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I don't update daily, sorry but I have a life and all that. I will update at least once a week. I'm a writer for SieEnt, a Video Game development company, a Community faculty member in Screenwriting at Metropolitan State University and have a full time job as an analyst at the U of MN. I have an MFA in Creative Writing/Screenwriting from Goddard College, and a bit of a snarky attitude, so hopefully you'll at least be entertained, if not informed. Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Grateful things

So yesterday I was on the brink of a massive personal pity party and asked the FB world for suggestions to keep me from falling in. One of my friends gave me the idea of making a list of 25 things that I'm grateful for, starting with toilet paper. But should I put them in order of importance like from least important to most important? reverse order? alphabetical order? Or how about just random, as I think of them?
I think I'll go with that.

1. Toilet paper, cause the alternative is just EWWWW.
2. Vaccines, let's face it, I would have died from measles or small pox long ago with em.
3. My puppies, Jack & Coco
4. The iPod. Thousands of songs on one tiny little device, so simple to use...just love it!
5. Narcotic pain killers, often lately the only thing making the days bearable, along with #11.
6. My hubby and daughter, Guy and Annika
7. My mom, Judy
8. My 2 years at Goddard and all the people I met there.
9. Especially my advisor, Neil Landau.
10. Soft, fluffy towels
11. Netflix streaming
12. Airplanes
13. Flowers
14. Facebook. And it's conflicting, because I hate being so wrapped up in a brand, especially one started by such a little punk. Yet, FB has helped me reconnect with so many people I might not have found again any other way. It's also served as a lifeline out to the world during these times of being bedridden while healing from all the shit during the past 2.5 years.
15. Dr. David Potter and the whole team at the U of M Breast Center
16. Books
17. Awolnation - his music really says it all for me right now, reminding me there's a bigger world out there
18. Indoor plumbing
19. Free public education
20. The MN State Fair, even though I don't get to go this year, it's really all the interesting bits of Minnesota concentrated into a few short days.
21. Video games
22. All those animals that gave up their lives for the medical research that has saved mine
23. The universe
24. Central heating
25. Jon Stewart and the best fucking news team ever.