throwing-myself-into-the-world:

thedailywhat:

Human Interest Story of the Day: Long story short, Australian broadcast journalist James West claims he has been inadvertantly CC’d on a series of e-mails forwarded among the Tran family of West Palm Beach, which lay out their annual Thanksgiving plans.

Apparently this has been going on for three years now, and this time around West decided to track down the Trans, and hopefully get an invite to their delicious-sounding Thanksgiving dinner. He started a vlog series to chronicle his efforts, which you can watch on YouTube.

A few hours ago, News.com.au reported that West’s attempts to contact the Trans have succeeded, and the much-coveted invite was promptly extended. He will leave Sydney tonight on a personally-funded 26-hour flight to Florida, where he will be greeted by a local TV station and a bunch of complete strangers he’s been Internet-eavesdropping on for nearly half a decade. Happy holidays!

[thanks franchesca!]

Just going to further prove that everyone in Australia knows eachother, I went to uni with this dude.

Welcome to Thanksgiving Central James!

I was meant to be having dinner with J tonight. Instead I have been stood up for the Trans of Florida, USA.

We’ve known each other for about 10 years now, and even I thought that there was more to this than met the eye. But it turns out, no, it’s just a really interesting story in the hands of someone who can bring it to life and share it the way a good story should be shared in 2010.

So good luck James - we can’t wait to meet the Trans!

(Source: thedailywhat)