Christmas and Sappy Movies Lead to Cheesy Something Something...

I know guys, it's been far too long since I've posted. In following this cheesy ass themed post I promise to post more. I have just watched a butt-load of Christmas movies and made-for-tv godforsaken Meredith Baxter-Burney, "I lost my child, but a Santa who looked like Jesus returned him to me at the 11th hour on Christmas eve and then a strong lumberjack of a man saved my cancer-ridden dog with the gift of song" Lifetime vommed all over it type of movies and thus comes this post.

Things I Am Grateful For

by Kate Walsh

1. Meg. I know to list her first and foremost as she splits half my rent, cooks way better baked goods than I do, loves me despite the flaming gay man I am and she can run faster than I can so in a couples challenge we would actually stand a chance in the physical fitness portion... but if by a stroke of luck we get "Explain the full story of 'Will & Grace' with verbatim quotes in character voices- I got you girl. ;) MT.

2. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I strongly stand by my belief that "30 Rock" and "Parks and Rec" could solve world hunger... oh wait.. no. My belief was that they could solve world obesity b/c they are so funny you laugh for 30 minutes and that's equivalent to doing like 150 push ups or something... I may have been a little buzzed at the time I stated that... screw it, I still stand by it.

3. Goat Cheese. Seriously... is there ANYTHING this stuff isn't good with? I want to throw big ups to Tommy and Kyle for introducing us to the big log of goat cheese covered in warm fig spread. ... ... We need to come up with a better name for that... it pretty much makes me feel like the first guy to go through the new TSA frisking services... speaking of... I wonder if that will take the place of getting my yearly breast exam...

4. Beatles on Itunes. I say this in complete jest b/c the hype that was created days before they dropped this load on us was ridiculous. So yeah, I get it. It's the Beatles. That's great, but really let's be honest. We pretty much have all the digital versions of the Beatles songs we want b/c we all have that one friend who converted all his parent's record and tapes to digital b/c mom got an ipod and has to have "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" while doing power yoga at book club.

5. A Relly Good Vacuum. Trust me... if you've ever had cats you will attest to this. No matter how much you clean there will ALWAYS be a pebble or two of kitty litter on the bathroom floor that you step on right after you take a shower. And as you angrily exit the bathroom a kitty hair tumbleweed will roll down the hall and stick to your wet leg despite the fact you shaved that little bastard balder than James Carville.




6. Kristin Chenoweth. ... ... ...













7. The MBTA. AHAHAHAHAHA no, I couldn't even keep a straight face... HEYOOOO. But seriously, how mad does Boston public transportation make you? On a scale from 1 to Chris Brown.

8. Lastly, my parents. I know I'm more known for my snarky, sassy posts, but I would like to refer to the aforementioned Baxter-Burney clause. I came out a lot later in life to my parents than I had wanted to, but after multiple times of trying to do it in person things just didn't work out. So I wrote them an email. I know, shut up, just read the excerpt from y my mom's response:
"I cried-but you knew that. Then, I thought of all kinds of irrational crap like how we dressed you in Taylor's clothes (one, because money was tight and two, you hated girly, dressy clothes). Then, I went for my walk. But, I went to the left at the end of the street instead of the right. For the first time!! And, you know what? Nothing happened, nothing was different. It was still 1.5 miles. The sun set and the moon rose and it was still friggin 91 degrees. I heard a bird in a tree singing loud and for all its worth...though it was pitch dark. And, while I was used to birds singing in the day, hearing that bird lifted my heart, it was so beautiful. And, through all of this I kept thinking everything is ok-different but ok."

Merry Whatever Makes Your Heart Happy Kiddos.