I wanted to get the pictures on the website, so I neglected to blog about it this weekend but, Cory and I tore out the floor and most of the walls in the upstairs bathroom. The floor was old and creaky and the plywood was too tall to install the slate on the floor so it would match up to the flooring on the landing. So, Cory and I pulled it all out.
Where the slate will be installed, the sheetrock needs to be replaced with a sturdier wall board (like hardi-backer). So, Cory and I pulled all that out too.
It's an ambitious project that needs to be completed by the time Matt moves in at the end of July.
My parents, Rudy and Kitty came to visit for the afternoon. My parents are going to head out to San Francisco until the 7th. Rudy and Kitty will be staying with us during that time, bringing up the dog count from 2 to 2.2. So come on down and pet a chihuahua.
I decided to take Friday off, since Danielle was moving in on Thursday and I wanted to help her. She had a few friends help her move the bulk of her stuff earlier that day in the 101° heat so, I figured it was the least that I could do. She ended up taking a second trip that same day to get a few more things and pick up her cats, Dante and Randall. I moved boxes into the house, while Danielle carried a makeshift cat carrier (taped up cardboard box with air holes in it) up to the third floor. When she came back down, she said that Dante had somehow escaped and he was no where to be seen. It wasn't until the next morning that she found Dante, nervously meowing on the stairs leading up to her apartment.
That afternoon, Danielle, Matt, Bill and Frank showed up at my house, followed by Dean. They had come down for a toobin' expedition on Saturday. The plan was to leave my place by 8:45 so, Jamie, Cory, Jared, and Mariah showed up at 8:00. We all packed the coolers with way too much beer and headed out, just after the prescribed time.
We met up with Amy and Kelly on the river, enjoying the cold water and the hot sun. Beers were rapidly distributed and the first hour flew by as we rounded the "horseshoe loop". On the second dam, Danielle saved Bill's head from hitting a rock while simultaneously flipping him over. Bill got pretty scraped up on the rocks and lost the ziplock full of IDs and cigars that he had hanging around his neck. When he came up out of the water, his glasses were missing. This was the same fate of his previous set of glasses many years before. The ziplock was recovered rather quickly, so it wasn't a total loss. I guess what the lady at the toob' rental place said was true. "Don't take anything onto the river that you can't live without".
After the third hour of toobin', the sun went behind the clouds and a few drops of rain fell from the sky. Then, just before the 4 hour exit (4th crossing) the sky opened up and the rain really began to fall. Since we didn't have the sun to balance out the frigid water below our toobs' everyone decided to get out and warm up a bit on the concrete. When the rain didn't stop, we got back on truck and headed back home (with too much beer).
The next day we went to Conan's Pizza for lunch. After that the Dallas crew went home and Danielle went back to her apartment to unpack a little more. I spent the afternoon watching TV and planting a water hose hanger next to the spigot in the front yard. I started on the second one but, ended up running out of concrete on the first.
Around 7 Cory, Jared and I met up with Mariah and her friend Casey for dinner at Hula hut. We waited for a table for an hour and a half in the bar, eating chips and drinking beer. By the time the table was ready, none of us were really that hungry. We went to Mozart's afterwards and had a few caffeinated drinks and looked at the lake. What an amazing weekend!
Danielle is moving into her new apartment today! I planned on helping her unload the truck but, it's happening during the day and I'm at work. She has a few friends helping her and they will drive her back to San Antonio to pick up her car and cats (so she's making two trips). I'll meet up with her this afternoon and help her unpack.
This weekend, a good bit of my Dallas crew is heading down here for a toobin' adventure on Saturday. Everyone from out of town will be staying at my house on Friday and perhaps Saturday night. It's going to be fun on a bun!
The ride at Walnut was AWESOME! Tobin took me down some trails that I had never been on before. I was out of breath more than a few times, and I'm a bit timid on some of the downhills but, I can tell that I'm on my way to awesome-ness. I weigh about 210 now, and I fit into the stack of size 34 jeans rather well now (with very little dunlop).
Living in Austin really agrees with me.
Also, AB, I didn't know you were in that line of work. What a very strange and interesting coincidence. Thanks for the congratulations, I'll pass them on to Danielle.
Last Friday, I drove to work in my truck and ditched work early to pick up an engine I dropped off at a machine shop on Burleson. I purchased this engine a long while back to be used in my 73' 240z. I got a better engine that afternoon but, I didn't know how much better until Cory and I disassembled the old one to separate the steel from the aluminum (for recycling). One of the bolts that holds down the cam was totally stripped. Once we completed the tear down, we collected all the scrap metal in the house (including the kitchen sink) and filled up the bed of my truck.
We ran out of time to get to the metal recyclers, so we went over to Rising Sun and picked up the engine instead. It had a really nice assortment of extras bolted onto it and was easily worth the $300 asking price. Plus, I got a good radiator with it.
On Saturday, Cory and I went up to Avery Ranch to a poolside party at Jeff's and Kristin's house. We partied with a few of their neighbors, co-workers, 3 crazy dalmatians and the Hyers. After that, we drove down to the south side for Katy Fallon's birthday party. It was in a really great location, backed up to the green belt. If there was a house for sale in that neighborhood, I would seriously consider becoming a south sider. It was a really cool party, and I met a few cool new people, like Greg (two Gs).
I took it easy on Sunday at Bo's and Betty's house. Got to watch the mid-season finally of Battlestar Glactica and played a little Rock Star. We finished the day by seeing the Incredible Hulk, which was a really great movie. I had my doubts about a re-origin story after the 2003 flop "Hulk" but, it was really good. I believe that The Punisher is going to get the same treatment later this year.
Right now, Danielle is in Lubbock, taking the NCLEX-RN. It's a required 6 hour test to become an RN. She's been taking classes in preperation for this for the last 4 years in San Antonio and now the day has finally come. Once she passes the exam, she will come to live in Austin, to work for Brakenridge. Go Danielle!
A few things I forgot to mention yesterday. First, Governor Perry's office called up Emo's to procure tickets for his kids, so I assume they showed up last night. Green day had their own security, Emo's had their own security and so did the Governor's kids, plus Emo's requested extra police. That place must have been seriously locked down last night.
Yesterday morning, on my way to work, my odometer rolled over to 19,000.2. I bought it at 17,000. On my way down Mopac, I saw a bright yellow Lancer covered with my brother's cyclegraphics flame package. It's the second time that I've seen my brother's product on a car.
When I got home, Christine was already on my couch, talking with Amy and waiting for me to get home. After I got ready, we picked up Jared (and met his wife Christi) and went out to Walnut Creek. The three of us had not been mountain biking for at least a month. We met up with Tobin, who knows the trails better than anyone I know and rode for about 8 miles.
I'm sure everyone in Austin knows that Foxboro Hot Tubs is playing at Emo's tonight. Also, I'm sure everyone knows that Foxboro Hot Tubs is Green Day. Since I have an inside source at Emo's, I put in a request to get on the guest list for tonight. It was a long shot, since tickets were only sold at the door, and 101X has been getting everyone in the know AND giving out spots on the guest list.
Turns out, Green Day is playing the inside venue which only handles about 300 people. Apparently, they refused to play outside where there's room for 1,200. People started lining up last night, and the tickets go on sale at noon today which means the line is probably full already. Scalpers have been calling the owner of Emo's and offering $300 a ticket but, were unsuccessful. Emo's will probably make no money off this and neither will Green Day. I wonder what their motivation is for doing such a small show when they could easily sell out an huge music venue. Perhaps they're trying to re-capture their garage band days.
Woke up a little late on Sunday morning and messaged Jared. I was planning on a simple loop down Shoal Creek and back up Woodrow but, Jared had a different plan. First, we passed up Shoal Creek and rode down a parallel road that's right up against Mopac. Then we looped back up Shoal Creek and went up Far West (a long daunting hill). This got us up to Mesa which got us over to 360 down a hill dubbed Soulcrusher which sits on a street called Mountian Ridge Dr.
While on Mesa, I got distracted and ran into the curb which filed down a few teeth on my crank and sent me rolling over a sidewalk and into the grass. No harm done to me but, now my bike is broken in. We continued.
We crossed 360, went up a long hill and circled around the Arboretum, came back down and got back on 360. Of course, we had to go down to the light on Great Hills Trails to circle back around. This meant, we had to go back up Soulcrusher, which we did. Jared (a skilled hand at hill climbing) stopped at the top to catch a picture of me struggling up the hill.
Once back on Mesa, we went back down Far West and back onto Shoal Creek. We went right (away from home) and down to Hancock and crossed Mopaq again. This meant that we were going to go down Highland Hills Dr. to get back up to Mesa. However, before we climb up, we get to coast down a hill that curves and does not bank.
It was on this hill that I took a second spill. As I coasted down to an unsafe speed, my instinct was to lightly grip the rear brake. As the rear wheel began to drag, it lost traction and began to slip out from under me. Jared was yelling "FRONT BRAKE!" but, I could not hear him with the wind rushing in my ears. Finally, my rear wheel gave way right at the apex of the corner and my poor Scattante was pulled out from beneath me. Somehow, I escaped the clips and found myself on my back in the soft grass. However, this was only after the street had taken almost the entire cheek off my biking shorts and gave me a minor road rash. The bruise, however, was not so minor.
I was still able to make it up to Mesa back down Far West and on to Shoal Creek for the ride home. After hours in the sun, climbing up some of Austin's most ruthless hills, and two wreaks, I still plan on biking again this evening. Thanks for the motivation Jared.
Before tabs in browsers, I used to open up a multiple instances of IE (sorry, it's the default browser at the office). So, when I was referencing one window, and entering information into another, I could press alt-tab and jump between them without touching my mouse. Once I started using tabs in browsers, I had to use the mouse to switch between them.
This morning, I happened to touch control-tab while using my browser and something magical happened. I jumped between tabs! Try it, you'll like it.
Last night, there were terrible storms just north of my house. Huge chunks of ice were falling from the sky and there was talk of funnel clouds. Fortunately, we only got some rain at my house. I was going to move my Z up next to the garage to get it out of harms way but, the truck was in the way. So I grabbed the keys to move it, and it was dead. Apparently, the glove box had been left open and the light drained the battery. I just don't use the truck enough, I guess. I'm going to fix the steering column, give it a tune-up and put it back on Craigslist. Then, I'll search for a truck that's more my style (Datsun!).
My family showed up late Friday night with the largest trailer from u-haul, filled from end to end with a plants. Amy has a huge collection of plants and came to Austin with every one of them. While in Dallas, she bought landscaping plants for the purpose of filling my flower beds. With all the plants moved into place, the patio has really taken on a different feel.
Since everyone arrived so late, we had to wait until the next day to unload. I started my day with a quick Shoal loop on my new bike, which was less challenging than when I was riding my Cannondale. I will have to adjust the route to get the same workout. When I got home, Cory had arrived and the whole family unloaded the van, the SUV and the trailer. Linda invited her friends Kay and Ed from San Antonio up for dinner. We all went to dinner at Hut's then Amy and I headed over to Antone's to meet with Jenn for a concert. The bands started at 9:00 but, the headliner (What Made Milwaukee Famous) didn't hit the stage until 11:30.
On Sunday, I started my day by going to Target to get a Mother's Day card and a LCD picture frame as a gift for my Mom. She takes a lot of pictures on her digital camera but, doesn't ever put them on a computer. She just keeps collecting SD cards and fills them up with pictures, so I figured it was a nice way for her to enjoy the images she captures.
I returned home to pick up Amy and do some shopping for the BBQ at Costco. Then we decided to get a few more gifts so, we stopped by REI, grabbed some Crocks (Linda likes to garden), then went to Whole Foods for some Pick-a-Pepper sauce (for the BBQ), and finally stopped at Best Buy to get a satellite navigation device (Linda gets lost sometimes). Each time we stopped, we got really great parking. Somehow, when I drive around with my sister, we always get "Rock Star" parking. I'm starting to believe she has powers.
Jen, Jasmine, Brian, Atticus and Trixie dropped by around Noon to celebrate Mother's day with us. It was such a nice day to be outside. At 5:00, when the party was winding down, I went over to Nomad to see Christine, Jen (again!), Ben, Jared, Tess and Cathleen (Christine's Mom who flew in from Ohio). I had a few drinks but, ended up having to take off because my parents were heading out and wanted me to be there before they left. I intended to meet everyone at the Iron Cactus later that evening but, I got busy with some fence planning with Cory and Amy. It cooled off and we opened all the doors in the living room to catch the cross breeze. It was nice, except for the mosquitoes. I killed three of them in my bathroom this morning. Makes me itch just thinking about them.
Last night, I met Jen at Flying Saucer for a few beers. We walked over to Flipnotics and met up with Connie to see Matt the Electrician and Southpaw Jones. Instead of doing two sets, they backed each other up on alternating songs and took a break in the middle of the set. It was a really great show. I highly recommend seeing these Austin locals. Matt the Electrician is going to be playing at the Parish tonight at 10 with Super Sonic Uke. Turns out, Holly's friend Jana is in Super Sonic Uke. So, go support local music and see this show.
Oh yeah, Amy and Breck are coming to live with me today!
Hey Bill. Actually, I've been working on re-vamping my webpage. Just a technical re-design (I'm not changing the layout too much) but, it will include a picture viewing engine. Once I get it running, I'll start posting groups of images like this French door install.
What a week! Hung out with Jenn and her sister on Monday (5 of May), Mariah dropped by while Cory and I worked on the last French door on Tuesday, and on Wednesday Cory and I put more work into the French door.
Now I can see out to the old pecan tree (in desperate need of pruning). Looking out through my new backyard exit, I'm really able to envision the deck, table, lighting, fence, and (possibly) a swing.
In response to a recent comment by Duffy: I could have looked around for an old suspended fork for my Cannondale but, even a NOS (new old stock) part would be shot by now. They have a limited shelf life and a used one would be used up.
Well Duffy, the Cannondale that I bought my last year of College is old tech, and the frame is too small for me. I was recently forced to buy a non-suspended fork for it, since the frame has a (now) non-standard collar for the fork post to run through. It still runs good on the trails but, it's a little unconfortable. I think I'm going to sell it once I replace it with a more current one. Craigslist ho!
With the advice of Jared, I purchased this bike (Scattante SixSixty) from Performance Bicycle on Saturday. I rushed into the decision but, I'm very happy with the results. On Sunday, Jared, Christine and I spent over 2 1/2 hours riding all around Austin for almost 28 miles. During the ride we had to stop for Christine's bike, since her rear tire deflated. We didn't complete the intended route, nor did we travel as far as we were planning but, I think Christine and I did good for a first time out on road bikes. Even more impressive that Christine had just finished a 5K the day before. I think I'll get a lot of use out of this bike.
On the remodeling front, Cory and I installed the shelf that the final french door will attach to. To do this, we had to cut out the siding away and chip away at some of the foundation to provide a smooth surface for the shelf to attach to. When the last board of siding was cut away, I got and idea of how much airflow and light would come from the west side of the house. I hope we'll be able to get the door in place this week.
This next weekend, Amy and Breck will be moving to Austin from Dallas. Into my house, to be precise. This will be a big lifestyle change for me since I have been living without a roommate since Bunnith moved out (and without anyone living with me since the end of last year) and without any animals since 2005.
Hey everybody, there's a new Microbrewery in Austin. It's the (512) Brewing Company! I wish Kevin well, and look forward to drinking a true local Austin beer.
After a Shoal loop, I headed to Bo's for some serious video gaming. Sadly, I typed in the wrong CD key in my game. So, every time Bo jumped on, I got booted out of my game. I had to uninstall the game twice, wasting so much precious gaming time while Cory and Bo killed T's with Matt and Bill. Finally, Bo had to uninstall Rainbow Six: Vegas and then delete every trace of it from the computer. After the final re-install, I was in the game. Sadly, I was only able to play for a few hours, since it was creeping up on midnight. Well, after all that pain, we'll be able to play straight away next time.
Oh yeah, Betty baked some really great chocolate chip cookies (which happen to go really good with St. Arnold's Spring Bock). She also made dinner but, I had already eaten leftovers after my bike ride.
Hellz yeah, Matt! We've been getting used to the game on a local LAN but, I think we're ready to hit the competition on the WWW. We all have microphones and stuff, we just need to figure out what talk service to use. How about tomorrow night? I'll talk to Bo and Cory about it.
I started this weekend with a 22 mile bike ride with Christine, starting at my house, going past the Capital, through the UT campus and over to Flying Saucer. It's amazing how quickly the time goes by and how much biking you can endure when you have a friend with you.
I had three beers at Flying Saucer. I'm part of the UFO club there. While I was there, I did some accounting and found that three of the beers that already drank were not on my list. Since you can only have 3 beers in a 24 hour period, it's as though a whole day's worth of drinking was eliminated.
That evening, I met up with Rachael at Ginger Man to celebrate her friend Jessica's birthday. Afterwards, we went to Blind Pig until they herded us out the door.
On Sunday, I slept until 9:00. Then I called Cory and we met Bo and Betty for lunch as Jimmy Johns. After that, went to Bo's to play a little more R6: Vegas. Around 4 I went over to the east side to Nomad's, which is turning into my regular Sunday afternoon thing. I met Christine, Jared, and Jen (the original) for a few hours of drinking until the sun decided to go down. Ahh, reminds me of when Tim, Richard, Christine and I would go down to Montrose in Houston on Sundays. Good times.
Then, I headed back home and collected wood from my back yard, bundled it up in a box and shipping blanket, and headed over to Jen's (still the original). There I met, Christine, Jen (of course), Cory and Tess. I even saw Jason for a brief time. I traded my wood for beer and we sat down next to Jen's fire pit and enjoyed the smoke and coals until almost midnight. I stripped down and put my smoky clothes in a pile next to the garage for an intense washing.
I thought I was safe after a thorough shower and multiple hair washings but, this morning I was reminded of how persistent the smoke smell was. Once in the confined space of my car on the way to work, I realized my shoes still reeked of the smoke smell. I'm going to have to suffer through an entire workday catching whiffs smoke emanating from my shoes. However, I feel worse for Christine and Jen who could not get the smoke smell out of their hair.
On Sunday (4-20) I went to see Mike Doughty and his band at Antoine's with Jen (O'Neil), Christine (Bender), and, Jen (Capps). It was a very cool show, one that I had been looking forward to for quite a while now. I was planning on seeing Mike Doughty 3 times that weekend but, I had other commitments and was not willing to travel to Dallas, Houston and back to Austin. A few people called me a groupie for wanting to see all three shows. I'm not discouraged though, it would have been really fun to see my friends in each town during the day and see an excellent concert each night. Now I feel like I missed out. Well, I did have other commitments. Thanks to Jen (O'Neil) for taking this fine picture.
Last night, we went to Spider House and shared a pitcher of Fireman's 4. Once Cory and I finished that one we ordered another. We were halfway through the second pitcher when Mariah and Laura showed up. They both poured a glass (we got two extra) and Mariah said it tasted skunky. I didn't detect any skunky-ness but, Mariah insisted. When the server came back, we ordered another and he replied "another Lone Star?"
Turns out, we had been drinking a pitcher of Lone Star, instead of Fireman's 4. What's worse is, I didn't detect it! I did have two beers beforehand and was eating a Frito Burrito as I drank the Lone Star.
Mariah demanded my brew n' quaff, tore off a corner and handed it back to me.
Well Matt, the ceiling in the living room will be the project that I tackle last. As I've explained to a few people, my plan is to vault the ceiling. In it's current configuration, the shape of the roof and ceiling essentially an isosceles triangle. A triangle is a very stable structure but, if the longest side (or hypotenuse) were removed, the roof would sag or perhaps collapse under it's own weight. So, what is required is building a scissor truss to provide the rigidity that the wood making up the hypotenuse currently provides. Once this is completed, I'll have enough room to install insulation, as well as have at least 2 inches of air gap that will provide circulation in the attic. This should provide a vault of about 2 feet or so.
I think the next projects (in order) are, french door (3rd and final), door into the garage, tree trimming, fence, deck, upstairs bathroom, kitchen, laundry room (including changing out the water heater), AC (which may require a new unit and be a huge f'n mess), stairs, master bedroom closet, and master bathroom.
I think then I could focus on the living room, vault the ceiling, cut back the fireplace, and install all the multimedia wiring (speakers, cable, audio, etc...). After that, I can re-texture the walls downstairs and paint the interior. Somewhere in there, I may have the exterior painted but, I need some help matching up all the colors that I can't change outside (brick, windows, door trim, roofing). Crap! That's a lot of work.
Thanks Bill, it's good to be back in the sports car club. In fact, I got my car just in time to make it to the Capital Z of Texas club meeting last night. Joining this club completes my Z club hat trick. I have previously been a member of the Z Club of Texas (Dallas), when I was driving a busted down 75' 280z that was slated to be my sister's car but, ended up being too much of a maintance problem for her to handle. Then, when I moved to Houston, I joined the Z Club of Houston. I had purchaced a 73' 240z from Arizona. You can read some of it's history on Z car blog. So now, I own both the 73' and a 05' 350z and am a card carrying member of Capital Z of Texas (I even got a t-shirt).
As for you're second question, YES! I'm going to bust a hole in the wall, opposite the recently installed French door (right), hopefully starting this afternoon.
In this picture, Cory is adjusting the frame, so the door closes properly. Unfortunately, my stupid HP R697 camera lost all of the pictures up to the last day of the install. I had it perched on my tripod so the whole process from removing the old door to putting on the trim could be watched in sequence. Fortunately, Mariah brought her Canon EOS and took pictures the first day. Once I get her pictures (and my shit together) I'll put up a gallery of the images.
There are still a few things that need to be done to complete this install. One can be done fairly quickly (extension jambs) but, the other will wait until I'm ready to trim out the interior of the downstairs. I have not selected trim for the doors throughout the house. That decision won't be made until all the walls are sanded, and new texture is applied. However, this won't occur until a few more projects are completed (upstairs bathroom, wall reconfiguration in the master, decisions around AC resolved).
On Tuesday, my Dad flew out to Louisville, Kentucky and picked up my Z in the pouring rain. Apparently, the rain continued for the entire trip. Ray drove non-stop back to Dallas, stopping only to re-fuel and for a short 45 minute nap in Arkansas.
It seems for the entire week, Cory and I were finishing up work on the french doors. By Thursday we began organizing the house and preparing for the party.
Amy tried to recruit two of her friends to drive down for the party but, both were busy. She ended up coming down on Friday while Cory and I were fully submerged in preparing for the party. Amy showed up around 1:00 but, we were all so caught up in housework and the party that I didn't really get to drive my car until Sunday.
Now the Z is here, and I'm happy that I don't have to use the truck as a daily driver anymore. Now it can be sidelined for some much needed repairs.
Oh yeah, the party was a huge success, and everyone really enjoyed the beer. Thanks everyone!
I'm in the process of buying a car to replace the GTO. I finally decided the car for me is the 2005 Nissan 35th anniversary 350z. I poked around the Internet and found a few good candidates on AutoTrader. I was very interested in buying one that had a Vortech supercharger bolted onto it but, realized that I don't know enough about all the performance parts to get everything tuned properly. So, I decided that I'll reserve learning such things when I get my 240z rebuilt.
Eventually, I decided on a low mileage 350z out of Kentucky. I negotiated the price and submitted a cash reservation on Monday. However, due to slow responses from both Chase (my lender) and Bachman Auto Group (a specific sales person) the deal is still not done. My intent was to buy a ticket for my Sister to fly up there and drive the car back either yesterday morning, or today. Now that can't happen until tomorrow morning (at the earliest). It may not even happen until Monday based on how long it's taking the underwriters to approve the loan. Needless to say, buying a new car has not been a pleasant experience.
Last week I talked with Lux Blue at Crushproof to see when he'll have room in the garage to do the body work on the Datsun. Based on his current workload, it should be out of my garage by the end of April. I may have a tear down party at the end of next month.
Last week was a blast. It was spring break, so most of my office was out on vacation. This allowed me to work from home and stay off my ankle. Once the work week was (essentially) over, I did a lot of concert hopping for SXSW. On Monday, Matt came into town to hang for a few days. So Tuesday night, I met Matt at Opal Divines on West 6th and we bar hopped all the way to the beauty bar where The Mercers played. Of course, since this was a SXSW show, they were on a short time schedule so they didn't play long. I can't wait until the guys get into the studio and put the songs that they are playing live onto a album. At the end of our route we met up with Mariah and Laura on East side where Todd P was hosting a very non-SXSW concert.
The next day, Matt left for home. I worked from home again. At the end of the day, Cory and I went over to Mariah's for some drinks on the patio. On Friday I took a half day, saw The Mercers at the show at Antoine's and caught back up with Todd. By Saturday, I was pretty burnt but, I still managed to get out to Waterloo park where Cory and I met up with Marilyn and I got actually burnt on my neck. Later, we met up with Marilyn's friend Laurie and I went to one last SXSW show at the Lucky Lounge for some good rock and free drinks (until the free drinks ran out).
By Sunday, I was ready to put some work in on the house. So, Cory and I attempted to finish up the first French door install. The trim went in beautifully with very little trouble but, the extension jambs (which are required on an out swing door, since the frame sits a few inches outside of the house) had to be cut at strange angles to match the sheetrock on the inside. All that's left to do is caulk the trim, fill the voids with low-expanding foam and select and install the trim for all the doors in the house. The selection of the interior trim will have to wait until the walls and ceilings are prepared for painting. I'll post pictures once I bring in my camera.
I wasn't sure how much I was going to participate in SXSW this week but, earlier today, Mariah sent me a link to the SXSW Music Player. Now I'm totally stoaked. I'm going to try and hunt down my long time friend Todd at a few of his shows starting tonight at MS BEA'S around 9:30.
Don't know how I'm going to fill the time between tonight and mid-day Friday but, I do plan on attending this show:
It's March, so it's time to brew Oktoberfest and tomorrow is the big brew day. The last few times I had friends over to brew I didn't really let them do anything. This time, I'm writing a schedule for everything and I'm going to order everyone around so they all have time to enjoy the beer making process.
I also plan on putting together some prototype labels for a few of the beers that I've already brewed so everyone can have a few. Maybe 20 of each should do it. If I run out, I have plenty of commercial beers. Plenty of Saint Arnold's Spring Bock (my favorite)!
I got an online pharmacy spam today that had the subject "I hate you damn".
Phone fixed! I bought a new LCD lens for my phone, since I had cracked the original while mountain biking. I was proud of the crack but, it was time to get it fixed. A quick stab in the lens and a careful pry and it came right off. I pulled of the backing and stuck the new lens right back on. Easy!
