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I had an early start today. I had to be at the Radio Station at 9:30 for an event, but once I got home, I finally started my painting project! I started spackeling and painted the closets, then Dave came over and we finished the main part of the bedroom (Painted all the walls, and the closet doors… All thats left is the moldings…Well, and the back of the room door. So, I forgot one small detail. Easy enough and I have plenty of paint left over. The room looks just like the picture I posted. I’ll take some pictures once I clean the room and start to set it up.

The next big project is the kitchen. It’s going to be a challenge because I want to color-wash a portion of the walls and I’ve never done anything like that before. If anybody has any tips, I’m all ears 🙂

I also finished assembling my entertainment center.. I decided to leave off the doors on the end.. Not because I’m lazy, but because it looks better without them. Again, I’ll take pictures eventually.

This snow storm brings back memories of when I worked for United Artists. We had a movie theater in Syosset with a huge 150 foot screen (Hence our name, the Syosset 150). It was located right alongside the entrance ramp from route 135 onto Jericho Turnpike. Myself and another coworker were sent outside to change the marquee as we were getting a new movie. After finishing the marquee, Tony and myself proceeded to build 2 snowmen.. Hmmm I should say a snow man and a snow woman. Both anatomically correct. Both right alongside the road.

This memory brings back another memory. Same day, only an hour later, I realized my beeper was missing. Yes, I had a beeper, didn’t we all though? After plowing the parking lots there were mounds of snow at least 10 feet high. So I walked out to the marquee and proceeded to level the snow. By the time I was done, I had leveled about 5 feet of snow across a 50 foot area. Still no sign of the beeper. Disappointed and upset, I headed back to work, only to find my beeper later in the backseat of my car. It had hooked the seat belt which pulled it off my belt.

One more fond memory, probably around the same time… Since there were always huge mounds of snow after plowing the theater parking lot, I brought in a sled. It was one of those long plastic sleds, orange in color. To my disappointment, while a 10 foot pile of snow looks inviting, there’s not much time to pick up speed while sledding down it. One nice feature of our theater was that it had a balcony. There was a whole second floor of seating, and how did you get up there? You guessed it. a nice loooong staircase… Though I probably didn’t realize it at the time, There’s really nothing funnier than the look on the bosses face when he walks out of the office and sees someone shooting down the staircase on an orange sled! Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), he was absolutely pissed!

Guess how much painting I got done… None, but it was still a successfull weekend.

Running out of the house Friday morning, I forgot the drop-cloths, so I decided I’d just pull the picture hooks from the walls and spackle. Oops. Left that at home too. lol

The bed came around 10 AM so I headed back home and picked up all the stuff I forgot. I met up with my friend Jenn and we went out to lunch. We got back and I waited for the cable guy. I pulled some of the hooks, but realized I had no tools on me, so some are still there, even now. I spackled/sanded what I could and headed back home for dinner.

Today I spent the day with mom and we picked up some much-needed stuff. Garbage pail for the kitchem, shower curtain (I want doors eventually), Paper-towel holders, etc.. But we lucked out big at Odd Lots… They had a nice hardwood table sans chairs for $100 and it’s the perfect size for the kitchen. Plus, they had 2 lamps there for $20 each.

We headed to Wal-Mart and got the rest of the stuff I needed. Now all I need is 2 night-tables for beside my bead and a computer desk. Well, and a Bar… I actually saw one of the less expensive ones at Big Lots and it looks good. The one they had was missing peices, but I can get it online for under $400.

I also got an awesome 1-cup coffee maker. Click Here to see it.. It fills with about 5 cups of water, and you just put the “K-cup” in the top (pick from tons of flavored coffees, teas, etc.) and press the brew button. It’s the coolest!

Eventually, I’ll actually begin painting 🙂 It’s nice not to be in a rush though!

I left work at 11:15 tonght and flew at a not-so-cop-friendly pace to Home Depot which closes at midnight! I picked up the supplies I would need to begin painting tomorrow. I need to be there early because my bed will be delivered between 8 AM and 12 noon. That’s great and sucks at the same time (I don’t know how to trick my body into falling asleep before 3AM!)

I figure I’ll head out to the place early and then start spackling and painting… My hope is to finish the bedroom tonight and maybe learn how to do a color wash, which I want to do in the kitchen. I may take the cheap way out and just sponge it 😉 We’ll see.

I need to bring my laptop, a phone and a TV with me as the cable guy is coming in the afternoon to set up my Cable TV, Internet Service and VOIP Phone. I recommend anybody moving out for the first time to get a job at the local cable company so they can hook you up with all these great necessities at little or no cost 😉 Worked for me…

The new number is kind of shitty. Has 2 1’s in it… Doesn’t spell anything great.. Has “Jews” in it and being one, I guess this is somehow appropriate. Not as cool as my current number which has “SEX” in it. Too bad it’s in a different area then the one I’m moving to. It’d be great to keep the number.

Well, I have work to do. Have to gather my appliances 🙂

The past 2 days I’ve been thinking a lot about how to paint the apartment. I wanted something bold, and unique. Something unusual, and I think I came up with some “out there” yet still tastefull solutions…

I downloaded the Benjamin Moore Personal Color Viewer software that allows you to set masks (different areas) on an image and easily apply various different colors to the walls, trim, cabinets, etc… (Check out there free version at www.benjaminmoore.com)

I decided to go with a 2-tone blue for my Kitchen, and yellow and red for my bedroom. The livingroom is already deep red-orange. Below the cut is the pictures I generated from Personal Color Viewer.