http://www.strangepulse.com I'm Susan. 37, married for 19 years, with three kids. A Mormon housewife into doom metal. And this is my blog. Fri, 16 May 2008 16:12:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en But it was a lot of work. So, last week I moved all our furniture around to make room for our windows to be replaced. Then they rescheduled our window replacement for this week. We had to live with all our stuff piled in the middle of our rooms for days. ... http://www.strangepulse.com/two-of-my-favorite-things-just-got-easier I figured I should do a good music post after my Shania lovefest. I realize most bands that exist for a long time will evolve in their sound, like, say, U2 or the Who. But I'm thinking of bands that changed pretty radically. Here's some: Journey Genesis The Gathering Everything But The Girl Of course, most ... http://www.strangepulse.com/bands-that-changed-their-sound-over-time Not sure why I like her. Is it because she's so...Canadian? Is it because she married Mutt Lange? Is it her awesome, um, boots? The amazing hair? Yeah right. I don't know why I like her, but I do. (She's what was playing when Elijah went off on anti-ballads.) I even like her stupidest song, ... http://www.strangepulse.com/dont-hate-me-because-i-like-shania-twain ...It would look like this. In fact, when we had a yard, it was just like that. I mean, it was that. That was our yard. Daniel dug it all by hand. With a shovel. It started out small... and grew... and grew... Nathaniel used to be quite the bmxer. So was Daniel. (Note Nathaniel filming ... http://www.strangepulse.com/if-we-had-a-yard Developed another roll of film. I've been slacking on the photography lately. Dog beach: It's really fun to hang out there and watch the dogs. They're in heaven. From our trip to Hollywood to try to see Flight of the Concords at Amoeba: My City Screams...Subway: This last is my favorite. It's our neighbor's ... http://www.strangepulse.com/finally My mom, playing videogames with my little brother in the 70s: Things I notice about this picture: Under the TV are two little figurines my older brother and I got for our parents. One is a boy and one is a girl, both with their arms spread wide, and they say, "I ... http://www.strangepulse.com/best-mom-ever My sister-in-law Audra tagged me for this meme. 3 Joys... Arguing over what movie to watch with the kids, when it turns into a massive laughing insult-fest over what movies we each like/dislike. A song that makes me marvel. Taking pictures. 3 Fears... Spiders. Heights. Well, not really afraid of them, they just make me dizzy, and ... http://www.strangepulse.com/threes I've updated the list of shows I've seen and posted it finally. I need to get back into keeping track of all the shows I go to---had to hunt around for ticket stubs and reviews and pictures I've posted various places to get this thing updated. Here it is. I'm sure there's ... http://www.strangepulse.com/the-show-list-revised When you move it, it breaks. We had to clear 3 feet of space in front of all the windows in our apartment today because they're replacing all the windows in the whole building. Which meant I had to move: My computer desk, and the extra desk next to it. Elijah's computer desk, ... http://www.strangepulse.com/bad-thing-about-ikea-furniture 1. I'm home alone. 2. I'm in a hurry to leave--meeting someone outside. 3. The spider isn't huge. Not small, but not big. 4. It's in the hallway, where the first shock of seeing it sends me leaping into the nearest room, which was right at hand. 5. A shoe is lying at my ... http://www.strangepulse.com/the-perfect-storm-for-killing-a-spider