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1000 Awesome Things
1000awesomethings.com
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A time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things
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#1 Anything you want it to be

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AWESOME!

19 apr 12 3 people like this

#2 Remembering how lucky we are to be here right now

Over dinner one night my dad started telling me about his first day in Canada. It was 1968 and he was twenty-three, arriving on a plane with eight dollars in his pocket to start a new life by himself...

18 apr 12 10 people like this

#3 The far corners of your mind

It’s where the wild things are. See, we’ll never really know how far the universe flies but maybe we should be wondering how far our minds go inside. Because when you let your thoughts ru...

17 apr 12 3 people like this

#4 Today

Today’s the greatest day you’ve ever lived. Today’s the only day you’ve ever lived. The past is gone, the future is far, nothing else matters, except where you are. AWESOME! W...

16 apr 12 5 people like this

#5 Collapsing into bed when you’re completely, massively exhausted

Burn, baby, burn. Life’s not long and we only got so many moments we’re wide awake. So take, take, take — grab that run at sunrise, laugh with baby before the door, clock into work ...

13 apr 12 6 people like this

#6 The last day of school

My friend Jason had a tradition. Every year on the last day of school he’d stop on the bridge over the creek on his walk home, pop open all his three-hole binders, and dump and shake all his pe...

12 apr 12 5 people like this

#7 That feeling in your stomach after a really big dump

We’re all just twisted messes. Sure, you might look fine in your pleated pants and your frilly dresses, but beneath all that we’re just twisted messes. Brown slippery organs, brittle bone...

11 apr 12 1 person likes this

#8 Looking back, smiling, and saying thanks

This is the end, beautiful friend. Late next week 1000 Awesome Things will hit #1 and we’ll have finished four years counting down one awesome thing every weekday. So… like Luke Skywalker...

10 apr 12 2 people like this

#9 Crossing off the last item on your list

Because you finally satisfy your toughest critic. Yourself. AWESOME! Live in Toronto? I’ll be at Chapters John & Richmond next Wednesday, April 18th at 7pm for a special event announcing th...

09 apr 12 6 people like this

#10 Canada

Do you remember bank calendars? When I was little my sister and I always waited between velvet ropes with my dad to see the bank teller — while lines rounded, stamps pounded, and thumbs counted...

06 apr 12

#11 Driving through your old neighborhood and stopping to see the house you grew up in

When my friends Chris, Ty, and I went on our cross-country road trip a few years back, we managed to stop in the small, hardscrabble dirt town of Paris, Texas. In addition to visiting the Kimberly-Cl...

05 apr 12 4 people like this

#12 Sisters

My sister’s name is Nina. She was born sixteen months after me and we were tight from the beginning. When my parents brought her home from the hospital I couldn’t stop marveling at her th...

04 apr 12 3 people like this

#13 The first time a new friend calls you by your nickname

Welcome to the inner circle. AWESOME! Photo from: here

03 apr 12

#14 A good turnout on your birthday

Everybody gets born. One day you popped into the world a tiny ball of crying wet nakedness and every year since then we’ve all stopped to celebrate your big day. Birthdays freeze time as you stare ba...

02 apr 12

#15 Becoming a regular somewhere

Come on in. We all know that being a regular doesn’t just happen overnight. No, it’s more like softly falling into a slow romance with a new friend… Stage 1: The First Glance. There are plenty of fis...

30 mar 12 4 people like this

#16 Staying out till the place shuts down

Bringing down the house. When your party spins till the disco ball stops and the lights go pop then you know you’re having a great time. Big toes peeking through nylons, tongues hanging out lik...

29 mar 12 2 people like this

#17 Thinking

“How often do you think?” My eleventh grade English teacher interrupted class one day with that booming question. Until then we’d been having staple fights, passing notes, and half-...

28 mar 12 3 people like this

#18 The Airport Pickup

You know what’s the worst? Trying to figure out how to get somewhere in a city you’ve never been before. Yes, strange bus routes, new taxi systems, and mazes of complex maps welcome you to your...

27 mar 12 2 people like this

#19 Remembering all you’ve learned from old boyfriends and girlfriends

Your life is a pinball. Shooting up high you start bouncing between bumpers and fly between flippers which smack you every which way. Your life soars and crashes in ways you can’t predict. Firs...

26 mar 12 4 people like this

#20 Me Time

Get out of here. Lights flash, bulbs blast, and twisted thoughts race around our brains. But handshakes and smiles tire after a while and sometimes all you want is chill time on your own. That’...

23 mar 12 4 people like this

#21 Intergenerational friends

I met Gloria in September, 2008. I was camping out at an Arizona hotel for work and she was the hotel bartender. A sassy fiftysomething with frizzy white hair, classy black clothes, and bright red li...

22 mar 12 4 people like this

#22 Stars

They show up in the dark. And when you look up in the dark you see their twinkling beauty, burning yesterday, light years away. Stars remind us how small we are, how far we’ve come, how fast we...

21 mar 12 3 people like this

#23 The thank you wave when you let somebody merge in front of you

Cruising through the streets with our music cranked and our cell phones ringing, it’s sometimes hard to communicate with other drivers sharing the roads. When speeds are high and time’s a ticking, we...

20 mar 12 2 people like this

#24 Loot bags

What’s a birthday without some loot? Let’s get this party finished right: Level 1: The Factory Order. Here’s where mom orders the Barbie, Hot Wheels, or Sesame Street themed birthda...

19 mar 12

#25 Kindergarten class photos

AWESOME! Photos from: here, here, here, here, here, here, and here

16 mar 12 1 person likes this

#26 Fantasies

I was flipping past a reality show on TV and there was this group of dirty folks in rags stranded on some desert island. They had no food, no showers, and nothing to do except brutally fight each oth...

15 mar 12 1 person likes this

#27 The three-paycheck month

Butcher, baker, candlestick maker. No matter what, if you’re working for The Man, there’s a chance you’re getting paid every two weeks. Maybe every other Thursday or every other Fri...

14 mar 12

#28 All the things you learned in third grade

What do you do? Me, I work in an office but if I try telling people more than that their eyes gloss over. “You lost me at spreadsheets,” my friends say, while yawning and giving the waiter a head nod...

13 mar 12 1 person likes this

#29 Going through the carwash with little kids

It’s the suburban amusement park. When I was a kid there was nothing as exciting as driving through the car wash with my dad. My sister Nina and I would jump up and down screaming as huge cloth rolle...

12 mar 12 1 person likes this

#30 The first bite of a piece of gum

It’s always the sweetest. 1. Chicklet style. It’s time to crush that hard outer white shell into a million little pieces. You can do the first bite with your two front teeth (aka The Bugs...

09 mar 12 2 people like this

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