Christmas . . . and beyond!

To be honest we don’t celebrate Christmas. When it comes to Christianity my upbringing is pretty secular (right Mum). Foxhollow is pretty empty; students are with their families but will be returning over the next few days in preparation for next weekend.

At 2pm Katherine (our exceptional head cook) informed a small group of guys  “there had been an idea . . .”  the Men prepare dinner. I’m sure for many men this is bread and butter, a staple life experience . . . This doesn’t apply this small group of men! Our diet has in recent years taken a serious swing in the uber health direction, from vegetarian, to vegan, to raw . . .  so when it comes to gourmet vegetarian food, most of us are a little out of practice :-) Anyhow needless to say, I think when we realized that we had an opportunity to roast potatoes, roast sprouts, roast seitan (yes seitan), gravy and peas etc and the finished product would be predominantly brown and black and not green, the mood changed from panic to ecstasy.

We followed the meal with the movie . . . about 40 of us crammed into a room with our teacher watching “Devil wears Prada” . . . if you haven’t seen it you must. Very smart and sassy plot, great characters . . . Meryl Streep was born to play her role. Its a must see for anyone out there who (like me) feels superior to the superficiality of the fashion industry . . . . Pushes all you buttons but makes you re-think your position.

New Years eve is going to be a big celebration here. We are going to have a large wedding ceremony . . . large in that several couples are getting married (Kool Aid not supplied :-). . . Oh INS please don’t panic its all kosher) At this point Andrew is planning to give a talk to his students about Sexual Relationship in an Evolutionary Enlightenment context, and then we’ll have the ceremony . . . the evening will be capped off by Andrew’s band Unfulfilled Desires playing. More on all this as the plans unfold . . .