With Your Heart Beating and Your Eyes Shining

Bad news came, and I dealt in my usual manner--red wine and pizza and fudge, and then I heard this song, light and sweet and wistful, and felt a little better.

The sale on my condo fell through, and instead of being free to pursue dreams I will be coughing up $5k I don't have on a new furnace...but still, life goes on, and I was reminded of how happy it made me the first time I heard this song, courtesy of a Canadian radio station as I drove to work in my lime-green Honda Civic. I could fill the tank on that car for less than $10. One day, my boss asked us all what radio stations we listened to. He actually grimaced when I told him mine. Canadian radio? Was I freak? I didn't care what anyone thought of me, then, because my silly music made me happy.

I realize that my taste in music may in fact alienate both readers of this blog...but even my brother who scoffs at my library made me burn him a CD... Fleetwood Mac, not exactly the Pogues...

In any case, I hope every single reader has something silly and minor that cheers them up when they are down...