on a number of levels. Phooey.

The butcher at my grocery store had never heard of Prosciutto. Come ON.

That griping aside, I confess I adore the holiday season and now that it's in full swing I'm giddy as a schoolgirl. Last year I was apprehensive that I'd be doing more moping than celebrating, but that didn't happen and this year I'm all BRING IT ON.

Today I am thankful for many things, but here I want to post how thankful I am that livejournal allows me access to so many people worth knowing. You are worthwhile, interesting, thought-provoking, kind, and funny in turns. Don't go changing.
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Date: 2006-11-25 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com
Oh, they had it, the butcher just didn't know what it was. My parents' hometown is a tough one for getting interesting ingredients, but Ann Arbor is great. Olive bars, in-store sushi chefs, all that stuff is easy to find.

Date: 2006-11-23 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zette.livejournal.com
Right back atcha! I'm so thankful for my friends that I've met here. My life is so much richer and better for them all.

Date: 2006-11-23 09:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] democritus.livejournal.com
A butcher not having heard of prosciutto IS weird but I think asking a butcher for prosciutto is weird too. I always get mine in the deli section. ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Date: 2006-11-25 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com
The saga was that I looked at the deli, then went over to the lunchmeat. Then I returned to the deli to ask, where the guy told me to go over by the ham/lunchmeat area. After fruitless looking, I asked the butcher if she could help me hone in on where the deli guy meant exactly.

In the end, I found it over by more exotic cheeses by the deli. I remarked to the deli guy that I'd found it there, and he might direct future shoppers there, since it was after all 15 steps from the deli whereas the lunchmeat/ham area was way far away. His reply? "Oh sure, I knew it was there. But I thought we also had some by the ham."

Date: 2006-11-24 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jamespolk.livejournal.com
Bummer, Happy Feet worked for me on just about every level.

I also don't know why you'd ask a butcher for prosciutto (though I've never asked a butcher for anything) but I also don't know why a butcher wouldn't know what it was.

Date: 2006-11-25 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com
I asked the butcher after getting a bum lead from the deli guy.

Anyway, the first thing that felt like a mis-step in Happy Feet were the songs they chose. I don't think they selected music that lent itself to being sung a capella backed by hundreds of penguin voices. It didn't grab me at times when I think I was supposed to be grabbed. But different strokes and all that.

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