January Bathroom Project

First are the obligatory pre-project pictures. We have a light purple, sort of lavender colored paint on the walls and ceiling, along with some impressive 1980 movie star light fixtures. Why would anyone want to try and improve this?

Now here we are in the middle of the project. I have painted the ceiling at this point, and removed the lovely light fixtures. Notice exposed wires, the universal sign that work is underway. (are those wires hot?). You will also notice the spread of tools all over the counters, as well as the laptop w/speakers for listening pleasure.

Now we are seeing some progress. This is after the painting is done, the fixtures are in, and th e mirrors are framed. Notice the tape holding the framing in place while the adhesive dries, very attractive.

And here we are with the finished product.. first a shot of the trim that I put in (the floors were already done), followed by two shots similar to the pre-project pictures.

no myspace love

I know I will be offending about 5 out of 6 people who use pewters in this country, but geez I can't stand myspace. Here is a list of reasons why, in no particular order

1) Ads. Yes, yes I know that is how they pay for the site, etc etc everyone has to make money blah bleh blih. That doesnt stop it from being horrendously ugly. Not only ugly, but there are some highly innappropriate ads on myspace also, especially with the volume of younguns that are out there.

2) Uh-gly -ness. On a scale of 1-10, myspace gets a 12.3. Besides the aforementioned ads that blare out at the viewer, they could at least create templates that look somewhere near aesthetically pleasing. You can't even read the text on half of the sites out there because the background is so busy. Let's be realistic, 99% or more of these folks arent familiar in any way with web design, and nor should they have to be. Look at what blogger did (shameless plug), they make it easy, and even look decent (novel idea). myspace could learn a lot from the folks at google. If the internet were American Idol, Simon would have a field day with myspace, and to take it further, even Paula would give them the boot.

3) lack of layout (see #2). There is nothing I like better than a site that scrolls for about 10 pages with a random layout of media plugins, pictures, and the like. It looks as if someone spilled a box of browser plugins and left them where they fell. ick.

Ok, done with my rant. I guess I am officially a myspace hater (not the people who use it mind you, I have many friends who do). I am sure myspace will be around for many many painful years to come, and we are stuck with it, but I honestly feel better to have gotten that off my chest.

Tie Wednesday

Today is tie Wednesday, and I must say we had a bit of a disappointing turnout. I attribute this turnout to a number of things, but I believe that it can be improved upon. As mentioned by the immortal Jorge, perhaps a little more pre-event "love" is needed. Before the next event, I plan on making a few more cordial visits to potential participants to stir up a little more excitement about the event. This could potentially encourage more word of mouth marketing and increase participation dramatically. In addition, perhaps posters or other forms of communication would help build momentum. I have always said,

"failure is but one of the steps on the path to success",

so I am not going to let this get me down.

I have also said

"If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips",

but that doesnt really apply here. Actually, that is a quote one of my favorite book series, but now I am really off topic aren't I?