Thankful

I know it's a little late, but I just wanted to take a minute and think about a few things that I'm grateful for. I had a really great Thanksgiving this year. Vanessa and I just sat around the house, ate pizza and watched lots of movies. It was great to relax and spend some quality time with her. It seems like it's been so crazy ever since we moved here, between work, school, and church. I'm really lucky and grateful for her. I'm also thankful for a wonderful family. I know that everything I am is because of how I was raised. I could never have asked for better parents or brothers. I'm thankful for the church and the scriptures. I'm thankful for the soldiers protecting me and my family. I'm thankful for Neal Boortz and his genius ideas. I wish he would run for president. I'm thankful to have a job and have the opportunity to be back in school so that hopefully I can one day move past the manual labor. I'm thankful for my new TV. It is so awesome. I'm thankful for Nico's super fries. Nico's is a Mexican fast food place in Tucson, but it's not like Taco Bell, it's real Mexican food. Super fries is a giant mound of french fries covered in cheddar cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, and carne asada. It's absolutely amazing. I'm thankful for the 1980's classic Footloose. I'm thankful for World of Warcraft, the best game ever. I'm thankful for the new Shooter Jennings cd and the new Coen brothers movie, No Country for Old Men. I'm thankful for custard filled pastries. I know that this list is getting out of hand. I don't mean to sound so materialistic, but I am thankful for everything I have and everything that makes me happy.

Now for the list of things that I'm not thankful for. The mainstream media, California (mainly San Francisco), the "hip-hop culture", illegal immigrants, noisy neighbors, Rescue Dawn (biggest waste of time), reconstruction, Islamic fascism, being awaken by cats, people at Wal-mart, France, Nickleback, onions, people at any store, Josh Groban, lies perpetrated against the South, and the color lavender.