thanksgiving.

So, it would be that time again....stuffing, turkey, football, or whatever other thanksgiving day cliche we have all been born and raised knowing..personally, that is not how it works for me..i have never tasted stuffing, cant stand football, and well turkey is turkey and simply not all that exciting...but i'm sure that is the line-up of the day for most people..i mean these stereotypes have got to be coming from somewhere, right? hmm i dont know.

so what exactly are we celebrating today? well i consulted wikipidia and this is what it says: "Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God), for the things one has at the close of the harvest season." I'm sure we all knew that answer but sometimes i wonder if anyone actually thinks about it...it is, afterall, more than just a day to get fat and be lazy....let's see, what am i most thankful for? that's a toughy. when we were younger (here i go with youth again) we said the things it was understood that we were supposed to say "i am thankful for my family and friends" "I am thankful for food" "I am thankful for my home"...and DO NOT get me wrong me, i am thankful for each and every one of those things and am not one to take for granted that stuff. i'm just saying...i think as time progresses the things we're most thankful for begin to emerge as more than just family/friends/food/shelter/water (the necessities of life) but again, what am i most thankful for? I have no idea. and why do we have to dedicate a day to show we actually are thankful for these things? it is like valentine's day, why do we need a day to show the one we love just how much we care? we should be thankful everyday for everything that we have...so we'll all sit down (hopefully), some of us will "over-drink", most of us will "over-eat"...and we should take time to say wht we're thankful for....or at least think about it for a minute....since it IS thanksgiving and we have a damn day devoted to doing just that...so, i'm thankful for _______ (fill in the blank). on that note, happy turkey day, and thank god it is the close of the harvest season =)

The First Thanksgiving (Jean Louis Gerome Ferris)