What a day. This typifies Americana culture. Thanksgiving is like one of two days out of the entire year when everyone within the 50 states makes a pilgrimage to some place they consider home, no matter how crummy, awkward, awful, etc. this place this really is. Family members come together, no matter how much they dislike each other, and feign niceties. What a day!
I am going to say this without being so cynical.
I like my family for the most part.
I also want to say that this Thanksgiving particularly I came to side and even draw similarities between family members and myself.
My family is not perfect. They are, for the most part, accomplished. They are awkward. They are loving. They are weird. They are partly racist. They are conspiracy theorists. They are pessimists. They are optimists. They are rude. They are surprisingly nice.
They are my family.
I say that from the innermost core of my heart. I love them, which is weird, but I do. They aren't great people, but I choose to love them regardless. This Thanksgiving really allowed me to see how much I actually identify with my family and I don't for the most part. However, these people are my blood, my heritage, mine. I can see what I came from, which is a huge spectrum and make the best out of it. I hope to make the best of it.
This Thanksgiving was not a bad day, but a learning experience more than anything...
I wanted to put this video on here, because I thought about it today on the way back from Hope Mills. This sort of fits into this post in a weird way. It is a song from Title of Show in a cool music video interpretation. First of all, this show is a great concept. I think that this show really helps further the conversation on the future of musical theatre and where it lies. Does Broadway mean showy Disney? Or should it be about talent and about creativity. Should musicals focus on movies and bring in star power to boost ticket sales, or should they pick the best talent? I think my preferences are evident. This song makes this more clear. This song is about not compromising yourself. This is about being the best that you can be, and putting yourself out there for everyone. I think for me, this song is more about loving my family and finding my fit within it. This is about not compromising myself for others... even family. So here it is
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1 comment:
oh Trevor, I am sorry you had a bad experience in Hope Mills. you should have come to morrisville for thanksgiving with dee, karen and myself. We have been doing ThnxGiving with Mike and Aimee @ their new house and Aimee's Charlotte side of the family. It was really nice, we played games all nite and stuffed ourselves delightful. I really hope most of the family there doesn't reflect on us Wordens in Raleigh/Morrisville because we love and support you more than anything. I hope we get to see you guys in Dec. Good Luck and Congrats at @ Graduating too. I am so proud of you sweetie!
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