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Month: May 2009

  • Gettin down with the flatlanders…

    Just an update…

    I’ve got everything moved in here at the apartment – just need things like furniture now.

    I’ll be at E3 all next week. I’m pondering starting another blog here on LiveJournal specifically for my games industry insider stuff and my thoughts on the genera in general… Could be a lot of fun, then again it could be a lot of work. Dunno yet.

    I’ve been driving the WarWagon around Aurora for the last few days and scaring the bajeebus out of the flatlanders. The old Jeep is basically a 6000 pound dragster at this point and I figure I’m turning close to 350 horses now… I’ve completely humiliated a 2009 Dodge Charger, a new Camaro, and a 5.0 Mustang since I got the truck down here – and several ricers – but those don’t really count when it takes more torque to tighten the lugnuts on the Jeep than your average Honda can produce…

    I really need to get started on the suspension in the WarWagon. I’m still trying to figure out my ultimate plan – continue fixing up the “Cherk” or buying a mid-70’s CJ5/7 and transplanting everything into it.

    I’m a big fan of the FSJ body style, but being able to take the top, doors, windshield, etc off of a CJ during the summer would be awesome.

  • New digs

    This post is coming to you from the empty livingroom of my new place.

    Cable gets installed Tuesday, new washer and dryer Wednesday, and the upstairs window gets replaced Thursday.

    Half of my stuff is moved and the other half is in storage.

    Marshal is slinking around the perimeters of the rooms… I’m a bit worried about him jumping off/through the loft railing. He’s such a klutz.

    Anyways, I have to run out and get supplies and stock the house a bit. On the first I start shopping for more furniture. 🙂

  • A path forward…

    Yesterday I mentioned to my CFO, who moonlights as a realestate mogul, that due to events beyond my control I was going to be moving back closer to work – somehow.

    He mentioned he just bought a condo not 5 minutes from the office to flip and he’d be willing to rent it to me.

    Today I signed the lease for the place and will start moving next week.

    On the roommate front Zeze will still be around, which means Kalira will still be around, but Max will be shuffling off to do his own thing now that I’m not agreeing to support him. And speaking of supporting – hopefully Kalira will land a job once we’re back in town, but I’m not holding my breath.

    Either way the rent is a lot cheaper, I won’t have to pay hundreds a month on utilities, and I won’t need to spend $200 a month on gas. Zeze will undoubtedly still be supporting Kalira, Kalira’s car, Kalira’s horse, and everything else Kalira – but I’m not. I told them they get to cover one-half of everything and if they can’t, I’ll move.

    So maybe things will improve.

    Maybe…

  • Not sure how I feel about it…

    The guy I’m renting Ravenwood from just let us know he’s selling the place and is cancelling the lease. I don’t have to pay rent this month, but I also need to be moved out by the first of June.

    So it’s basically a repeat of farm 1.0 back in Virginia; where the guy we were buying it from booted us in favor of a lady with cash in hand.

    On the one hand I’m miffed that this keeps happening and I once again have to move. On the other hand it gets me out from under deadbeat roommates, $2000 a month rent that I’ve been soloing, and two-plus hours on the road every day during the week.

    To complicate things, the guy who owns the place will be redoing the roof for the new buyer this month, so there will be contractor chaos to deal with as well.

    I’ve deleted most of my posts since I moved to Ravenwood; no sense in holding on to all of the upset and frustration. I’ll keep some of the highlights, but for the most part I’m going to try to forget this chapter ever happened.