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I left work at 11:15 tonght and flew at a not-so-cop-friendly pace to Home Depot which closes at midnight! I picked up the supplies I would need to begin painting tomorrow. I need to be there early because my bed will be delivered between 8 AM and 12 noon. That’s great and sucks at the same time (I don’t know how to trick my body into falling asleep before 3AM!)

I figure I’ll head out to the place early and then start spackling and painting… My hope is to finish the bedroom tonight and maybe learn how to do a color wash, which I want to do in the kitchen. I may take the cheap way out and just sponge it 😉 We’ll see.

I need to bring my laptop, a phone and a TV with me as the cable guy is coming in the afternoon to set up my Cable TV, Internet Service and VOIP Phone. I recommend anybody moving out for the first time to get a job at the local cable company so they can hook you up with all these great necessities at little or no cost 😉 Worked for me…

The new number is kind of shitty. Has 2 1’s in it… Doesn’t spell anything great.. Has “Jews” in it and being one, I guess this is somehow appropriate. Not as cool as my current number which has “SEX” in it. Too bad it’s in a different area then the one I’m moving to. It’d be great to keep the number.

Well, I have work to do. Have to gather my appliances 🙂

The past 2 days I’ve been thinking a lot about how to paint the apartment. I wanted something bold, and unique. Something unusual, and I think I came up with some “out there” yet still tastefull solutions…

I downloaded the Benjamin Moore Personal Color Viewer software that allows you to set masks (different areas) on an image and easily apply various different colors to the walls, trim, cabinets, etc… (Check out there free version at www.benjaminmoore.com)

I decided to go with a 2-tone blue for my Kitchen, and yellow and red for my bedroom. The livingroom is already deep red-orange. Below the cut is the pictures I generated from Personal Color Viewer.

The morning began with my friend from Florida Waking me up. We made plans to meet at the diner. I made a few phonecalls and arranged a walk-through of the place. Unfortunately, the power had been “shut off” when they moved out, so I couldn’t check any of the appliances. Oh well, what could I do.

So we went to the co-op’s office and sat in the brand new, just built, never used conference room. We all sat around the large wooden conference table signing papers and passing checks back and forth. All went well, in fact, I actually got money back. After 2 hours or so, we all shook hands, and left. The deed was done.

I am a homeowner now.

My father hadn’t seen the place yet, so we took a ride out there. Checking out the storage/electric room, we found the electric off. Just for shits and giggles, we pressed the ON button and headed up to the place and sure enough, the power came right on! So we checked all the appliances, air conditioners, etc… All in working order!

Tomorrow starts the joys of planning, painting, shopping , etc…

It’s been an exhausting weeked. Last night was my annual birthday bash, dubbed Jaypoc Con. We had a great turnout of about 50 people altogether. We started the festivities at Green Field, the all-you-can-eat Brazilian BBQ in Farmingdale. The restaurant was very accomodating and except for a few small snafus, which were all addressed and resolved, the night went very well.

About half the party called it a night and the other half headed out to Paddy’s Loft, a small bar/restaurant in Massapequa, for cake and drinks. Coming from the bar-area to the restaurant, a few of my friends had the pleasure of watching me take a nice dive down the stairs. You’d think I had started drinking but was still carrying my first drink at the time. I met up with some more friends who couldn’t attend the dinner, and started my serious drinking. Most of my guests left from Paddy’s but the night was not over.

Myself and Liz (A friend of mine who’s birthday was a week earlier and was cellebrating with me) and a handfull of people went to TGIFridays to continue drinking. After a few shots and a few more drinks, we all headed to a diner for breakfast/late night munchies.

Over all, the evening was a lot of fun. Next year is going to have to be big. The first 3 JaypocCon’s were at restaurants, The 4th was at Medieval Times, and last year was in Atlantic City. This year, we kept it local with the events listed above, and next year we need to top it all.

So far, there’s 2 ideas that are being considered. There’s no place to party like Las Vegas! The strip, the nightlife, the shows, the casino, and so much more. I was there for 4 days a while back and it wasn’t nearly enough time to do and see everything. Vegas would be cool, but very expensive over all and we wouldn’t have as big of a turnout as if we went with the second idea. JaypocAIR! Why party on earth when you can get away for a while! Giving everyone an opportunity to join the Mile High Club! I’m currently looking into chartering a small to medium sized airplane for a group of 15 to 20 people (or more if the budget allows) If the price is right, we’ll be doin’ air-donuts over long island and partying our asses off.

Okay, While posting it here is sure to cause the date to change, but as of now, my closing date on the new place is Friday, Feb 3… That’s a week from tomottow (today I guess but I haven’t slept yet so it’s still thursday, right?) If all goes well, next weekend I’ll be shopping, painting, and decorating