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November 23, 2006
What are you thankful for?
This year, I am thankful for:
- The 110 and 105 freeways
- My dad, for just being there, being available, and his amazingly good looks
- Tuxedos
- The troops overseas - Bless their hearts they have a good Thanksgiving away from home this year and may they come home safe.
- Carpool lanes
- My parents, for all the love that they’ve given me, whether or not I’ve been receptive to the way they show it or not
- Middle-of-the-night matzo ball soup at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles
- Disneyland Annual Passes
- John vR, for making me vomit and kickstarting my screenplay writing
- The ridiculously low rent that I’m paying
- Robert, ever faithful coffee break cohort, lunch buddy, and wingman
- Karl, for always looking at the bright side of life
- Red Bull
- Gmail - How I managed to live without access to email from anywhere, I don’t know.
- USB memory sticks
- Cellphones
- EVDO and EDGE - Internet anywhere, anytime
- YouTube, for all those television moments that are worth seeing, but not worth $65/month
- Blogging
- Working in a building built on rollers... in the event of an earthquake
- My parents, for coming to LA to visit
- Three Weddings: Ally & Kevin, Michelle & AJ, Gloria & Drew
- Canon cameras
- Being salaried and being paid for overtime
- Brazilian grill... churrascaria rocks!
- Who am I kidding? Brazilian anything!
- Sushi in a major seaport
- Amazing Jewish Women
- Pork
- Not mixing Jewish women and pork
- Rolanda, for the styles
- Ken, for all the cool gear that my Rogue just can't wear... yet
- Introduction Leaders
- ILP Head Coaches: Victor, Natalie, Alejandro, Reid, April, Erin, Charles, and Federico
- My mom, for saying exactly the right thing exactly when it needs to be said
- ILP Coaches: Rebecca, Danielle, Kris... oh hell, there is too much, I'm not even going to sum up
- ILP Participants
- The ILP itself, its leaders, and everything else about it
- Wireless Internet access
- Blackberry Pearl
- Pearl Art Supplies
- Pearl necklaces
- Blog comment spammers, for taking up so much of my day
- Rare mornings to sleep in
- El Puerto Escondido
- Britney Spears, for dumping K-Fed
- Anna Maria and Marvin, for their friendship and their dreams for me
- Donald Rumsfeld, for knowing when to fold 'em
- World of Warcraft
- Talking about people in their presence in third person
- Frank, for always taking care of Ella for me
- Teresa, for putting me up for a weekend and surprising me with midnight mahjongg
- Saliva
- Artie, for the fabulous brunch at the Cliff House
- Jagran, for filming the 8xMeat and posting it online
- Ally, for her friendship and comments about the photos I took at her wedding
- Michelle, for writing dates and swing dancing
- Jared, for that ridiculous WWE style picture
- Mirror Work
- More Cowbell
- My car, Ella, who is big (but not that big), black and luxurious
- Dave Shoe, for pulling me to accomplish what it is I want when I'm resisting wisdom of it
- 15 Minutes every morning with the Superfriends: Mel, Azmir, Sarah, and Vatecia
- Darrick, on it and off it
- Coral, for standing for me and for being a wonderful host for Christmas
- Heirloom tomatoes
- The Santa Monica farmer's market
- Henry, for going to the farmer's market
- Henry, again, for being an amazing friend and roommate
- Charles, for the rides
- Anna Nicole Smith, for losing weight
- Golden Bird, for the Fried Chicken and Transformation
- The funniest coworkers you could hope for
- The Key Lime Conspiracy
- ... and Jerah, for listening past the crap that comes out of my mouth and loving me anyway
- Singing
- Marty Merrill
- Singing at Marty Merrill's memorial service
- Charles, for the Pantry brunch and the Sebring with the top down
- Gary, for the back-breaking work
- Namu, for arriving into this world
- My mom's Landmark Forum
- Monique, for not giving up when I was playing games with her
- The Wisdom Course and the Los Angeles City Team
- San Diego and San Francisco City Teams for the Weekends I did out of town
Posted by KinCross at November 23, 2006 11:18 AM