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Praise God Let's Eat
Nov. 25th, 2004 03:40 amEveryone is posting what they are thankful for, in keeping with the season. Not wanting to look like a self-obsessed, ungrateful wretch, I will join in too. For as I have said, I have much to be thankful for.
The country I live in. I said many times in the storm of anger leading up to and following the election that the people complaining had no idea how good they had it here. So I'm putting my money where my mouth is saying I am thankful for this great place. It seems like it's barely breathing sometimes. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be from here, but I am as much it's product as anyone and I'm grateful for the experiences and the worldview which living here has given me. I am who I am because of America. I'm thankful for the opprunity to make my portion of America a little better because of me.
My friends. How lame and generic, right? As Jesus pointed out, everyone is thankful for their friends! But for someone like me who doesn't really have a family to speak of beyond his parents, my friends take on extra importance in my life. I'm as guilty as anyone of taking them for granted and losing touch with them, but at the end of the day, the people I love are what I hang onto and what gets me through until morning. Knowing that I can have the same effect in someone else's life is still overwhelming and unbelievable to me. It's a huge responsibility which I try to take very seriously, becauseI know what it means it me when someone else treats me the same. Which brings me to...
Livejournal That's right, I said it. I have nearly quadruppled the number of real life friends I've had in the two years since![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
batchix showed me how to use this crazy thing. I am damn grateful for it. Never having been the most skilled at getting out and meeting people, this thing has been a godsend. It's made me more confident with people by introducing me to a lot of people who are very different from me and from one another. And all of you are great. I feel like I could turn to just about any of you in a time of need and I get the feeling a lot of you people would turn to me as well. And I have no problem with that at all. The door is always open. I'm just thankful I found you all.
My faith. Everyone is saying they're thankful for this too. Well, why not? I'd have killed myself years ago without the revelation of the reality of what I believe. I often shy away from talking about religion because it's so easy for such a thing to go badly. I'm hardly a preacha' or a teacha', but God has made it clear that he's always there to listen to me and that there's never a time when I'm not welcome to talk to Him. Am I thankful for something like that? I have absolutely no right to it, so you're damn right I'm thankful.
The Dracula music. I got to live my dream this year. I recorded music and people heard it. They paid money to hear it. I got paid for having it heard. It was small and brief; I'm hardly a rock star because of it. But for a few months I was living a dream that just a few months before that, I had all but given up thinking would ever come true. A dream came true for me this year. And like all greedy mortals, all I can think about is having it come true again! But even if it never happens again, it was a wild, wonderful ride for which I will always be grateful.
:::EDIT:::
Forgot to mention this. For those wanting copies of the music, I have not forgotten. I've spoken to Dean about it and he invited me to do it this week, but I was unable to. So now it's just a matter of getting over to his place and getting it taken care of.
Happy Thanksgiving. Tell obesity, diabetes and heart disease to go fuck themselves and eat like Caligula is standing over your shoulder ready to stab his gladius into your ear! HuzzaH!
The country I live in. I said many times in the storm of anger leading up to and following the election that the people complaining had no idea how good they had it here. So I'm putting my money where my mouth is saying I am thankful for this great place. It seems like it's barely breathing sometimes. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be from here, but I am as much it's product as anyone and I'm grateful for the experiences and the worldview which living here has given me. I am who I am because of America. I'm thankful for the opprunity to make my portion of America a little better because of me.
My friends. How lame and generic, right? As Jesus pointed out, everyone is thankful for their friends! But for someone like me who doesn't really have a family to speak of beyond his parents, my friends take on extra importance in my life. I'm as guilty as anyone of taking them for granted and losing touch with them, but at the end of the day, the people I love are what I hang onto and what gets me through until morning. Knowing that I can have the same effect in someone else's life is still overwhelming and unbelievable to me. It's a huge responsibility which I try to take very seriously, becauseI know what it means it me when someone else treats me the same. Which brings me to...
Livejournal That's right, I said it. I have nearly quadruppled the number of real life friends I've had in the two years since
batchix showed me how to use this crazy thing. I am damn grateful for it. Never having been the most skilled at getting out and meeting people, this thing has been a godsend. It's made me more confident with people by introducing me to a lot of people who are very different from me and from one another. And all of you are great. I feel like I could turn to just about any of you in a time of need and I get the feeling a lot of you people would turn to me as well. And I have no problem with that at all. The door is always open. I'm just thankful I found you all.My faith. Everyone is saying they're thankful for this too. Well, why not? I'd have killed myself years ago without the revelation of the reality of what I believe. I often shy away from talking about religion because it's so easy for such a thing to go badly. I'm hardly a preacha' or a teacha', but God has made it clear that he's always there to listen to me and that there's never a time when I'm not welcome to talk to Him. Am I thankful for something like that? I have absolutely no right to it, so you're damn right I'm thankful.
The Dracula music. I got to live my dream this year. I recorded music and people heard it. They paid money to hear it. I got paid for having it heard. It was small and brief; I'm hardly a rock star because of it. But for a few months I was living a dream that just a few months before that, I had all but given up thinking would ever come true. A dream came true for me this year. And like all greedy mortals, all I can think about is having it come true again! But even if it never happens again, it was a wild, wonderful ride for which I will always be grateful.
:::EDIT:::
Forgot to mention this. For those wanting copies of the music, I have not forgotten. I've spoken to Dean about it and he invited me to do it this week, but I was unable to. So now it's just a matter of getting over to his place and getting it taken care of.
Happy Thanksgiving. Tell obesity, diabetes and heart disease to go fuck themselves and eat like Caligula is standing over your shoulder ready to stab his gladius into your ear! HuzzaH!
