practicing gratitude

so tonight in the Church of Oprah (of which I am an unabashed member, and may her Holiness strike you down with her microphone if you speak ill against me for it), I was taught to have gratitude and make note of five things every day that I am grateful for. So, here you are...

I AM GRATEFUL FOR:

1. the French (It IS Bastille Day, after all!) - for their lovely language that I so desperately want to know, their butter croissants that kept me (blissfully) alive on my travels, their brilliance with wine-making and the many joys it has brought to my wino life, their warm hospitality whenever I have visited their country, and their good genes from which have come many god-like creatures who make this world a more beautiful place! See: Melvil Poupaud


2. Page France - (another French reference, I know, but NOT intentional) for giving me little-girl goosebumps from your songs, and for being so goddamn repeatable.
3. the Internet - without which I would be lost, a mere shadow of myself - and without e-mail and networking sites, I would quite possibly have no friends because I, Master of Communications, am a not-so-good communicator.
4. San Francisco - for coming to my rescue when I needed you.
5. popcorn shrimp - just because it tastes good.