Comics in the movies

Have you ever seen a comic that was turned into a movie adequately? REALLY? I'm serious. I want to know because tonight I might have seen one. And it starred Josh Hartnet. I am totally serious. And it wasn't 30 days of night, which was REALLY good, BTW.

Seriously. Josh Harnet! It was great. Probably the best adaptation onto screen I have ever seen. It's call Bunraku.

It is from this comic...

Please go watch it. It has all the best actors, and it was done so well.
Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, and Kevin McKidd.
It really looks like a comic on the screen. I have seen it twice now and it is worth every second. It is available via streaming on Netflix. Go enjoy it. And be sure to thank me. I need to hear the thanks.

Antiks

Well, I got brand new skates. SQUEEEEE!!!

They are AMAZING. I was told breaking them would be hard, but it wasn't. I wore them once and they were tight and kind of hurt. So I went to http://grnmnstr.com/molding-instructions/ and it was simple.

I took my wheel off, the toe stops, and removed the laces. Then I baked them according to grnmnstr's instructions. They fit perfect. I really feel the need to thank Luke "shortbus" Powell, Kyle "haterade" Divers, Amy "huckabee" Divers, and Anna "KP" Campbell for helping me get the perfect fit. They are amazing. Someone described them as "Skating on kittens"

That's probably about right. If you are looking for new skates, look at Antiks. Kittens are so soft to skate on....

On a side note, I'm selling some Reidell R3's... Message me for details.

Making Progress

My dad showed up to help out with the airstream. He is doing a so much work.

We had to get the window off to get the panel off.

THIS panel. We got it though. It took forever.

And took out the insulation.

This dent was a pain to get out, but we did it. Here it is from the outside...

I will post what it looks like tomorrow. We took the outside strip off to get in there and seal it up better. Which was a good idea. I was against this at first, but it appears that this is exactly where the leak was.

More photos to come VERY soon....

Not much happening

   I haven't done anything to the Airstream in ages. Sorry. I need to work on it so I have something I can work on. I think I found the flooring though. It's a light Bamboo from Home Depot. It will look really good with the colors I plan to put in it.

   Derby....I got drafted. I'm so excited. I'm in the Main St. Mafia and I cannot wait to get photos in my new uniform. I will get some and post them. I've still been going to the intro group because I need it. I hope to be good enough to bout with the team on March 23rd.

   Mustang...I got a new clutch in Sam. He is doing great. I love him. I really enjoy driving him now. It took a lot for him to get there. They had to machine a new clutch for him but the mechanic was amazing and got everything done.

   School...I'm getting to the end of my rope. I need to to focus, but part of me doesn't want to. It's getting hard, but I'm going to graduate, because I need it. I NEED to get out of this school. I NEED to be done with class work. I NEED a lot right now. 

I really CAN scream like a little girl!

  I hope this guy just found his way in through the door, because I found a nest. A BIG nest that looks like it's abandoned but might not be. I will post the pic of the HUGE nest I found  later. I was a tad too scared after this bugger to actually take a picture.

I worked so hard and made no progress?

   Well, I busted %*@ today and I didn't make any progress. At least that's how it feels. We had loaned our ladder out to a friend, so I couldn't get on the roof. Today, instead of working on the seals, I pulled up linoleum. I had finished the bedroom last night. Here is where I started today:

That is the hallway in front of the bathroom and closet, and the kitchen/living room. I got about 90% done with the floors today.

  When I "gave up" today I had pulled up all that linoleum you see. I had also drilled out all the rivets for the panel where I need to work. Here it is:

   This panel leads to the other side of the dent outside. There is a HUGE dent that I suspect might be the cause of the leak. Once I pound it out from the inside, I expect it should solve the problem:

   This would be ok, if I did not find something that looks like another leak in the front of the airstream. I looks like they just screwed another piece of wood on top of the rot up front to cover it up. UGH! Why? But I didn't see it until I pulled up the linoleum under the couch. I am a bit worried about that one. I won't know how bad it is until I get all the linoleum up from the front. Sigh.....I can do this. I know I can, but with every new problem I just think, "1 more week added till this is finished." But, really, I got this, YO! Sorry, I've been watching a lot of Breaking Bad". No!!! I won't apologize for watching "Breaking Bad" EVER!

In the beginning...

I started working on the Airstream yesterday. Everything was taken out of the bedroom. EVERYTHING. It is completely empty in there. All the linoleum is gone from the bedroom, and I'm trying to get to the rest of the linoleum out of the rest of the place.

   I need to get the stuff I cleaned out of the bedroom completely out of the airstream, as it is currently stored in the living room. My friend Mickey's husband came over and helped me with a lot of things. First, he explained to me how to  repair that rotted wood in the back right corner near the electrical box. But...the bad news. The leak has to be fixed first. He gave me some ideas where it might be. It isn't the window in the back. We don't think, at least. Since it appears to be on the right half of the window and over to the right under the second window.
  There is a dent over on that side of the airstream on the outside. I'm going to rip out that panel on the inside and pound it back out. Get up on the roof and seal up any seams that might be leaking up there. Finally, I'm going to reseal that window which might leak be leaking. Won't hurt to reseal it even if it isn't leaking. All of this after what feels like a long derby practice this morning. It wasn't that long, but I had a migraine this morning and it feels like I got hit by a truck after one of those.
  Oh, also....I apparently have dirt daubers nests in my AC "squirrel cage" and maybe my furnace. But now I know how to clean it. I might could finish that this weekend. I do often tend to over extend myself. There is a lot of work to be done.