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Update 5/31/2018

Some things I'm grateful for:


  • By mid-June, I'll have paid off about $4000 worth of debt...in just over four months.
  • I really, really dig my hair. And I'm glad I'm not going bald.
  • I have some truly great friends.
  • I'm in the ideal situation for someone who doesn't have access to affordable healthcare - I'm young and healthy.
  • I love what I do.
  • I don't live in Russia.
  • I've never been shot.
  • I live in an age where cars drive themselves and I have a computer that is always connected to the Internet in my pocket.
  • "Game of Thrones" comes back next year.
  • I still have an entire season of "Vikings" to catch up on.
  • I live in the age of Netflix and Hulu, so I don't have to deal with the nightmare bullshit of cable companies.
  • I was born white, male, and American, so in a lot of ways I lucked out; I'll never have to deal with a lot of shitty things that the majority of the world has to deal with.

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