Probably the VERY BEST song for a Canadian Thanksgiving is the one below. Press play, please.
I love that the only thing that even approaches a love song by my favourite band is this one. It's not cheesy, and speaks of the kind of affection and appreciation that I really hope that everyone has in their lives. The kind that's not fleeting and fickle as romantic love can often be (and everyone write about that kind). Although if you have romantic love that is not fleeting nor fickle, I'm so happy for you! :D
My favourite phrases from this song are:
1) "How you make me laugh so hard." --> I think one of things that I value most in life is a deep, long laugh, the type that takes your breath away a little, might make your stomach hurt a lot (or a bit), and is really hard to stop. Little laughs are great, don't get me wrong. But those really hard laughs make life worth living. I'm lucky to have so many people in my life that bring me these laughs. Like when I'm in London hanging with my dear friend Claire, and we are killing ourselves over "Fish Christy thinks vertically", Giggy, a dog on the RHOBH who is very committed to the cause of children with alopecia in Missouri, and a tonne more. Or my pals Alex and Wes, who buckle up growlers of the world's best Pumpkin Ale* in the backseat. Or, closer to home there's my friend Mathew who just sends me into hysterics with indecipherable texts about playoff baseball and Dateline NBC. Or my co-workers, with whom I'm writing a sitcom script that describes everyday absurdity.
Bascially, I'm thankful for anyone who makes me laugh so hard, is what I'm trying to say with the above rambling paragraph.
2) "And you tell me to fuck off when I need somebody to." --> This one isn't as fun as #1, but seriously friends who will tell you to fuck off when you are being stupid about something are great too. I have the very bad habit of beating myself up over so many things; I'm my worst critic, and I think I most often need to be told to fuck off when I'm tearing myself down. And my friends are there for me to tell me that I'm being idiotic with all of the self-deprecation. Or, to tell me to fuck off when I'm just being annoying or whiny. That happens sometimes too.
And I guess, on this Canadian Thanksgiving, I'm most thankful for people who make me laugh so hard and tell me to fuck off.
*If I were in St. Louis right now, I would be drinking so much of Schlafly's Pumpkin Ale. It's probably best for my liver that I'm not. That stuff tastes like the beer version of pumpkin pie. Sooooo good.
2 comments:
Mmm. Pumpkin ale.
Ha! Great post - we have similar posts near Thanksgiving about being grateful. I love that laughter you're talking about - when you laugh so hard you feel like your face won't go back to normal and it comes back to you over and over for the rest of the day. Man, I haven't laughed like that in a while.
Love the image of the growlers in the back seat buckled up.
Also, love friends who tell you to fuck off when you need it. That's a sign of true friendship for sure.
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