We All Get Older, We Don't All Get Grown.

Well, this year's Thanksgiving was a first for me. My Mom worked hard on a Turkey as well as a honey baked ham. And oh wow, did they look delicious...although I don't know how they actually tasted. You see, i'm in the 2nd month of being a pescatarian and it just so happens that the Thanksgiving tradition is Turkey and Stufffing, not Mahi Mahi and Stuffing. This was the first time that I can remember not eating meat on this holiday or any holiday for that matter.

Yeah, it was different, but not really a big deal at all. I mean, its not like I went hungry this year while the rest of my family gorged. In fact, there was a great deal of support from my family that I wasn't really expecting. I went into this year, just wanting to play my vegetarianism down and keep it low key because like i've said in a previous blog, I still have no defining reason why I haven't eaten any meat for 2 months now. I'm seriously beginning to believe that I may just be masochistic. But anyways, I would've been happy if the fact that I wasn't eating turkey wasn't mentioned at all. Obviously my family knew, but that turned out to be a really cool thing. My Aunt Cathy made a smoked salmon mix on belgian endive leaves and one of my favorites, Ahi & Avocado Tartare on wonton crisps. And my mom still made all of the usual, delicious sides and even made me dressing instead of stuffing. What's the difference you ask? Well, according to an episode of Unwrapped on the Food Network, the difference between the two is that Stuffing is actually stuffed and cooked in the turkey and Dressing is cooked as a dish by itself. One thing that wasn't new to me this year: I ate too much.

All in all, I had a great Thanksgiving weekend and am most thankful for the family I've been blessed with.

Whenever people say stuff like, "I have the best husband(wife) ever!", I think that others who are married should be a little offended by that. I mean think about it, they are basically saying to you that my husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend is much better than yours because he did something he should've done in the first place, like put the toilet seat down. Come on people! I really expect to see some arguments via facebook status' because of claims like these.

I'm not saying I won't be bold enough to claim my wife is better than yours, when I get married. But that is solely because of the fact that she will be the best wife ever, because she was clearly smart enough have chosen me. In the meantime, all you current married couples can enjoy claiming that your spouse is the best spouse ever, but just know when the day comes that I get hitched, your false reign comes to an end! And if you decide to challenge my best husband-ness, you better have stats and evidence to back it up!

The following is a snippet of a Chat I had with one of my best friends the other day, who happens to be a youth pastor as well. I think its hilarious how our conversations go from one extreme to the other. This is true friendship to me. enjoy:


Jay: Hey I texted you. i am going to be in sd from the 19th to the 29th. so me + you = party!

Brandon: oh yeah i got that. i was driving or sleeping, i forget. definitely, hang out time

Jay: yeah. lets get naked and play twister or something

Brandon: whoa.

Brandon: i'm down.

Jay: sweet. i am serious. I have been studying the old testament bonding rituals between friends and thats the closest thing to how they did it back then

Brandon: i trust you

Jay: hahahah


Jay: i miss you. i am really pumped to hang when i am down there

Brandon: same here man

hey pray for me
#1- that i do well on an interview coming up
#2- patience
#3- that i can handle losing better
thanks brotha



Jay: yeah no prob.
#1 just be you
#2 patience is tough. i find i am less patient when i am not content
#3 what did you lose?

Brandon: hold on a sec...on the phone

Brandon: hey, you there?

Jay: yeah

Brandon:
#1- will do
#2- i agree. ********Censored********. i guess i just need to be content with what i have.


Jay: no be content with who you are

Brandon: what does it mean to be content with who you are?

Jay: uhh, i think it means being content in your identity as God's son. not looking for something outside of that to make you happy. Relationships are good and you are going to have a great wife. But sometimes relationships are attempts to fill some voids in our life that can and should be filled by God.

Jay: I think when we focus on being content regardless of external circumstance, we are better suited for when those circumstances change.

Jay: its hard.

Brandon: That makes sense to me. I see that.

I just read an article recently that claims that herpes may be a cause of Alzheimer's disease. No joke. Some British researchers found a strong connection between HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus 1) and Alzheimer's cases. "I estimate that about 60 percent of Alzheimer's cases could be caused by the virus." said neurobiologist Ruth Itzhaki, Ph. D. How it works theoretically, is that as we age HSV-1, actually spreads to our brains, where in certain people, it can cause buildup deposits- known as amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles- that attack and destroy the cells responsible for memory, language, and physical functions...in short those people develop Alzheimer's.

WHAT!? How crazy is that? If this is true, i'm sure there are tons of people out there who are regretting their choices on Halloween night. Slutty Costumes + Alcohol + Bad decisions = Alzheimer's disease. Who would've thought? That just goes to show you kiddies, show some prudence, your mind depends on it...literally.