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Beach Baby

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. --Orson Welles

About Me


Hi there...I'm Heidi!


I'm just a small-town girl livin' in my lovely southern world. I relocated back to Raleigh from NY last spring, and haven't looked back! Professionally, I'm a number-cruncher by day and a wannabe-writer at night. I adore my group of good friends here in Raleigh, and I am so blessed to have my family nearby. I am a distance runner: in my regular life, I run about 20 mpw. BUT...I just started training for my first MARATHON - look out!
My friends would say that I'm trustworthy, kind, sweet...and a total smartass. I have flirtatious tendencies towards tall, athletic, nerdy boys. I'm almost always the instigator when out with my group of party-girl-friends - but that's only because I like being in the middle of a really good time, and not because I'm malcontent.
I tend to place penultimate value on friendships and family. My sarcasm and urge to be honest often get me into snafus. I believe that the world and the people in it are generally good. I have a hard time accommodating unfairness and will root for the underdog if the opportunity arises (as long as the underdog isn't evil KU).
Sometimes I feel like Heather Graham's character in the movie Cake. I enjoy a lot of fun activities: I tried ultimate frisbee (but realized I was just sprinting aimlessly); I love volleyball and softball; I run and work out a LOT; I weeble-wobbled my way through a pottery class; I listen to a LOT of music and watch a LOT of movies; and I completed my first Spanish class (and am gearing up for the second one). Usually you can catch me running around Shelley Lake, hangin' out with friends at Tir Na Nog or Bogart's, getting lost in the Green Road Library stacks, or catchin' a midweek libation at Blue Martini. Mine is a great life!
Mosquitos love me. I am almost always hot/warm. I have grey eyes, and I spell it "grey," and not "gray," although both are correct, just to be difficult. I eat left-handed for spite. I cry at any overly sentimental television commercial, tv show, or movie - and I think "coolly unaffected" types are total weirdos. My favorite artist is Wassily Kandinsky. I get wicked asthma in the summer. I compulsively flip my hair when I'm nervous. I search tirelessly for great-fitting pants, finding which is always challenging when you're a 5'10'' athletic girl. My friends like to laugh at me because I "car-dance" after a lunch rendezvous or on my way to work. I do a happy dance when I catch a pop fly. I am totally loyal to those close to me. I have the BEST dog- a two-year-old ragamuffin purebred Shih-Tzu puppy named Marley!
Oh, and I also have a blue betta fish named Clarence:
I am passionate about gun control, healthcare reform, and a woman's right to choose. The most sublime painting I've ever seen is "Pays Charmant" by Ernst (You can see it in the St. Louis Art Museum).
I will trip over my own feet multiple times a day, or I will knock over a glass at dinner - oh yeah, I am THAT girl. I spend a lot of money on my hair. I am a 100% certifiable product junkie. I will eat chips and salsa or peanut butter M&M's without abandon if they are set in front of me...every time.
Oh, and I like drinks sometimes. Vodka tonic with a lime twist, if you please. And those who imbibe whilst in my presence may notice that I regularly lose control of my arms - so, keep your crunk juice out of my wingspan.
Dislikes: Writers who cannot successfully differentiate between "your" and "you're," or "too" and "to." Derivative, soul-less or unfulfilling interpersonal relationships. Use of the high-five, finger-gun point, or chest-bump as means of communicating. The New York Yankees. Incessant ballpoint pen clicking. Cheap shoes. Inequality and limitations. People who are distrustful of others or who generally do not like animals. Racial epithets. Bad tipping, or worse, yelling at waitstaff. Oh yeah, and I hate, with an underscore hate, when big corporations make commercials that show only women completing perfunctory household tasks. It is not my goal in life to be someone's maid. Okay...enough ranting.
Basically, if I can avoid mediocrity in my life, I'm happy.
I also exhibit feelings of general malaise if evidence of poor grammar or punctuation is present.

My Interests

*Running
*Sports
*Shopping (Distinct weakness for shoes and handbags)
*Hangin' with mi familia
*BEING MY OWN PERSON
*Fireflies
*Learning Spanish
*Chuck Pahlaniuk
*Post-feminist ideology
*Warm blankets & an open window
*Dance music
*Making new memories
*Thinking up nicknames for my pals
*Creating secret languages that only my sister and I understand
*Inventing new slang
*Baked spaghetti
*Being a chick who has it all
*Hand-written letters

I'd like to meet:

Gloria Steinem, Daniel Craig (good lord), Adam Levine, Steve Valentine, Wes Anderson, Zach Braff, A Real-Life version of Jim Halpert, Tyler Florence, T.I., Albert Pujols, Steve Prefontaine, John Heder, Christian Bale, Ryan Reynolds, Ewan MacGregor, Ryan Phillippe, John Heffron, Mary J. Blige, Horatio Caine, John Olliver, Demitri Martin, John C. McGinley, Spanish Hip Hop Artist Haze, Henry Rollins, Mos Def, Donal Logue, Jonathan Rhys Myers, David Sedaris, Parker Posey, Fiona Apple, Lewis Black, Chuck Pahlaniuk, Terry MacMillan, Sam Watterston, Scott Foley...And...
Fellow iPod Elitists
Netflix-queue-expanding movie buffs
Sedaris- and Pahlaniuk-philes
Distance runners

Music:

I am a music snob.

I watch IMF religiously.

Right now, I'm addicted to the following: El Da Sensei, The Fratellis, JDilla, OuterSpace, Guillemots, The Kooks, Regina Spektor, The Sons, Colin Hay, Ima Robot, Nena Daconte, and Spanish Hip Hop phenom Haze.

I also LOVE: PHOENIX, Ben Folds, Badly Drawn Boy, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Amy Winehouse, Basement Jaxx, Mos Def, Imogen Heap, Deee-lite, Joe, Lenny Williams, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Marvin Gaye, Rooney, and the White Stripes...So many others

Movies:

I watch a LOT of movies.

Here are my Top Choices (in no particular order):

Sideways, Waiting to Exhale, Fight Club, About Schmidt, Steel Magnolias, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Garden State, Without Limits and Prefontaine, 200 Cigarettes, Zoolander, Napoleon Dynamite, Caddyshack, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the original one), The Way We Were, Hustle & Flow, Match Point, The Incredibles.

Television:

Law & Order, Monk, and pretty much any forensics program on CourtTV or A&E; My So-Called Life, Crossing Jordan, Chapelle's Show, The Daily Show. Oh, and the only prime time shows I try to watch religiously are The Office and Scrubs.

Books:

I read a lot.

Favorite Authors:
Chuck Palahniuk
David Sedaris
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Brett Easton Ellis
Nick Hornby
Susan Jane Gilman
Naomi Wolf
Melissa Bank
Lucinda Rosenfeld
Charles Bukowski
Terry MacMillan
Eric Jerome Dickey

Heroes:

My Grandma!
Real-American Hero-slash-Pal Jason D
Dick and Ricky Hoyt
Anna Mae Bullock
Lady Di
Marie Antoinette
Steve Prefontaine
Artie, the strongest man in the world
Powdered Toast Man

My Blog

Foot On The Floor, Out The Door...

Hi all! Now that I have a few half marathons under my belt, I am excited to announce that next week marks the commencement of my first marathon training program!  Thinking of ways&...
Posted by Beach Baby on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:59:00 PST

When Is A Song...Just A Song?

I was in my car the other day when I got to thinking. Do y'all have songs that evoke thoughts of someone you once loved (and subsequently lost/tossed)? I do - at least one, for each semi-long-ish rela...
Posted by Beach Baby on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:28:00 PST

You know you're closing in on 30 when...

...You have no idea that it's "Spring Break" time until you randomly flip past MTV last night and immediately feel a panic attack coming on. Yeah.  That's your heart.  Telling you you're old...
Posted by Beach Baby on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:21:00 PST

There IS a difference...

...between (t) and (T).  Did you know that?  Here's how I learned the hard way... Disclaimer:  Kids, don't try this at home. In all my past addresses, allergy season meant autumn, ...
Posted by Beach Baby on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:01:00 PST

Oh...I'm sorry. Did we have plans?

Because Daniel Craig called me last-minute to be his date for the Oscars, to which I rolled my eyes and said, "Oh all right, you silly scamp!" Oh the dress? What....this ol' thing?    ...
Posted by Beach Baby on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:47:00 PST

More Combinatorial Mathematics: Product Junkie Beauty Edition

So, last night I made two vast beauty revelations and thought I'd share them with my local internet stalker(s).  As your resident expert on fashion and haute couture, I thought, "Why not turn my...
Posted by Beach Baby on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:17:00 PST

Late-night Meebo-ness

And the #1 sign you should go to bed is...drumroll please: [00:49] heidiann: by the way, that smiling asshole from the freecreditreport.com commercials needs to get booted in the balls [00:49] thejtlu...
Posted by Beach Baby on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:07:00 PST

Hypersonic

Happy Sunday, sports fans! With the proximity of my next half-marathon race drawing near, I needed to log one last really long run.  Saturday morning's breeze stung my face and eyes as I exited ...
Posted by Beach Baby on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:24:00 PST

Combinatorial Mathematics

Here is the mathematical formula to express the worst possible way to spend a craptastic day:   ( 10-hour workday at home (in PJ's) + Taking the day off from working out +  It's-S...
Posted by Beach Baby on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:22:00 PST

The Hail Mary of All Coffee Drinks.

Hi y'all.  Question for you:  What is the right amount of coffee grounds to use when brewing your morningtime spirits? As I found out this morning, that amount is NOT in excess of ...
Posted by Beach Baby on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:03:00 PST