Thanksgiving and November

Thanksgiving στην Ελλάδα δεν έχουμε και δεν ξέρω αν θα αποκτήσουμε. Στην Αμερική πάντως την τέταρτη Πέμπτη κάθε Νοεμβρίου γιορτάζουν το thanksgiving. Για όποιον έβλεπε friends και του έχει μείνει η απορία τι επιτέλους είναι αυτό το thanksgiving που ψήνουν το turkey (την γαλοπούλα και όχι την Τουρκία) να πάει να ρίξει μια ματιά στο μπλογκ της φίλης μου της Κατ.

Αυτή, λοιπόν η Κατ είναι μια πανέξυπνη Αμερικανίδα που μας επισκέφθηκε πριν από πολλά χρόνια και με αυτά και με εκείνα έμεινε στην χώρα μας. Δυστυχώς κανείς δεν της είπε όταν ήρθε "προσωρινά" στην Αθήνα, ότι στην χώρα μας "ουδέν μονιμότερον του προσωρινού"! Όχι οτι την χάλασε! Γιατί στα διαλείμματα από την τρομερή μάχη που έδωσε με την ελληνική γραφειοκρατεία βρήκε και ένα καλό παιδί και μια καλή πεθερά! Φορ φερδερ ριντινγκ σι δις εντ δατ!

Έτσι λοιπόν με κάλεσε να παίξω ένα meme όπως λεν στο Αμερικα αυτο που στα ελληνικά λέμε μπλογκεροπαίχνιδο!!! Σε αυτό πρέπει να θυμηθώ τι έκανα περασμένους Νοεμβριους! And for the shake of my American friend I 'll try to write in English for a change.

1977 is my first stop. Nearly 30 years ago. Well actually it is 30 years ago, but who's counting! I guess if i had been born on the other side of the Atlantic i would spend my first Thanksgiving but i didn't! As a matter of fact i didn't even been born on this side of the Atlantic! So back in November 1977 I was taking a photo shoot for my very first IKA album!!!!!!

Next stop is more or less 20 years back and the next picture is from late october 1986! well it is not exactly 20 years ago and it is not November but I could not find anything from 1987!

On the other hand I can vividly remember the field trip we took in Salonica sometime in November of 1992. November rain was a hit single and I was wearing a leather jacket! Thank god, i moved on since then!

Things really changed 10 years ago when I was in the university! In 1997 our lives were more or less like the words on this song by Bran Van 3000....

when we finally realized what we were doing it was 1999 and we were in England. Drinking pints in pubs!

5 years ago, was a tough period for me as I was unemployed and recently discharged (honorably I must say!!!) from the ranks of the Hellenic Army. In November 2002 and after some months of going to the most stupid job-interviews of Salonica I finnaly made a break! I found a job in a consultancy company, thanks to Maria!

2 years ago me and Anna were just being used to live together while last year the thing I did most of my November was trying to work on my phd thesis!

Yesterday I had a lousy day, today thank God is Friday and tomorrow I will go to the Puressence concert in Salonica!!!

Kisses