April 2008 - Posts
As seen in my post,
Because I Can, here is what I'm grateful for, today:
Today, Day 5, I'm grateful for friendly reminders.
Today I got a friendly reminder when, in my news reader, I saw my good friend Devin over at El Blog de Los Amigos post his "grateful" ... I totally forgot about it and would have left for the night without doing it. Sometimes your reminders are a bit more direct, like when my brother Oscar sends me an email last Friday reminding me to get my time sheet in before the day ends; and no, we don't work together, he just knows my inability to get that in on time. HAH!
As seen in my post,
Because I Can, here is what I'm grateful for, today:
Today, Day 4, April 26, I am grateful for HDTV.
I'm a HUGE hockey fan, specifically the Dallas Stars. Suffice to say watching hockey on TV is a very difficult thing to do. The camera speed is too slow, the analogue signal is blurry, the puck is so small ... it just isn't a good TV sport. UNLESS the signal is broadcast in HD. NBC, once a week, for the second half of the season has been broadcasting an HD game dubbed as "The Game of the Week". While it's not always a game I want to watch it is TOTALLY worth watching - I thought HDTV was a big deal for football back when it was first released, but I never really appreciated it until I saw the snow fly up from a players skate as he stopped suddenly; the skate-lines in the ice after a half period of ice; or even better, the first time I realized I was watching the puck move on the ice, instead of watching the players react to a mysterious blur I could only barely see. Thank you HDTV ... now come on My27, start broadcasting EVERY game in HD.
As seen in my post, Because I Can, here is what I'm grateful for, today:
Today, Day 3, April 26, I am grateful for people to share things with.
I grew up with 2 brothers and a sister, all of whom had gone off to college by the time I was 10 (they are 9, 12 and 14 years older than me). I also spent time with cousins, uncles, grandparents and family friends living in our house at one point or another. What this taught me was to find bonds with people so the time I shared with them was more meaningful; it's not that vegging in front of the TV was taboo, but that's not the kind of thing that we cherished. What we cherished was my grandfather, the priest, teaching us poker and the less-favorable Greek phrases; the 20-person Christmas mornings; the exchange students from other countries who stayed with us for entire school years; listening and/or performing music together (no, we were NOT the Partridge family).
Now, as close to an adult as I ever hope to be, I live no closer than a thousand miles to my siblings, parents and closest friends. It is important, for me, to find bonds with people early in knowing them, to find a bond, a common ground to build quick friendships. These days I have found my closest relationships thanks to the Dallas Stars Fanatics, Park Cities Rotary Club and my various professional affiliations including work.
By the way, the photo above is my brother Andy's wedding. From left to right are: Peter (eldest brother), David (brother-in-law), Joanna (sister), Andy (brother), Jenn (his wife), Phoebe (mom), Mac (dad), myself; and standing at half height in front of us are David & Joanna's kids: Christopher, Rose and Aaron (my godson). We may be spread out around the country (San Francisco, Dallas, Ithica and Connecticut) but we have a damn good party when we are together!
As seen in my post, Because I Can, here is what I'm grateful for, today:
Today, Day 2, April 25, I am grateful for my offices's XBox 360.
I know, I know, not exactly very emotional, but after taking a nice 45 minute break to lose miserably to Matt D in FIFA08 ... it's nice to remember and be grateful for the wonderful things my company does to keep its employees happy.
Thanks Telligent :-)
Annie over at Jesus' Favorite started a writing assignment that inspired Devin at El Blog de Los Amigos ... which inspired me to try something a little bit different.
I'm, obviously, not a regular blogger these days, even over at the Dallas Stars Podcast blogs. I've tried to keep myself to every 2 to 3 weeks, but what can I say, I've been too busy to notice when things are really worth blogging, and I've missed many opportunities to get myself regular (I know, Metamucil will fix that right up, thanks).
Yes, yes, what is the writing assignment, I know.
Once a day, for 30 days, share something you are grateful for.
Simple. Easy. To the point. And after this long-winded explanation, short posts ...
I like it. It not only gets me, supposedly, writing in my blog once a day for 30 days; which gets me thinking about my blog every day, which will hopefully lead to more though provoking blog entries; but it gets me thinking about the good things in life. Even better, these small tidbits of happiness could be great conversation starters ... right?
So, to start things off ...
Today, Day 1, April 24, I'm thankful for the opportunity to be free.