Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is actually my favorite holiday of the year. It still has the Christmas-y vibe but is a lot cheaper and a lot less stressful. Not to mention the food is fabulous, the people are good, and then I go see Harry Potter. It's like the coziest holiday ever.

Unfortunately, this year I can't make it back home for the grand feast, tickets are way high and I'm flying home for Xmas instead. But just because I won't actually be celebrating it, doesn't mean I'm not thankful for a lot. So here's my list of thanks.

10. I'm thankful to the government for giving me my big fat loan. I'm half-hoping you will actually become socialist, or collapse and then I won't have to pay anything back. That'd be super fun. Maybe I'll get that for Christmas.

9. I'm thankful that my parents let me give up a place at a better school for a better degree to become a travel writer at Kingston. That must have been difficult to watch, but I know secretly they like that Erin and I are off kilter, but thanks anyway.

8. I'm thankful for hungryhouse.co.uk....without you I'd probably starve to death on the weekends. Online and then to my door in 40 minutes, if that doesn't make the invention of the internet worth it, I don't know what would.

7. I'm thankful that British boys wear pea coats, its hot.

6. I'm also thankful that my favorite x-factor contestant is still on the show. Matt Cradle, how you doin'?

5. I'm thankful to Tesco for making disturbingly cheap sushi, without you guys, I would never be able to eat it 4 times a week. I don't even care that you never give me enough soy sauce or that I will probably get mercury poisoning.

4. I'm thankful to all the troops. You guys rock and we wouldn't be here without you. You're the bravest in the world, come home safe.

3. I'm thankful for coffee, life would be impossible without you. You are the best and I hope I never have to wake up and see that you are empty. That would really harsh my mellow

2. Homo times infinity thankful for my friends, home and away. They keep me sane and functioning. They also get drinks with me, listen to my shit, and watch shitty TV with me. I'd be a hermit without you all.

1. Homo times infinity plus 1 for my family. It's a close-knit team of crazy, and thats exactly what you want out of a family. Dennison Island 4 lyfe.