Moved.

Notice the period after "moved". We are now moved, it literally took an entire week, to close, move, and clean the old house.

I can honestly say, that i did not remember how difficult it is to uproot, and this was only approx 8 miles away!

I have to thank my lovely wife, G.E., without her, this would not be possible. She risked life/limb, crippling back pain, and possible insanity. You see, moving is a rough task for us, it's literally the only time we fight. It think this move was a 7 out of 10 overall, but the pain of the actual moving will linger for weeks (I'm sure G could tell you about that, after the marathon cleaning spree at the old house yesterday).

Now, we get rid of stuff we "thought" we needed. Get our new studio setup (when is that delivery?), finish a small basement, build a deck, move a fence, and so on....

Time to get on the bike. Speaking of, my fully suspended Diamondback Mission has a crack in the frame. It's ironic, because i was just dissing some guy a few weeks ago who told me he had one that cracked, then i went on-and-on about how that would never happen to me. Well, it did, and i didn't even know it! I should be more angry than i am, but, it's an opportunity to shake things up, and that's the flavor of April 2011!

WERD

Interesting 7-11 conversations and Moving

Stardate 4.10.11

Captains Log: I witnessed 2 Sheriffs deputy's in 7-11 discussing how when your shirt "rides up" under your bullet proof vest, that you need to head back to the office to fix it, and re-dress yourself. Brilliant. I have had this problem also, but i'm not sure (as a officer of the law), that i would leave my post for this reason.

It's Monday, and the planned close for the new house is Friday, move Saturday. The tension shall build all the way to Friday, burst Saturday, and probably all go smooth. The Garage sale was impressive this past weekend, and we purged a ton of stuff we did not need, and some our friend did not need either. It's amazing how quickly junk will sell when it's priced at $1.

Word.

Happy Birthday Chuck Norris!

He is 71 today.

He got his drivers licence at 16.

*****seconds******

Week 4

New Job, new year, week 4. Thought it would be a good pic/comic day.




From http://www.quickmeme.com

-Lb

Fastest year ever

2010. Over.

So many things happed, but 2010 seemed to pass so quickly! I have no need for traditional "resolutions", i like to look at 2011 as an improvement year, where i get better in all aspects.

The year will start with a new job, after 7.5 years, I'm moving on/moving up. It is simply "Time" for me to move on. I'm also very excited to get out of the banking industry.

I also realize it's time for me to change my ceramic direction. I'm going to move toward raku, and more of a "pit fire" style. We will see how that goes.

Gen will be moving forward with school, and i think the end of the last semester marked a possible turning point, someday she may even cut an ear off :).

Heres to a great new year!

-LB

Merry Everyone!

The Saddle

And being back in it.

It's been a while since i have worked, but these 2 pieces are on the launch pad. At least one of them will be a Christmas gift. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for no explosions!



-LB

Barns, cows, these are things a Jedi craves not.

8 hours, 3 ladders, 1 gallon of paint, and a sunburn later:



I realized, once again, that i'm not interested in the "Country". Everyone has a different opinion of what the country is, some call our home the sticks, but i believe that where my Dad lives is the real "country". Cows, flys, dirt, beer, pickup trucks. Nope, not for me. I'll do it now and again to make some scratch, and do my Dad a favor, but where we live now is the closest to the country i think i want to be. Cool barn though.

wee wee weeeeeeee

The Karate Kid, a great way to start the week.

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

7 years....

Well, yesterday was the year 7 mark here at my employer. I figured i would be gone 2 years ago! Nobody said anything, which is marginally sad. Meh. At least i got cookies at home : ).

Bike front: Sam Hillborne is complete (minus some tweaking), good looking bike. Now the question is, will it ride well? I can tell you this, be very careful about Honjo fenders + tire size, because it will kick your ass!

-LB

Summer of the bike (again)

"So take me away, i don't mind
But you better promise me, i'll be back in time
Gotta Get back in time
Gotta Get back in time
Get me back in time."

It's 1991.
I purchased this bad boy off of craigslist for $100, it's nearly pristine, no use, no scratches. The woman i bought it from was prepping for a Triathlon, but the bike was too small for her. I have no idea where she got it, but the thing does not even have wear on the crank arms! The only things that aren't original are the Saddle, and the tires. Tires=awesome, saddle=suck. Swing away merril.

Part 2:

Gen has me building her a Rivindell Sam Hillborne bike. We chose to go old school on this one, and build it ourselves. Should be done by tuesday, it's the cadillac of bikes.

Hell Yea!

Sadly, this makes total sense to me

douche-chill

It's been a busy couple of weeks, bikes, floors, work.

#1, we started a massive project to replace the flooring, baseboards, and paint our living/kitchen area in the house (Bathrooms to be included soon). I did not know what pure hell that would be, doing the flooring right took the entire Memorial Day weekend, Saturday morning, all the way to Monday night. It's still not done, as we need to find some appliances that go better with the decor, and do some more painting/cleaning up. The bathrooms, that will be another story, i'm hoping to lay down some new linoleum, GE will paint, and i will possibly re-cock (caulk for lamen) the tub's.

#2, we have sold all of our bikes (basically). GE sold her 3 Electra's, and purchased a Pashley Princess Cadillac bicycle machine. I sold my road bike, my SS road bike, and dismantled the cruiser style bike, and bought a Globe Haul 1. So somehow, someway, we are down to 3 bikes total...

-LB

Ha ha!

Best pic ever

-Of course, nobody will believe them!

The new smoking section.

Sign of the times...

Apparently it's "ON", here at my place of employment. 1 week ago my monkey put in his 2 weeks notice, and today a senior person put in their notice.. who's next? Banking=bad. But they are getting jobs elsewhere, and i think it's a "sign of the times", the exit has begun, will management notice?



enjoy.

-lb

Easter Sunday Part 2 peep show