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What I'm Thankful For Redux

November 22, 2012

Tess Yanisch ’13

Three years ago, I wrote/drew this post about Thanksgiving. I know I already posted once this week, but I wanted my last semester to echo my first one.

I hope the text is all readable. I'm uploading photos of cartoons again, and this time it's a cell phone camera.

Text: "how to sadly offer free pizza to sci-fi hall." Image: figure being trampled by other figures after offering pizza

Text: "year two" Image: figure being trampled by other figures after offering pizza

Text: year three. Image: figure throwing pizza into the lounge

Text: "friends who sing along to them songs, even instrumental or non-english ones." Image: figure instructing others to sing

Text: giant heaps of kittens. Image: figure holding kittens

Text: Family who put up with my nerdity. Image: figures speaking gibberish

Text: feeling useful. Image: Oberlin community services umbrella

Text: Results of my home state's referendum on marriage equality. Image: figure jumping for joy

Text: Three hour phone conversations. Image: Figure speaking on the phone with words filling the space behind it

Text: Reliable news sources: NPR, Democracy now!

Text: Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Image: steaming mug

Text: Awesome things from the free box. Image: Shirt and shield

See the previous Thanksgiving post for True Things about family, "I have found my people," and public libraries. Especially public libraries. And, of course, I'm thankful for a good education, for good friends, good books, good food, warm socks (don't laugh, these are very important in Ohio), research opportunities, everyone who's helping me with grad school applications . . . These were just the things that were easiest to draw.