Subtle Bluntness

This would be a longer post, but it’s hard for me to express any feelings without blubbering like a fat guy whose cake dumpster caught fire, so I’m going to try to be as thankful as I can with as few tears as possible.  Don’t get used to it, because I’ve got a backlog of Den of Geek stuff I’ve done this week to shamelessly link you to later.

I’m thankful, first and foremost, for my good health physically and financially.  I still have a job, and that’s more than a lot of people can say.  I’ve got a roof over my head, no mortgage to pay, no car payments to have to make, and I can usually fill my stomach with food.  I’m not sick, I’ve never broken any bones, and I survived my birth.  That alone puts me miles ahead of a lot of people.

I’m thankful for my family.  Every year we get to spend these holidays together is a blessing.

I think, at least right now, the thing I’m most thankful for is all you guys who are reading this crap right now.  If I started thanking people individually, I know I’d leave someone out, but I wanted to thank you all for reading this, for clicking through to the other stuff I’ve done when I link it here, for leaving comments, for sharing the posts with other people, for adding me to your blogroll (I need to fix mine, I know), and for just generally being there. I could list a bunch of names, but you guys have better things to do today than read my blog (like gorge yourselves on turkey).

Through you guys I’ve done so much that I never thought I’d ever do, like get paid by people to write for them.  So thanks.  A lot.  Especially those of you who’ve known me before I even had a blog and who pushed me, consistently and constantly, that I was good enough to do something with my life other than jockey the register at a liquor store or work at a video store, and those of you who cashed in favors and hassled/hustled to get me opportunities.  You guys have all affected me so deeply, and you mean the world to me, even if I don’t know you.

I love you guys.  You’re all awesome.  Thanks again.

Author’s note:  I always through it was lame when those actors and actresses who win awards get up there and are like, “There are so many people I want to thank!”  As it turns out, maybe they actually do have a ton of people they want to thank and don’t want to leave anyone out.  When I get rich, I’m gonna have the hugest posse in Beverly Hills.

Tags: giving thanks, sappy posts, thanksgiving, things that make me cry

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