Thanksgiving List for 2009

• Mel, Sarah, Azmir and Shana, for pulling my head out of my ass every morning
  
• John, Marie, Camille, Ana, Armin, Patrick, Matthew, and Laura, for the Last Minute Poetry Club
  
• Moe, for the pie baking


• Jerah, for hosting last year's Thanksgiving feast


• Francesca and David, for hosting last year's other Thanksgiving feast


• Jenni and Rod, for inviting me to be a part of their wedding


• Josh, for introducing me to Nery


• Dad, for coming up with the idea to hook me up to Christmas dinner in Ottawa via Skype


• Nery, for the help with my diet and the back-cracking


• Linda, for the Network Care


• Sue H, for coming to the office holiday party with me


• Francesca and David, for hosting the holiday party


• Din Tai Fung, for the melt-in-your-mouth dumpling goodness


• Katyia, for the visit
  
• Harris, for hosting the New Year's Eve party


• Katyia, Dorothy and Andre G, for the perfect day-after-New-Year's at Disneyland


• Bobby, for the land and the intro to sailing


• Jerah and Kim, for the birthday celebration at Disneyland


• Dee, Christa and Ken, for getting me going at Gold's


• Wilshire Boulevard, for the straight shot to the office
  
• The City of Los Angeles, for slashing infrastructure budgets and making that straight shot a bloody bumpy ride
  
• Sammie, for being the coolest redhead


• Angela, for the Partnership Explorations course


• Shelby, for the new hangout
  
• Sam, for being a great buddy throughout the course


• Ham, for the tastiness


• The IRS, for the opportunity to exercise my integrity


• Pat and Ana, for the barbecue


• Sam and Jerah, for freeing Kansas


• Tom, for being an awesome manager (miss you!)


• Yelp.com, for finding the best restaurants all over town


• Francois, for Nantucket


• John, for moving to Canada
  
• Mary, Sara and Will, for being awesome participants
  
• Annette and Eric, for being awesome head APs.
  
• Mo, for the San Diego Comic-Con badge


• Patty, for putting through the badge transfer


• Trinity and Nala, for the hospitality


• Martita, for taking over for Natalie


• Martita (again), for being a great partner for the ILP Weekends


• Mark, for the dinner, the good times, and especially for the start of a new partnership


• April, for introducing me to the Michael Jackson flash mobs


• Root beer floats, for the foam


• God, for having the fires further away from home this year


• Mel, for the boxes and the late night Del Taco


• Darrick, for being an awesome roommate


• Chaa, for the loft


• Charles, for the grilling


• Jane and Tig, for the J-Classic 2009


• All the people who helped organize, race and join in on the festivities of the J-Classic 2009


• Sue B and Charlene, for the extra bed in Vegas


• Dave and Sue B, for the gunfire


• Treasure Island, for the play money


• Apple, for the iPhone


• Kim, for the birthday celebration at Disneyland


• Amanda, for the invitation to flash mob the people in line at Staples


• Izzy and Ryan, for an awesome wedding


• Sue B, for her hospitality


• Bridget, for licking my hand clean


• Clark and Marga, for the invitation to crew on their sailboat


• Mom, for all her years of hard work. Happy retirement!


• Dan, for the kick in the nads


• Charles, for the Roomie Nation


• Andre and Malou, for the new loft


• Rowan, for the glimpse


• Gabriel, twice, for helping me move


• Drew W, for bringing lunch at the perfect time during the move


• Conroe and Staci, for the Janet Jackson flash mobs


• Nayla, for catching the chewed-up nacho


• Drew B, for the ride to my car


• Summer and Moonshade, for the decorating help


• Aram, Jesse and Georgi, for the free Starbucks


• Rudy and Jay, for always taking care of my packages


• Rob, for being my buddy at ALIVE