Things for which I am thankful, 2004 edition

• My bed
• Entire yearful of awesome roommates
• David Duchovny filming a movie outside my office on my lunch hour; was wearing a hoodie
• My bosom friend Laura flying in tonight to spend Thanksgiving with me
• Ryan’s parents shipping us a turkey
• My grandma’s pecan pie recipe
• This basset hound puppy I saw on TV last night
• Chauncey Jones
• Having your ex-boyfriend be your friend and ask you about guys you like now and then say things in response like, “What a douche! I mean, bless his heart. No, I mean: man, fuck that guy.”
• Seeing the Pixies in less than a month!
• Duct tape
• Skinned knees
• Led Zeppelin
• Entire rainy Saturdays spent on the couch drinking Canadian beer with someone and watching ‘80s movies like Trading Places and 48 Hrs. and Class
• That feeling you get like there’s soda in your veins when you check your email and there’s one from someone you like
• Wonder Woman underwear
• This Thanksgiving e-card my dad sent me that’s a turkey dressed in a bunny costume relaying a personalized message in a Valley Girl accent
• The e-card my dad sent my brother that’s a chimpanzee with a British accent wishing my brother good luck on his Spanish test
• Discovering that my father actually spends $12 a year to subscribe to BlueMountain.com
• Never having been so happy in my entire life with where I am, what I’m doing, and who I’m doing it with
• Ha, doing it with.