The DudeRated.com List of Thankfulness

We've got a lot to be thankful for!

It’s been the longest short week that we’ve all had to deal with. (If you’re in the camp of the unemployed or academia – cheers! I’m sure you’re already enjoying a variety of inebriating beverages)

For me personally, there wasn’t any real reason to come into the office with people already on vacation, taking long lunches or catching up on Family Guy youtube clips.

My personal favorite for its sick, slow humor (Watch this YouTube Video) In sum, nothing got done and we got paid for it – if you’re one of my clients, my email is broken and my voicemail doesn’t work, sorry.

Through the cubical walls of this advertising agency, I’ve accidentally eves dropped on several conversations about what people are thankful for . . . “early office closing”, “long weekend”, “ I’m not cooking this time” and the one that sticks out the most “going to see Twilight for the 4^th time”. Riiight.

Well, after listening to this office banter, I’ve done a list of our own thankfulness with a slight angle towards the small things in life:

The Eclipse Spearmint Gum BigEPak (60 pieces) – Because as Americans, we trophy the oversized. And this stands in proud effigy toward our western philosophy. Why create a 10 piece pack when we can sextuple the size? Yes, because you never know when you’ll need to plug a leak the size of a bowling ball and all you have is gum. In all seriousness though, I did purchase this at my local 7-11 and it’s been in my car . . . since July.

Budweiser 30 pack – Granted I rarely comment negatively about all that is holy and brewed, but this . . . this has only one purpose. Self-induced tomfoolery. (all those college and post-college gents, this ones for you) In the arms race of the big brewing company’s, Budweiser has shown it has the biggest (appendage). Though I am no fan of this beer, my beer-snootiness does have one weakness and that is Beer Pong. It’s the perfect gift to bring to a tourney, that and a few distractingly beautiful looking ladies.

Ipod Apps – I fully admit I jumped onto the Apple bandwagon and fell right in the AT&T pile of shit. But aside from the many dropped calls and not getting all the text messages that I should, the apps make up for it. Playing TM Zero or Stickwars to a playlist of Young, Counting Crows, Sound Garden and Kings of Leon more than make up for not getting my visual voicemail for over an hour. No message, no worries. Even if it is a client of mine. (add that to another reason why nothing is getting done today).

Tryptophan - You know what that is… it's the enzyme in Turkey that is responsible for catapulting you into a sudden, instant hibernation. There's nothing more satisfying than the warm embrace a coma, following the inhalation of turkey gravy over mashed potatoes, topped with sweet corn nibblets. Eat up, it's going to be a long winter!