What's Going On Lately: Big News & Observations from 2006!
Well this will be a quick and easy summation of current events in my life, for all of the readers out there ('all' meaning the one or two that read!).
BIG NEWS ITEMS:
1) We are pregnant and expecting a child in May, 2007!!! We just found out last week that it will be a baby boy. This was unplanned, but we are very excited about it - and trying to get as much rest as possible now because we won't be able to get it later!! ;-)
2) My job of 4 years may be in jeopardy as we are being 'acquired' by another company. IF you've ever seen OFFICE SPACE, just think about the 'meeting with the Bobs' when you think of me! :-)
3) Sadly, my Grandmother Bette Watkins Garrison (father's side) passed away unexpectedly Dec 22nd from an aneurism of the brain. It's been tough for my dad and his sisters as well as for her husband Roy. She was a good woman with lots of kindness, experience & common sense. She will be missed, may she rest peacefully.
OBSERVATIONS from 2006:
1) Health is something you should cherish if you have it, because when you loose good health it can really get you down. I've been up against some things for almost two years and you truly don't realize how much you take for granted until your health slips.
2) Local musician friends suck. There may be an exception or two but mostly the exceptions aren't in Dallas. My observation over the last 7 years or so has finally come to a point in 2006, and I realize how poor a decision it was to place the amount of care & support I have in musician friends - here in Dallas especially. They tend to be egocentric, self serving politically driven glad-handers who are unable to reciprocate even the barest principals of friendship the moment you aren't at their shows. There are likely fewer fake people in any field other than politics.
Now bear in mind that I am a musician/singer/songwriter. Even so I manage to keep in touch with others and try to show them that I care about them on a personal level - it's not all about stroking their ego so they can stroke mine or selling them on my product. That's where I differ from almost every local musician I know. No single group of people have ever disappointed me more than the musicians I have met in Dallas since 2000.
3) Watching your young child grow is an amazing thing. It is difficult yet rewarding and offers a unique perspective on life, totally removed from the perspective you have when you have never been a parent. So many things in life change when you are a parent and it is amazing the amount of growing up it forces you to do in a short time period. I love my daughter and hope the best for her future.
Over and out...
BIG NEWS ITEMS:
1) We are pregnant and expecting a child in May, 2007!!! We just found out last week that it will be a baby boy. This was unplanned, but we are very excited about it - and trying to get as much rest as possible now because we won't be able to get it later!! ;-)
2) My job of 4 years may be in jeopardy as we are being 'acquired' by another company. IF you've ever seen OFFICE SPACE, just think about the 'meeting with the Bobs' when you think of me! :-)
3) Sadly, my Grandmother Bette Watkins Garrison (father's side) passed away unexpectedly Dec 22nd from an aneurism of the brain. It's been tough for my dad and his sisters as well as for her husband Roy. She was a good woman with lots of kindness, experience & common sense. She will be missed, may she rest peacefully.
OBSERVATIONS from 2006:
1) Health is something you should cherish if you have it, because when you loose good health it can really get you down. I've been up against some things for almost two years and you truly don't realize how much you take for granted until your health slips.
2) Local musician friends suck. There may be an exception or two but mostly the exceptions aren't in Dallas. My observation over the last 7 years or so has finally come to a point in 2006, and I realize how poor a decision it was to place the amount of care & support I have in musician friends - here in Dallas especially. They tend to be egocentric, self serving politically driven glad-handers who are unable to reciprocate even the barest principals of friendship the moment you aren't at their shows. There are likely fewer fake people in any field other than politics.
Now bear in mind that I am a musician/singer/songwriter. Even so I manage to keep in touch with others and try to show them that I care about them on a personal level - it's not all about stroking their ego so they can stroke mine or selling them on my product. That's where I differ from almost every local musician I know. No single group of people have ever disappointed me more than the musicians I have met in Dallas since 2000.
3) Watching your young child grow is an amazing thing. It is difficult yet rewarding and offers a unique perspective on life, totally removed from the perspective you have when you have never been a parent. So many things in life change when you are a parent and it is amazing the amount of growing up it forces you to do in a short time period. I love my daughter and hope the best for her future.
Over and out...
posted by Centuryhouse at 9:26 PM
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