The Cheat, errr......

So I tried real hard to name the dude The Cheat. But to no avail. Hyside became the name, for obvious reasons, not based on hypalon.


So heres how it broke down:
There was this shelter dog who had a head too small for his body. A tried and tried to get me to cave on this dude but I wouldnt have a Betelgeused dog, or just any new dog arriving at my door. She was gonna have to work harder than that.
Then I got back from town one day and IT happened. Everywhere I went I saw this picture of a puppy that had come into work from the abandoned puppy thief, as I like to call her. I dont know how she does it but she drives down to the casinos and reservations and gathers litters from underneath broke down cars, brings em back to life and adopts em out. Sweet.

So I get home and head straight for the lappy...

Get thirsty and jet for the fridge

Go for a beer

Then I gots to pee

Unbelieveable....

So Dan and Kristina just got Maya the sun dog and Brian and Dawn just got Jeff for the Clyde Show. Time for the announcement.

Hes got biggum paws....


And his eyes are turning colors....

And hes going in for the nurse....

Which for obvious reasons Kona is not ok with

Vertigo....

Taos Box....

Pure awesomeness. The flow is coming up and the boats are going down. Check out the link for some funny pics of Amanda and I almost flipping. Facial expressions are the best. You cant tell from this angle but were part way to dropping in this massive hole. I had to reverse ferry to even pretend I had a chance at missing it. My face will tell you when were right on top of it. Sick!! 2070 cfs and rising!!

Link

Interviews....

So Im going in to ABQ for an interview this morning. gonna be fun. I applied for a stereo imaging position. Wish me luck.

As well I made this last night.


You can critisize all you want, but its not done yet and it shows.

Tequila is Bad News....

Floor is done, yes. Stove installed, yes. Shrimp has babies, yes. Hangover in full effect, yes. Chimney painted, yes.

Let There B Darkness....

I had such a productive day planned for yesterday, and then the blinds arrived, so I HAD to put them up. And I put one of the floor moldings in. And its super snowing this morning, very unlike the 80 degrees and sunny of yesterday.


Note the light gap on the bottoms, the material is still reall stiff so it doesnt fall all the way yet, funny. Should be done with the floor today, itll get molding tomorrow, and the stove goes in tomorrow, bc its obviously not quite done with winter.

Pump It Up....

Remember this? I believe I was in 7th grade maybe?



And then theres the other classic...

Non-Toxic but Completely Lethal....

Last year we had the mouse massacre. Then Kona found a relic of poison, but didnt die. This year the game is on again. Though Im calling out for a good name to festivities. the spring has been quite moist so the rodent population is going to skyrocket. Terms of this years genocide will be waged with an electric mouse trap. Bought on a whim, we now have have 2 kills 3 days. I bought another and they changed the design, so we shall see. Let the games begin!!!



[EDIT] After I wrote this I went back and found 2 mouse in there....thats a two'fer!!

800 Reasons....

So the sweetest plotter Ive ever owned just arrived at my door. Its missing things that it said it should be coming with, is 3 weeks late, and its in spanish. I just learned a huge lesson on ordering shit online. Luckily, I know spanish, and have extra cords laying around thatll work, butI dont have 2 rolls of paper. Other cool things that I noticed is that it has a huge RAM card in it as well as an ethernet hookup. Thats tight. It may actually have Post Script, which speeds up printing 10x. What a day. All this even after losing half of $100 grocery purchase somewhere, and losing my pizza in the oven last night...disaster stuck.

The Ninth Gate....

Actually theres only two. One of em has been replaced. I got a wild hair, and instead of doing something i was supposed to be doing, like finishing the floor and related tasks, I made a gate. Its super cheesy but actually works now, and looks neat. I love power tools.

Theres the old coyote gate, never worked, shotty design (shotty is a synonym for shitty, which I shoulda just used in the first place).

Different Levels of Comfort....

So many things are happening so fast. I need a nap.

The couches arrived and floor is quite done, and delivery folks keep calling. I chill on a nice new squishy couch, bodily relaxed, though hurting after a brutal first night of playing RFOM online on the PS3 last night. Shotties in the busyard is hillarious. You spawn and shoot, kill, die all at the same time...every time. I tried to dull the pain with some beer, which doesnt seem so dull anymore this morning. So here I sit, dreaming up a fantastic wish list of things I dont need, when I get that sick job(dreaming is a key word here). A new rope bag belt for rafting was like $245. Man, that exchange with Canada really sucks now. Drysuit: $600-800. Waiting till the water is warm...free.

Updates:
Even Kona approves:

Finality is Never Final....

Never...

The electrician came today and fixed some ghetto breakers in the fuse box. The wall is creamy white. The wall is now creamy white with finger globs. Sweet (sarcasm).

I have a pile of cheesy vids and pics of a killer rad floor and brisk gardening in the morning post snow breeziness. I shall just clump them here altogether.

I really like the contrast of the rock to mulch via path, keeping the interior free of mold!

I love watching fire and smoke, and finally the chimney has been color matched (finally painted). Some in the neighborhood say our chimney is too tall. I say I like the house not on fire. I also think this house has one of maybe four active fireplaces in the neighborhood (you can tell real easy from the soot/smoke). Community covenants suck ass.

I dont know why, but it keeps snowing, especially the year I cant afford to play. Lame. I am.

Apparently my camera no long records sound. Dumb. Im sure I did it somehow, but its gonna delay the vid of the Finnish'd floor....arrg.

Vegtetative Up and Comings....

A lot is going on around here. 99% of the floor is finished. Last night we got what looks like an inch of snow, in contrast to the 60 degree days previous. Eight aspen were put in with the sweetest irrigation drip system I have ever seen. The plumbing inspector walked right in the front door like he owned the place, Im sure the look on both our faces was "hey, what are you doing here?" The theater system is tight and the cabinets are still empty. Im dreading the door jambs on the floor so bad it hurts. Later today if it warms up I may go and make a vegetative walkaround video. We shall see. And thanks to everybody for the rickrolling.


What the shit am I supposed to do here?

No furniture sucks....

Video Walkthrough....

As per someones suggestion, I made a video of the construction. I know some peoples are totally confused as to the where and what was going on.

Because its a walkthrough its shaky, and pretty much my first video ever. The next shall be much improved I hope. We moved the garage into the house, hence the messiness. Almost done. Note the red piece of shit out in the driveway, hmmm....

Interesting I Thought....

Atheism has been popping up in conversations a lot lately, and I thought it was funny because its all about fighting atheism, and poorly. One sidedness...

From Boing Boing:

Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying

Media Madness....

Almost there, just need to put the floor in today (tomorrow bc Im lazy) and align the couches. Bad ass.


click image for the full size version

The Little Room....

Not to be confused with Dustins secret room, but little nonetheless. I cant wait to put the plotter in here, if it ever shows up? The major problem with a little room and laminate flooring is that for every two boards you lay down, one needs to be cut. On the big room its gonna be a 8 to 1 ratio. either way, one room is done.

First the friggin plastic


Then the planks


Then some more planks...and youre done!!

Pergo and Snot....

Im laying the first rooms floor today, I already got 1/3 of it done. Updates as they come. Looks good to me I cant even wait. Did I mention the sinus catastrophe of present? I cant even look down without something gooey falling out of schnoz. Nasty.

Updateables....

The electricians came and went. The plumber is still not here, nor is the floor. So Ive taken some resources, broken them down and rebuilt them to something more like what I want. And I want a wine rack on the cabinets.

Im getting pretty feisty waiting to put this floor down and move in. We also put the B speakers out on the porch, so you can rock out while you grill out.

The little seedling tree is growing.

The phone disaster has been reduced

The outdoor lights have been hooked up

Kona is recovering from her spay nicely. I actually got the chance to watch the surgery and wow, its just crazy bc the doc uses this hook tool and fishes for organs, then ties and cuts em off. Awesome.

Over the weekend I had to take the Swiftwater Rescue course again bc mine had lapsed. Super fun, super wet, super cold. Let the gear dry. I found out today that my drypants had two nice holes, explaining why my left leg was so saturated. Sucks. Next on the list, drysuit, so I can be like Timmy.

As well, some more addition shots to please the restless.

I know its a lot for one shot, but who cares?

Las Picturas y Cosas Otras....

Tim Shaved!! OMG!!! 30 years in the making and now history.


Well a couple of days ago I went for the annual break in ride. I try to make it long, painful, and un-back-out-able. It was all of these things and more. I tried once before but the infamous bolt came out of my shoe and the day was fuxored before I even got out of the neighborhood. This time I made it an hour and a half each way, and then some town time racing traffic. Legs of pasta and lungs that feel like very warm vomit. Sit bones that scream. Calves that cramp for giggles. Its officially over. Phew...

Major Appologies....

So the last couple weeks have been intense. House work, phone issues, a dead lappy and new one ripe for the process of uninstalling all that bullshit. I was also supposed to leave for Big Bend last night to work....but didnt. Allow me to iterate:

2 weeks ago, shut lappy down for the night. Morning, no start, just death screen. Come to find out that the cd drive was toast and xp was corrupted. Price to fix = almost a new lappy. Bought new lappy.

Phone Issues. Out here the reception is foul. Especially for me and especially since citizens are only allowed to the digital band. Thanks military. Amanda gets decent signal and my phone was fuxored from searching for signal all the time so I took it back. Of course they dont have a replacement in stock, and Im supposed to leave for Texas in two days. So they fedex me a new body super fast, sweet. I go hook it up and theres not a single person that can hear me. The mic is broken. Then theres 3 hours of tech support trying to get me new one which they cant. Eventually they give me the newer model, apparently arriving today. So well see. If you want to talk....text me.

Kona gets spayed today too. No more nasty vajayjay. I was recently updated that at the clinic she is very naughty (wiggles) and writhed right out of her catheter. Special.

As far as pictures go, I have a lot to update on. The countertop is going in right now and the electricians are here as well. Now we just need the plumber so I can put the floor in and were done. The stucco is finished and all is painted. Cant wait. We put in some new exterior porch speakers for the "B" setup and all is good. Dr Lynn was here too, she approves.

Hasta Luego

Floored....

the floor is here....


and if you like some rad tunes....get Pendulum, with Motorstorms theme song too.

Shisha Mod....

Q: the last imported stone bowl for your shisha rolls off the counter and disintegrates before your eyes. What do you do? (you cant call Jack Bower)

A: wander around the house looking for MacGuyver style improv tools. I fortunatly dont have to wander long :)

There I was all frustrated when I looked at this beer can. Ive used beer cans for everything from shimming bearing races and Vbrakes to making model planes out of em, so why not a shisha bowl? It just happens to have the perfect bowl shape when you turn it upside down, so I drilled a couple holes and shizzam!!

Notice the rubbery seal thing. It really sealed the deal to make this work easy and simple.

Frenzy....

Theres used to be a lot of holes in the yard but now theyre all filled. Not sure if Im gonna make some more or what, but I am impressed with how things turned out so far. I even have some pear that dont have a home yet, I might just have to mingle them in with the rest of the circulation.

pics soon...

The Other Thing is this dumb show called Prison Break. I cant seem to stop watching it. for the past couple of nights weve been watching a disc and a half and making a mandatory stop point. The show is good, and theyve mastered the cliffhanger, considerably better than Lost.

There happens to be one more thing on my mind. The movie Taken WILL NOT be released in the US? WTF? Looks like Im moving to Canada after all.

And after digging a whole bunch Ive found that my new repeating albums are from RJD2. Enjoy this video:

The Hay Rapist....

Bits for Sale....

So the 87 Pathfinder has been sitting around for some time, exhaust issues and all. I finally decided to do something about it. With the weather being about 70ish I grabbed a couple beers and dove in. Parts were flying off this beast like they permanently attached, meaning, this was hard work! Either way the new mudster is almost ready for its maiden voyage. All I need now is a little elbow grease to get those manifold bolts out and new ones in.


If you wanna ride, bring a helmet! And check out the post on Craigslist!

Barats & Bereta....

and then we have something else also informational

A Pick Up....

I have more updateable materials from the vault of home construction as well as a little gem for those in need of something awkward and funny.


From the site:

"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb."

Bookmarks....

In firefox I have the generic Links folder. Apart from the rest of selective bookmarks, this one is general interesting place to come back to should I feel the need. I would like to share this random assortment of wonderfully strange and unique places. Enjoy:

Kidrobot
World Factbook
CowAbduction
Exploding Dog
Grrl
Planetary PhotoJournal
Post Secret
Rafiki
You Must Choose
Zohar
WorldMapper
O'Reilly Network
Internet Archive
So You Wanna Be a Criminal?
Duck Travels

Thats it for now. Im tired of pasting.