Boring Paint Prep

[drscott]

Two guys came by Monday and powerwashed the house. Yesterday (Tuesday) a crew of three came to do prep work. They scraped and sanded, and started to fill and caulk. I'm slightly worried that the harder repair jobs (a couple of wood splits, some old termite damage, and two places where the outer ply of the siding is buckling away) haven't been repaired, and they left at 3 after about 5 hours of actual work. They are no-shows today, and I need to call the company to find out what the story is.

Tonight is regular ECR class night, with the added attraction the traditional Halloween costume parade. Usually about half the crowd makes some effort. Inspired by dakoopst, I dug out a wrestling singlet to try on; a little too skimpy to serve as the basis of a costume, I decided, but it did seem to enliven excessor. I had no idea Spandex was a food group. No pictures until I lose the two pounds of flab around the waistline!




The two atrium beams are highly weathered from 35 years of sun and rain.


Another sun-damaged area on the southeast side.

I hope otterpop58 is doing okay. News accounts suggest most of that area will be without power for a week.

Comments

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

I did both my under and post @ MIT (Media Lab). I left in '93. While I wasn't on Tim Berners-Lee's project, I did pop in to see what he was doing (creating the WWW).

I must say, I *hated* my experience there. Sure, I learnt so very much, but I didn't like the environment. I'm a bit more gregarious than the average geek, and being stuck in a lab with people with horrible social skills was not my idea of a good time. So I put my head down, worked during all the inter-sessions, and got out as soon as I could.

I am now, a much happier camper.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I hated it, too, as evidenced by my leaving for six years before finishing the last graduation requirements. Too bad you couldn't pop out to Stanford for grad, much nicer. And you'd be here and not in the awful Eastern hellhole, Connecticut. :-)

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

I actually applied and got into Stanford, but I decided that MIT was closer to "home" (London), and well, it *is* a better school. ;-)

I could never live in California for a variety of reasons. Greenwich isn't so bad I'm 30 minutes from NYC via express rail, but I get to live in a nature conservancy, rather than a concrete jungle. Of course, I dislike being surrounded by old rich wrinkly white conservatives with their 7,000sq ft. homes with 8 car garages filled with Hummers. So, clearly, something must be done.

To that end, I am designing a new house (along with Resolution 4 Architecture). It focuses on efficiency, and sustainability in a small space. I just need to find a place to put it.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I'm still pondering your minions. Is that like an entourage, or similar to bodkins?

I designed my own house c. 1989 which never got built. I still have the ($$$) plans in the closet here.

If you must get to NYC, then those Hudson River towns might work. If not, the Berkshires are nice and the college towns allow for some escape. I'm Googling "Resolution 4 Achitecture."

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

R4A won the "Dwell Home" competition last year. I liked their ideas.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Ah. Nice stuff. Out West, some of us have been salivating over the similar Glide House designs.

So why is California (with its thousands of microclimates, oddball politics, and multiple gay-friendly areas) out of the question for you?

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Trust me, you don't want me to list all the reasons. Suffice to say, California isn't bad for brief visits, but I'd go mad within a month.