Happy Thanksgiving guys, I hope you survive the experience.  I know family gatherings and for some reason particularly Thanksgiving can be a stressful time for a lot of people.  It can be hard to sit through your Uncle explaining why he supports neo-Nazis but isn’t a racist, he just wants a change.  Or some guilt trip involving a combination of your hair, the disappointment that is your life, or some other person decision that someone has decided is an attack on them.  I get it.  When someone is deciding to do what they can to diminish you through passive aggressive advice or using rhetorical questions to point out why you and yours are the worst generation, don’t engage.  Use headphones.  Not earbuds but headphones.  Earbuds are too easy for assholes to ignore, the only real purpose they serve is as a test for who is a big enough dick that he thinks what he has to say to you is more important than your clear wish to not be talking to people right now and let’s be honest, you don’t really need a test for that, that sort of person practically announces it.  But headphones, headphones you can just point to them and shake your head.  You can’t hear, sorry, and you’re in a big hurry.  Once you point to them just do a kick-flip and skate away or complete a rim rattling slam dunk and walk off, never looking back (note, these only work if you are skateboarding or playing basketball at the time.  if not think of your own thing.  Whatever you do don’t grab your crotch and shout suck it, this is still your family after all, if you wanted a fight you wouldn’t need headphones).  So my suggestion is when it gets to be too much don’t crack, just grab your headphones and go for a walk.  Chances are no one will even notice you’re gone unless they are looking for an audience for whatever drama they are creating (this might be my family specific, I have no idea).  My point is get out and listen to some music, music is a universal salve, it makes every situation better.  Maybe start thinking about what to listen to now though, random can be dangerous.  Anyway, all of this is why Angel Olsen is here because I think she has my favorite album of the year and there is a good chance she will be making a headphone appearance for me.  Either way I am thankful for her album and her songwriting.  And I am thankful for you guys. Well most of you.  Not you Joey.  You know what you did (I don’t know, I just chose a name at random but I kind of like the idea of making some random person paranoid) and you will get yours.  Today I want to fuck Angel Olsen.