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Home Improvement

I've been on a home improvement kick the last few weeks--nothing serious, mind you. Not like repainting or retiling the bathroom or rebuilding the kitchen... none of the big projects that this place REALLY needs.

But I got the Harman/Kardons set up (which was a painful project because of the dodgy acoustics in my apartment, and the surprising lack of flexibility of the H/Ks. If you don't want to set them up right next to your computer, it rapidly becomes a drag to get them sorted out).

And now I've run cables through the walls to the kitchen, where I set up the old Creative speakers in an unobtrusive corner. I figured I'd just run music or the newsfeed to the kitchen while I was cooking, but the additional sound coming from the extra speakers is making the whole place sound much better. The place, like, resonates now. I like happy surprises... I'm listening to a Nicky Skopelitis/Bill Laswell dub right now, and it sounds great!

Also finally got some blue lights up in the bedroom (Deborah, turns out Cecilie gave me a big pack of blue lights for Christmas, so I didn't lose out by forgetting to buy any in Vancouver- talk about synchronicity!). Now I can turn all the other lights off except the blue ones and imagine I'm sitting on the bridge of the mothership. I mentioned this idea in passing to one of my coworkers the other day, and now it seems she's started rumors about me.

I'm still completely high from the espresso beans...