A Russkii Festivus

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Before we begin, I want to point out that we were ALL completely sober in these pictures, yet still managed to look like this.

Had Festivus Yesterday. It’s not the same as being with family on Christmas, but it was nice to have a house full of people to play with.

We all helped cook Festivus dinner. My contribution was Charleston-style crab cakes, which turned out really well, I’m happy to say. I had to buy imitation crab cake, which came in a roll, I kid you not. There was just a mass of it stuck together with some sort of gelatin that looked like it came out of a can of Alpo, but that’s ok. It came off easily enough.

Mark cooked chicken, Lucy made ham and shrimp cocktails, Nate made mashed potatoes, and one of our guests made apple cake.

Lucy was Comerade Christmas and wore my shapka while she passed out presents.

Then in the Festivus tradition, we moved on to the Airing of Grievances during which we told the people present the many ways in which they and society have disappointed us in the past year.

Next was Feats of Strength. As head of the household, Nate had to get a mattress and battle a challenger, which was one of our guests. Nate won the first round, but our guest eventually triumphed after he and Nate put a HUGE hole in our wall. The flash from my camera washed the hole out in the pictures, but trust me, it’s insanely large. We’re going to blame it on the teacher who lived here before us and used to kick holes in things. The administration will think that sounds about right. They won’t question it.

Anyway, the neighbors began beating on the door that separates our apartments after Nate and his guest knocked the hole in the wall, so that part of Feats of Strength ended. Fortunately there were more. I even participated in Mountain Wrestling, but lost.

It was a successful Festivus.

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