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I survived Black Friday!

I think there's actually a Black Friday lull. All the real dangerous action happens at like, three in the morning when the stores open, and then there's a dead zone RIGHT WHEN I SHOWED UP from about 8am to 11 am. Because the stores were pretty much dead; Target had more store attendants than store attendance. GET IT, STORE ATTENDANCE. :D

Anyway, R actually picked me up from downtown after I was done shopping, which was nice, and we stopped by my place to get a sack of potatoes and an immersion blender. Don't all the best stories start that way?

So now we're making soup with a fire in the fireplace and Eddie Izzard on Netflix on R's giant television, with the promise of Wii Wheel (WIIHEEL) in the near future. R's friend, the other Sam, is making stuffing like a fucking pro. And we are drinking manhattans, apparently the best manhattans in Chicago according to R. I'm willing to believe it.

Trying to explain an immersion blender to R is an exercise in hilarity. No, it's for THESE potatoes, but not ONLY for potatoes. That's what the potato peeler was for. Yes, I know it looks like a sex toy, but do not use it as one. Trust me.

My blog tour stops for no soup! I'm at Joyfully Jay today, talking about pro-publishing for the first time.

Comments

[spatz.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know it looks like a sex toy, but do not use it as one. Trust me.

Oh jesus no. BRB, wincing for the rest of my life.

[maeritrae.livejournal.com]

Should I assume you're not streaming anything in the next 8 hours?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL this reply is late, sorry about that. Yeah, and probably not anything today. I need to work out some kind of actual schedule ahead of time...

[(Anonymous)]

no worries just about to sit down to thanksgiving dinner

[jo02]

Aaaaaah - immersion blender = stick blender, in Aussie English.

Please NOT to be using as a sex toy at ANY time!

[queencallipygos.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know it looks like a sex toy, but do not use it as one.

My father used to refer to his immersion blender as "the dildo".

[aishuu.livejournal.com]

I think Black Friday is over by 8 a.m. Went at noon, and it was easy.

[shibaiko.livejournal.com]

I got to my store at 8am, and it was actually pretty calm. When I've opened, I've noticed that it usually starts to slow down around the time the sun comes up, since all the people who got there crazy early have already finished their shopping and left, but the people who slept in til a reasonable hour aren't up and out yet. By time time I took my lunch at one, though, our lines were wrapped halfway across the store again.

[elsajeni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, at my store there's a big rush first thing, then a lull for a few hours, and then a HUGE rush starting around 11:30 when everyone realizes that their special coupon is only valid through noon.