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Posted on July 4, 2008 by DmentD:
Ok, some videos and such to distract you from the fact that I haven't posted anything about my recent trip to Wales.
First Where The Hell Is Matt (2008). The back story of the video is this:
"Matthew Harding spent 14 months visiting 42 countries in order to produce "Where the Hell is Matt?", a four-and-a-half minute video featuring Harding (and anyone else he could rope into it) doing an incredibly silly, high-energy dance in some of the most breathtaking scenery around the world. This may be the best four minutes and twenty-eight seconds of your week." I happen to agree. The video made me grin like a fool for no reason — and for every reason, it just made my heart feel light, and made me happy. I liked the song enough to actually pay for it (conceal your shocked expressions, please). If you wanna know more about Matt and his 15 minutes of fame, you can read all about it on HIS SITE.
Second, a video that I'm sure everyone has seen, but just hit my radar today, courtesy of an email. I present to you, the heartbreak of COOTIES.
Lastly... sometimes it's worth watching the ORIGINAL, sincere, but unintentionally silly video, just so you can really enjoy the PARODIES, as most of the time they are FUNNIER, and more LUDICROUS. And then someone comes along and does THIS (ignore the video, listen to the music). |
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by DmentD:
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Going to sleep. Been traveling for 25 or so hours. Details later. |
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by DmentD:
A few more pics of the ongoing housework HERE. New shelves in the kitchen cabinets, the garage painted, and new roof pictures (by request).
All moved in, and have spent the last two weeks or so putting things away and organizing my life. Painted the garage, made new kitchen cabinet shelves, and both of those projects not only stopped me dead in my tracks from unpacking, but were holding up any unpacking I could do in the kitchen or garage.
I keep finding things that need to be done before I can progress forward — yeah, yeah, I know, "welcome to home ownership". Been there once already, I know the drill. But when your closet shelves and clothes bars are falling off the wall, it makes it a little difficult to put things away until you remedy the situation. So now, my master closet has an all new, modern hanging and storage system. What should have been an hour of organization turned into 8 hours of demolition and reconstruction.. and then and hour of organization.
The house is mostly unpacked, with some more organizing to do. My goal was to get to this point before I left for my return trip to Wales this week. Yup, heading back one more time before Sweets moves here in August. I get to attend a wedding, and meet family so they can be convinced I'm not a sociopath... because it's hard to detect psychopaths from their covers. *grins*
So, I will be out of easy contact for a little bit — "out of pocket" as we say in the industry. What a stupid phrase.
Ok, that's all the news fit to report for now. Will have stories to tell upon my return. |
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by DmentD:
After receiving several requests for pictures of the new house, I am simply going to link to the gallery I am posting pictures into as I take them.
Go HERE to see work in progress pictures of the house. There are appropriate descriptions accompanying the pictures.
New roof is installed, and looks great. Started painting the garage. Kitchen cabinet refinishing is done... just need to build doors and shelves now. The fridge was delivered and is chilling like gangbusters. New attic ladder is installed. Ran all new coax cable and stripped off the miles of old cable from the outside of the house. Pre-installed rear-channel surround sound speaker wires in the attic to save trouble later, and to avoid disrupting the insulation that is going to be blown in in a few weeks. Installed new locks and security strike-plates, and window locks. The alarm wiring is pre-installed, and ready for the alarm company to finish up next week.
The move happens on May 24th. That's when the movers come and haul all the heavy, bulky, unwieldy shit from my second floor apartment and place it right where I tell them to in the new house. This week is finding me packing boxes and moving them a truckload at a time to the new house. My intention is to have everything in the apartment — with the exception of the big stuff — boxed and moved before Saturday. Moving sucks donkey cocks, and if I can avoid imposing said donkey cock sucking on my friends, and avoid a HUGE push to move everything in a single day, I will.
So far, so good.
More news to come as is comes. |
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Posted on May 1, 2008 by DmentD:
It's official — my bank owns a house, and they're gonna let me live in it.
Spent an hour signing eleventy-billion pages of paperwork. The moment of comedy came when I was asked to sign a sheet of paper two ways for the bank that demonstrated my signature both with, and without my middle initial... and anyone who has seen my signature knows that you'd be hard pressed to make out any letters, much less the presence or absence of a middle initial. I gave the title lady a look that said "you've seen the chicken scratch I used on the last hundred pages, are you being serious?", to which she chuckled and told me to sign it the same way on both lines.
After closing, I met the seller's agent at the house to receive the keys. That is the first thing to get changed... the cheap-ass, made by Tonka locks on the house right now, and of particular note, the deadbolt and knob lock that are upside-down, as they are made for a door with the hinges on the other side. New, well made door locks (Schlage), heavy-duty strike plates, window locks and a lock bar for the sliding glass door. Then blinds, and a garage-door opener (the original one is MIA).
Bought a fridge too. Well, ordered one. 25 cubic ft, "titanium finish" stainless steel, bottom freezer and french-door fridge, and ice maker (thank Jeebus). To be delivered on the 10th, and it will just squeak into the space I have available.
Starting the address change dance. Joy.
This weekend I go and start prepping the location to begin trickling things over. Not much in the way of room painting needed, but the garage has some unpainted drywall, and frankly, could use a coating that dust and grime won't stick to. Also, the upper kitchen cabinets will eventually get glass-front doors, but the insides of the cabinet are nothing I want to show off, so those will need paint too, along with a few coats of poly for the cabinet fronts (the seller re-stained them, but neglected to seal them).
The new roof should get installed next week, and the following few weekends will likely hold some coax cabling work, new ductwork and a hefty dose of attic insulation. The movers are scheduled for the 24th, and they are moving all the big crap I don't care to carry down a flight of steps. Everything that can be put into boxes will be transported by me during the next few weeks.
That's all the news fit to report. I ditched one elephant off my shoulders, so my stress is lessened by that much. I can move forward with regard to the house, and not just sit here with my thumb up my ass. Hopefully soon, one of the other elephants will at least reduce dramatically in size once Sweets finishes with the visa application and approval. |
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