I know how much you all care about my ability to further my skills and refine what I already know (are you sleeping yet?  (dick)).  

It’s for this reason that I’d like to share with you that my friend Todd and I spent the week last week working on the first hard core condo remodeling project (and I thought painting it was hard core!  BWAHAHA).  We tore out the old door and frame that leads out to my back balcony from my office (extra bedroom) and replaced it with a brand spankin’ new door and frame.  We also fixed the broken drywall around the door, finished painting the wall and (gasp!) actually added casing around the door so it looks like…. like…. A DOOR!  OMFG!

While Todd did a good portion more than I did, it sounds like neither of us had ever done this kind of work before, so we were both pretty proud of ourselves for taking it on, and we learned something new in the process.

So, moral of the story: THERE’S HOPE FOR ME YET!  :)  Aside from the 2 photos here, there are more of the entire project on my Flickr.  Oh yeah…..

Well, the publication isn’t exactly about my soap opera known as “life”, but it is about music!  Behold, Local Sounds Magazine is now publishing content!  Hooray!

In related news, Local Sounds TV is currently attempting to get the post production crap underway for the MAMAs coverage and we were recently approached to cover a CD/DVD release party on June 12th.  Means that the video coverage is something that I think people are gonna latch onto sooner than later.  Friggin’ A, Bitch!

Last bit of Local Sounds updates (since that’s what the recent weeks of my bitchin’ life have consisted of), we are currently in discussions about a sweet deal that would have Local Sounds acquiring (or merging with) a local website that’s proved to be very popular amongst the music scene with some nationwide penetration (mmmmm).  Stayed tuned for that bit of fun later this year if all talks go well!

Anywho, there’s been a lot of going on with the band too.  Just finished up a couple of concerts, one being Felicia’s Trade CD release party at the Frequency on May 22nd (read about it on Local Sounds Magazine!) and May 24th at Brat Fest.  Those were the shit.

As usual, the Madison Area Music Awards never die.  I’m actually working on the updated site as we speak and we are opening registration soon instead of October.  Talk about a year round ordeal!

Next, just planning on doing some hard core remodeling around the house.  We’re pricing and planning right now to tear out my condo’s back door so we can replace it.  It’s not sealed right and it appears it was kicked in at one point.  Very attractive to the next buyer.

As a final note, that has to be the worst, most God-awful, photo of me ever!  However, the point of the pic is the shirt, not my ugly mug.

So that’s been “the rest of the story” for me.  Now take a hike you moron, and I’ll see you next time I post…

Over the weekend and through yesterday my girlfriend and I spent a lot of time painting 2 more rooms in my condo.  Good times, painful times (thanks Erica, for enduring the pain).  You can check out our brilliant masterpieces in my Condo Flickr Set.  New paint photos are the last ones in the set, the newest.

Don’t be too harsh when judging how well we did, otherwise my girlfriend will probably come kick your nuts in.

Condo Time! (impatient poop!) Offer was accepted on Friday, Home inspection passed with flying colors earlier today. We’re well on our way to the closing date of September 18th. Stay tuned!

What an unexpected and crazy 2 weeks!! Last week I started being nosy and poked around online at condos that were currently on the market in and around Madison. Well, it took me almost no time at all to find a complex that was basically giving them away!! !@$@%#

So this guy owns a few condo units and is currently renting them out. However, due to some rental restrictions that aren’t sitting too well (I won’t go into details), he’s pretty much handing out his units to pay off debt and just get them off his plate. Now that might not seem like a big deal, but despite just giving them away, they are very remodeled and nice too!! Brand new appliances, new hardwood floors, jacuzzi tubs, new windows, washer and dryer, updated kitchens, new doors, etc.

So that basically covers last week’s short search. After looking at a handful of them, I put an offer in on one on Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning (my birthday) it fell through. Some doughhead put in a cash offer, so mine was out the window!

This brings me to tonight. Earlier this evening after work I went to look at my second choice again. After a more complete walkthrough this time and a few happy details, we drove right over to the realtor’s office, put together the second offer of the week, and sent it in. Now I sit here in anticipation of tomorrow to see what becomes of this one.

I hope to be back soon with part two of this exciting chronicle…