tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175564462009-11-11T13:19:08.722-08:00What kind of a word is strangeness? I sure hope it's a noun.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556446.post-79371541110113444502009-04-21T07:00:00.000-07:002009-04-21T07:01:07.900-07:00

Yesterday afternoon, I was on my weekly conference call with some folks in the New York University office. About 20 minutes into the conversation, one of the NYU folks made a comment about some sort of thunderous noise that seemed to shake the building. But they laughed it off that they must be exaggerating. Two minutes later, the fire alarm went off in their building, and the call was cut short

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"Dream Attack" by New Order on Technique"The Voice of God" by 4Him on The Basics of Life"Touch of the Master's Hand" by Wayne Watson on How Time Flies"Existential Blues" by Tom "T-Bone" Stankus on Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection"Concerto No. 1 in E flat" by Franz Liszt on Favourite Piano Concertos"Total Devotion" by When In Rome on When In Rome"Jamie G. " by Joe Jackson on Laughter &

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"Gardening At Night" by R.E.M. on Eponymous"Weight of the World" by Erasure on The Innocents"No One Loves Me Like You" by Jars of Clay* on If I Left The Zoo"18th Floor Balcony/It's Just Me" by Blue October on Foiled"Oh Very Young" by Cat Stevens on Greatest Hits"Missionary Man" by Eurythmics on Greatest Hits"What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye on The Big Chill"Rain Down" by Delirious? on World

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The second weekend of the tournament is now complete, and I only picked 1 of the Final Four. Preposterous! How can UNC be the only school I expected to see at this point in these games? At the beginning of this weekend's games, I switched gears from rooting for my bracket to rooting for the underdog in virtually every matchup. Because a messy bracket means a happy Heather. I think it's probably

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"If We Are the Body" by Casting Crowns on Casting Crowns"A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy on Saturday Night Fever"F.O.D." by Green Day on Dookie"I Eat Cannibals" by Toto Coelo on Living In Oblivion"Let You Down" by Dave Matthews Band on Crash"Pancho and Lefty" by Merle Haggard on His Epic Hits: The First Eleven"Thank God I'm A Country Boy" by John Denver on The Very Best of John

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The house is the only really complicated thing that we have to figure out how to handle. We only bought it a year ago, and while the market in Santa Barbara hasn't tanked like it has in other parts of California, I seriously doubt we could break even at this point. So, we'll probably refinance it (which was the plan when we originally purchased) to something a little more manageable for one or

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This past weekend, I had the most fun I've had in an extremely long time. I took Thursday and Friday off of work, and spent 4 full days watching basketball, basketball and more basketball. I've never actually taken the days off work -- always just was unproductive for the day keeping up with four games at a time. Forty-eight games in four days just doesn't leave a whole lot of time for much of

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During the last five months, I have pretty much been at a loss for what to write. Without knowing what we were going to do, I found myself loathe to write about the massive amounts of vitriol coursing through my veins. I didn't want to have to backtrack out of really horrible things that I would have said about GB, and I do have some family that reads this little chronicle. If we would have

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GB and I have decided to get a divorce. Not terribly surprising, I suppose, but a difficult decision nonetheless. There are lots of logistical decisions yet to be made, and we'll work through them. In the meantime, I'm very much at peace with this first decision in the process. I'm not precisely sure what direction this little spot on the internet will take. But, then, I'm not real sure which

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"Love" by John Lennon on The John Lennon Collection"Solid As The Rock" by Michael English on Michael English"Two Of A Kind, Working On A Full House" by Garth Brooks on The Hits"Here In America" by Rich Mullins* on A Liturgy, A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band"Back to Where I Was" by Eric Hutchinson* on Sounds Like This"Walkin' After Midnight" by Madeleine Peyroux on Dreamland"Sur: Regreso Al Amor" by

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My review this week was generally pretty darn good. However, when we got to the section where we talk about what I need to work on, I got this priceless gem:"You should really be more cheerful."

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"I'm Gonna Love You Too" by Buddy Holly & The Crickets on The Original Master Tapes"Santa Brought Me Clothes" by Trout Fishing in America* on Merry Fishes to All"Everywhere I Go" by Amy Grant on The Collection"Love Song For A Savior" by Jars of Clay* on Jars of Clay"Star Trekkin'" by The Firm on Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection"Lord of All" by Carman on The Absolute Best"Everything I Said"

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"I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk on Discovery Rock Classics"The Thrill Is Gone" by B.B. King on B.B. King Anthology"Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay* on Jars of Clay"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" by Madeleine Peyroux on Careless Love"She Loves the Sunset" by Old 97's on Blame It On Gravity"Lovesick Blues" by Madeleine Peyroux on Dreamland"Heaven Or Hell" by Alphaville on The

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556446.post-16345968901022979182009-01-31T05:59:00.001-08:002009-01-31T06:01:37.033-08:00

I just wish I knew whether this is the getting worse before it gets better part of the separation, or the beginning of the end.Either way, it sucks.

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"Work" by Jars of Clay* on Good Monsters"Out Of This World" by Michael W. Smith* on Change Your World"More To This Life" by Stephen Curtis Chapman on The Live Adventure"Peace (A Communion Blessing from St. Joseph's Square)" by Rich Mullins* on A Liturgy, A Legacy, & A Ragamuffin Band"Stay Out Of My Arms" by George Strait on Easy Come Easy Go"Being Boring" by Pet Shop Boys on Discography: The

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"I Gotta Get a Fake I.D." by Barnes & Barnes on Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection"Ode To My Family" by The Cranberries on No Need To Argue"Hi-Rollers Theme/Low Rider" by Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers on Zydeco Essentials"Piano Sonata #14 in C Minor" by Mozart, played by Peter Katin on Mozart: Piano Sonatas"Callin' Baton Rouge" by Garth Brooks on The Hits"Step By Step" by Rich Mullins*

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"A Prayer" by Madeleine Peyroux on Dreamland"Sweet Sixteen" by B.B. King on Live At The Apollo"Ooo Baby Baby" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles on Smokey Robinson & The Miracles"Something Going On" by When In Rome on When In Rome"Let It Rain" by Newsboys on Going Public"Remember Who You Are" by Geoff Moore & The Distance* on A Friend Like U"Prayer" by Petra on Beyond Belief"Big In Japan" by

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Having started this blog journey on October 6, 2005, it only took me 1297 days to complete the first 400 posts. That's an average of a new post every 3.2 days. I'm no high-volume Nellie, but it's nothing to sneeze at, either. Honestly, I'm surprised that 3+ years out, I'm still doing this.I want to thank my readers out there (all three of you!) for continuing to come back after my various hiati (

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Okay, I know. I'm late posting this. Yesterday was one of those crazy days at work where, not only didn't I have a moment to breathe, afterwards I was too fried to do anything else for the day. All of this to say, here's the Saturday edition of the FRT!"Morningside" by Neil Diamond on The Essential Neil Diamond"COncerto No. 1 in E flat" by Franz Liszt on Favourite Piano Concertos"Eve" by

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I'd never read the novel of someone I know. Short stories, sure. Poems, sure. Blog posts, certainly. But never a whole novel, bound and sold through an actual retailer. And, while I haven't actually met James, I feel like I know him after the mutual reading of blogs and sharing of the experiences of greyhound ownership and Philippine living. As a result, I was a bit nervous to read this book and

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556446.post-22185796095831655332009-01-03T07:44:00.003-08:002009-01-03T07:44:00.286-08:00

I really wanted to write a good ring-in-the-new-year post. One of those that looks back at the completed 2008 fondly and looks forward to the new 2009 with hope and excitement. Except I couldn't do it. I'd rather just pretend the day never happened, and that I'm suspended in 200x. Time will resume when I know what's going on.Marking a new year is supposed to be a time for resolutions and planning

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556446.post-31674150579830810942009-01-02T12:06:00.000-08:002009-01-02T12:06:01.182-08:00

I have finally succumbed to the peer pressure and joined the pile of people on Facebook. Huh. "Succumbed" really looked wrong, but apparently I spelled it right anyway. Ahem.So, I made a Facebook page, and friended lots of people, and then came to another realization. While I have figured out how to have the "Yes, I'm still in the office. GB and I separated," conversation and strugging off the "

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"Desert Dream" by Hewlett Crist on The Rio Grande Songs II"Soul" by Sixpence None The Richer on The Fatherless & The Widow"Hooked On Polkas" by Weird Al Yankovic* on Dare To Be Stupid"Calling Out Your Name" by Rich Mullins* on The World As Best As I Remember It"Trust" by Sixpence None The Richer on The Fatherless & The Widow"Horn Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Magor" by Dennis Brain on Mozart: The Horn

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556446.post-50553604814269324012008-12-23T11:38:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:38:00.587-08:00

Today is Christmas Adam, and it's the big holiday day for my family. Let me back up and explain. Since my dad's a pastor, he works on Christmas Eve, and in the past he'd also worked on Christmas morning. That pretty much throws a wrench into the holiday family time, since he has to get to the church early and he has to be the last to leave. It mostly meant we had to wait until Christmas afternoon

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556446.post-23159324058378758982008-12-22T04:43:00.000-08:002008-12-22T04:44:56.065-08:00

The most recent basketball game I went to was a snorefest. A&M forgot to play about half the game (the first 10 minutes of each half) and then had to play catchup against SMU. The only redeeming quality of the evening was that SMU was still worse than us so we could still get the win.While sitting there watching a game that I couldn't have been more detached from, I realized the player numbers

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