To get into the spirit of things now that the actual Christmas season has started, I changed my avvy to the most beautiful unicorn in Equestria wearing a Santa hat.

Thanksgiving with my family is always great because they're always so snarky and irreverent about everything, and this year was no exception. My cousin is apparently engaged to her boyfriend, and the number of jokes about this was ridiculously awesome, providing my favorite two moments of dinner: Cousin's boyfriend: "This is the first time I'm hearing about this, by the way" and from my cousin herself: "Oh I'm having kids now, before we're even married," followed by my uncle making a remark

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Late, I know but I intended to watch it after buying it on iTunes but it never showed up, so I broke down and looked it up on youtube. Anyway, a long, point-by-point review:

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It happened more quickly than I had expected, though in hindsight the signs had been there for a long time, my grandfather died at the age of 85 from liver cancer last night. The family is taking it as well as can be expected. I'm mostly just trying to keep myself looking forward and not get so stressed out again that I start throwing up. The plan is for him to be cremated and have his ashes spread out over his favorite golf course.

I had intended to get back to writing tomorrow, but...

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...And, well, it sounds like he's done. He's going to sell his car, has cancelled his membership at the local golf course, and is making all the final arrangements for when he goes. The tumor on his liver is too large to be operable (12 cm. the maximum they remove is 5cm).

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Yep, life as thrown me for a loop once again, in a bad way. Though, after losing my cat and having my registry corrupted this year, what's one more big event?

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BTW, look at my avvy and the banner and see if you can find me:

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Yep, I'm dead center (uncropped, of course) and there was much squeeing!

And don't worry, I'm only intending to work on three unfinished stories at once. Anyway, this story is one I was working on before my contest entry for "Unloved Couples," and I'm glad to finally get it out there. I'll do a final proofread tonight, then before I leave to visit family, I'll submit it for publication. It's titled "The Return of Mr. Bun" (don't worry, my other stories are being slowly worked on as well. Just have a mild case of writer's block with them, which is why I finished this

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I was wrong about, well, many things, but probably the only relevant one was that the episode was only an hour. However, it was the most intense, most...emotional hour in TV that I've had in, well, years. I'd like to share my thoughts on it, so I'm writing this raw, right after finishing it.

Spoilers ahead, you stand warned.

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In two hours the two hour series finale of one of my favorite shows on TV starts. When it ends I will write a long, spoilerific blog post about my thoughts on the ending and Burn Notice as a whole. Stay tuned, especially if you're a fan of one of TV's greatest spy dramas