Thanksgiving overseas.

I should probably practice the two presentations I have to give in Japanese in a couple hours... Eh, whatever, that's what the train's for.

So, on Wednesday I suddenly realized that the next day was Thanksgiving in the US! Thanksgiving is, I think, my favorite holiday of the year... But it is, of course, not observed outside North America (and different in Canada, anyway). Since it's not observed, everyone has class on both Thursday and Friday, but Mina and I decided we should organize some kind of modest dinner/party. Me being the American, I put it together.
So, a group of 19 (I think) friends went to Gusto, a family restaurant which has Japanese food and some somewhat Japanese'd western food, and had a nice dinner. Eating a cheap steak for Thanksgiving doesn't feel exactly right, and they didn't have any pie, but the cake was delicious. We managed to collect four Americans (myself, Erika, Gyojin and Gyojin's friend), so we all talked about what Thanksgiving is for us, and in the sort of American mythology and everything... XD
I am very thankful for many things. Though there was no traditional Thanksgiving cuisine, I did feel that, sitting down at a big table together, I was with part of my new TouDai family.
I was tempted to copy something Wu Di wrote, which eloquently summed up what I'm feeling.
"Thankful for being one of AIKOMers.君たちに出会えてよかった。" The Japanese meaning something like "I'm glad I could meet you guys."