To celebrate Thanks Giving Day on the 25th of November this year, I stayed up for 24 hours and every 15 mins tweeted something I was thankful for. See list below. #1. I have a warm bed I just woke up from. Most of the world do not. #thankstweetingday. #thanksgivingday
#2. My father is aggressively proud of me, and I write poems for a living. #thankstweetingday. #thanksgivingday
#3. Torch lights. They are modern day light sabers (the force is with me) #creepingtothekitchen #thankstweetingday. #thanksgivingday
#4 I'm thankful that people do the things that I'm not brave enough to: http://www.thepeopleivesleptwith.com / #ThanksTweetingGivingday
#5 I'm thankful for kungfu films. Jackie Chan for life! #ThanksTweetingGivingday
#6 I’m thankful for wifi, the interplay between my mac and miPhone is incestuously good. #ThanksTweetingGivingday
#7 #thankful that I am not an American. #controversial #thankstweetingday
#8 #thankful that there are always signposts to tell me i’m on the right path #thankstweetingday
#9 #thankful that there’s so much documented history to learn from. #thankstweetingday
#10 #thankful that things like this still happen: http://on.fb.me/eRI5Pn #thankstweetingday
#11 #thankful that rap music is so duplicitous, it shows life and vibrancy. #Tpainisstillcrap #thankstweetingday
#12 #thankful for auto tune! Otherwise, rappers would not be brave enough to show their soft sides. #thankstweetingday
#13 #thankful that the planet spins! imagine having sunlight all the time... #childofthenight #thankstweetingday
#14 #thankful that because of youtube, 1000 people have heard my poem today. Thanks Ben: http://bit.ly/dHz5P5 #thankstweetingday
#15 #thankful for apple juice. MMmmmmm #thankstweetingday
#16 #thankful for mature cheddar. MMmmm #thankstweetingday
#17 #thankful for Bob Geldof, despite the BS, his heart was in the right place. #thankstweetingday
#18 #thankful for Neil Gaiman’s novel ‘Anansi Boys’ it grounded my wild narrative thoughts. #thankstweetingday
#19 #I have lived where it is none existent, I am thankful for electricity. #thankstweetingday
#20 #thankful to the NHS for looking after my dad. America, don’t know what you are missing. #thankstweetingday
#21 #thankful for the men in pants who allow boys to dream. #superheroforlife #thankstweetingday
#22 #thankful to D’angelo. I have found myself in your albums many times over. #thankstweetingday
#23 #thankful that I was taught to build a catapult out of pen caps and elastic bands. #poetryweapons #thankstweetingday
#24 #thankful for all 5 elements: #thankstweetingday
#25 #thankful: wind #thankstweetingday
#26 #thankful: fire #thankstweetingday
#27 #thankful: earth #thankstweetingday
#28 #thankful: water #thankstweetingday
#29 #thankful: and the one that unites ‘em all: Thought! #thankstweetingday
#30 #thankful to Terry Pratchett and QBert for teaching me about the last tweet. #thankstweetingday
#31 #thankful that heard melodies are sweet, unheard sweeter still. #thankstweetingday
#32 #thankful for Councillor Troy, I became a man watching you on Star Trek. #thankstweetingday
#33 #thankful to the two Ms, I am because you were. #thankstweetingday
#34 #thankful that somethings are still free. #thankstweetingday
#35 #thankful I was not born in victorian times. #thankstweetingday
#36 #thankful that Kanye told Bush what time it was. #thankstweetingday
#37 #thankful that Salman Rushdie did not back down. #thankstweetingday
#38 #thankful for tea leaves, cocoabutta and the colour blue. #thankstweetingday
#39 #thankful for my mother’s sharp tongue. It is relentless with the truth. #thankstweetingday
#40 #thankful for those who carry bullets so I don’t have to. #thankstweetingday
#41 #thankful for lights and shadows, but the in-between is what counts. #thankstweetingday
#42 #thankful for *Soul Glow. I have built friendships with you. #thankstweetingday
#43 #thankful to Steve Biko, my cost is far far less, but I too write what I like. #thankstweetingday
#44 #thankful for Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car. I once sat in a park and cried listening to that. #thankstweetingday
#45 #thankful for Nolloywood. Stories are predominantly wack, but you are pushing Nigeria to new heights! #thankstweetingday
#46 #thankful to Jodie Foster, your movie First Contact changed me. #thankstweetingday
#47 #thankful to my twin sis from kicking me outta the womb first, been taking leaps of faith since! #thankstweetingday
#48 #thankful to my lil sis for standing up to me that day in Dublin. #thankstweetingday
#49 #thankful to my big sis for not busting my head all those times we fought, 5 yrs is no joke! #thankstweetingday
#50 #thankful to my lady, for showing me who I was already, and who I can be. #thankstweetingday
#51 #thankful to Mr Achebe and William Butler Yeats. Things do fall apart. #thankstweetingday
#52 #thankful to L.Hill. Your Miseducation changed music. #comeback #thankstweetingday
#53 #thankful for Gravity, we would look like upturned eggs with legs otherwise. #thankstweetingday
#54 #thankful to Occam’s razor. I use you to end arguments. #thankstweetingday
#55 #thankful for cold clean running water, I have lived where it is in short supply. #thankstweetingday
#56 #thankful for Luke Cage, essentially an AfricanAmerican Colossus. #superheroesagain #thankstweetingday
#57 #thankful for Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello & Leonardo. Aged 6, I wore a cardboard box & was a mutant turtle too. #thankstweetingday
#58 #thankful to Steve Urkel. I was you growing up, I WAS YOU. Watch: http://bit.ly/hzQYhK #thankstweetingday #fb
#59 #thankful to Voltron Force. (http://bit.ly/eRNDhJ) You taught me team work. #tvaintallbad #thankstweetingday
#60 #thankful to the Paul Robeson for paving the way. #thankstweetingday
#61 #thankful that the UN, Red Cross and MSF exist. #thankstweetingday
#62 #thankful to the Irish, they began my love of hip hop. #thankstweetingday
#63 #thankful to my editor for always going beyond the call of duty. #Ghanianareokaysometimes #thankstweetingday
#64 #thankful for the Yes Men. Google them! #thankstweetingday
#65 #thankful for Marvin Gaye, it is amazing but sad that ‘What’s going on’ is still a relevant song. #thankstweetingday
#66 #thankful for Fela Kuti - he who walks with death in his pouch! #thankstweetingday
#67 #thankful that my english teacher thought I was worth bullying to do homework. #thankstweetingday
#68 #thankful for pidgin english, de language fine sha e no be smol ting at all at all, no shaking! #thankstweetingday
#69 #thankful for the students protesting, please be level headed and do not rise to your provocateurs #thankstweetingday
#70 #thankful for The transport system in London. Have lived where the equivalent is ridiculous. #thankstweetingday
#71 #thankful for these at bus stops! Suspense is overated. #thankstweetingday http://twitpic.com/3a2qfg
#72 #thankful for all the chicken shops in South London! #morelysbrixton #thankstweetingday
#73 #thankful for all that the Marleys have sung and chanted. #thankstweetingday
#74 Thankful for the Welsh gentleman in front of me on the phone who just exclaimed 'Peckham IS nice!' #iliveinnunhead #thankstweetingday
#75 #thankful Hulk Hogan body slammed Yokozuna back in old wrestling days. Thought after that, anything was possible... #thankstweetingday
#76 #thankful for the tall French one - though he thinks he is English. #thankstweetingday
#77 #thankful for GREGGS and NANDOS! #yeahisaidit #thankstweetingday
#78 #thankful for Waterloo and Southbank. Fave place in London. #thankstweetingday
#79 #thankful for Christmas, yes tis commercial etc, but it brings people... #fact #thankstweetingday
#80 #thankful that my job tonight is to write about couples kissing in Covent Garden. Far worse things to do. #thankstweetingday
#81 #thankful for the kindness of strangers; it is always there. #thankstweetingday
#83 #thankful that I waltzed through the hospital club. No questions asked. #connections #thankstweetingday
#83 #thankful that I waltzed through the hospital club. No questions asked. #connections #thankstweetingday
#84 #thankful that I am among the Onetaste crew again. Good great people. #thankstweetingday
#85 #thankful that I am not a celebrity. WayneGate is still alive. #thankstweetingday
#86 #thankful for guitar and the naked raw voice. Nothing more soulful, nothing more stripped and powerful #thankstweetingday
#87 #thankful for Daniel. #thankstweetingday
#88 #thankful that poetry is not and will never be cool. #thankstweetingday
#89 #thankful for Magners Irish Cider, I don't drink much, but love apples... Mmmmmmmm #thankstweetingday
#90 #thankful for choirs and choir claps. Gonna O.D. this Christmas. #Thankstweetingday
#91 #thankful that Christmas carols have such beautiful melodies. #thankstweetingday
#91 #thankful for Guernica by Pablo Picasso, Groundbreaking, that all works of art be so powerful... #thankstweetingday
#92 #thankful for Guerilla Gardeners. Saints, all of you. #thankstweetingday
#93 #thankful that the world never halts in its capacity to amaze and bewilder. #thankstweetingday
#94 #thankful for all the variations of Tea, from Early Grey to mint, lemon and honey, herbal etc... Thaswassup! #thankstweetingday
#95 #thankful that something like Twitter actually exists and is free to use!! #thankstweetingday
#96 #thankful and finally thanks for following and reading my list guys! I'm off to sleep. Good night! #thankstweetingdayDONE!