Even though I'm not a regular Lantern staff writer anymore and am on the T.A. side of things, I still have the option of writing stories whenever I want...I just have to make the time, but who has that anymore? I did come up with a cool column idea after talking with my friends after class about how families really act up during the holidays. My friend told me that his family Thanksgiving dinners end up with plates and beer bottles being thrown across the room and relatives cussing each other out. So I thought I'd write a little Editorial piece about this unfortunate dilemma that occurs in homes across the nation, a far from thankful Thanksgiving. I wrote it during class yesterday to help keep me awake so here goes the link to it: http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2008/11/18/Arts/Commentary.tis.Not.The.Season.Of.Bickering-3548398.shtml
I started getting so many text messages from friends and emails from random people about how this scenario characterized so many families. My friend said what I wrote sounded identical to her own family's Thanksgiving, except their turkey is never dry. But that just leaves me to think that there's a lot of dysfunction going on during the "Happy" Holidays. What can ever prevent this? Guess peace on earth and good will towards men is just not enough. :-(