Veteran's Day

First and foremost, I want to celebrate this Veteran's Day by offering my gratitude to anyone and everyone who has risked their life for this country, our freedom, and our safety. My grandfather is a veteran; my uncle served in the navy and my aunt is a navy nurse. Regardless of how I (or you, for that matter) feel about our country's current military situation, I think we can all respect and appreciate what our veterans have done. It saddens me that this holiday has become largely a day of celebrating no school and big retail sales when it should be all about offering gratitude and remembrance! Today I'm grateful for our veterans. How 'bout you?

I'm also grateful for:

• having a really great evening - first, the live video chat Jason Mraz did for his fans (which was too short, but still awesome), then SYTYCD, a new Glee, and ANTM. It wasn't a particularly eventful or unusual night, but it was a good one.
• having a better day at work today.
• iambeinglove.blogspot.com. It's the new blog of Tricia, resident "joyologist" for Jason Mraz and his band on tour. If you follow Jason on twitter, you know Tricia is the one doing the tweeting, posting quotes of the day, inspiration, etc.... so it's awesome to be able to read full-sized blogs filled with her own loving, gracious, joyful thoughts.
• getting back into some genuine literature. I've read a lot of fluff since graduation - not saying that's bad; it was a welcome change - but it's nice to delve back into one of my favorite writers, Paulo Coelho, with The Witch of Portobello and Brida. I love that his writing is fictional, but also metaphysical and philosophical.