Day of Major Heresy

Ok, so I missed Thanksgiving. Again. So, I've decided it's time to make my own holiday. It shall take place on the 27th of November, not every year, but only on odd numbered years. Every other holiday is lame and celebrates every year. I say nay. My holiday will be different. More information about this Holiday will be posted soon, as soon as I'm done coming up with it.

I suppose though, in light of missing Thanksgiving, I should give thanks to those and these that matter to me.

HERE WE GO!!!

One: I'm thankful to be alive. No one, and I mean no one, ever seems to say this. How in the crap can you be thankful for something if you're not alive?! Crazy. So, first and foremost, I'm thankful for my life and my good health (although sometimes that is very questionable).

Two: I'm thankful for music. Again. Without music, I wouldn't be alive, so it kind of works together with number one. Today was a good music year for me, what with the drop of the new albums from the Foo Fighters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I also got to help produce a few songs, and learn things about recording that I never knew, which I think is awesome.

Three: I'm thankful for friends. Music saved my life, but you guys are the reason I stay around. Due to deployment, I didn't have the chance to make many new friends this year, but the friendships I did make are some of the best I've ever had. Here's a shout out to the wonderful Nay sisters, the wonderful Mrs. Ashley Stevens, Corrie (soon to be) Kovar, Hector DeLeon, Rory Grouse, and too many others to remember. Although I only see you all every so often, I love and miss you all dearly.

Four: I'm thankful for the multitude of life lessons I learned this year. As everyone probably knows, I was engaged this year. Sort of. Anyways, it didn't work out. Which kind of sucked a good bit, but everything happens for a reason, and it's just one more story to add to my crazy book of life. Maybe it'll make us stronger in the end, but who knows? All that matters is that right now, I'm doing me, and it feels good, and I'm becoming a better man inside because of it.

Five: I'm thankful for Madden's safe delivery. Last night, Christin gave birth to Madden. Everyone is perfectly fine and healthy. For some reason, I worry myself to death about these things, so it was a ginormous relief when I heard everything went well. Congratulations Chris, I knew you could do it.

Six: Family. For the first time in years, I'm thankful for family. I don't want to delve too much into this, because I'll end up beating myself up pretty wicked, but I love you guys, and that's all that matters.

Seven. I'm thankful, finally, for me. Every year I'm a little bit different than I was the year before. This year is probably one of my favorite models of me, and I feel as if I'm only going to get better as a man, as a musician, as an entertainer, as everything. I've got big things coming for me, bigger than anyone can imagine. And to you I say, it would be wonderful if you were to join me on this ride.