I am thankful for:

1) The birds and the bees 2) Blueberry smoothies 3) Positive uncommon people 4) Being intimidated by my girlfriends uncanny intelligence and beauty 5) The original Mario Kart on SNES 6) Pizza parties 7) Everyone that lived on Yale Rd. in Boulder 8) Michael Dehn of Seattle 9) Diversity 10) White Russians 11) Cheesy breadsticks from Bilbo’s 12) Equating motorcycles with sexuality 13) My P-Town Kzoo homies 14) Creative expression through movement 15) William Earnest Henly’s poem “Invictus” 16) Covering things with cheese 17) Your momma jokes from the 90’s 18) Daniels-Hof-Meer 19) Palm trees 20) Playing “pitch” with the Johnson’s 21) Anthropology 22) Hot onions off the grill 23) Miyamoto Musashi's Book of the Five Rings 22) Rocking chairs 23) Electric guitars 24) Evolution 25) Flexible egos 26) The Matrix 27) The products of “Google” 28) World citizenship 29) Museum exhibits 30) Using the movie ‘Shawshank Redemption’ for containment metaphors 31) Stitch the Dog 32) My music collection 33) Shem Johnson’s instinctual coolness 34) My first trippy experience: Alice in Wonderland 35) Ponderosa Pine 36) Taos Pizza Outback 37) Geeks that play with swords 38) Abraham Lincoln 39) Marxist Educational Philosophies 40) Salsa 41) Being fundamentally open to new experiences 42) Pirates 43) Horror flicks like ‘Silent Hill’ 44) Alec Johnson 45) Churrasco 46) Ban and Alison 47) Islands 48) The soundtrack to Braveheart 49) The ease of rapping in Latin 50) Making spitting noises at the dog Baltar 51) Bah! 52) The smell of libraries 53) Dry weather 54) Both of my grandmothers 55) The way ‘Coldplay’ makes me feel 56) Role models like Charles Howard who have life mission statements 57) Whip cream in cans, yes! 58) Any phrase with the word ‘monkey’ 59) Good parents 60) Good parents 61) Good parents 62) The soothing effects of Bob Marley 63) Thai massage 64) My cabin in New Mexico 65) Julie and Charlie and maybe their dog 66) Ipods 67) Dave Chappelle 68) Cinnamon-sugar almonds 69) Michigan fall colors 70) Jeffrey Giering’s life energy 71) Mountain biking through groomed snow 72) My poop flooding house caught naked story 73) Using a language with the best swear words 74) Life possibility 75) Well crafted Beer 76) Sociability of Brazilians 77) Who sunk my battleship and hungry, hungry hippos 78) Explorations of consciousness 79) Finding lost friends on the internets 80) Ass slapping (i.e. Good gamings) 81) Devin’s beautiful baby Roman 82) Italian hand gestures 83) Tequila and clubs 84) My little soldier 85) Maynard James Keenan 86) How much I suck at Halo 87) Sriracha the king of hot sauces 88) National Public Radio 89) Nonconformists 90) Finding purpose 91) Creative writing 92) Malcolm Gladwell’s wit and hair 93) Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches 94) Japanese persistence 95) Democracy in proper doses 96) Being flexible in my belief system 97) Watching people ‘epic fail’ 98) Cherry fucking cheesecake 99) Bluemoon beer 100) You, probably.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!