Here!

I just arrived at my house, a long drive alone, but peaceful and actually good weather for driving. After listening to the news on my iPod, I listened to an album I recorded with Carbon Based Souls back in the mid 1990s. It's a pretty rocking album, too bad we never released it -- that was when my aspirations for a full time career as a musician ended, actually. It always makes me feel a little nostalgic, but I still enjoy hearing the music every once in a while.

As previously reported, I had to get my car fixed this past week -- so after the tune up, the drive up here was even better since I wasn't worrying the whole time that he engine was about to blow up. Turns out the car needed a new knock filter (which I had read about on line as a somewhat common problem for this car) and I also got the power steering fixed so it no longer whines at me when I parallel-park. New spark plugs, a tune up etc too. All in all, not so bad -- but none of it was covered by the bogus warranty. I didn't really expect it would be, but nonetheless felt a little disappointed. Anyway!

On my way up here I bought painting supplies -- including a ladder! I am going to clean and repaint the cabinets in my kitchen this wknd. I am a little nervous about doing it right...I don't want to fuck it up! But I suppose the worst that could happen is that I'd have to re-do the work. So I'll just relax and enjoy the process of doing work with my hands. I have a stereo and some beer too. Maybe I'll get some pizza to complete the scene :-)

I'm going to start by cleaning the surfaces and then priming them with BIN. Next, I'll slather on some white paint. After the paint job, I'm going to get some new hardware and start trying to figure out how to get a new counter top and sink in there too. It's going to look great and I am hoping to do almost all the work myself. I'm also going to rip out that ugly drop-in ceiling from the 1970s. Bleh. Maybe I'll get really motivated and post some photos on here.