Am I the only one who’s getting a little tired of reading these “Today I’m thankful for . . . ” posts and tweets that are clogging up the internet?
For the love of everything sacred, people, we get it: You’re thankful. I’m thankful. We’re ALLLLLL THANKFUUUUUULLLLLL!!!
(Note: last paragraph was meant to be read in Oprah’s voice)
Okay, so maybe I considered participating in the whole 30 Days of Thanks thing this year while I was pouring myself a second glass of wine on Halloween. And maybe I started writing a post with a list of 30 things I’m thankful for that I would post on December 1st (incidentally – if I run out of blog material between now and then and decide to publish that list, please forget you read this post).
But the next day, after I’d sobered up and come down from my chocolate-induced sugar high, I realized it wasn’t for me. I just cannot sit here and fabricate 30 separate, engaging posts about the things I’m thankful for. I guess I’m just not that interesting of a person.
Or I’m too disillusioned.
Or both.
Probably both.
The bottom line is: I decided not to do it.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not thankful. I am thankful. Every single day of my life. I mean, how can I not be? I have a beautiful and healthy 1-year-old, I married the man of my dreams, I live in a gorgeous home, I’m fortunate enough not to have to work . . .
See what I mean? I just can’t pull this one off.
And while I’m incessantly rambling here, can I ask why we are only thankful for things in November? What about the other 335 days out of the year? Are we really that cynical that we can only muster up the strength to find 30 things that make us happy?
I mean, I can think of at least 31 things. Possibly 32.
Can’t you?
I started out doing the thankful thing, because I felt peer pressured. All of my friends and family were being thankful, then I should too. Right? But when I started reading my thankfulness that I had posted thus far, I just kind of stopped. I’ve been thankful for things like yogurt. Puh-leez!
I’m more thankful for ice cream than I am for yoghurt . . .
You know, there are people out there who have these amazing stories of things they are grateful for, but I just don’t think I can pull it off . . .
Thanks for stopping by to read my post!
Hahah!! I can’t do it either, andall the people doing it on Facebook or blogging…oh my. I mean, heck, good for them. But…no thanks. :D
Ha! I was totally going to do 1 post with all 30 of my things, but then I decided to take a snarky spin on it instead. :)
Right the fuck with you! Almost as bad as the election bullshit!
HAHAHAHA!
lol, I actually posted about how I was thankful all the election bullshit was finally over! now people are getting petitions signed to secede from the Union. Are they Fing kidding me? MOVE! Get the F out of here with that!
I’m doing it, and I do find there are days where it’s “coffee” or “my bed” I’m thankful for. It just reminds me that there are things in life to be thankful for I don’t think about. Of course I’m always thankful for my family, that we have food and shelter, the big picture, the obvious. This is forcing me to stop and be thankful for all the little things in my life that I do really appreciate but rarely pay attention to. It’s also an exercise to write cause honestly it is hard to keep being funny and entertaining, every day.
You know, it’s a good cause and I hope you know my post was not intended to insult anyone. I remember you and I exchanging tweets on Friday about how our writing doesn’t always portray our sarcastic sense of humor – this may be on of those times!!! I think it’s great to spend a month reflecting on the good stuff because you’re absolutely correct we don’t do enough of that. I just like to be sarcastic sometimes. Okay, most of the time. But I do my fair share of thinking of all of the awesome stuff I have going on over here throughout the year. The truth is, I have so much to be thankful for, that my list would’ve been about 500 bullet points long. ;)
Happy posting!
I took absolutely no offense to your post! It made me laugh, and I totally agree with you. It is hokey that people only do this in November. I laughed at myself, even. I really enjoyed this blog. I’m actually going at this now as more of a humor thing than an honest to goodness look at what I’m thankful for. Hence, today was Werewolves.
I almost always get your sarcasm and your sense of humor, and I love it. Don’t stop being you cause it’s awesomesauce.
Rarely do I get offended, so no worries about me.
Oh, I’m so glad!!!!!! ;)
What? It’s thanksgiving? ;)
HA!!!!!
It’s it amazing how the blogging world manages to beat holidays until they are blue in the face? I say this, obviously, after just posting my own “thankful” post today ;) Funny post, Dani!
Hee hee hee. I’m glad you saw the sense of humor in it. And I loved your post, by the way.
P.S. Was Revenge a new one on Sunday? I DVRed it and I’m really hoping it was as we were SO disappointed when we saw last week was a repeat…
I’m so pissy all the time changing 6 poopy diapers a day that posting once about something I am grateful for has really helped me keep things in perspective. Except for those times when I start at a blank screen and think horrible thoughts about how everything sucks. Like this afternoon, when I was cleaning poop up off the playroom rug – and we do not have pets!!
Sigh – I am thankful for my boggy friends who always give me a laugh!
I second that – I’m thankful for my bloggy friends too!!!! xo
Our thanksgiving is in October, to me you all are a month late lol. I don’t really enjoy anybody those bandwagon things.
Hee hee. You must find this even weirder!!!!!
I hate all this thankful bullshit. It’s supposed to be one day. One day we r thankfull. They designated a day called thanksgiving sowe cud get it all out in one shot and be done with it. Just kidding. But I imagine 30 posts of thanks might make me barf.
Hee hee. It’s funny to see how many people are tired of these thankful posts too! Oh well, pretty sure we’ll be dealing with the new year’s resolution posts!!!
Did you notice that I didn’t even try? I knew better.
Ha!!! I would’ve loved to see your take, though! ;)
I’m doing it. I did it last year and remember being so glad when November was over. The pressure! And yet, when I started thinking about it this year, I starting feeling guilty that I dreaded coming up with thirty things. I am so blessed, yet I can’t name 30?? Then I realized it wasn’t that I couldn’t think of 30 things, they just weren’t all funny or clever or deep. So, I’m doing it but my poor blog may get mighty dull this month. Thank goodness my kids do things like tell their kindergarten teacher that she looks JUST like Honey Boo Boo’s mama. Yikes. (that story was Day 9 post). Check it out if you want to be embarrassed for me. Http://canyousaychaos.blogspot.com
P.S. I totally get (and love) your sarcasm!! :)
O.M.G. I love you for commenting on this post and telling me your child told his teacher she looks like Honey Boo Boo’s mom. That is awesome. I’m going straight over to your blog right now to read that post!!!!
I wanna read the post about 30 Things I am Pissed off about.
And I can help you compose it.
Please let me help you compose it!!
Because THAT would be much more fun to read on Facebook, wouldn’t it???
:)
OH! What an awesome idea! Let’s do this!!! xo
This really is an awesome idea. I’ll start. I don’t like lettuce. Actually I don’t like anything green (yes, I’m weird… don’t judge me). When I order tacos from Taco Bell, I order them minus lettuce. When I say that, I don’t mean minus MOST of the lettuce. I DO NOT want to bite into the next-to-last bite of my taco and crunch into lettuce. It’s like those sadistic TB people purposely leave a little chunk in it, just to piss me off.
Hahaha Amy – I feel the same way about tomatoes and those Taco Bell morons mess that up EVERY time. You have to read my blog today and the other one linked in it to Insomniacs Dream – spot on topic!
When I order salads, I always want to say “easy on the lettuce, heavy on the cheese” . . .
Didn’t even consider it. Too contrived. If I feel forced to be thankful all I can think of is hateful things. :)
Sounds like you and I are cut from the same cloth!
Loved it.
Hee hee. Glad it made you chuckle.