Temp just stopped by to comment on my Halloween costume, and it just reminded how much my costume pales in comparison to this:

Here’s the article in Vice. In case your not familiar with the conjoined Schappell sisters. I’m not saying that making fun of conjoined twins is funny or anything, but this costume makes me want to blow up.
In a side note, Reba (the smaller of the twins) is an aspiring country singer. And when she performs, her sister Lori has to pay admission to get in. And during the show, Lori is covered in a blanket.

Goya : Disasters of War

I dreamt last night that I was to watch 6 videos about the artist Goya. I woke up remembering the name, but not able to place the artist. So I looked him up and connected it to the work of Jake and Dinos Chapman.

But the weird thing is that tonight I was watching the Terry Zwigoff documentary of Crumb, and there was a Goya reference in it. I find that just a wee bit odd, an artist I’ve never even spent more than a moments thought on, is suddenly all over the place? In the same day? I’ve been looking at the work to try and figure out if it means anything. I dunno, pretty bizarro.

Yowza, hows it going? Me. pretty good. Had a good weekend tooling around with Adrienne. She’s in town to promote her clothing line and new product the caninja. Check this shit out :
Caninja Official Website
This is a seriously dope winter necessity. If you live in Winnipeg you need this shit. Leave it up to Adrienne to finally figure out what to do with all those “Cosby” sweaters hanging around. I’m rocking one non-stop, my office is freezing. Should be available at Kings Sports on Portage Ave. the Haberdashery on Corydon after today if you want to join the coolness.

Dream Diary:
Dreamt I got a call from the graphic designer at work saying he hurt his back/neck and wouldn’t be able to come to the office all week.
-update *Graphic Designer not in office today!* Magic? Physic? Coincidence? I’ll let you decide. (I think it’s magic)

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P.S. *Minneapolis peeps* I got a little happy with the delete button and lost your email address. If you check back, try again.

mike, me, alex

Originally uploaded by nicemag.

Sweet, Minneapolis rocked! We scored a room at the Hilton instead of the ghetto-ass Ramada we always stay in. Best beds ever.
We headed down to the Quest club for the Saves the Day show on Friday. Emo-ish rock music I guess, it was cool though. The crowd was insane and we had a wicked time. Minneapolis people are always so friendly to us. We also hit the MAll of America and the Albertville outlet mall for some serious cash spending. Alexis - you are crazy. I’ve never witnessed such efficient spending. You do not need to go shopping for at least a year. Thats an order.

I think I’m going to start recording my dreams here. I’ve never tried to have a dream diary before but I think it might be interesting. Okay
Last night-
I dreamt about getting permanent makeup- where they tattoo lip-liner on your lips. Pink lip-liner.

Nine Inch Nails tonight! Going down with Steph(she gave away her ticket … ), Heath, and Andy. I’m super excited, I love Trent Renzor.
Bye for now

So far so good. I’m heading out to Minneapolis this weekend with my good friend Alexis for some shopping. I’ll fill you in on the project before I take a break for a few days.
Our wall is now completely removed, its really great. The best part is the discovery of hardwood floors underneath the kitchen floor. So basically we’re already saving money, because now we don’t have to replace the floor. We’ll just refinish it. The house already feels better, it’s also perfectly set up for parties now. ‘think I’ll have to have another party to celebrate when its done. Possibly around Christmas?
See you later
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The demolition has begun. Andy decided it was time to start swinging the crowbar. When we decided to buy our house, we knew that removing the wall between the kitchen and the living room would be amazing. Having one gigantic open room is exactly what we wanted. The existing kitchen is a piece of junk, the cupboard are retarded sizes, there’s only *1* drawer, and its all shitty and old. This was the plan, smash it and replace it with a better, more functional kitchen. THats the plan.
I can tell you right now, this is going to be an insane project. I might as well just stock up on pizza pops right now because thats all I’m going to be eating for about 2 months. Its kinda fun though, scary, but fun.

BEFORE: This is the kitchen as we saw it at the open house. The cupboards are finished in spray-on rock finish.

Andy in the demo zone

As it is this morning. Looking good!

I’ll get around to posting an image of the “planned kitchen”. Right now these photos only allow you to see 1/2 the kitchen. We’ll be relocating most of the storage to the back wall, and leaving a countertop (sans sink) as a pass-over. The floor is going to have to go as well.
It might be interesting to tabulate a total cost of this project. I will update costs along with progress for study.
Cost so far = $Nothing$ (minor injury to Andy’s finger)