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January 2003

Friday, January 3, 2003

War Paint Nine11 @ 12:13 Comments

No I haven't dropped of the end of the Earth, I'm just experimenting with some weird from of geek/homeowner self-abuse. Christmas was pretty good for my wife since she's expressed an interest in computers. She also asked if I had Ghost Recon, so a game purchase was in order if I was ever gonna get her hooked. A digital camera and photo printer also fit the bill, along with a new Ti4200 to get the little lady's graphics jumpin'. Of course, I still have to install all that stuff... ug!

In the meantime, I took a week off work to paint the interior of our house. Linda had gone wild with some touchup paint, which was latex white instead of flat chalk. Thanks, honey. I could've matched the flat chalk and gone over the latex stuff, but that would be waaaaaaay too easy. Nope. I had to go out and choose some fancy color and redo the whole damn thing.

I had decided to use some of these fancy "paint spreaders" which are kinda like tools used to smooth out concrete. They're flat plastic with handles and foam/hair pads. For the most part, they work damn good but aren't as easy to use as I thought. I got more than a few "boo boos" on baseboards and on the ceiling. In fact, I'll just end up going over all the baseboards (got the paint already) and doing some touchup on the ceiling (got that too).

By the end of next week, I should have the walls done in the front bedroom, hallway, house entry, kitchen, dining area, and living room. I'll start banging away on the "boo boos" after that and get Linda squared away on her puter... then wipe mine clean and install WinXP... ug!

Other than that, I've peen playing a mess of AoM online and picked up a Gameboy Advance. AoM is a ton 'o fun, but I'm barely in the 50% category. There are some real AoM masters out there and, for some reason, many of them are from Brazil and France. I could tell by their outrageous accents! The Gameboy Advance is for blowing time at work and works best under fluorescent lighting. Dang thing is darker than a NIN album!

Anyway, I'm still around but have a full plate of Shatner to do around here. I'll stick my head in from time to time, but I probably won't be able to spend any serious time on puters or gaming till next month. Take care and shoot me a line if anything interesting happens. I'll probably be too high on paint fumes to notice ;)
 

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