I wrote this in early june, but im just getting around to posting this

I saw this product on HGTV, called insulad, its a paint additative that adds insulation properties to the paint. They say that by adding their product to paint or primer you can improve the insulation of a room up to 20%. I figured what the heck it wont hurt anything, so I ordered some and tried it out.

yesterday I got the paint insulation in the mail, and I decided the celing of my downstairs was good enough to primer. All the dry wall patches had been made, and every thing had been sanded several times and it was smooth for the most part.

It took a lot longer then I thought it would to prime everything. I got it all over myself. Good primer doesnt clean up like latex paint does, it sticks to everything. In the shower I scrubed my arms until they were almost bleeding.

After I was done, I hung out for a little but then went to sleep. When I woke up the next morning, I had a crazy headache and my nose was really messed up. It was kind of hard to breath also. I felt like I was going to puke when i was getting dressed. It was only when I went downstairs that I realized that we had locked the house up, including all the doors and windows before amy and I went to sleep. The fumes from the freshly primed celing had no where to go except hang out in the house while we slept. I imediatly opened the doors and turned on some fans. I wonder how many brain cells I killed while I was sleeping

At the expence of some brain cells and my general health, The downstairs is looking good though. Im really excited to see it start coming together. The next step is getting a hopper gun and an air compressor and spraying some light texture on the celing to had all the spots that arnt 100% even.

If you read this blog, you will notice that it hasnt been updated in ages. I usually wirte entries during my lunch hour at work, and post them from there. My employer has decided to ban notpopular.com and all of the other sites that I host on my server. This has pervented me from posting. I have written a few things, but I have been to lazy to post them.

Today Im home from work sick. I have a crazy feaver, and Im going out of my mind. Im going to go a head and post some of the things I have ment to for about a month now.

slowly but surely im getting stuff done to my house…

• drywall work in the kitchen around my new garden window
• finish dry wall patches throughout the kitchen, dining area, living room (had to cut holes
  to install new recessed lights
• master bathroom complete remodel (currently the only thing in the room in a new tile floor, i
  need to patch the walls, install new baseboard and all the fixtures, furniture, toilet and shower
  doors
• reroute the coax cable in my house through the attic crawl space
• window coverings for my computer room, and guest room
• install doors in upstairs (currently none of the rooms have doors, not even the bathroom!)
• buy and install some drystack stone on my fireplace
• retexture the ceiling downstairs

I had to craw around my fiberglass insulation attic, cut more holes in walls (more dry wall work needed now… blah). After several hours, I had won. coax cable aint got nothing on me!

Yesterday I made one of the toughest decisions of my life. Its something that I never wanted to do, but I could feel it coming from day one. Those will forever be my
salad days.

Im going to remain vague until all of the details shake out, then I'll make a more detailed post. For now Im just going to post some quotes from some AFI songs.

"Six figures enter; they've come to destroy the world. They've called together this storm almost every night. I awake in another place. A familiar voice with a stranger's face speaks more unheard words. What new friends will the day bring? One for one thousand acquainted. What new home will the night bring? When it all comes down you just throw the bones. On the way I saw five hours of sleep but your fire makes it all worth while. On the way I wrote words for you to keep. On the way, I saw myself. Lost myself along the way."
–AFI
"6 To 8"

"Look what I've built. It shines so beautifully!
Now watch as it destroys me."
–AFI
"The leaving song part II"

Why havent I updated this recently? It could be due to the fact that I have been working like a

mad man at my job. The project I have been working on since august is coming to a close. Im the

*ONLY* developer on the project, thats a good thing and a stressful thing at times. Its cool

because I build things the way I want, but it also sucks because when things come down to the

wire, im the only one there for support. Ive been putting in extra long days this week, Monday I

worked from 8am to 11pm. I dont mind it though, I get paid by the hour, and I got a pretty gppd

raise last week, so Im not complaining. I could be doing something other then thinking and typing

all day, I could be doing something like construction work… wait.. I do that at home in my

spare time.

My condo is a major construction zone. Current projects include but are not limited to:

• drywall work in the kitchen around my new garden window
• finish dry wall patches throughout the kitchen, dining area, living room (had to cut holes

  to install new recessed lights

• master bathroom complete remodel (currently the only thing in the room in a new tile floor, i

  need to patch the walls, install new baseboard and all the fixtures, furnature, toilet and shower

  doors

• reroute the coax cable in my house through the attic crawl space
• window coverings for my computer room, and guest room
• install doors in upstairs (currently none of the rooms have doors, not even the

  bathroom!)

• buy and install some drystack stone on my fireplace (this is what I want to do)
• retexture the ceiling downstairs

I have even more things that I plan on doing to my house. Its just going to take me a lot more

time and a lot more money. I ordered new kitchen cabinate doors and drawer fronts (style : single shaker,

color : cherrystone maple. The price was really reasonable compared to what i got quotes for.

I guess building materials are cheap, its the labor and skill that cost alot in construction and

remodeling jobs.

Im also doing some free lance work for a Skincare company and for a speaker company. Im a very very busy guy.

notPop has been suffering lately due to lack of attention on my part. When I started notPop I

wanted to create something with my computer that would become a living creature. Something that

was always growing and changing without neding my interaction. I think I was very successful at

that. Right now I view notPop as bush that I planted in the ground years ago. When is was small,

it was easy to care for, now that its grown very large, its wild and out of control, I need to

trim it up and get it back into a managable state. I think im going to start devoting 1 or 2

nights a week to notpop regardless of what construction/remodeling job I have going on.

Also sitting down in front of the computer more will encourage me to drop quick notes and

enhancements into my blog.

on top of all of this stuff, im planning on starting a clothing line. Am I ambitious to take on

all of these things, or am I just retarded?