Oh my knees

Painting baseboard trim kills.

Took me till the very final bit of trim to figure out how to paint the Behr crap with a brush. But by then where I started was ready for a second coat and I rocked that shit.

Behr paint effing BLOWS. Fine for painting with a roller. But the shit is HORRIBLE to paint with a brush. From what I hear the bomb for trim is Benjamin Moore in semi-gloss or gloss.... Did I say it already? Behr sucks.

It is done. Kinda got into the zen of it (painting). Ran out of pod casts mid-day friday. I ended up listening to a late 80s release of Black 47. HOLY SHIT is that depressing. Painting did something. It forced me to really actually listen to the lyrics of some of the stuff. The celtic pod cast i was listening to before Black 47 was also pretty depressing and lemme tell you there is a crop of Amurican "Irish" bands that do a seriously shitty ass job at 'faking' accents.

The slight eff ups on the paint were painfully obvious with the room empty. But with just a few bits of stuff in there and the floor cleared, it is hardly noticeable. A bit of left over to touch up if needed. But lots of time to think.

Managed to read a couple more kms of Krabbe... but usually i just climbed in bed and passed out from exhaustion. In a way I am glad the roads were so crappy, there was no temptation to get out for the Rhode Island Smack Down ride (10am Saturday DePasquale Square). Between shoveling, painting, running up and down the stairs, moving stuff I'm feeling pretty hosed. But considering I'm old and don't do this stuff for a living - I feel positive. I can't kneel, much less touch my knees. But that's okay. I survived and it does look pretty freaking awesome. They will be surprised when they come back.

Oh and I read a few more essays from maynard. I gotta say - they should be REQUIRED reading for cyclists. Loads of common sense kinda stuff, well written.

Now I'm ready for vacation.

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