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I'm thankful for... first

Things I am thankful for:

1. That Obama got elected into office.

2. That we only have a month or so of the dipshit in office right now.

3. That I'm FINALLY a lawyer.

4. That even though I ended an almost 3 year relationship this year, I can still be friends with him and find happiness every day in my life when I wake up.

5. That I have my health.

6. That Ryan Reynold's abs give me something to routinely masturbate AND aspire to.

7. That I get laid more than a tranny in an all-male prison.

8. That I get laid at all with this beer gut and receding hairline.

9. That I am surrounded by a wonderful family and the best group of friends ever.

10. That Barbra Streisand probably doesn't read this website, and therefore isn't hurt by the mean things you people say about her.

Have a happy holiday folks!
TPH

With apologies to Sarina, I forgot- I am also thankful for pie.

I also forgot, Happy Thanksgiving! Now let's go
get drunk and stuffed (and I mean that in the food way and also in the deviant way).

In these troubling economic times, I am thankful I have a job I like that doesn't seem in too much danger of being whipped out from under me.

I'm thankful for my Main Squeeze--who amuses me more than he annoys me (usually) and who truly loves me.

I'm thankful for my family--no matter how much stress and aggravation they provide.

I'm thankful for my friends.

I'm thankful that I genuinely enjoy the Main Squeeze's family--especially since we will be spending the upcoming holiday with them.

I'm thankful I have a house--even with its creepy cellar (that reminds the Main Squeeze of the cellar in Evil Dead 2), and the huge list of things that need our attention.

I'm thankful for my cats.

I'm thankful I have health care--it will make some upcoming decisions much less stressful than they are already going to be.

And of course, I am thankful I found this web site and its motley crew of overlords and commenters and those in between. The Main Squeeze has been known to protest that Pajiba stole his girlfriend, but really, for the most part, I couldn't be in better hands.

Oh, and luckily, in neither my family nor the Main Squeeze's do we have to go around and talk about what we're grateful for. And for that, I am also grateful!

Pink Hulk- thanks for the reminder! I too am very grateful that Obama was elected and there are majorities of Democrats in both houses of congress. Let's hope they make the most of it.

I'm thankful for life. Just, you know, waking up still breathing. I had a helluva summer, so I'm grateful for the simple stuff right now.

I'm also thankful for the strange and wondrous webs of friendship that we weave in this joint. Y'all are weird as hell, and I adore you.

I'm thankful that I get paid a pretty decent wage to do a job that I, for the most part, enjoy doing. I'm thankful that my dad is still in pretty good health and while he may be a moron sometimes, is still the one person in all the world that I can depend on, no matter what. I'm sooooo thankful for all of my Pajibuddies! You guys and this site have gotten me through some rough days and a couple of rough nights. Thank you, Dustin and all of you goofy, wonderful people.

PS: I'm also thankful I don't have the same fucked up palate as TK and Sarina.

I'm thankful that I'm a self-sufficient human being and part of a successful marriage (basically, that I've recovered from college).

I'm thankful that I am now in better shape than I was in high school.

I'm thankful that I still have a job, even if my company can currently only afford to have us work four days a week.

I'm thankful that after two months of being dicked around by a cocksucker, my wife and I can finally say that we might actually own a home before the year's end.

I'm thankful for all of the people in my life, whom I love dearly.

And I really am thankful for all of you around here, and the really interesting and odd--yet strangely compelling and endearing--online friendships we've created.

I am grateful that, since I don't precisely have all of my health, that I have access to the medical technology that allows me to maintain as close to a normal life as I am able (hooray for synthetic insulin!).

I'm grateful for my friends and family, and for the new friends I've made recently through here. You guys are so awesome, and have gotten me through more than one day, no joke. I hope to meet more of you in the near future (I'm looking at you, Nicole)(Pajibacon '09!).

I'm grateful for good books, and that I have a job, and that I've finally figured out what the hell I want to do with my life.

I'm also grateful that I'm a strong enough person that I'm happy being just me for now and am not desperate to find a mate. I'm just fine sharing Shadows with Lainey and molesting Julie every chance I get for now. ;)

OK, pass the icepick this way.

I'm thankful for my dogs because even though they smell and they earn $0 a year, they make me laugh, and the way they joyfully bound through every day--rainy, shitty, sunny, crappy, whatever--reminds me that all you need to smile again is an open field and the internal freedom to run through it like a lunatic with nothin to lose.

Oh, yes: I am also thankful for Great Lakes Christmas Ale.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

i am thankful for my family. even though they can be beyond annoying, they will do whatever they can to help me--a single mom thanks to the world's worst possible choice in a mate--raise my son. although my son is a wonderful, intelligent, kid, he also has ADHD and tourette's and it takes more than a village for him to make it through his average week of school, homework, counseling, sports, and still trying to be a kid.

i am also thankful for the most perfectest attorney job in the world--at least for me--which allows me to be a single mom with a special needs kid (even with lots of help) and still make my mortgage payments.

i may act like a miserable bitch, but that is just my outer shell, i know how lucky i am.

I'm thankful that not everyone in my family died last year, especially my Union Partner. I'm thankful that I am almost done with grad school. I'm thankful that I don't have to cook a turkey.

fuck, now I'm all teary.

boo

There is nothing fucking cheesy about being thankful.

So there.

Having said that, despite the entirely crazy and frustrating year that I have had, I have an enormous amount of things to be thankful for. And I could totally blabber on about each and every one, but here are my biggies.

~Little Pink and Mr. Pink. They are my rocks. Except way cuter.
~Grammy and Pappy Pink. You never know how much you need your parents until, well, you need them. I am also thankful they live in the same city.
~My surprisingly huge network of friends that popped up so quickly, like mushrooms in my yard after a rainstorm, to support me and love me and carry me through this bullshit. You guys rock. And you know who you are, rock stars.
~That I am a resident of this country and this city where I can receive quality medical treatment for this stupid fucking disease.
~That I am alive.

Oh yeah, and pickled plum paste. Fuckin-A, that shit is addictive.

and how he magically wakes up in the middle of the night at the same time I do and will talk nonsense with me until I fall back asleep.

Ha! VeinsR, it's funny you say that... my pseudo-Mr. and I one morning had a long and hilarious convo about flinging garbage cans full of sparrows at people. We were crying from laughing so hard over the most retarded thing ever, tht no one else would ever get in one million years. That's the best thing about pseudo-Mr.'s!

I'm thankful that I managed to pick a college that I really like, and that I've already been able to make friends and find a space of my own there. I'm also thankful that my roommate and I not only get along, but are good friends. I can't believe all the classes I've signed up for in spring are going to be so interesting.

I'm thankful that being single means I have the opportunity to meet new people, and relieves me from feeling stressed out over a relationship. I'm thankful that the guys I've landed are all REALLY attractive (surprisingly so). I'm thankful that I get hit on when I go out at night, and I'm feeling more confident about myself than ever before. I'm thankful that, for the first time in my life, I can decide that I like a guy and then get him.

I'm thankful that I have maintained my friendships despite all of us being at different schools. I'm thankful that I have friends as good as the ones I do, and that we care enough about each other to drive hours just to hang out. I'm thankful that I can tell these girls things I wouldn't tell anyone else, and that I can just leave out so much when I need to vent because they know me so well already.

I'm grateful that I'm going to Europe this spring with a good group of people.

I'm grateful for my family, and that my father's heath has improved a lot over the past couple months and maybe he won't need to have a transplant after all.

Probably that one the most.

I am grateful for my incredibly fucked up family and that I am not like some of them, my weird ass friends (this includes you people), my guy, Obama and progress, beer, my education, a bright scary future, ink and paper, and pandas.

I am thankful for my health. I bitch and complain about aches and pains, but I know that I am tremendously fortunate to be in good health, and to have the health insurance coverage to maintain it.

I am grateful for my job. A local hospital just declared bankruptcy and closed,and nothing focuses health care workers' attention more than seeing a sister institution go under. So I am grateful my pain-in-the-ass employer is open. Even if I do have to work Thanksgiving day itself.

I am thankful for my tiny, non-celebrating-of-holidays family. We're too small to have the big Norman Rockwell family holidays, so I'm off the hook for a big feast. I'm thankful my dad will take me out for Christmas dinner. I'm thankful my brother is in a happy marriage, and he can go overeat with his in-laws. I'm thankful for my mom, who passed away, but is in my thoughts every day.

I'm thankful for my cats, and their unconditional love.

I'm thankful to live in a country that can have a peaceful transfer of power, and that the Obama administration will bring back some of the respect, and even nobility, to the U.S. again.

I'm thankful for Pajiba, GFY, and other sites that are smart, funny and have articulate and intelligent contributors and comments.

And I'm thankful we don't do this thankful exercise with my family, because I would either be all snarky and irreverent, or I would go serious, and then be in tears over how good my life really is. I'm dangerously close to that point now. Or maybe I have something in my eye. Yeah, that's it.

And PIE!

Thankful for:

1. Each and every day I'm alive
2. My family- blood relatives and otherwise
3. My true friends (all three of them)
4. My sobriety (6 years+)
5. My dog
6. My job (it's fun)
7. Christian Bale
8. James Purefoy
9. Dental floss
10. Salma Hayek
11. Hot showers and washing machines

Everyone have a safe, fun holiday! I'm finally getting to see the Bond movie- old school theater, surround sound, with family...it's gonna be great!!!

Oops - forgot one last one - I'm thankful that that ignorant, hateful twat Coulter has her jaw wired shut on one of the tastiest holidays around. Have fun sucking gravy through a straw you freaky harpy! I hope a giblet chunk gets stuck in the wiring and everything rusts together...

I'm thankful for my wonderful son and my amazing grandmother.

I am thankful for the special person who helped me have the courage and faith in myself to make a big decision a few years ago; it was seriously the right decision and so I'm also thankful for everything that's happened because of it.

I'm thankful for Obama and Jon Stewart and iTunes and Facebook status messages. Not necessarily in that order.

I'm thankful for having so many friends; including what the author of a blog I read faithfully would call "Imaginary Internet Friends" which includes so many of you people, even though you don't really know me because I mostly lurk.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year I'm especially thankful for change. First, on a global scale with the help of the incoming administration, and also on a personal level because I had the courage (and support of family/friends) to take a chance and course correct in my career path. Thanks also to Pajiba and friends for keeping me sane/entertained/distracted every day while on the job hunt!

I'm down with the sap. I'm thankful for:

My mom, who is my best friend and my biggest supporter.
My sister Kate, for being sweet and generous and for getting so excited for our sister nights.
My brother Andy, my male me, who is the funniest person I know.
My growing relationship with my brother, who for the first time ever calls me at least once a week to talk for hours.
My friends. My wonderful, devoted, psychotic riends.
My coworkers, who make me laugh all day.
Books, for keeping my imagination intact.
My car, for not dying.
Orgasms. In general.

And this site, for the funny it brings and for the people I've met, internetily and otherwise. I've been lucky enough to befriend a handfull of Pajibans, and whether I'm navigating a victory parade with Nicole, doing shots with PissBoy, gawking at a Japanese punk band with Estelle, watching The Soup with Lizzie, or cackling at the antics of some of the site's hysterical writers, I am guaranteed to have an amazing time. You all are magnificent jackasses. Which means you're my kind of people.

Oh yeah, and I am thankful that so many of you sick freaks love nasty-ass pie so fucking much, and that you will eat pounds and pounds of it, so I won't have to look at it anymore.

...until, like, the next week -- when it's all about nasty-ass Christmas pie. Jesus God, I hate pie. But yay for the people who eat it and make it go away!

I'm thankful that I had the best mother in the world for 31 years and even though she died in June, I am incredibly grateful for the memories that will last the rest of my life.

I'm also thankful that I'm a Boring McLame like Lainey is.

Am I right, Sarina?

Hey, look! A well!

I'm thankful for my completely wonderful family - especially my three wonderful nieces - even though I've geographically isolated myself from them and only see them twice per year.

I'm thankful for a lifetime's worth of excellent friends. Again, they are scattered to the four winds, and I don't stay in touch as well as I would like, but I know that I would do anything for anyone of them on a moment's notice, and I hope they would do the same for me.

Beyond that...I'm alive, I have a fair amount of my wits about me, I'm not unattractive, I am above the poverty line, I can enjoy pizza, french fries, frappucinos, and Chipotle burritos, I love great films, music, television, and video games, and I manage to have sex occasionally.

And, of course, I'm thankful to our hosts and this forum.

I'm thankful for Obama, my dog, my friends, my mom, tequila, my magnificent boobs, facebook, my warm home, my shitty job, Taylor Kitsch's abs, my favorite Chinese resturant, the Pack spanked da Bears last weekend, and of course, my favorite Thanksgiving tradition: watching "Christmas Vacation" while putting up my tree and drinking Bailey's and hot cocoa.

Oh, and I'm also thankful for pie.

TK, that bike and your health may end up to be mutually exclusive. Best of luck with it...

When I had Thanksgiving Day last (6 weeks ago) I was still petrified about Palin. So I'm very thankful America got it right this time and is moving towards fixing its, and some of the world's, problems. I'm thankful for hockey season, my job, my potential future, my country, freedoms, health, and overall pretty safe society. I'm thankful for the entire Helmet clan, of course ladyhelmet, all my friends and even some of my users. I'm especially thankful for online outlets where I can be vicariously crazy and snarky, and let off some of the rage or pressure that would get me put away in meatspace. And, in the spirit of the season...(hey meaux, how's about you whip up a little something fit for toasting with? Thanks!)
...I'm thankful for this mixed bag of snarky, insightful, hilarious, thoughtful, sarcastic, profane, intelligent, caring writers and personalities who share their lives, talents, and perspectives and form a special community in this corner of the internet where I feel at home. I couldn't ask for a better group of misanthropes and degenerates and I'm proud to count myself among your number. To Pajiba, godtopus, and the Eloquents! Cheers!

Am I right, Sarina?

Hey, look! A well!

Seven days, TK.

Seriously Kizzer I am so sorry, that is awful. If you don't mind sharing, was it sudden/accidental or for health reasons?

Also, I just turned 26 so you have now gotten me terrified for the next year of my life.

Again, so sorry for your loss, I lost some people last year too, and it's never easy.

You had to make me do it, didn't you?

Things I'm thankful for:

People I can count on.
Books. (Special mention going to Dead Star Twilight, my favorite book this year.)
Manda, for epitomizing grace and bad-assery.
The Philadelphia Phillies.
BBC America and Doctor Who on DVD.
Milk chocolate.
My dog, who may be a diabetic pain in the ass, but is my favorite animal of all time just the same.
The fact that my gran told a stroke to go fuck itself this summer, and is home doing everything they said she never would.
Warm blankets.
Johnnie Walker.
A roof over my head and food in my pantry.
Pajiba - for serious, this has probably been the worst year of my life, and I probably wouldn't have been able to hack it without you sick freaks. I never thought I'd be part of something so awesome, crazy, out-of-control and downright twisted. You've given me laughs, witty repartee, a deity, and broadened horizons. Most of all, I've made some very cool friends, and I'm giving a hat tip to Servo, who is always there when I need her.

Christ, how do you get sap out of wool? I love this sweater.

In no particular order...
brothers
mate
mother
job
gas less than $4/ gallon
school
cats
chocolate

I am thankful for my kitties and my friends and the fact that I have been in a position to pursue my dreams in life. I am thankful that I am finally in a more or less financially stable position, and that I finally learned to deal with my mother and her passive-aggressive insecurity projection without taking it personally. And I suppose I'm thankful for my nuclear family, which has mostly done right by me, even though they still kinda fuck up sometimes (passive-aggression - see, get that from my mom!)...and pie. Pie is always good.

Oh. Also. I'd probably be thankful for you guys cos you're all quite nice and very funny and smart and get as geeky about film as I do and i can talk to you all on an even footing.

so i'd be thankful for that but now i have to go and throw rocks at orphans because my shrivelled black heart is trying to grow two sizes or something

Enjoy your Thanksgivings PajibAmericans

I am the most judgmental, hateful person I have ever met, and a few of these comments have managed to warm my cold, dead heart. I will use this opportunity of temporary thaw to look around me and be grateful.

My cats, first and foremost. They offer only unconditional love, and I have had their mortality thrown into my face recently. I am thankful for every moment I have with them.

My roommates, Fuckface and ShitforBrains, for being some of the most compassionate and helpful people I know.

My small circle of friends, and everything they do for me, but pride won't let me acknowledge.

And alcohol. Sweet, delicious, loving alcohol. The long hours I spend in his embrace make the people in this world much more tolerable.

Also, World of Warcraft (more escapism!) and Chinese Potstickers. Pork, never chicken.

lordhelmet, I'm on it. Vodka & cranberries all around. Cheers!

Me, I'm thankful to have so much to be thankful for, dammit. A lovely husband, an interesting job that pays reasonably well, my health, my critters, my family, and my friends both in real life and in Pajiba-land. Seriously, you guys--you make me laugh like nobody else, and then someone will come out with something so Godtopus-damned touching... *sniff*

We're thankful for you too, meaux, including your phrasing which I misread as Godtopus touching people, probably inappropriately. Suction cup tentacles must tickle. Especially divine ones.

Wow. I wish I hadn't read all of your comments; it totally made me remember that I am all alone.

And yet! I get to pet sit on Thanksgiving with two sweet kitties and the World's Best Rottweiler, plus watch the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Texas Longhorns back to back, so there are things to be thankful for.

Also thankful for this site. Despite making me feel lonely, it makes me not lonely too. I'm thankful to know you other dorks are out there, hitting refresh and making lewd comments from all over the world. Bless your black little hearts.

Hmm, suction-cup tentacle touching...why, branded, I'm thankful to you for putting such an intriguing thought into my mind.....

beehive42 - my dad's a social worker! My most depressing thanksgiving memory: bringing a plate of food to one of his Hospice clients, who was all alone, dying, in his tiny apartment on the holiday. See people, life could be much worse.

I'm thankful to be spending Thanksgiving with a great friend. In Mexico. At Wineries. Because I couldn't afford a ticket back to the East Coast for Thanksgiving.

I'm thankful that I can still afford my bills in this crappy economy.

I'm thankful for my health, and a healing broken ankle (it could have been much worse).

I'm thankful to all the people who love me, and whom I love (may they all overlap someday).

I'm thankful that an airplane will get me home to see my family in a month.

I'm also thankful to you, Pajiba Cast and Crew, for keeping me sane through the days and weeks of boredom!

Pass the ice pick, or whatever sharp thing you have nearby...

-Mr Stella, who, after knowing me for 6+ years, still thinks I'm the cats meow.
-Going to bed / Waking up every single day, legs and various other body parts entwined with Mr Stella... he's such a great snuggler, it makes me love him more and more each day
-we own our own home
-we share the same life goals
-i have a cool boss
-my family is finally (FINALLY!) starting to get its shit together, if for no other reason than *I* am getting my shit together, and therefore don't react to things like my 5 year old self.
-our dogs, Bear and the Hound. They snore, fart and shed like crazy, but dammit if they don't make us laugh every single day.
-i have food on my table, and it's organic and locally grown
-i have my health
-i have my sanity (most of the time)
-I have a place to share my stupid thoughts about stupid movies and some great comments to read and laugh over, especially during the debates.

I'm healthy, I have pizza in the freezer, Pepsi in the fridge, money in the bank, all the yarn I can weave, all the books I can read, a high speed internet connection, and a job that actually requires me to play on cutting edge technology all day. My life is pretty damn good, and I'm thankful every day.

I'm thankful for my cat. Her name is Lois, and she's in my lap right now. She's the closest thing I have to a social life, and I appreciate her patience with me.

I'm thankful that my parents moved to a small apartment and now I have a bunch of free stuff.

-finding awesome roommates on craigslist
-the NYC library system
-DVR
-Rhapsody music
-my view of Manhattan
-puppies

But most of all, I'm thankful that my parents don't expect me to be home for Thanksgiving.

HTML fail. sorry.

I'm thankful that my girlfriend and I are figuring out how to keep making it work after 9 years. I realized that I could make it just fine on my own, but I don't really want to. What I want is her, dammit. And so we're sticking to that.

I'm thankful that this year I've done things that scare me.

And I'm thankful that when we had to put our cat to sleep yesterday, the staff at the vet office was so great.

I'm not saying ANY of this around my family. They can all just be thankful that I cooked.

Ohhhh LISTS!! I love lists.

I am thankfull for:
My dog.
My sisters, brothers and mom.
My boyfriend.
My friends.
My freedoms I get to enjoy in my country.
Hockey - especially when I'm the one playing.
Love in all forms.

I teach public high school, and I run across the products of what may possibly be the world's worst parenting. I won't get into the stories, but let's just say some of these kids didn't have a chance when the, ir mommas pushed them from the womb. Hell, some of them weren't even safe IN the womb. I've encountered some of the most broken, hopeless kids in the seven years I've been teaching, and most of the time I understood these students when I met their parents. These kids are used as slave labor, punching bags, emotional crutches, bargaining chips, piggy banks and everything else that a child should not be used for.

I say all of this so that you understand my "thankfulness." I am thankful for two parents who loved, nurtured, supported and actually RAISED me. They didn't baby me, they weren't permissive and they never UTTERED the words, "My child would NEVER..."

I had parents who made every effort to know who I was with and what I was doing. They were intrusive and strict and everything I thought they shouldn't be. They gave me rules and curfews. They knew all of my friends and wouldn't allow me to leave the house with some guy who pulled up and honked his horn. They dragged me to church every time the doors opened. They insisted we eat dinner as a family. They attended my ballgames, recitals and school plays. They made sacrifices. And at the time, I didn't appreciate a bit of it.

I understand now that my parents loved me and made ME their priority without turning me into a spoiled, pampered brat. They taught me that I was worth more than a label on a shirt, more than what a boy told me I was worth. They knew that my entire life would be shaped by what they taught me and the guidance they provided.

Did I screw up? Constantly. Was I the perfect, well-balanced kid and teen? Hell no. I drove them nuts. But I turned into a pretty damned decent adult if I say so myself, and I know that it's because of them and their constant encouragement, wisdom and even prayers that I'm the woman I am today.

I can only hope that I'm half the parent they were and still are.

Thank you, Momer and Diddy. I am so thankful for y'all.

superEdna, I hope you print that off and show it to your parents. Hell, I'm more than tempted to Photoshop my name in place of yours and give it to my own mom and dad. (I suspect the fact that I'm not a teacher might tip them off, though.)

I'm thankful that I've done some good things in my life. Being middle age means that I'm not long for this world. I've had a good life and have met some wonderful people. Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends at Pajiba.

ScienceGeek the next time you get up the guts to post, ignore that shit.

Im thankful that I finally got a job, so at least now I dont have to go on welfare, sell my car or ask money off relatives. Also that now I can buy christmas presents.

Im thankful for my family, however shitty they might be sometimes, and im thankful that my brother is still alive.

Im thankful to this site, even though im a lurker who hasn't quite got the wit to play along, it's somewhere I can go and not be called a nerd because I like to reject the status quo.

Im thankful that there is still culture, reading and generall awesomeness in the world despite all the twatwaffles and twatywaffleys

Im thankful that the weather is getting warmer as well.

I bless Allah and thank all of you for Obama!

Praise be to Allah...

-Thank you also for Capri pants
and skinny jeans.

Hugs and kisses,
M.A.

i'm thankful for
- my pushing daisies season 1 dvd
- "it's always sunny in philadelphia" on demand
- my husband
- my dog and my cat
- megapixels
- the fact that i love my job, have a great family and good friends, and pretty good health aside from some jacked up sinuses
- literature, art, and film
- Pajiba, i love it here, even though i am 99% of the time just a lurker, i am me here every day

Pink Hulk you're absolutely disgusting, that's why I'm so glad that prop 8 worked out the way it did. Pink you should be more tolerant of others, we are all good Americans and we should be kind to each other. America is a good place to raise a family, if you don't like it you can go to one of those dirty foreign countries, America is number #1, and you are number #2

I am thankful for joint custody, where I get to be UberPunkRockMom for a week at a time and then indulge my penchant for xanax-and-jack daniels-neat for the next week; for my awesome kid who calls people she doesn't like "cretin"s; for my indefatigable liver who hasn't yet let me down; for my friends who love me even though I am clearly not for human consumption; for my parents who are completely unaware of how truly bizzare they are and how they really put the 'funk' in dysfunktional (typo intended); for my ex-husband who signed the papers, god bless 'im; and for this site because it makes my shrivled black lil heart glow to know that there ARE people even meaner and crustier than I am out there in the world, pissing on buildings and the hopes and dreams of others. Keep it real, yo.

Ahmadinajad you fucking sand n****r, that's why you have to wait until you die to get seventy-two virgins. Whereas I don't have to wait, I can go out to a club and take some GHB with me and get me a girl that likes to fuck.

Wait! What! Somebody cat died? Let us hope and pray it was not the cat's ninth life.

Pookie, why can't you admit your thankful for the love you and BSlim share and not be so mean to everybody else, hm?

I'm thankful that so many people shared their joys today. This site is full of fluff, even though it's covered in a delicious coating of snark.

I'm thankful for my family. The extended folks are crazy sometimes, but I get so much support from so many of them (not all, but the love and the support I get from my parents would be more than enough, but I also have the grandfolks... well it's good). Even when my younger brother makes me wanna scream, he's still a good brother and I'm thankful for that jerkface, too.

I'm thankful that I can go to school debt free... and even more thankful that I'm graduating now that the market is putting even more strain on my parents.

I'm thankful that I'm going to a great school (accredited even!) and that I have the opportunity to learn so much.

I'm thankful for the friends I never get to see because we're all on different ends of the world, but they hold me in their thoughts in prayers just like I do them.

I'm thankful for my dog, especially since he's getting old and his hips aren't great and he may be going blind and deaf, because when I come home from school he'll still follow me up the stairs to my room to sleep beside me. Because he's the best dog ever and knows he should live up to it.

I'm thankful for the times that are coming and the times that I've had.

I am thankful that I live in Australia and don't celebrate Thanksgiving. One turkey holiday a year with my in-laws is enough.

I am thankful that I am smarter than the guy I work with who just superglued his hands to his pants.

I am thankful for my husband who still wakes up and calls me beautiful, even after 13 years.

I am thankful for my kid who sometimes shit me up the wall, but are beautiful, intelligent and healthy.

I am thankful for my fat, smelly pugs who make me laugh and follow me around the house constantly.

I am thankful for having a slack job that allows me to post this while I should be working.

There's a little prayer I remember to say most nights. It's "Thank you, Lord, for keeping the roof up another night." It's meant to cover everything -- wife, daughter, family, friends real and virtual, health etc. etc. blah blah blah -- in one sentence.

Best to all my fellow Pajiblets.

I am thankful, first up, that I am Australian, and therefore not subjected to the horror of exposing all the things I am thankful for to a family I do not like. Because I would have to say I am thankful for my family, and I'm just not. My immediate family, sure, but my extended family can go to hell. That said, I am also thankful that not celebrating thanksgiving in this country means one less family dinner I have to sit through where everything I've ever done is made to look shit. So, yay.

OK. Seriously. Get past the hate...need to get past the hate.

I am thankful for my cat. She makes me happy and I love her!

I am thankful for my Mum, who also hates my extended family.

I am thankful that I can do an awesome research project with an awesome supervisor, and just generally for education.

I am thankful for alcohol, caffeine, chocolate and hair dye, because a girl with no vices is so fucking boring!

Pookie, I think I kind of hate you.

Pink Hulk, I'm sorry for accusing you of being a bone smuggler. I've confused you with that cunt Mrs. Pink Hulk. Please accept my humble apology, I do not have a fight with you. Let me be crystal clear I am not incoherent, maybe you didn't understand my thoughts and precepts as it relates to the way in which I deal with the larger community of pajiba. Let us leave each other with good will.

no way Pookie spoke to me

and yes i am known to be a ball breaker

but he enjoys it

Thanks, guys, for the dead cat condolences. :) At 19, she had a damn good run.

See, that's exactly why I'm thankful for hugs. Hugs are good. :)

Pookie, I AM a bone smuggler, but consider the hatchet buried in celebration of the season. :)

1. My family and friends.

2. My dog.

3. Bourbon.

4. Tobacco.

5. Texas.

Glad you finally made it in Mrs. Smith, we were beginning to worry.

I'm thankful to be alive. Twice it's been bad enough, long enough I had time to wonder whether I was done. The experience focuses the mind, wonderfully. So, I that's something to be thankful for - provided you're wrong about being done.

I'm thankful that most of humanity is off at a comfortable distance - the simple pleasure of being left the hell alone - ahhhhh.

I'm thankful that against all expectations and their own good sense I have friends, a few even "upstanding citizen" types. No idea how that happened.

And of course, alcohol, fatty meats, irradiated genetically engineered franken-veggies, mercury in seafood, global warming, the progressive deterioration of the global gene pool, an inch of topsoil left, ethnic separatism, religious (and irreligious) intolerance, over-fishing, misguided farming subsidies.

I'm especially thankful for CEOs so clueless they fly in separate private jets to ask for a pot of money from people who can't afford to fly themselves anymore, even commercial, and the money's for . . . wait for it . . . retooling to make more fuel-efficient vehicles. No words. there are no words.

And I'm thankful for congress, for getting sanctimonious - I do love pots & kettles. Who the hell . . . oh nevermind.

And boobies. Boobies, boobies, boobies, boobies, boobies. It's the simple things in life.

I'm thankful that:

I can spend hours wasting time at my computer rather than gathering berries or searching for clean water.

I have 2 happily snoring pitbulls at my feet who are fat and content and who have never mauled anyone.

I will be moving away from the desert very shortly.

My husband likes it when I ogle chicks.

Bourbon is on sale at Safeway.

Palin is stuck in alaska for another few years.

I have a job where I get kisses from toddlers on a regular basis and it's not in a super creepy way.

do you have a webcam e.w.?

I'm thankful for the following:

1. My wonderful boyfriend of 3 years
2. My family (and that they didn't ask when said bf and I are getting married)
3. Marlboro Menthol Lights
4. Long Island Iced Teas
5. That I live 1,856 miles from my family 350+ days of the year

My family always drinks V8 juice when we toast. Not so much embarassing as weird. Also, my two uncles asked me today if I had any "dope"... to make things interesting (they are both over 40 with families of their own)

I'm thankful that this list of things we are thankful for includes eye misting honesty and things that belong on a degenerate's shopping list.

(Hey Gibblets, you holding?)

I'm thankful for:

1. Mr. Gavin, who married me a month ago, an honor that still befuddles me;
2. Those weird, intelligent, grounded family members and friends who awe me with their strength and resilience;
3. The furry four-footed members of our family, who are the good spirits of the house;
4. Hummingbirds, because they couldn't possibly care less about me unless I'm in the way, and it's good to be reminded that I'm irrelevant to somebody;
5. Discovering that Calvados in Martinelli's is yummy (1:2, try it!), which will help get me through the next month of cheesy Christmas music;
6. Being employed, with food on the table, a warm bed at night, and improving health.

24th. I turned 30 on Thanksgiving and Bauhaus was here, so I only had one plate of food in order to not distend and die before going out. My metabolism's gotten a bit better but I still know I just had a heavy meal for a long time. Plus I had to work the next morning. Like a big drunk, you're definitely still kinda full at 6:30 am.

Daniel Ash showboated a little bit too much, but I'd heard that Peter Murphy said he'd step back a bit if Daniel would do the tour. Old prissiness never dies.

Next time I'll be turning 36, so I'll at least be eligible for hosting, but I'll take your advice quite seriously. Hell, this year's the first time I actually made one of the dishes.

And it's all I came home with too. What a pisser.