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let�s start with the fact that i love the way a room looks when it has just been painted. i love the process of patching & sanding� getting the walls ready for the first coat of paint. i love how quickly a room can be transformed when it is painted� a mess of patch marks & different colors become a nice smooth new coat of paint. there is something wonderful & deeply satisfying about it. except when i am at work & i am under a deadline. then it just sucks. spent the whole day priming the gallery so i can start painting the show colors on wednesday. i hate priming. spend the whole day painting just so you can cover it over with a different color the next day. i know it needs to be done, but that does not negate the fact that it is the painting equivalent of flossing your teeth� you know you should do it, but it is a pain in the ass. harrumph. my boss is also tweaking about the hurricane that is coming. this is new to her. she is from middle america & has never dealt with a hurricane before. those of us who have been here are thinking, �hurricane?!? who is having the hurricane party?� well, that is not completely true. half of us are thinking that, the other half are stocking up on plywood & water & shotgun shells because, �it�s a hurricane & we�re all GONNA DIE!!� these are the same people who stock up on three weeks worth of food when they see the first snowflake. (to be honest, i�ve been that person at points in my life.) so anyway, she is tweaked while trying not to be tweaked & both my building manager & i are doing our best not to giggle while she is running off a checklist of what we need to do before the storm hits. (note: the hurricane is not even predicted to hit here directly) i spent most of the afternoon swapping �worst case� scenarios with the building manager� ��now, if the rain is from the northeast & we get more than a foot of rain in less than two hours & the winds are more than 70 miles per hour, do you thing that would be enough to wash out the corner supports & cause the building to collapse? how much plastic sheeting would we need for something like that?� ok, so i can be a prick sometimes. i tried to explain to her that the hurricane, even if it changed direction & headed right for us, was not going to surprise us. today is monday; we are talking about a storm that will hit on friday. i think we have some time to get ready. let�s skip the fact that the building i work in is all glass & steel & there is not enough plywood in worcester county to cover it all over. if Mother Nature wants to kick your ass, then your ass is going to get kicked & there is not a damn thing you can do about it. ah, what a way to start the week. huge thanks to gary, the html god for redoing the layout for me. it feels much more like me now. (& a nice change from watching my head bouncing) big thanks also to bex for the cool footwear & one hell of a housewarming party. (& i can�t believe i missed the fire department) much more to talk about, but it is late & i am very tired. i�ll write more tomorrow night. hope you all have a good evening. be well. |
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