speaking of sad stuff, and men, and being lucky: not having mom at Thanksgiving, or my actual family for Thanksgiving (my mom’s family appears to be relieved to have no obligation to me, permanently), being with Lucas’s family, I just... I really was lucky, if nothing else, to have an interesting, stimulating, weird, smart mom. I can’t wait to have my sisters here for fun and lively holidays. and the weirdest thing is like...it made me miss my dad. he’s a dumbass, and useless, and sometimes the worst, but he’s a useless dumbass with some exposure to the world, who can carry a conversation! I mean, he’s always wrong, and he just won’t stop, but at least he thinks he is engaged with the world, or something.