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January 30, 2010

A Status in Music Videos

I have given up on getting back to good and am now just trying to get closer to fine.

Needless to say, today I am tangled up in blue.

(Sadly, YouTube doesn't have a video of the Indigo Girls performing this song, so I linked to the next best thing: audio of their version with a still photo as the video portion.)

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January 29, 2010

Making the Money (and the Adjustment)

Right now my life is all about the making of the money. And I'm mostly glad. But I'm also a little sad. I miss so many little things, like:
• being able to run errands and have doctor's appointments on weekday days when most everyone else is at work,
• eating out on weekday days when restaurants tend to be less busy, making the atmosphere quieter and the service often better,
• sleeping through 5:30 am,
• napping after lunch,
• and just generally having the flexibility to make up my day's schedule as I go along.

Ah, those were the days. Those were also the broke days. But still.

Plus, now that I hardly have time for anything but paid-work Monday through Friday, I'm not getting anything else done. Writing, especially, has suffered from the lack of available time. Part of me is too tired to care. But the rest of me laments the loss of creative time.

I realized on this morning's commute that if I want to make any progress on my writing goals, then I'm going to have to sneak more personal-work into my paid-work days. Not into the actual on-duty time, 'cause that's not okay, but into the fringe time: the space between arriving at work and my actual start-time, and my lunch break. I also need to squeeze more work out of my evenings. Problem is that by the time I get home, cook dinner, and eat dinner, I only have another hour or so before my brain starts to shut down for the day. But maybe I can accomplish some low-brain-power tasks in that twilight time.

It's either that or give up altogether.

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January 24, 2010

"Metamorphosis" by Susanne Chalmers

Check out this new story at MindFlights. It's one of my favorites. Reading it again today, I am so grateful that God has the power to transform anyone.

"Metamorphosis" 
by Susanne Chalmers

The demon Banarick has been searching for another demon who has gone M.I.A. When he finds the demon, he discovers that his quarry, Zynfanael, is having a major identity crisis.

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"Fat Baby" by Amy Grant

Today's Sunday School lesson was on 1st Corinthians Chapter 3, so naturally I thought of the song "Fat Baby" by Amy Grant.

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January 18, 2010

"Calendar of Cats" by Lyn C. A. Gardner

New poetry...

"Calendar of Cats"
by Lyn C. A. Gardner

Sometimes a little friendship is all the luck you need.

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January 16, 2010

"Hold Fast" by Mercy Me

iTunes shuffled up this song and it was just what I needed to hear. So, naturally I went looking for it on YouTube so I could share it.

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Motivational Posters from Firefly

So many cool Firefly-related videos on YouTube!

Here's one I like, it's Firefly-themed motivational posters. I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favorite but here are a few that would make the short list:
POLITENESS
is no substitute for kindness.
GENEROSITY
Nothin' buys bygones quicker than cash.
FAITH
You don't fix it. It fixes you.
RESPECT
Is earned, not bought and paid for.
DETERMINATION
Keeps you flyin'.

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January 15, 2010

"Phoenix" by Alice M. Roelke

New fiction...

"Phoenix"
by Alice M. Roelke

It was the man who'd started the fire. Or maybe a ghost. Perhaps he was neither...

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January 14, 2010

"Tonight" – Tina Turner and David Bowie

I'm trying to stay positive despite all the bad news. This helps:

I remember seeing an interview of David Bowie where he talks about how delightfully different it is to perform with Tina Turner because, unlike most people who just look past you with dead eyes, she is always right there with you. One of the reasons I love this performance is just that—they seem so connected and "into" each other. They're having such a great time, being together, playing off each other, performing together.

Sing it with me now: "Everything's gonna be alright tonight."

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January 12, 2010

Sad Times

There has been so much heartache in the last few months that it's hard to stay positive.

Not one, not two, but now three friends have had deaths in their immediate family in just the last four months.

Time for the Grim Reaper to take a vacation and leave my nearest and dearest alone for a while.

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January 08, 2010

Better Off Ted

This show cracks me up. I especially like the second half of this clip, where Veronica tells Linda:

" I heard what you said, but it bothered me. So I changed it. Like you suggested."

LOL.

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January 07, 2010

A Cold New Year and Some Music Vids

Dang it's cold!

It's colder than a witch's whatever here in Florida. That's just not right. If I wanted to deal with cold weather, I could have stayed back home in WDC. Being a thousand miles away from friends and family AND having to bundle up to ward off the chill just doesn't seem fair.

On the plus side, hubby found an old box of VHS tapes in the attic, so I'm having a good time watching old music videos.

Here are a couple favorites, courtesy of You Tube:

"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" by George Michael and Aretha Franklin. I always find this one uplifting and inspiring.

And this all-time classic: "Simply Irresistible" by Robert Palmer

You gotta love a song with the line: "She's so fine, there's no telling where my money went." LOL.

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January 04, 2010

"Hamlet With a Happy Ending" by Rosalind Casey