_ I consider today a time of reflection. As my partner Beth and I start a new Thanksgiving tradition with friends, I can't help but look back on the road that led me here. It maybe cliche and schmaltzy but isn't that what the holidays are for?

I think of my family and how they supported a selfish little long-hair's wild pursuit to move half way across the country out of angst and artistic ambition... and how I don't call them enough.

I think of all little schemes I pulled off with my friends: political protests, urban exploring, pirate radio, and several long rides across the country playing music in a van.

Time never stands still. Heck just two years ago I wrote this blog post...




This is one of my favorite days of the year...

The family, the friends, the food, the football. I needed one more 'f' in there for some solid alliteration, and yes, I am aware that despite my use of poetic devices the above is only a sentence fragment.

Now is not the time for tangents. Now is the time to give thanks, relax, and eat yourself into a coma (Yay America!). I myself am thankful for a lot of things: I'm thankful for the roof over my head, I'm thankful for good music to listen to, I'm thankful for my family and friends, but most importantly I'm thankful for all of you!

To everyone who as helped out Radio Noir by donating, Thank you!

To everyone who reads this nerdy collection of musings everyday, Thank you!

To all the people who consistently come to Second-Hand Opera shows and scream along with us, Thank You!

Have a safe and happy holiday. I'll see you all next week, and don't forget to call your mothers!

And rest assured, I'm eating at the kids' table. Those guys know how to party!


I've changed immensely since I wrote that. A lot has changed and a lot has stayed relatively the same, but I'm thankful for all of it.

Everything that happens shapes you as a person, and don't just focus on the excessively good or the violently bad. Most of life is stuff you don't notice: peeling a potato, long commutes to work, or what a friend does when you're not around. We flat out dismiss these moments because they're too bland or we think they don't involve us, but here's the truth... it's flat out incredible that life sustaining things like potatoes exist naturally on this planet, you could die at any moment on that ride to work, and you wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything with out those people standing next to you, so enjoy it all: The good, the bad, and the neutral.


Happy Thanksgiving... oh and don't forget to call your mother!

 


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