Most days, we at the 51暗网 are a cynical, skeptical, thankless bunch.
It鈥檚 a hard truth, but working at a newspaper will most certainly do that to you; working on a constant deadline, asking the tough questions and spending long hours fact checking can leave you hardened, grizzled and suspicious.
But this Thanksgiving, we鈥檝e decided to kick the trend. We figure it鈥檚 high time we take a few moments and paragraphs to ruminate on the things that fill our cup and leave us feeling warm and fuzzy with gratitude.
Now, please, bear with us; we鈥檙e not good at this.
Nicole Veerman: I guess you could say I have simple needs because most days I鈥檓 just thankful to make enough money to buy beer and cheese.
But, if I had to dig deeper, I鈥檇 say I鈥檓 thankful for Charlie Finley鈥檚 green thumb, because without it, I wouldn鈥檛 have enormous turnips to whip up for my Thanksgiving feast on Sunday night.
And I鈥檓 also thankful for my wonderful boyfriend, who along with our amazing pals will be doing the actual whipping, roasting, chopping, boiling and preparing of our turkey dinner鈥攜ou know, while I sit back and enjoy my hard-earned Lucky Lager and cheddar cubes.
Trevor Nichols: Being such a bitter reporter and emotionally stunted human, the idea of publicly giving thanks to anything makes me want to crawl under my desk and build a protective fort out of old newspapers and discarded staplers.
But deep-seeded emotional trauma aside, I am a lucky man: I have a spectacular girlfriend, work with a truly exceptional group of people and live in a town snuggled against the mountains. It鈥檚 a good life, and I鈥檓 blessed to have it.
Now no one come near me or I鈥檒l bean you with a pen from my newspaper fort!
Courtenay Davidson: After living and working in the Blackberry-obsessed, pickup-truck-clogged city of Calgary, I鈥檓 thankful to live in a town where I can bike to work in five minutes.
It鈥檚 refreshing and invigorating to be surrounded by people that, while they鈥檙e motivated in their careers, still know how to enjoy life. And I鈥檓 grateful to have work in my field in such a great town.
Sure the cost of food is staggering, but if staying here means starving, count me in.
Oh, and I鈥檓 also jazzed聽to know a certain hot bodied plumber聽and to live so close to my sister, nephew and brother-in-law; they鈥檙e聽my favourite.
Matt Figueria: I am thankful to Trevor and Nicole for filling up so much room in this editorial with their clever witticisms. This puts less pressure on me. I also appreciate the following: family, Rebecca, friends, and Todd Berger the man-cat.
Well, Jasper, there you have it: we鈥檙e thankful, and stuff.
