Dmitri's Bucket of Projects
A log of Dmitri's various projects to capture useful information for others and himself.
Never time enough | 2007/07/22 |
KK's visit has come and gone. She's been gone roughly 24 hours and my place seems emptier without her. Between all the running around we had precious little time. Thankfully the Crete trip is only 5 weeks away. We caught the latest Harry Potter movie which I enjoyed so much I began to consider reading them. I polished off World War Z and then picked up the 1st Harry book on a whim. I devoured it in a few days. Kind of quick for me since I'm a slow reader. I picked up year 2 and 3 today, and am looking forward to them. I didn't care for the Chamber of Secret movie very much. It's my least favorite of the 5. I'm hoping the book is better.
PA is right | 2007/07/09 |
It is addictive :-)
Hurts so good | 2007/07/08 |
Habitat was great. I spent most of the day installing base board. The rest of it banging on a rock. Seriously. We were repairing several homes that had been damaged in the big storms we had a few weeks back. In the basement a rock was protruding up from the floor. Supposedly it's the top of a huge rock that was too big too move when the place was constructed. Anyway, I hated it how it was sticking out of the way so I found a mason's chisel and with a hammer banged on it. It turns out rather than being a hard piece of granite it was just some mass of sediment. It wasn't too big, the original builders were just too lazy. I broke it up enough to conceal it completely. The owner was pretty happy about that, which made me feel good. I got to meet a bunch of nice people from where I worked including a few that higher ups on another team that I have worked with before, and made a good impression. A nice bonus. My legs are still hurting from all the squatting though. It's a good pain though :-)
I still can't put down World War Z. I'm maybe 50 pages from finishing and am forcing myself to put it down today so I can work on my own place. I've still more unpacking to to, and I need to get a stud finder so I can hang some things. KK in T-4 days.
Update: busy day running errands at the usual suspects (Depot, Target, etc.) I picked up the new Linkin Park CD "Minutes to Midnight" (9.99 at Circuit City this week), and I have to pass it along as a solid purchase. I mainly picked it up for "What I've done" from the Transformers trailer and movie. and was pleasantly surprised. They apparently spent a lot more time on this album and it shows. The lyrics are actually quite good, especially "Hand Held High", a fitting song given the events of the weekend. 250 dead in Iraq and the New York Times calling Bush's plan to stabilize Iraq, through military means, a lost cause.
I still can't put down World War Z. I'm maybe 50 pages from finishing and am forcing myself to put it down today so I can work on my own place. I've still more unpacking to to, and I need to get a stud finder so I can hang some things. KK in T-4 days.
Update: busy day running errands at the usual suspects (Depot, Target, etc.) I picked up the new Linkin Park CD "Minutes to Midnight" (9.99 at Circuit City this week), and I have to pass it along as a solid purchase. I mainly picked it up for "What I've done" from the Transformers trailer and movie. and was pleasantly surprised. They apparently spent a lot more time on this album and it shows. The lyrics are actually quite good, especially "Hand Held High", a fitting song given the events of the weekend. 250 dead in Iraq and the New York Times calling Bush's plan to stabilize Iraq, through military means, a lost cause.
If you could.. | 2007/07/04 |
.. spend $10 and buy 2 hours and 23 minutes of childhood joy. Wouldn't you do it? I did that today. And I loved every minute of it. I never thought I'd say this, but thanks Michael Bay.
On another note, I can't put down a book I am borrowing from a friend: World War Z. It's the story of the zombie apocalypse written by a reporter interviewing survivors. A Chinese doctor, a opportunistic drug company mogul, a human smuggler, an illegal surgeon, a former head of state, a muslim fundamentalist, and many many more from all across the globe. It's an incredibly imaginative work. I just hope I can put it down tonight becaue I'm leading a team at Habitat for Humanity tomorrow.
On another note, I can't put down a book I am borrowing from a friend: World War Z. It's the story of the zombie apocalypse written by a reporter interviewing survivors. A Chinese doctor, a opportunistic drug company mogul, a human smuggler, an illegal surgeon, a former head of state, a muslim fundamentalist, and many many more from all across the globe. It's an incredibly imaginative work. I just hope I can put it down tonight becaue I'm leading a team at Habitat for Humanity tomorrow.
