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Your Annual 'What Are You Thankful For, A**hole?' Diversion

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Comment Diversions | Comments (180)

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and today is No Whining Wednesday, so apparently, it’s my duty to be earnest in today’s comment diversion. The problem, of course, is that after all that Paheeba Day love and crowding around the glory hole on Butthole Day, it’s gotten a little kewpy up in here this November.

Anyway, fuck it: Let’s spill our squishy guts, folks. Let’s be uncool together. You’re among friends. Give that cringe-worthy, embarrassing Thanksgiving tradition a dry run among your virtual friends. Let’s be uncool, folks.

What are you thankful for this year, and don’t be afraid to fly that uncool flag.

As for me: I’m thankful for the adorable kid, the beautiful wife, and this place — a safe haven from the petty bickering of the real and virtual world. A place I absolutely love spending my days. A place that’s been responsible for a lot of folks finding great friends. And a place that’s been responsible, indirectly or directly, for at least four hook-ups. (And if there’s ever a Pajiba wedding, I’m going to need an invitation). Oh, and I’m also thankful that I only have to watch Old Dogs once to review it.

Your turn. Spill it. Give up the sentimental goods.

Conversely, if you’re not in the mood for earnestness, you can always share what you’re not thankful for this year. I’m not thankful for a lot of things, namely 1) that I do have to see Old Dogs once to review it, and 2) whoever it is among you that’s promoting this “velvet rope” bullshit needs to cut it the hell out — there’s no cliquity Elite around here; if you’re reading this site, and didn’t come here because Google sent you to our New Moon review, then you’re just as much a part of this place as anyone else. I will cut up that rope and choke a bitch. And then I will lock you away in TK’s basement.

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.







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Comments

I am ever thankful for the fact that no matter how long I'm gone from the world of Pajiba I can return to the same warm embrace of the bitchiest people I know. Thanks Pajiba.

Posted by: Wormer at November 25, 2009 12:16 PM

I woke up this morning thinking what a lucky son of a bitch I am. I am thankful to be able to go to graduate school in Europe and get paid to study. I am thankful for the new experiences I am able to have. I was doing the same damn thing for too long in the U.S., and I feel so fortunate that I am able to be in a new place and to really enjoy what I'm learning and the new experiences I'm able to have.

Also, I am thankful for internet porn and sites where I can stream U.S. television programs. GOD BLESS.

Posted by: The Wandering Parakeet at November 25, 2009 12:19 PM

Assassin's Creed 2 and Dragon Age. I am thankful that the most difficult decision in my life right now is which one to play first.

Posted by: twig at November 25, 2009 12:26 PM

I am thankful for having been accepted into this wonderful community and having met so many incredibly talented (and outrageously funny) people who genuinely love and care for each other. No names shall be mentioned but I know for a fact that a lot of folks here have helped out fellow Pajibans who found themselves in dire need.

I am thankful for the fact that when I fell into a black hole of near-suicidal depression that there were fifteen different Pajiba pals who came rappelling down the sides to pull me up and save my life.

I am thankful for the fact that Dustin keeps this place up and running smoothly with the assistance of a brilliant crew and that I can count on straight, no-bullshit reviews of movies, books and television shows.

Finally, I am extremely thankful for my beautiful wife of 17 years and my squiddo (who turns 16 in January, dammit!) for completing my existence. They are worth more to me than the weight of the world in gold.

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends.

Posted by: Spender at November 25, 2009 12:28 PM

#1) I'm thankful for Clyde.

#2) I'm thankful that we've already got Thanksgiving out of the way up here.

#3) I'm thankful that I have my own place, as living away from my family makes them much easier to love.

#4) I'm thankful for Pajiba, because you crazy motherfuckers make me laugh and keep me sane.

#5) I'm thankful for the many insanely cool people I've met in my profession. Except for one of them. He knows who he is. He can suck it.

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at November 25, 2009 12:30 PM

I am thankful that with all probability by the time we have this conversation next year, I'll have graduated college (3 more weeks!) be married and hopefully knocked up Mrs. Rubble44 to be. I'm also turning 40, so better late than never on getting the old life kickstarted again after the real estate market decimated me a couple years ago.

I'm also thankful for a group of friends I made on here. I love this group of mentally altered kindred spirits that I can go to to bitch about anything I want and not only have people agree, but blow smoke up my ass and say that I am funny and eloquent as well (2 EE's and counting). It's a safe haven and I'm glad I met some of you this year and can't wait to meet the rest.

And boobs. I love boobs.

Posted by: Rubble44 at November 25, 2009 12:31 PM

I am thankful for my friends and family. I'm thankful for my health. I'm thankful for the idea I had to buy Star Trek for my brother and pretend it was a gift for him when really it's for me. Most of all I'm thankful I don't have to see Old Dogs. I'd also be thankful if we could all pool our money together and hire an assassin for everyone that was part of Old Dogs and that other stupid movie about old guys (Wild Hogs or something?). Yeah, that's what I'm thankful for :)

Posted by: LittleDeadGirl at November 25, 2009 12:31 PM

I am thankful for:
My awesome boyfriend who's put up with my shit for over 12 years, and shows no signs of slowing.
My incredibly weird but loving mother, who made me the person I am today.
My baby niece who can make me laugh after even the crappiest day.
Night Nurse, which just saw me through the flu from hell (yay for Night Nurse comas!)
The three day weekend I have coming up.
Colin Farrell's amazing acting eyebrows.
Cheese and Onion flavoured crisps.
Pajiba.

Posted by: Bumwee McGee at November 25, 2009 12:32 PM

I'm thankful that I go to a school where people are smarter than I am and challenge me. I'm thankful that I have friends who like to go out on some nights and stay in to play Bananagrams on others. I'm thankful that I'll get to eat waaay too much tomorrow, that I'm taking a sweet vacation (Trinidad & Tobago) in December, and that I'm getting like 8 tons of books for Hanukkah/Christmas!
Mostly I'm thankful that I LOVE my classes this semester with a violent passion that even blots out the horror of having a 20 page paper and an 8 page take-home final due on the same day.
And I'm thankful for all of you, who brighten my days and fill the hours when I should be writing about Anna Karenina or reading about herbs in Ancient Egypt.
I'm less thankful that finals are coming up, that every time I try to watch something on Hulu it says "this ______ is brought to you by Olddogs" without leaving a space in between Old and Dogs, and that I'll be incommunicado when the last David Tennant Doctor Who special comes out.
/sappycheese

Posted by: esme at November 25, 2009 12:34 PM

I'm thankful for my birthday (it was yesterday) and surviving twenty-eight years on earth when I used to think my self-destructive behavior would cause me to wink out at twenty-two. I'm thankful after being laid off for close to a year that I now have a job that I'm good at and I like. I'm thankful for my boyfriend, my family and my friends.

And my amazing rack.

(Checks out the twins being flaunted in a black Victoria's Secret bra and black v-neck blouse)

Yup, a killer rack for Thanksgiving. Like the Pilgrims brought to the New World.

Posted by: scorzi at November 25, 2009 12:34 PM

I went on vacation last week and came back to find out that I don't have a job. In fact, yesterday was the last time I walked into a kitchen that I have been working in for 7 years. Happy Fucking Thanksgiving.

What am I thankful for?
Beer.
Football.
Family & close friends.
Sex (whenever I get it).
Beer.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at November 25, 2009 12:35 PM

I'm thankful we have a president I can respect.

I'm thankful for the Whovian community here on Pajiba. You don't know how lonely it can be out there when people, without sarcasm, say "Doctor Who?" with a puzzled look on their faces.

I am NOT thankful for France, the French, Thierry Henry, Swedish referees, FIFA and all the other assholes who conspired to ruin my hopes for South Africa next summer. May your feet grow painful bunions and cripple you.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 25, 2009 12:35 PM

Dammit, this is why I should read everything first. I also said safe haven and now I sound like a c-bag. Hopefully this will make up for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDCPK4MiolQ&feature=PlayList&p=B5B3E23F69125259&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

I'm thankful for Garfunkel and Oates as well....

Posted by: Rubble44 at November 25, 2009 12:36 PM

Pajiba, the Pajibettes and Dustin, cos he's so pretty.

And the US Government for finally giving me a visa. Took their time but they know they'll win with me.

Posted by: figgy at November 25, 2009 12:38 PM

I am thankful for my friends, fiance, & family, because I can't imagine how I'd make it through the hard times without them.

I am thankful to have a job this Thanksgiving. Last year I was unemployed and living back at home. Now I'm working and we have our own place, and I'm incredibly thankful for the chance to stand on my own two feet.

I am really thankful that I found Pajiba a few years ago. This is the one place that I can come to every day and not only enjoy the reviews and articles but get to read some of the funniest, craziest, smartest comments by some of the funniest, craziest, smartest people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. The community that exists here is amazing, and I'm proud to be a part of it. Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Pajibans - y'all are the bee's meow.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at November 25, 2009 12:38 PM

My family, who continue to be the most delightfully insane group of people on the planet.
My growing relationship with my favorite aunt, my aunt Eileen, who is so sarcastic and has such capacity for generosity.
My friends. They continue to surprise me with their humor and support.
My boyfriend. We both fucking hate that word, which is why I like him.
Pajibans. There is no internet community I'd rather be a part of.
Everything bagels with vegetable cream cheese.
The new Swedish Chef video where he attacks pumpkins with a variety of weapons.
Good tv and books and movies. For creative people, basically.
My roommate. She's coming home with me for Thanksgiving. I can't wait to drink beer with her and eat my weight in stuffing.

Posted by: Julie at November 25, 2009 12:41 PM

I am thankful that I managed to recover from the chicken pox in time to make the Thanksgiving meal. I am grateful to be able to afford the meal, and also that I can send a little money to Second Harvest Food Bank so others can eat.

I am thankful for all my friends, who are joining me for tamale-making and tree decorating in the next few weeks.

I am thankful that my old, old dog, who wasn't supposed to last through this year, is still wagging her tail and happy to see me every day.

I am thankful Tim Lincecum won the Cy Young Award again. Go Giants!

I am thankful to read about thankful and happy (and bitchy)Pajibans all over this very nice planet.

Posted by: lil_a at November 25, 2009 12:44 PM

Colin Farrell's amazing acting eyebrows.

I am thankful that Bumwee McGee reminded me of Colin Farrell's amazing acting eyebrows.

Also, I am thankful for pretty much my whole life. I am pretty G/D lucky for all that I have. I have a job, a good car, a roof over my head, food to eat, a super-fantastical fake pseudo husband, an awesome family, and the bestest friends on the planet (and that includes you people).

I'm especially thankful for my new super-secret gay internet boyfriend (that's one of the hook-ups DR was talking about) (YES IT WAS HB you shut your whore mouth!) who is the most awesomest super-ultra-secret gay internet boyfriend a girl could ask for.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 25, 2009 12:44 PM

"I am thankful that my old, old dog, who wasn't supposed to last through this year, is still wagging her tail and happy to see me every day."

lil_a:

That brought such a happy tear to my eye.

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 25, 2009 12:47 PM

I am thankful for Tivo, Glee and the fact that I have found Pajiba so recently, so I can fill my workdays with reviews that everyone else has already enjoyed. (I still think about Dustins aMAHzing "Captivity" review.)
I am not thankful that there are bastards in the world who are remaking "Clue". Very not-thankful.
I'm also thankful that I look so good in my motorcycle jacket, despite the fact I do not ride a motorcycle.

Posted by: welldressed at November 25, 2009 12:49 PM

Pajibans, Pajibettes, Pajigalos, and of course, all the little Pajiblets.

mmmmmm...Pajiblets

Posted by: branded at November 25, 2009 12:50 PM

I'm thankful for my jackassy, crazymaking family because even though I rarely like them, I somehow manage to love them. I'm thankful that after three solid weeks, this motherfucking swine flu is finally starting to ease up a little. I'm thankful for Chinese food delivery, lip balm, gin, birth control, Netflix, pajamas, burritos the size of my head, Advil Liquigels and unlimited mobile phone data packages. And I'm thankful for each and every last one of you psychobitches. Even George (but only until Friday, and then it's right back to wishing he'd shut the hell up until he's at least 25).

Oh, and I'm thankful for my cat, who reminds me every day that the cuteness of any living creature is usually inversely proportionate to its intelligence.

Posted by: Sarina at November 25, 2009 12:53 PM

Pajiblets sounds like some pig-in-a-blanket dish you'd get at IHOP.

Posted by: scorzi at November 25, 2009 12:53 PM

My family, so glad I like them (of course I Love them.)
My hubby, its a good thing he finds me charming instead of annoying.
My friends, I would have quit this job a long time ago without them.
The fact that my job is finally going well, and I feel like I am starting to settle into a career path.
Of course, this site. And some of the people I have begun to communicate with subsequent of de-lurking. Better late than never!
Also, alchohol. And food.

Posted by: Nimue at November 25, 2009 12:56 PM

"Oh, and I'm thankful for my cat, who reminds me every day that the cuteness of any living creature is usually inversely proportionate to its intelligence."

Then you must be fuckin' adorable.

Posted by: TK at November 25, 2009 12:58 PM

I am thankful for you crazy fuckers, who have kept me afloat this year.

Posted by: ahamos at November 25, 2009 12:59 PM

That this place has become my virtual living room (Use a coaster, dammit)

New black cherry flavor AstroGlide (Good on ass AND ice cream)

My favorite new 'Bette who shall remain nameless so as not to alienate the other awesome chicks what abound (and because, Holy Shit, she is dirty. Y'all just don't know).

The screams of the damned and dying.

The Wife and the Murderous Moppet because they crack me up everyday. Sometimes on purpose, sometimes less so.

Sweet potato pie. Pumpkin is for bitches.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at November 25, 2009 1:00 PM

About time, dude.

Anyway.

I'm going to take off the outer bitch for a moment and be thankful for:

My sister, who is cool, crafty, bitchy, supportive, and keeps me straight.

My friends, who love me in spite of the fact that I'm, well, me.

My job, for paying the bills, and the cool coworkers who keep me sane. (Lainey, who got me the job, also gets a shoutout.)

My rad boyfriend, who makes me laugh and cringe in equal measure, and keeps up running football commentary with me on Sundays.

US Air, for making it possible to spend the holiday with said boyfriend.

Pajiba, and Dustin, for giving me amazing friends, a cool side job and introducing me to said boyfriend.

Modern medicine.

Beer and scotch.

Facebook. Y'all KNOW how I love the Facebook.

My laydeez, who keep it real and have my back every day. You know who you are. You help me keep my life in Order.

My mama, for birthing me almost 31 years ago.

I love all of you, and hope you have wonderful holidays (or just regular weekends, for those of you who do not live in America). Peace, beetches!

Posted by: Nicole at November 25, 2009 1:00 PM

I'm now thankful for TK's delightful response to Sarina. HEE.

Posted by: Julie at November 25, 2009 1:02 PM

-I'm thankful for family and friends. But come on, that's a given. Right?

-On that note, when I first came to L.A, I was convinced that I would never meet anyone down to earth, sane, and genuinely nice-without-an-agenda (aside from a couple of folks I already knew). A BIG thank you to the friends I've made here in L.A. for proving me shamefully wrong.

-I'm thankful to have a job that lets me watch lots of TV and more movies than I can handle, for a workplace full of good people, for a boss who's pretty damn nice about letting me go early so I can audition/rehearse/perform sometimes, and for giving me something to do that makes me feel a little bit better about the world at the end of the day.

-I'm thankful for every good independent film I see, for reminding me that great stuff can still be made without having to suckle at the teat of a very broken studio system.

-Of course I'm thankful for Pajibans and Pajibettes, staff and reader alike, for your humor, insight, and boundless friendliness...even to shy folks like me with recurring bouts of lurkitis. Due to my life being crazy, I often have to vanish online for weeks (sometimes months) at a time. But you guys (especially the lovely 'Jibettes) are always here for me when I return. Hell, a couple of you have even come out to see me do my actressing thing! Pajiba folks, your humor, wit, and friendship truly mean a lot to me. Thank you!

Posted by: ShinyKate at November 25, 2009 1:07 PM

Wow, am I the only one that's not thankful at the moment? I blame my day at work.

I am thankful that my replacement is here, and already seems to be better at my job than I am so I can comfortably leave my position behind and know that things will be going well. I'm thankful to be returning to the States soon. I'm thankful for all the travel opportunities I've had this past year. I'm thankful that I didn't go to Afghanistan this year, even if I felt horrible leaving my old unit (it was for career progression) who did go. I'm thankful for Pajiba even if I spend most of the time watching rather than joining in (that sounds kind of like my 1st grade report card).

I'm not thankful that my boss did a 100% height/ weight this week (it's only required every six months, and I did it three months ago), and I failed my tape test by 1% body fat so instead of enjoying the holidays and my last month in Germany by eating all the foods I won't be able to get once I'm back in the States, I'm now on a diet. Although I'm guessing all the foods that I won't be able to get in the States were part of the problem to begin with . . .

Posted by: Jen at November 25, 2009 1:09 PM

Pajibans, Pajibettes, Pajigalos, and of course, all the little Pajiblets.

mmmmmm...Pajiblets

I make an awesome Pajiblet gravy.

I'm thankful for America always following Canada's lead with holidays.

I'm thankful for my Demon Spawn who will one day crush you all under their cuteness and tyranny.

I'm thankful for all you terrible, spiteful, vitriolic people who still manage to have hearts (this does not include me)

I'm thankful my wife has started reading the site and associating with people I believe to be felons so she can finally get in on the fun.

I'm thankful for my wife who is one of the few people I've ever met who understands me and actually puts up with it.

I'm thankful that the Roughriders will win the Grey Cup on Sunday and I will have almost no memory of it.

I'm thankful for sparkles.

Most of all I'm thankful that that time with the hooker and the noose worked out in the end.

Posted by: admin at November 25, 2009 1:13 PM

I had a gigantic list prepared, then I saw Julie's "Everything bagels with vegetable cream cheese" and decided all that other shit was fucking retarded. EVERYTHING BAGELS RULE!

Anyhow, since I spend way too much time here, I suppose I've got to thank Dustin and every goddam Pajiban for a great site, awesome reviews, brilliant comments, a sense of community, honesty, and humor. This place is pretty goddam neat. Gobble gobble to all, and to all a gobble gobbling.

And fuck you, Conrad - I hope you choke on a giblet and fill your pants with gut stuffing.

Posted by: Skitz at November 25, 2009 1:14 PM

I'm thankful for my husband, my kids, and my cats, who are a constant source of love and entertainment. I'm thankful that I have a job that I genuinely enjoy, surrounded by co-workers I genuinely respect. I'm thankful that although I had several weird health issues this year, none of them turned out to be anything much. I'm thankful that I'm able to live my life more or less on my own terms, because I know that many if not most people don't often have that luxury.

Really, when it comes right down to it, I've been one lucky bitch this year.

Posted by: Another Kate at November 25, 2009 1:18 PM

I'm thankful to finally be defending my PhD. I'm thankful for my kitties (especially Henry, not to play favorites or anything, but he's awesome. I took an hour and a half nap yesterday and the whole time he let me hold him like a teddy bear, that's how awesome he is.) I'm thankful for all the support my friends and family have given me, and I'm thankful to have been able to pursue my completely random dream of becoming a biophysicist. And I'm thankful for this bizarre little community.

Posted by: s. pisaster at November 25, 2009 1:19 PM

I'm thankful for my wife, my family, my friends, my dogs, my house, my bikes, alcohol, deep-fried turkey, and you retards.

Posted by: TK at November 25, 2009 1:22 PM

I'm thankful the family is in good health, that so far at least the job is stable, and that I'm going to make a bitchin' potatoes gratin. The secret is gruyere and heavy cream. Of course it's good for ya!

Posted by: mrcreosote at November 25, 2009 1:24 PM

I haven't said anything on FB, because I don't know how to say something this serious there, but my father in law has 2-4 months to live, stage 4 cancer. We just found out. He's only 64.

My husband is beside himself, losing his dad so early. My mother in law is a complete mess, losing her husband (she's been with him since she was 13 and he was 15) at such a relatively young age.

And it makes me thankful I have my husband and he has his health. Little things, you know?

I'm thankful my 15 year old's worst crime involved recently stepping on a ketchup packet in the cafeteria and having it explode all over the assistant principal. Literally the worst thing the kid has ever done. So yay!

I have a home, a job, my health, and you guys. YAY!

Also: Bailey's Irish Cream in the new Mint Chocolate flavor. I'm superficial, too.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at November 25, 2009 1:25 PM

I love this place, I love this place, I love this place.
You all are the TITS.
I walk around smiling all day from the hijinks I get up to round these parts. People think it is because of the new SO. Well, that too, but really, You all rock my world. I suddenly have eleventy million new FB friends to get my attention whore on with. A few of you special (not short bus special, really special) folks have entertained me well into the night chatting online {wink wink, howdy boys! Oh,and you gals too!} and I couldn't love you more for it.

So I took the doggie for a night walk on the beach Sunday night and had a little conversation with myself. (What, Weird? Shut up.)It was gorgeous, 50*, no wind, clear sky, the partial moon and all the stars lighting up the breakers. Ollie Dog and I walked a few miles on the shore while I reflected on the past year. In the last 5 months I feel like I have awakened from a long gray dream. All in the course of a few months I have a new found lease on my work/passion, a new man in my life, and a whole new group of awesome friends on Pajiba, on which I lurked for 3 years before jumping in. I just kept saying (out loud) "Thank you for giving me my life back." Weird how the ocean can bring out the spiritual in even a cold cynic such as myself. But, regardless of to whom my sentiment was expressed, it was genuine.
I eventually hiked back up to the house to find the SO lurking around in the dark on the clifftop waiting for me. I told him I had been having a little talk with myself on the beach for the last hour. He looked at me for a minute and said, "Yeah, I do that too sometimes." I said. "I know you do sweetie. You didn't even have to tell me that."

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 25, 2009 1:26 PM

Aww, nice diversion Dustin!

-I'm thankful that Canadian Thanksgiving has come and gone, because I am not feeling too festive right now. It's probably on account of my recent unemployment and crippling depression.

-I'm thankful for the seasonal return of Christmas beers, namely Granville Island Winter Ale and Russel Winter Porter.

-I'm very thankful my nagging evil monkey on my back of a thesis is only an abstract away from completion.

-I'm grateful for my new to me kitty who entertains me with his antics, my bf for trying to make my life easier while writing the world's worst thesis, and for my hetero lifemate Amanda for accompanying me to a sanity saving trip to Northern Ireland. I would also like to thank the people of Northern Ireland for the good craic.

Posted by: Agente Provocatrice at November 25, 2009 1:30 PM

I'm thankful for my family and friends and being able to afford what we need. I'm thankful that I can keep my business running because my husband loves me so much and helps me out. I'm thankful my kids are doing so well and are healthy and crazy. I'm thankful for finding Pajiba and for all the folks here, whether they are reviewing or commenting, they are folks like me who care passionately about something I care about too - entertainment - and I love reading what everyone has to say, whether I agree or not (or get all the references). This place makes me laugh every day, and I love it.

I am also so thankful for the tropical dream that was my vacation over the summer, and for meeting someone that I have admired for years. I didn't think either of those things would ever come true for me, yet they did. This last year held so much joy for me and I am so thankful for that too.

Posted by: Chickaboom at November 25, 2009 1:31 PM

I'm thankful that one day, Glenn Beck will die, most likely within my lifetime.

Posted by: George at November 25, 2009 1:36 PM

Brad Pitt Friends Thanksgiving episode!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-veK82Uc6U

Posted by: scorzi at November 25, 2009 1:37 PM

I'm also thankful for gravity, there'd be nothing without it.

Posted by: George at November 25, 2009 1:41 PM

I am thankful:

for Ted's band doing the Six Million Dollar Man song acapella on a re-run of Scrubs on WGN right now

that I am able to be sitting here, drinking a beer at 11 A.M. and watching re-runs of Scubs on WGN.

my nieces, the adorable 2 y/o with the speech impediment that makes her pronounce eveything "Jew" or "Dora" & is my spitting image, the 3 y/o that looks like a Precious Moments Doll, and my Goldilocks 4 y/o.


for my sisters, who are also my best friends.

for Hank, my 100lb weimaraner who is currently snoring and drooling on my leg right now, I love the big, dumb bastard.


and, like scorzi , my rack. My amazing rack that is, ironically clad in a black Victoria's Secret bra and black v-neck blouse. It's like the Pilgrims really did bring teh boobs just for the New World's enjoyment!

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 1:41 PM

@Scorzi: YAMS!!

Posted by: Julie at November 25, 2009 1:46 PM

My Thanksgiving was last month but I am thankful for finding Alabama Pink's blog through a link on Pajiba and getting to know a very courageous young woman. She has inspired me in countless ways.

I am thankful for the many laughs the commenters on this site have given me.

I am thankful that I have a warm place to live, food in my stomach and a job.

Oh yeah, I'm also thankful for weed.

Posted by: Jadine at November 25, 2009 1:46 PM

I'm thankful for

-My hilarious family
-The cool little house I'm renting with my mellow friends as roommates
-Grad school hasn't made me too busy for the internets, especially Pajiba
-Not having to trudge through snow this year (hopefully)
-Canned pineapple chunks. Delicious.

Posted by: kelsy at November 25, 2009 1:46 PM

I am not in the least bit fucking thankful for still not being over the parade of death that lasted eight mother-fucking days (Dad died and three kittens with fading-kitten syndrome that died within days of each other IN. MY. ARMS.) last summer that started me down a path of random panic attacks and a daily mind-fuck that any pain I feel must be me about to die or the beginnings of some heinous disease, and therefore require that I take an anti-anxiety pill occasionally.

HOWEVER, I am thankful that some scientist came up with said anti-anxiety pill (Yay Klonopin!) and for Pajiba because laughing a lot truly helps.

Oh, I am also thankful for cheese.

Posted by: Shonda at November 25, 2009 1:46 PM

Ooo, Ooo, Sign me up for the 'Rack appreciation Club'. 36DD's baby, still pointing NW and NE respectively.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 25, 2009 1:48 PM

I am also thankful for scorzi's and ashes' boobs and the description of what is highlighting them. They will keep me warm on those Canadian winter nights.

Posted by: admin at November 25, 2009 1:49 PM

I'm thankful for my wife, who keeps on going, even under the mountainous heap of bad luck and stress we've had lately.

I'm thankful for my daughter Evelyn, who brightens my life each and every day, even as I'm chasing her down to give her a time-out because she took off a shitty diaper again. She stubbornly refuses to be potty trained, even though she knows how.

I'm thankful for my son Oliver, who seems to finally be getting over his existential birth-crisis or whateverthefuck his problem was. I swear to Christ he hated life and wanted to crawl back into the womb. Now he's sleeping most of the night and is happy most of the time (except for the teething). He turns eight months old today, and is going to be walking before ten months, guaranteed. Oh great, another kid to chase down when they shit themselves.

I'm thankful for my birthmom, who is watching our puppy for us while we're between places to live. Our biggest fear was having to find someplace for her that would have been unfriendly, or have to give her up.

I'm thankful for my sister-in-law and her roommate, who took us in when we got lost our apartment. It's cramped as hell, but it's a place to stay for now.

I'm thankful for my aunt, who sold us a car and won't accept payments until next November.

I'm thankful for my teensy tiny stash of weed, which allows me to take a puff if things get too stressful and I need to chill out.

And last, but in no way least, I'm thankful for Pajiba and its wonderful community, who donated love, loyalty, and actual real money (I mean holy shit you guys) to help my family through the last couple horrible months. You all mean more to me than I could ever express with my shitty writing. From the bottom of my entire family's heart, we love all of you.

Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 1:50 PM

Snath made me all weepy.

I'm also thankful for all the Pajibabies because they will one day grow up to be awesome. Specially my heroine, Evelyn.

Posted by: figgy at November 25, 2009 1:57 PM

And I'm grateful for Sofia, my Chilean Chola counterpart and partner in latina crime.

Posted by: figgy at November 25, 2009 2:02 PM

I hate when there's a US holiday like that. So for the next two days I'll be working and there will be pretty much nothing happening around the internets because the americans won't be working. So this means that when it's a holiday for you guys we, on the low Americas are working twice as much as any other day, simply because there's half as much to to on the internets. And even the Brazilian sites won't have as much going on, since half the news are somehow US-connected, and then nothing happens when it's a holiday there. So I thank you for that, imperialist motherfuckers.

Posted by: zito at November 25, 2009 2:06 PM

I'm thankful for all your moms. I love you freakshows so much and I'm so glad you're here!

I'm thankful for my job, which I mostly love and even though I mostly love it, I'm thankful that I have every Friday off until January.

I'm thankful my dad didn't die from his heart attack last Christmas and I'm thankful that he makes me laugh so hard I cry!

I'm also thankful for jammie pants and waffles with real maple syrup. So, by extension, I'm kind of thankful for Canadia.


Posted by: Lainey at November 25, 2009 2:09 PM

I'm also thankful for being an imperialist American motherfucker!

Posted by: Lainey at November 25, 2009 2:10 PM

Lainey That was cool. I'm thankful for Lainey's hilarious ass.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at November 25, 2009 2:11 PM

Awww TK, I love you too, you smartypants genius!

Posted by: Sarina at November 25, 2009 2:11 PM

I am also thankful for scorzi's and ashes' boobs and the description of what is highlighting them. They will keep me warm on those Canadian winter nights.

And friction. But not too much friction. I am also thankful for hilarious Canadians, as much of an oxymoron as that may seem.

Posted by: branded at November 25, 2009 2:19 PM

Evelyn thinks we're all fucking dirt anyway.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at November 25, 2009 2:21 PM

I'm thankful that zito delurked, because he/she that thing has a smart mouth and I would like to kiss it. With my imperialist motherfucking lips. And maybe some tongue.

Posted by: Sarina at November 25, 2009 2:21 PM

Lw'anE, boob club! With your d'squared's* and my d'squared's we can take over the "Jiba-verse!


Anyone else wanna join??

*yeah I made up a completely, hyper apostrophe-laden, word. d'squared's I like it!

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 2:26 PM

I am thankful for Obama, even though he's an apparent socialist.

I am thankful for my Cubbies, who will finally win it all (this is THE YEAR!).

I am thankful for my wife and two boys, Nathan and Anthony. My nuts created you! (I'll admit that my wife did the heavy lifting on that one, so to speak)

I am super thankful for the Pajibaverse for giving me a place to bitch/rant/laugh/share/kill time/cry/not work and/or tickle my taint.

But most of all I am thankful for Annie. SHE fills up my senses...

Country Roads, take me home.

Happy Turkey bitches.

Posted by: John Denver's Wingman at November 25, 2009 2:26 PM

I don't know where to start.

I'm thankful for my kidlets who have taught me more about love and life than anyone else ever. I'm thankful for their three completely different personalities, and the spark they bring to life every day. I'm thankful to them for teaching me that I am not my mother.

I'm thankful for my husband who is honestly the kindest person I have ever known. His patience and tolerance, his amazing if incomprehensible brain and his love and warmth envelope me even when I don't know I want them to.

I'm thankful for Lainey for dragging me to the fb, and the lovely, kind and warm friends I have made through Pajiba. There are just no better, funnier, smarter or wittier people than all of you.

I'm thankful for warm pumpkin pie with cold whipped cream.

I'm thankful for the smell of my son's neck, the laughter of children in a bubbly tub, sharing sarcasm with my oldest daughter and pictures in my mind of my younger girl skipping along the beach.

Posted by: Cindy at November 25, 2009 2:29 PM

I'm thankful for seeing myself on a TV soap about 20 minutes ago. Booyah!

Posted by: Kate at November 25, 2009 2:30 PM

I am thankful for John Denver's Wingman right now. Holy shit, man. You funny.

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 2:30 PM

Damn straight, Tracer, and she loves you all despite it.

Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 2:32 PM

Boob club? I want to go to there. Thanks ashes. It takes me hours to come up with this shit.

Posted by: John Denver's Wingman at November 25, 2009 2:32 PM

So, by extension, I'm kind of thankful for Canadia.

I'm thankful that Amurica has internets that allow Lainey to hate on Canada even though she secretly loves it (and certain people in it) and wants to marry it and serve poutine at the reception then have it's mapley babies whilst dining on the finest of mooses and darning muckluks.

Posted by: admin at November 25, 2009 2:34 PM

I'm thankful that even though I and my parents and most of the people I know are unemployed, we still have homes and basic necessities and even a little bit left over for non-necessities to keep the morale alive. I know it could be so much worse, so as much as I'm desperate for a job and as sucky as it is not being able to spend money on myself OR my loved ones right now, I'm still glad that I can sit here on my little laptop watching cable TV and surfing the shit out of the web.

On that note, though, if anyone needs web design/maintenance or graphic design, or um, event production help, especially in the MD area... ^_~ (Shameless! Unemployment has made me shameless!)

Posted by: Nat at November 25, 2009 2:36 PM

I'm thankful I have a job, health insurance, a car and a place to live.

I'm thankful that I have all that and enough money to buy a Christmas gift for someone less fortunate whose name I took from the giving tree at work. So that's all pretty awesome.

And my family. Cause they're pretty fucking awesome.

Posted by: Jeni at November 25, 2009 2:45 PM

@ ashes: Join?! Shit, I'm already building a pagan altar. Anybody know of any zoning codes forbidding flashing, 40-foot neon boobs?

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at November 25, 2009 2:47 PM

'im thankful for my entire mormon family and my best friend whos a muslim and her family i'm thankful to my New Russian girlfriend and her parents for bringing her into this world and i'm thankful for jews, muslims, indians, all blacks execept obamba, and don't forget the asians. i'm thankful for my mother, grandmas and great grandmas, for my existence and my Dad, grandpas and great grandfathers for my existence. without all that this world would be a barren wasteland.
best of all my birthday is a week after thanksgiving and i share it with my uncle. i'm turning 25 this year.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 2:47 PM

I'm thankful for my delightfully smart, patient, and adorable husband who puts up with my bitchy ass when few others would. I'm thankful for my fuzzy children, my two dogs who are so damned cute they brighten up the worst day and the 3 cats who love, even if they are evil. I'm thankful for you people, who never fail to crack me up, especially the Jibettes who are always there, night or day. I'm thankful to Fresh Market for cooking my turkey that I am about to go pick up. I'm thankful for following days off that I will spend with the husband, the fuzzy children and football.

Posted by: Melody at November 25, 2009 2:47 PM

Tracer, as a professional in that particular field, I can say with absolute certainty that pursuant to section 12 clause A(iii)and I quote: "All Zoning regulations as they pertain to signage or structure of a place of business, residence or worship shall not apply if said signage or structure is in the shape of mega-boobage."

It's the law.

Posted by: admin at November 25, 2009 2:52 PM

"All Zoning regulations as they pertain to signage or structure of a place of business, residence or worship shall not apply if said signage or structure is in the shape of mega-boobage."

Ahem.

IT'S YOUR ONE-WAY TICKET TO MIDNIGHT!
CALL IT HEAVY METAL!
HIGHER THAN HIGH, FEELING JUST JUST RIGHT!
CALL IT HEAVY METAL!
DESPERATION ON A RED LINE!
CALL IT HEAVY METAL NOOOOOOOOIIISE!

Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 2:58 PM

To the Canadians who complimented my ta-ta's:

You guys have cute accents and are free to spread maple syrup on my chest at any time.

Posted by: scorzi at November 25, 2009 3:00 PM

Ashes:
If we cleave together, we can rule the world!
SCHMEEBS! (remember that? Where is Ondon?)

John Denver:
STOP THAT!
I just finally stopped being in love with you from the Cool Chick thread last week, and I have been whistling Annie's song ever since. Quit being irresistible!

Tracer:
http://www.ancientartreplicas.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Minoan_Snake_God_49cccb5965815.gif

She can be our queen!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 25, 2009 3:12 PM

Utah Dynamo All blacks except Obama?

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at November 25, 2009 3:12 PM

Godtopus, where to start?

-I'm thankful for re-connecting with my high school friends, and I'm very thankful that now that I'm older I can appreciate more their undying loyalty, in good times and in bad.

-I'm thankful for the health of my nephews and their unbearable cuteness.

-I'm thankful for my mother and the fact that our relationship is getting better every day.

-I'm thankful for my friend Carla. We used to be friends, but this year we became AWESOME FRIENDS.

-I'm insanely thankful for Pajiba for celebrating and accepting individuals no matter how crazy, inappropriate, awkward, geeky, off-beat, feminist, chauvinistic and creepy they might be.

-I'm thankful for lurkers, because even though there are some elitist readers on this site they still come back to read some more.

-I'm thankful for de-lurkers, because even if they post only once or twice they feel strongly enough about their comments that they completely ignore the opinion of those mean eloquents.

-I'm especially thankful for the Pajibettes for making the Internet feel like home, for busting their asses to honor our Warrior Queen, and for their relentless need to cheer up those who need it, even if their pick-me-ups are weird and inapprorpiate and plain creepy and totally hilarious. Ladies, with conviction I can proclaim that I adore you, that you inspire me, and that your fabulousness pushes me to be a better woman.

Posted by: Sofía at November 25, 2009 3:12 PM

Oh, and I'm thankful for figgy, because Godtopus knows it's hard being a pseudo-chola who ADORES Laura Pausini around here.

Posted by: Sofía at November 25, 2009 3:17 PM

Hacker Pschorr hefeweizen, fried turkeys, and my kids in pretty much that order.

Posted by: Continental Almonds at November 25, 2009 3:17 PM

I'm thankful for my family who loves me and for my dog who loves me.

I'm thankful I have a job, health insurance, and a place to live.

I'm thankful for this scathing and bitchy yet also loving place.

Posted by: MM at November 25, 2009 3:18 PM

Since we're all talking about boobs and stuff. How about the Jibettes re-create the calendar from Calendar Girls...

What, I like the idea.

And I would REALLY be thankful for that.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at November 25, 2009 3:19 PM

if Obama had picked the republican party to run with as president i would have loved Obamba as if he were my own flesh and Blood brother. but with the democrat party i can't vote for him or support him cause my family is gop supporters.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 3:28 PM

I'm thankful for my husband. He's my best friend and even though the last year has been difficult, it feels good just knowing that the person you love is going to stand by your side no matter what.

I'm thankful for my little boy, and for the way he makes me smile. I'm thankful for the way his cheek feels and the way his little hands fold around my fingers. I'm so, so grateful that I was given this amazing opportunity to actually be someone's mother, to raise him and teach him and help him to be the best person he can be. It's a monumental responsibility, and I'm thankful for that, too.

I'm thankful for Pajiba, and for wandering over to the site one day when I was down on myself for having a shitty job in a shitty town, and finding here some of the greatest people - the most amazing friends - I've ever known. I'm thankful for the 'Jibettes and for the Facebook shenanigans, and for having a few people in my life to whom I know I can say anything and not be judged, and with whom I know my secrets and dreams are safe and sound.

Everything else is just icing. I am one lucky chick.

Posted by: Kolby at November 25, 2009 3:30 PM

"crazy, inappropriate, awkward, geeky, off-beat, feminist, chauvinistic and creepy they might be."


Hey, are you talking about me? How dare you call me a feminist!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 25, 2009 3:32 PM

SCHMEEBS! Lw'anE*, boobies unite!

Tracer is already on the alter from which we will preach to the masses, admin is of course already a devoted follower, we shall send him out among the commoners like Mormon Missionaries, converting as many a 'Jiban as possible. (admin, don't know if you got the 'mons up there in Canadia land...just in case; this will require a bicycle, short sleeve white dress shirt, tie, black slacks, and a goofy fucking helmet, get on that asap mmkay?) and Deist is already working on the ad campaign via the calendars.

We'll be ruling the 'Jiba-verse in no time!!

*is it weird that whenever I type your handle...I say it in my head like "La weee" and totally use a french accent?

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 3:34 PM

Utah Dynamo That's weird. So you totally love the guy except for his political leanings?

I live in Texas and my family has all sorts of political views, but we don't hold to one just because most of the others hold to it. Sorry but that just seems silly. Do they quiz you after you vote as to how you voted? Or go into the booth with you? I'm about to go have an early Thanksgiving dinner with my Mormon aunt, uncle and cousins and they all know I'm a Democrat and don't really give a good goose shit. One of their daughters voted for Obama and they know it and don't really care.

I guess I could add something else to be thankful for: that no one in my family insists that anyone else vote the way they do.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at November 25, 2009 3:40 PM

I am thankful for gp, who makes me happier than I remembered was possible. And thankful for Pajiba, for putting us in the same place.

Posted by: Smokin at November 25, 2009 3:45 PM

I have more!

I am thankful for snarky roommates who make fun of me in this time of insanity, for you guys whose posts make me feel fuzzy, for the sound of the rain outside my apartment, for Law and Order marathons, and for a supportive boyfriend who is bringing me a case of Mad Elf tonight. I plan on drinking two bottles and then becoming balls to the wall retarded. Well, more so.

Posted by: Julie at November 25, 2009 3:47 PM

I'm thankful that the fuckers who stole my job title are splitting a paycheck that results in them earning not only significantly less than my pay this year, but less than what I started at three years ago. God bless us, everyone.

Posted by: Robert at November 25, 2009 3:47 PM

Hey, are you talking about me? How dare you call me a feminist!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e'

Oh, go burn a bra or something.

Posted by: Sofía at November 25, 2009 3:50 PM

This thing is thankful for Sarina's tongue.

Posted by: zito at November 25, 2009 3:55 PM

I BET you are Zito. She's a minx.

Posted by: Julie at November 25, 2009 3:58 PM

You bet your sweet cans we do ashes, but O don't think I can rock the skinny black tie. I think I'll just go nude as "The Order" demands.

I'm thankful that my daughters find the Mormon Missionaries a bit creepy.

Posted by: admin at November 25, 2009 4:00 PM

Mine are pretty standard but well worth mentioning anyway. I'm thankful for my husband and the awesome relationship we still have after 17 years together. I'm thankful for three beautiful, healthy children who have never yet had to freak me out by spend significant time in medical care, or getting lost. I'm thankful that my husband and I both fell into great jobs at a time when so many others aren't able to get one, or keep theirs. I'm thankful to mine and my husband's parents who live close to us and provide endless support to our little family. And I'm thankful for everyone who is doing their part to help others who are hurting right now. It's hard not to break down in despair everyday when I look around and see all of the bad that is happening to so many people right now. It's the least I can do to remember everyday to be thankful for what I have, and think of ways I can be giving back.

Posted by: katy at November 25, 2009 4:02 PM

I'm thankful Sarina isn't dying of the dreaded swine flu anymore, so that maybe she'll be more on top of her Fish Wrangling responsibilities on Facebook. Yeah, Sarina, I said it. Our team is falling apart and it's YOUR FAULT.

Discounting the fact that, you know, I was basically not playing for weeks until just recently...

Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 4:02 PM

I'm thankful for my family because they're actually pretty awesome.
I'm thankful for my girlfriend, because I don't know what I would do without her and I don't care if that makes me sound codependent.
I'm thankful for temporary employment getting me through the rough patch and I'm glad it doesn't suck.
I'm thankful that we've managed to stay healthy and pay our bills since moving to a new city away from a support system of family and friends.

And I'm very thankful for Pajiba and especially the Pajibettes. I have met some genuinely crazy, sweet, big-hearted people through this site. God knows we're all nuts, but we're all insane together. And I wouldn't trade the Jibettes for anything.

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at November 25, 2009 4:08 PM

I'm grateful for:
A life that while stressful and on shaky wheels, hasn't fallen apart yet.
Friends who have helped carry me when I stumble.
My job, and the best boss I've ever had.
A brother who makes me laugh more often than he makes me cry.
Dustin, who has created this awesome place that is meant for movie reviews, but is so much more.
The amazing people I have met through this site who have taught me, allowed me to be a small part of their lives and have become a part of mine.

Posted by: Girl With Curious Hair at November 25, 2009 4:13 PM

"*is it weird that whenever I type your handle...I say it in my head like "La weee" and totally use a french accent? "

That's OK Ashes,
I like it, you know, 'French.'

Every time I see a new variation on my handle I post it on my Wall under 'Also Known As:' For the Pajibans who come round looking for me. There are no fewer than 8 variations so far. I love it. Who know that my complete lack of creativity coupled with a need to differentiate myself from the other LindsAy who sometimes comments would lead to such a diversity of interpretations.
I loves you guys.

Sofia: I would need a burn permit.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 25, 2009 4:17 PM

whoever it is among you that’s promoting this “velvet rope” bullshit needs to cut it the hell out — there’s no cliquity Elite around here; if you’re reading this site, and didn’t come here because Google sent you to our New Moon review, then you’re just as much a part of this place as anyone else. I will cut up that rope and choke a bitch. And then I will lock you away in TK’s basement.

Thanks for this, Dustin. This on the day where I'm stuck at work with nothing to do except be bored, has lifted my spirits. I was feeling the winds of elitism around these parts and I was feeling mighty antsy to recreate the French Revolution, but this has calmed my itchy guillotine hand.

What I'm really thankful for?

One, that I have a job. It's a temp position, I have no benefits and it's not at all challenging. But I'm able to bring in money and help support my family.

I'm thankful that even though the market still isn't wonderful, work is still there for my parents. My dad is pouring his heart and soul into his business and my mom is right there beside him and they both feel grateful for the opportunity. I feel so blessed to have a great example of love and hard work and dedication right in front of me. My parents kick ass and I hope I can remind them of that every single day.

I'm thankful that my brother is starting to find his own footing in the world. The fact that he and I have grown up enough to respect and love each other is just a bonus in comparison to watching my brother actually grow up to.

The memories I got to share with my puppy, who died of old age this year. He's gone, but I'll be forever thankful for what the pup gave to my family.

Lastly, I'm thankful that I don't have to drive to my extended family's house and that we'll only be going for a few days. I love, love, love my family, but Lord help me if I have to spend more than four days with them.

Posted by: Kayanne at November 25, 2009 4:19 PM

Sooo, where do I send the check to sign up for the church of D squared? Or is it cheque because of the heavy Canadian contingent?

Posted by: mrcreosote at November 25, 2009 4:22 PM

I may joke about the elitism with ,tcfkab, the velvet rope guy, but if you knew me in real life you would laugh and laugh and laugh. I love lurkers and I love Pajiba, and seriously, wasn't everyone a lurker at some point? This place wouldn't be where it is now if everyone was a dick all the time. We're one of the best damn communities on the internet, just because of the people.

Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 4:23 PM

I am grateful for....Dustin, who has created this awesome place that is meant for movie reviews, but is so much more.

Posted by: Girl With Curious Hair at November 25, 2009 4:13 PM



Hear, hear.

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 4:23 PM

Since I can't tell anyone besides my mom and husband--at least for another 8 weeks--I'm going to use this opportunity to spill the beans--I'm thankful that I'm having my first baby!!!!! Just found out TODAY! :)

Posted by: superEdna at November 25, 2009 4:50 PM

Congrats, superEdna! That's fucking fantastic!

Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 4:53 PM

You want uncool, here it is:


I'm thankful for my girlfriend; as beautiful and intelligent and hilarious as she is, it's her kindness and spirit that make me love her as much as I do.

I'm thankful for my friends and family, aka my support group for living.

I'm thankful for the 1970s Rogers drumset I got for free this past weekend (it's gorgeous). So, an extra thank you to my girlfriend's uncle for getting rid of that.

And really, this year, I'm very much thankful for Pajiba. In a very real way. I've been working and hoping for a long time that someday I could be a published music critic. It's a lofty, nearly impossible, slightly insane dream. But in the last 12 months, I had a music review published by an outside source for the first time in my entire life, and it wasn't on my buddy's blog and it wasn't in the school paper, it was here on Pajiba. And since then, I've become absolutely engrossed in this community and all the amazing people who inhabit and frequent it. So thank you to TK, for giving me a shot, to Dustin, for creating and running this beautiful monument to all the things I love about entertainment and humanity, and to the entire Pajiba community; even when I'm being a giant douche (which has been all too often), I've never had a day where I didn't feel completely welcome here.

Posted by: Christian H. at November 25, 2009 4:53 PM

Oh, fuck people, I was all pissy and bitchy and hating the holidays (again, still) and now I'm all grateful and sappy. Goddamn it.

Fine.

I'm grateful for Mr. TWoP, my best friend and the only person as strange as I am, for baby TWoP, the sunshine in my life, my inspiration, my truest joy.

I'm grateful for the new-found small joys in my life: the freedom of running and being able to run far for the first time in my life, for the lightness of forty pounds lost, for the feel of the dough under my hands and I make the perfect pie crust, kissing a sleeping kiddo, five quiet minutes alone, a dearth of internet friends to entertain me and the creators of such wonderful places (hi Dustin!).

I'm grateful for my family, the ones who knew me before I was a wife and mom and an athlete. The ones who always know me best.

Posted by: TWoP Fan at November 25, 2009 4:58 PM

I'm also thankful that Percy Street Barbecue is now open and affording me yet one more way to cram even more smoked meat into my gullet (Shut up).

Also, ?uestlove is spinning at a strip club tonight, allowing me to combine my love of The Roots and titties all in one place.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at November 25, 2009 5:05 PM

Yay SuperEdna! Another Pajibaby to add to the army!

Posted by: figgy at November 25, 2009 5:11 PM

Congrats, superedna!!!!! The Pajibabies are taking over the world!!

Congrats, superEdna! That's fucking fantastic!

Posted by: Snath

Funny you should mention that, 'cause I've heard that fantastic fucking can lead to a Pajibaby.

Posted by: Sofía at November 25, 2009 5:36 PM

What's this velvet rope business? Somebody explain in a following comment. I didn't feel left out before, and now I feel left out for TWO reasons: 1. Not being behind the velvet rope. 2. Not even knowing what the velvet rope is.

I'm thankful that I have found a woman that I love and who keeps me warm.

I'm thankful that my parents continue to support me, unconditionally.

I'm thankful for my nephew and two neices. They are like magical little pieces of me.

I'm thankful for Spider-Man.

I'm thankful for Green Lantern.

I'm thankful for bees.

I'm especially thankful for my Ipod and all the wonderful new music I've discovered since it was gifted to me.

I'm thankful for Walt Whitman.

I'm thankful for tylenol.

I'm thankful for anything to do with Zombies.

I'm thankful for peanut M&Ms.

I'm thankful for Glen Livit.

I'm thankful for boobs.

I'm thankful for the entire internet; most notably Pajiba, free pornography and facebook -- in no deliberate order (cough cough porn comes first cough)

I'm thankful for X-Box.

I'm thankful for Magic the Gathering.

I'm thankful for my wonderful, loyal friends -- without whom I would not have the confidence to be who I am.

I'm thankful I took typing class in high school.

I'm thankful for all of you people -- you've kept me entertained today and made me joyful to be alive.

Thank you all. Joy to the Godtopus.

Posted by: superasente at November 25, 2009 5:37 PM

Oh snuggipants, I'm so sorry.

I'm grateful that Pajiba gave you a place to say it out loud(-ish) - it helps to say it out loud(-ish) sometimes. And Pajiba gave me the only retort that fits: fucking cancer.

I am very fortunate right now. I'm grateful that when I needed it the most (so far), I found a gig, friends that support me, and a way to do the right thing about my father's cancer. I'm even learning some stuff at the gig.

I'm grateful for Garfunkel & Oats, and for Rubble44 for pointing them out. Why did I not know of this awesomeness on my interwebs?

And obviously for boobies. (But, I'm shallow.)

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 25, 2009 5:43 PM

This is a really great diversion, Dustin. You have a knack for saying things that need to be said in a humorous but firm way. I think that's one of the many reasons this site has flourished and become what it is.

I'm having a hard time being thankful today. This morning I got a text from my manager informing everyone that my company will be making "re-organizational changes", meaning lay-offs. Happy fucking Thanksgiving. I was laid off at the end of last year and I really don't want to go through that again. My company ended up re-hiring me after only a month of unemployment. I was damned lucky that I only had a month of stress. Any more that that, I just can't imagine. But getting laid off last year didn't really make a whole lot of difference in our lives. We can scrape by and keep our house on my husband's salary. But this year, it will ruin everything if I get laid off. Currently we live 30 minutes outside of town in a rural community. I hate it. I fucking hate it. We've held off having kids until we move into town because it is a fucking production to even go to the grocery store for the two of us. Everything takes forever. So, we've put in a bid on a short-sale house in town and are still waiting to hear from the bank. We can't sell our house we currently live in because we're upside down in the mortgage, so we will have to rent it out for a little while. If I get laid off, everything will go down the shitter. We won't get that house, we'll be stuck in the fucking sticks, and I won't have a job. I started on a plan B business to help me eventually get out of my industry, but I need a year to get it going. And I need to get into town and out of the country. Just one more year and they can lay me off if they want. Just not this year.

But, I am thankful for many things. I'm thankful that I'm spending Thanksgiving with my crazy family. At times we all are driven a little nuts by our families, but they are such a welcome distraction from all this worrisome shit. I'm thankful for my husband because he is the best husband in the world. (Sorry 'Jiba Dudes, you're all just second to my sweetie.) I'm thankful for my doggies and kitties because without them my house would be waaayyy too quiet. I'm thankful for my plan B business because I know it is the right thing to do. And I'm thankful that I will have a job at least for the next few days, maybe through the end of the year even if I get laid off. It might not be immediate. And I am thankful that this year has been a very good year for me. I have a good chance to keep my job. In a few days I'll know. Last but not least, I'm thankful for all you delightfully crazy people here. Anytime I need a laugh, I am guaranteed to find one here.

Dammit, just one more year with my job. That's all I ask.

Posted by: stardust at November 25, 2009 5:58 PM

Oh, and Snuggie, hugs to you hot mama. I'm sorry you have to go through that shit. You and your family will be in my thoughts.

Posted by: stardust at November 25, 2009 6:01 PM

Me too, Snuggie. I hope that you guys hold each other tight and make it through. Be a rock, lady. He'll need you more than ever and we men are too proud or too stupid or too both sometimes to admit it.

I am always fucking around on here, but seriously, I adore this place so much. I feel like there is a network of me's out there to bounce shit off of and share things with. You all show me so much with your wit and your charms, and your reviews and links and trailers, too. I know that we all lost a good friend this year in AP, and I know that she would want us to keep on scathing, bitchy stylee. Because of AP and her courage I hug my kid's a little tighter and laugh a little louder and cry a little harder and generally just try to be a better man for myself and my family. So for that, I am honestly, humbly and truly grateful.

Thanks to Rowles also for all of your hard work. I appreciate it and wouldn't want it to go unnoticed. I don't know if you had all of this in mind when you created this, but you gotta look at the end result, give it a fat fucking fist pump and mutter a serious "FUCK YEAH!"

And LindsEy, I'll see you in my dreams, since you can't be in my bunk. Cava tre mal. You are a special lady. Enjoy your coastal adventures. Godspeed.

Posted by: John Denver's Wingman at November 25, 2009 6:07 PM

I'm thankful for all of your adorably sappy posts here, and I'm thankful that George made me laugh with his post about the eventual demise of Glenn Beck. [I do not often wish ill on others, but if that motherfucker were to get hit by a bus tomorrow, I'd call it a glorious day of celebration. Glenn -- not George.]
Anyway.
I'm thankful that my daughter (now 20) turned out to be a kind, smart, funny, ambitious, beautiful creature, and she makes me seriously happy to be alive.
I'm thankful that my smart and funny husband continues to put up with me (23 years -- god bless us every one).
I'm thankful that America was smart enough to elect Barack Obama, but I'll be more thankful when all the bullshit fucktards quit freaking out about his (already established) birth certificate.
I'm thankful for the stupidly adorable animals who live with me, and how much they make me laugh.
I'm thankful that I get to be a teacher and that at least a few of my students will (eventually) realize that writing is hard, time-consuming and absolutely worth doing.

Posted by: Tira at November 25, 2009 6:12 PM

I gotta add that I'm grateful for the medication that keeps me from being a crying zombie freak most of the time. (I remembered because everything is making me all sniffly (is that dust in my eye?) because I took my meds late.

Cymbalta for the win!

Posted by: TWoP Fan at November 25, 2009 6:13 PM

forgot to add i'm thankfull for mexicans who have american citezenship.
and let's just say i once held liberal viewpoints and got disillusioned with then and found out i was supporting the wrong side.
i got into the conservative point of view because all enviromental damage will be repaired after armageddon. and any extinct animals will be back. socialisim and communisim was Satan's plan in the beginning.
and abortion birth control and samesex marriage. will cause the end of our generation. and prevent the rise of the next generation.
gun control will cause Defenseless civilians who really need guns to be murdered by people who buy guns illeagally.
i have a question for feminists do you acknowledge the role your fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers played in your conception or do man hating feminists hate their male ancestors too? just curious.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 6:22 PM

also this year i heard from three charities that i really did want to donate too but didn't have enough in my acounts to pay them.
one charitity to prevnt abortions one for make a wish foundation and one from a refugee women in south africa. it hurst that i couldn't pay anything to them because of the economy.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 6:33 PM

Thanks for ruining an otherwise wonderful thread ud. Are you allergic or averse in some way to using caps when you write, because I notice that you use them in your handle? Or are you just that self important and "witty", using caps to emphasize yourself as bigger than the words you write and the rhetoric that you spew? Just wondering, because it's kind of douchey.

Posted by: John Denver's Wingman at November 25, 2009 6:58 PM

but you gotta look at the end result, give it a fat fucking fist pump and mutter a serious "FUCK YEAH!"

Oh, JD's Wingman if he starts doing that, we might start confusing him with the Jersey Shore boys. Not cool.

"They keep their hair high, their muscles juiced, and their fists pumping ("fist pumping like all summer long!") They are....Dustin Rowles"

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 7:06 PM

Oh also, the Utah Dynamo is just being a troll.

Right? I mean who else comes to a happy place just to piss people off?

I mean, yeah that's basically the description of me at Disneyland, because who doesn't love fucking with people at Disneyland?? But I digress...he must be fucking with us.

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 7:19 PM

i'm sorry i got in trouble once using all capslock.
i'm sorry i ruined the comments. but remeber when i said i was brutally honest in the two lies and a truth thread i meant it.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 7:21 PM

I'm thankful I live in a country where we'd rather eat our own spleens than sit around listing what we're grateful for.

I'm also grateful for the internet, that allows me to borrow other country's traditions and secretly list all the things I'm grateful for.
Like the ITGeek, and the fact we're now able to plan this wedding thing because our house is finally finished.
My family, even my crazy sisters, and that I've finally learnt to just stop worrying about all their stupid shit. And the wonderful people, in RL and on the internet, who've listened and advised and been generally awesome.
And this site, where we can celebrate babies and commiserate over illnesses without abandoning the snark or the bitchy (Congrats, SuperEdna, and my sympathy, Snuggie).

And I'm especially grateful that we're having our christmas lunch today and not only have I come in late and have done fuck-all, I've got a cab charge to take me home as soon as I've rolled out the restaurant door. Life is good, bitches, especially when the boss is paying.

Posted by: ScienceGeek at November 25, 2009 7:21 PM

I am thankful for my husband, how he has been my best friend and sounding board for the last 5 years. I am thankful that he was my rock when our daughter died 2.5 years ago. I wasn't sure I would make it through that, but I survived with him by my side.

I am thankful for my little nugget Katie. In 13.5 months, she has filled my heart up and restored faith in things that I thought were lost when Julia died. I love being her mother and watching her grow. She is my greatest accomplishment so far in life.

I am thankful for my parents and my family (there are so few of us left). Just all around good folks.

I am thankful for my friends, including those that I have started to make from Pajiba.. especially the 'jibettes. Lawd, you ladies make me laugh.

You all are awesome!

Posted by: legib at November 25, 2009 7:40 PM

I have never really thought about thanking my boobs (which are fantastic by the way and I would love to join the d'squareds if I can), but I probably should thank them... because lets face it that's probably how I roped Mr. Gib all those years ago in the first place. I am pretty sure that he didn't see me across the bar and think to himself "now there's a girl who's obviously smart, funny, and has a good heart". The boobs were really what got him to come over and talk to me. So THANKS BOOBS!

Posted by: legib at November 25, 2009 7:43 PM

legib , oh you are more thatn welcome to join... D'squared's...Unite!

Posted by: ashes at November 25, 2009 7:54 PM

Congratulations superEdna! The more Pajibabies, the Pajibaier.

Posted by: Cindy at November 25, 2009 8:00 PM

just be grateful i'm not racist or antisemitic or actually sexist..
i'v just had extremely lifelike nightmares where i lost my entire family and all my friends to militent atheists and anarchists and wound up becoming a racist douchebag it's not pleasent to lose everything you hold dear.this year i got alot of thing to be thankful for.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 8:06 PM

I am thankful for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, who have managed to let entire legions of complete idiots roam freely across the countryside, secure in the knowledge that they are loved and wanted.

Wanted as cannon fodder, of course, but wanted nonetheless.

Posted by: The Wanderer at November 25, 2009 8:32 PM

I am thankful for skitz, conrad, wendell, michael bay and, I suspect, Edward is salvation. They all make me lose my shit on a regular basis.

I am not thankful for time differences. Makes my fav place all about reading and less about participating.

Posted by: general rhubarb at November 25, 2009 8:44 PM

Utah Dynamo, there's a big difference between honesty and inapproriate. Haven't you learned anything from Kanye West?

Posted by: Sofía at November 25, 2009 8:44 PM

don't know who kanye west is is there a forum where i can talk to people without interupting the comments?

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 8:55 PM

I am thankful that I live in a country where Utah Dynamo has the right to speak his mind... as it means that I can also speak mine and I say to Utah Dynamo: "Flake off, touch-hole! It's Thanksgiving".
Amen.

Posted by: Spender at November 25, 2009 8:56 PM

Touch-hole?

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at November 25, 2009 9:03 PM

Of course, there's lots to be thankful for, even when one is in exile.

I am most thankful, with every teeny particle of my being for the Big G.I never knew how good love could be and I know it will always be this way.

I am thankful for the Max, who is the most awesome person and somehow manages to be so despite having me for a parent.

I am thankful for my kittehs, although I only get to see their pictures these days.

I am thankful that I know I should be (and am) grateful each and everyday, for the above and so much more.Life is fucking spectacular and even in the shit times...it's still fucking spectacular.

I'm thankful for this place here on the interwebs...you folks all crack me up.And then there's all that reviewing goodness.

I'm thankful for a certain someone who dropped by my blog one day and introduced me to a whole bunch of people's blogs that I now can't get through a day without.

There are a couple of things with the not so thankful feeling though:
1) Schengen trolls,faceless bureaucrats and pointless red tape
2)All you Murican folks talking about Thanksgiving food...it's like torture.

Posted by: brite at November 25, 2009 9:13 PM

Late as usual, but I am thankful that we are 12 months ahead of the curve and this year has been profitable and reasonably happy and Mr Smith, as always, seems to love me, no matter my faults and insanity. Crazy I know, but it's been a good year.

Posted by: Mrs Smith at November 25, 2009 9:14 PM

I'm thankful for you all.

I'm also hoping Utah Dynamo's overheated imagination gives him a little break this year. And yes, forums would be good...but I like the mass pile-on these threads become too. Tough call.

Have a great time everyone!

Posted by: replica at November 25, 2009 9:22 PM

hopefully didn't i tell you i'm slightly insane by what i experienced. i'm trying not to post death threats here.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 25, 2009 9:36 PM

I'm thankful for the uninformed and/or batshit insane. They make me feel so wonderfully superior fortunate...

Posted by: Pants at November 25, 2009 9:37 PM

I'm thankful for my parents and my two sisters, all four of whom are awesome, and I'm thankful that the rest of my extended family lives very far away.

I'm thankful for art school, where I have finally met some girls who are as interested in superheroes and zombies and real-ass vampires as I am. Correlative to that are the guys who don't try to climb up their own buttholes when we girls horn in on "their" territory.

I'm also thankful that I'm a Canadian living in the States so I get a a few days off without having to worry about the aforementioned far away relatives making some ill advised attempt to get together.

Posted by: NoDice at November 25, 2009 9:52 PM

Utah Dynamo If you were being 100% sincere in what you said here, I am being 100% sincere with this:

Please find your yellow pages or google for your nearest county mental health provider. Call as soon as they are open and get an appointment with someone. Anyone. Go there and tell them what you are experiencing. They can HELP. Seriously.

However, if you are just having a laugh, taking a piss, being a troll:

Fuck off.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at November 25, 2009 11:08 PM

re: Posted by: Smokin at November 25, 2009 3:45 PM

awww, pooh! thank you so much! on my list of things for which to be thankful, you're at the top.
and lookie, i've bookended a troll between our posts, let's have a bbq!

seriously though, kid dynamo, if you fuck up my thanksgiving, i will find you and beat the ever-living shit out you.

happy turkey day all!

Posted by: gp at November 25, 2009 11:23 PM

Thanks everyone! I've been about to fucking explode all day wanting to tell someone. Right now it's just a PajiSeaMonkey, but soon it shall be a Pajibaby and I'll be a proud Pajimomma. :)

Posted by: superEdna at November 25, 2009 11:37 PM

congrats superE!

Posted by: gp at November 25, 2009 11:59 PM

Last night Mrs. , and I were driving to her mother's house on a two-lane country road. Mrs. , was nagging me about watching for deer and had spotted a couple alongside the road. So for a change I was listening to her and doing maybe 5-10 mph under the speed limit, which I think was 55.

I figured that eventually this would tempt someone to pass us, and someone did. The car that did the passing got a few hundred yards in front of us and then I saw the taillights suddenly veer to the right. And I saw a deer. And I saw a car tumbling several times and coming to rest on its top, unrecognizable as a car except for the four wheels.

We pulled off into a driveway across the road from what was left of the car. I told Mrs. Daddy to call 911 and when she had trouble getting a signal to go to the house and have someone call. Off she went.

About this time I looked across the road and Jesus, there was a young man staggering toward me out of the darkness, moaning. He came to where I was standing and dropped to the ground.

I dropped beside him and tried to get him to lie still. Somewhere about this time a women who had been in the vehicle behind us and it turned out actually had experience with this sort of thing showed up and held the young man steady and kept him talking. She was terrific. I got a blanket and coat out of my car and covered him and then spent a couple minutes flagging down cars coming toward the hulk of metal partly in the roadway, keeping anyone from hitting it.

The kid had got out his cell phone and called his mother and in a matter of minutes his mom and some other family showed up, with the paramedics and state police right behind. Mrs. , and I watched them work and gave our statements to the police and once they got the kid in the ambulance and took him away we continued on our trip.

Later that night when we got home, the kid's mom called us and left a message thanking us for stopping to help. I called her back today to see how the kid was.

He'd cut his lip and bumped his nose. Not even a broken bone. He was going home today,

I have no fucking clue how he got out of his car. It was upside down and the roof was crushed. I don't know if he crawled out a window or got thrown out while the car was rolling, but in either case he has to be the luckiest motherfucker alive today.

Considering how these kinds of things usually turn out, I am really, really thankful I did not have to watch anyone scrape his intestines off the roadway and have nightmares about it for weeks.

Not to get all weepy and soap-boxy about it, but I love each and every one of you fuckers who make me think and make me laugh every day, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE when you're heading to grandma's house this weekend slow down a little and watch for the deer. Horny motherfuckers are EVERYwhere.

Posted by: , (just , cause I'm tired of typing that other shit) at November 26, 2009 12:11 AM

Ooo, Ooo, Sign me up for the 'Rack appreciation Club'. 36DD's baby, still pointing NW and NE respectively.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 25, 2009 1:48 PM
---
Also I am eternally thankful for comments like this and the images they conjure in my head.

Love ya, Lwa'e'! Extra sugar cubes for the ponies!

Posted by: , (just , cause I'm tired of typing that other shit) at November 26, 2009 12:44 AM

Congratulations SuperEdna! More Pajibabies!

Posted by: Girl With Curious Hair at November 26, 2009 1:46 AM

i am truly sorry to all of you i forgot to take my meds again and it had consequences.
one of thse consequences was that i posted a bunch of lame attention-whoring garbage on your website and made a massive douche of myself.
i am just sad that without chemicals to balance me out i am clearly such a giant worthless douche.
i hope you wont judge me to harshly for my douchery
if i post any more stupid stuff that reminds you of a douche here on the site please ignore it as the poorly spelled grammatically atrocious spineless selfserving vomit it is

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at November 26, 2009 2:14 AM

I loves you too Big Daddy. If thoughts of 'The Girls' cheer you up after that terrible scene, please do what you will.
I'm sorry you had to go through that ordeal, but things like that do tend to put it all in perspective don't they. I've been on the scene of the other kind of accident, helping load up shattered people into Life Flight, just because I am a tough broad who isn't scared of the gore, and I jump in when the medics need help, not because I am a medical professional.
It can all be over soooo quickly. Life is too damn short for the negative bullshit and drama. We are all in this together, and we are all here for the same reason. We love this place, and we are damn lucky to have found each other.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 26, 2009 3:16 AM

Aw, you're really just a little ol' sweetie, aren't you, Lwa'e'? Thanks, and yes, we're ALL lucky to have stumbled into this strange and terrible and beautiful place and found each other.

And that wasn't such an ordeal, it was more astonishing than anything else, so my mental health in the matter is surviving just fine, thanks! I just want everyone here -- I hope I'm not being presumptious in calling y'all my friends -- to please be careful in your reckless heedless hedonism.

XOXOX

Posted by: , (just , cause I'm tired of typing that other shit) at November 26, 2009 3:24 AM

This whole Fall has been a giant Thanksgiving for me, so I'll pile on.

*I'm glad to be at my Mama's house helping with the food, and glad to know how. I'm glad my mom and dad are still here, and that my relationship with them is solid.

*I'm glad the holidays force my 15 year old out of his lair to spend time with us, if only due to the promise of delicious food and merchandise.

*I'm grateful to watch Ana on the Luz grow and cause drama like the Queen she be. What an honor to be her Mama.

*To my future Nursing Home Husband who wrote the following, Stacy Lee, Stacy Lee/Five Foot One and a Double D. When you're short, people give you stupid nicknames. He gave me one I actually love.

*My sister is beautiful and tough in the tactful loving way that never lets you know until you crumple she kneecapped your dumb ass two hours ago.

*Lovely friends I for whom I would kill and hide bodies.

*Corporal Jackhammer and my Paheebs who allow me to spill the wonder of his glorious nasty parlor tricks.

Posted by: Stacy D at November 26, 2009 8:15 AM

Congrats, superEdna! Now the Kolbaby will have a friend to terrorize, corrupt, and rule with world with someday.

TCFKAB, that is a hell of a thing to see, especially on Thanksgiving! I'm glad that poor kid was okay. It could have so so easily gone the other way. Clearly, it was not his time to die.

Posted by: stardust at November 26, 2009 9:45 AM

In all my self-involved tale-telling I neglected to add my congrats to the SuperEdnas on the glorious news. Nice job planting the seed there, Mr. SuperEdna!

Posted by: , (just , cause I'm tired of typing that other shit) at November 26, 2009 10:31 AM

Yes, Big Daddy,
Underneath the dirty whore exterior beats a heart of gold.
The exterior is much more fun though.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 26, 2009 10:45 AM

Congrats, superEdna!

Thank you, TCFKAB, for helping that boy and keeping him company.

Utah Dynamo, I hope today is better for you.

This is a great thread! Happy day to everyone, celebrating on not. :)

Posted by: Chickaboom at November 26, 2009 10:48 AM

Yay! Thanksgiving typo! I meant,"celebrating OR not."

Posted by: Chickaboom at November 26, 2009 10:49 AM

Yeaahhhh! On the baby news, Edna!

Best reaction ever, when my friend A. got the news her husband ran through the house yelling, "My guys can swim! My guys can swim!"

Wish you health and bliss and as few stretchmarks as possible.

Posted by: Stacy D at November 26, 2009 10:50 AM

I'm thankful for this place, and all it's denizens! (Yes, that's what you are - denizens. There might be a netherworld involved, too. I'm fond of those. You meet the best people there...)

I'm thankful for my family, even my crazy homophobic mother who thinks John Barrowman is going to Hell.

I'm thankful I can afford to live alone, because living with people makes me stabby.

I'm thankful that the US still has so many good tv shows I can watch. I'm NOT thankful that Peter Fucking Mandelson is pushing through a law to snoop on net activity and cut off downloaders. Fucker.

I'm thankful that I have a nice boss who is letting me leave early tomorrow, so I can get a head start on the weekend's BSG convention. And I'm thankful that I've found my hipflask, because hotel bar prices are steep!

Posted by: tarn at November 26, 2009 11:06 AM

I'm thankful for my health, my amazing husband and family.

Also, I'm thankful for my general contractor, Larry. We had a cracked ceiling and black mold and Larry took care of us. It was like God had sent us 'The Wolf' and we ended up with 2 new beautiful bathrooms after the mold was gone. I can't be thankful enough that we met him.

Posted by: bubblegumshoe at November 26, 2009 11:17 AM

John Barrowman! Nooooooo! Tarn you’ve just fucked up my Thanksgiving. He’s one of my favorite actors, that guy was the tits in Doctor Who.

Posted by: Guess Who! at November 26, 2009 11:21 AM

Guess Who,
he's one of my faves, too. My mum though, she's all, 'What a talented and handsome man! Such a pity he's a hellbound turdburglar!'

Or words to that effect.

Hey, congratulations, SuperEdna!!! That's great!

Posted by: tarn at November 26, 2009 11:33 AM

Whoa, lookie! I'm thankful my z key works again. Z! Z!Z!Z!Z!Z! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZ! Zing! Zip! Zero! Zorro!

Although since the Pirates DFA'd Robinzon Diaz this week I have no use for it.

Hmmm ... suddenly I feel sleepy ...

Posted by: , (just , cause I'm tired of typing that other shit) at November 26, 2009 12:48 PM

Turdburglar? Is that akin to a bone smuggler?

Posted by: Guess Who! at November 26, 2009 1:02 PM

Whatever Hell John Barrowman is going to better have a room reserved for me. That dude likes to party!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 26, 2009 2:37 PM

Guess Who,

er, maybe?
*checks Urban Dictionary*
Yes. Pretty much.

Lindsey,

my thoughts exactly!

Posted by: tarn at November 26, 2009 3:09 PM

You ladies can party with that guy all you want. Be warned though, he likes tube steak, not quiche.

Posted by: Guess Who! at November 26, 2009 3:44 PM

Ohhh, it's a lonely day on the internets for a poor wee Canadian. No new posts on Pajiba!

I'm thankful for the caffeine that's gotten me through another sleepless night of tedium and lunacy. I'm thankful that I got 4 minutes of bright sun this morning after 22 straight days of rain - it's fucking biblical here, people. I'm thakful this project is almost done. I'm thankful to be surrounded by good peopple who are far more patient with me than I am with most people. I'm thankful for being able to come here for some good laughs on the bad days. I'm thankful that I get to have my first ever big family Christmas next month, even if it's in the middle of a prairie winter and I'll probably want to die.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. Gobble gobble!

Posted by: Lauren at November 26, 2009 4:48 PM

Aww, y'all are so lovable and happy-like. Quit it, you're freakin' me out!

I'm thankful I have a wonderful family that puts up with my incessant insanity.

I''m thankful I have a job that is tolerable most days.

I'm thankful (like so many others) I found this crazy site and all it's crazy inhabitants.

Ok, that's it. Tomorrow it's business as usual, right?

Posted by: Eyvi at November 26, 2009 6:10 PM

Fuck. So, on today, Thanksgiving, at the in-laws we find out that MIL's sis is in hospital after knee surgery and they are moving her to Cardio ICU because her heart is failing. Fuck, right? So it's kind of scary. Then we hear screaming outside. Serious, murder-y screaming and it is the neighbor. Hubby runs outside to see what is up (we thought it might be a domestic violence problem) and turns out this lady's mom is choking. Hubby and another neighbor try the Heimlich and sweeping the airway and nothing. I try to calm the lady on the phone with the police so she can be clear with them then go to flag the police down to guide them to the house. The police take forever, so hubby and neighbor load the woman into the back of hubby's truck and drive her the 2 blocks to the hospital. We go home, obviously there is nothing we can do. Then two hours later, a neighbor comes by and tells us the lady died. Fuck.

Posted by: TWoP Fan at November 26, 2009 9:08 PM

Saps. Wonderful motherfucking saps, the lot of you.

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at November 26, 2009 9:08 PM

(and Jesus, I'm sorry, TWoP fan. That's one hell of an awful Thanksgiving. My condolences)

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at November 26, 2009 9:10 PM

Thats pretty shitty TWoP fan. Me and Mrs. Greenie65 are here if you need anything.

Posted by: Greenie65 at November 26, 2009 11:13 PM

TWoP fan,

"Fuck" is right. That's a hell of a day, way worse than the one I recounted above. Really sorry you had to go through that.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB), at November 26, 2009 11:45 PM

Guess who,
oh, we know. I don't mean that kind of partying. I just want to watch him get tipsy and wildly inappropriate with hot men.
(Oh wait, I've already seen him do that. Even more inappropriate, then.)

Posted by: tarn at November 27, 2009 6:19 AM

I just realized that I'm thankful for the expanding crop of Pajibabies. Gives me hope for the eventual victory of the real humans over the humanoids.

"If we can't get them out, we'll breed them out." Longshanks was the hero of that movie, right?

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 27, 2009 1:19 PM

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Hubby and I are pretty shook up, but we're doing better. It makes you think, you know?

Appreciate it all, you guys.

Posted by: TWoP Fan at November 27, 2009 1:24 PM

















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