I was perusing happyboxproductions.com server space the other day, cleaning out some folders and the like and I ran across some cool pictures. I vaguely remember some of these being used in posts or as attachments on some bizarre e mail chain. I think I will leave these there, they seem to be at home.
I am a lucky guy.
On July 3rd I asked my girlfriend Jennie to marry me. I borrowed my mothers fancy Infinity for the afternoon for her to drive as she has always been a fan of that car. Of course this was a distraction and a way to get her to drive up this windy road near her house to a park we frequent that overlooks Manhattan.
There is a newly constructed gazebo up there and to my surprise there was nobody in it. We hung out for a good 40 minutes or so and watched some clouds roll in. This was her right before she had any clue of what was happening.
Notice the ring finger. :)
I said something to the effect of "I know you don't want to bring the car back just yet but maybe this will hold you over until the next time we can borrow it". I took the box out of my pocket and handed it to her but did not want to get down on one knee until she opened it, so she STILL didn't really know what was happening. I think she thought it was a joke gift or something because she opened the box then turned it upside down into her palm to get the ring box out! I was smiling but inside I was freaking out excited. Her handling of the box proved to me she had no idea what was happening so I am glad I waited to get down on one knee. Once she saw that it was a ring box that was inside the cardboard box she slowly started to figure it out and as soon as she opened it I got down on the knee and said a few words and asked her. She was as happy as I imagined and hoped her to be.
Here is a picture of literally 30 seconds after and 35 seconds after.
I am not too much of a mushy person but Jennie brings out the best in me. I have never met anyone kinder and will be proud and honored to call her my wife.
Okay enough of that...
Now make me some eggs bitch.
(I am so getting hurt for that one... and I don't even like eggs)
The next night we went to the Montclair fireworks, just me and her.
Rest of the photos below. Thanks for all the well wishes everyone! The text messages and voice mails and phone calls, online comments and e mails and all the other ways of communicating, have made us both smile. Drew, thanks for the telegraph.
*UPDATE*
My friend Andi informed me that other girls who read the blog want to see pictures of the ring, in an almost :"what is wrong with you " manor. I am sorry, I am new at this. :)
Here are a couple of shots of the ring.
A short break from classicmedia.tv and a peek out the window revealed this beautiful sky. Ahhhh nature. Coming back from a trip the other day we were flying in a small commuter jet and the pilot took us around a giant storm, clouds 50, 60,000 feet in the air, then we settled in and coasted on top of a fluffy white cloud layer the whole way home. Was absolutely surreal and so is the stark comparison between the skyscrapers and the sky that I still to this day enjoy marveling at. When they reflect the sky they almost seem natural, like it is their natural way of defending themselves in the wild. Enough day dreaming, get back to work!
Apparently the Ottawa Museum of Civilization has nobody younger than 85 working for their design firm. No pun intended. Oh, Canada!
Lance from Airflow Innovations sent me my Aira cold air intake system for the Challenger today. I am working on his website and am looking forward to installing this and my oil catch can. Pictures a video will be used for his website which is currently under Happybox construction.
Here is the main tube painted black, beautifully by the way, and the rest of the installation gear.
Are you kidding me? Look at the size of that air filter! I swear this filter is the same size and my Saturn's entire CIA. Will be interesting to see if I can get the oil catch can hoses and the Aira intake installed in one day.
Custom made!
Here is what it looks like in Yellow already installed with a catch can too.
The catch can is the little silver cylinder just to the left of the intake system. That engine is the 6.1 and I have the 5.7 but it is basically the same exact set up. Joy.
Oh yeah and around 7:45 PM today I think I saw the sun! I KNOW!
Either that or New Jersey is being blown up, one or the other.
Selling an apartment is a crap load of work. It is not even on the market yet and I spend every waking hour I am not working, packing boxes, moving boxes, driving boxes, taping things, painting things, eating occasional flakes of latex paint and inhaling lots of Spackle dust. Lots of progress however has been made. Only half done and it looks better than when I moved in almost 10 years ago. Wow I am old.
First all the pillars I painted red I painted back to white. Some photos make it look yellow but I assure you it is white.
The back room has been stripped of all its posters and junk. Look at what 10 years looks like on old paint! WOW!
The closet doors needed a coat too so why not right?
Next the kitchen wall was spackled, sanded and painted.
My drawing area was a mess and now it looks Whitesnake white.
painting SKILLZ.
Details to come.
