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Me, Myself, And A Sledgehammer


Kex

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As I mentioned in a previous entry, my house is currently being renovated. Not just something minor. I'm talking transforming a 2-1, living room, kitchen, and porch into a 4-3, living room, family room, kitchen, 2-car garage, porch, and pool.

 

There's a lot of work going into this. My dad's doing the entire thing himself, only receiving help when absolutely neccesary. I don't think you realize how frustrating it is when you tell people to move the pile of dirt on the left side of the house to the right side, and they end up moving the pile on the right to the left side. It's ridiculous. Things always turn out better if you do it yourself. You can't rely on people who don't take any pride whatsoever in their job. As a matter of fact, they don't even speak English, or care to try and learn it. And around here, you can't find anyone else to do the job.

 

So yeah. The sledgehammer. Loads of fun. Take a look at the room in the upper right of this picture. And, here it is after I finished with it.

 

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Here are some more pictures.

 

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The two people you see in a few pictures would be my dad and my stepmom. There'll be more pictures at a later time, definitely. Look at the disaster. I look and smile at it. D:

 

-Kex

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You'd think my intense jealousy that you got to swing around a friggin' sledgehammer and actually destroy stuff with it would've decreased over time.

 

What am I saying, that's a stupid assumption. And an incorrect one at that. Oh I hate you so very very much.

 

Adopted. :glare:

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Kex smash? Makaru want smash...

 

All I get to do is hammer up some drywall. Reverse engineering is so much more fun. And you can't fail at it. You can't bash something with a sledgehammer and have it work again, despite what some people will tell you.

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Can you say, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Do-It-Yourself Special)"? :P

 

But if you get pictures of the completed project, the good times will be in the past: the destruction... the wanton destruction. Oh, the glorious destruction! :evilgrin:

 

©1984-2006 Toaraga EAM

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A similar remodeling took place in 1995, while I was a sophomore in high school, at my parents' house.

 

I know your dad will hate to hear this, but 11 years later, it's still being tweaked.

 

-KIE

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