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Things are really bustling here. Work is going like gangbusters and a lot of things around this project are coming together. But it feels like with every two steps forward we take one step back. And I don’t know if we can afford to be moving away from our goal.

The school is coming together, but that’s going to be down to the wire as well. We NEED to get all the painting done this weekend. I also need to wrap up on all the collateral work.

And somewhere in all of that I need to squeeze in a brother visiting, an out of town friend looking to relocate visiting and an opening party for the Degas exhibit at our local gallery. Oy… but it’s a fun life at the same time!

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For all you fans of Wallace and Gromit, the BBC has launced a new site and series of 10 shorts in anticipation of the new movie. Yup folks, there’s a new movie coming from the same folks who brought us Chicken Run: Aardman animations. So go can check out Wallace and Gromit’s Crackling Contraptions.

Also, for those of you keeping track we have a little under two weeks to get the school in shape. As I type this, the floors are drying from their second coat of polyurethane. We’ve also completed priming the walls. Once the floor is dry we’re going to paint the walls and build out the office, dressing rooms and the storage room. Then we need to install the mirrors (you would not believe how much mirrors cost!) and it’s go time. I just wish we had more than 11 days to get this all done!

Here’s a composite shot of the school taken before the floors were completed and any priming was done:

From the Amityville Record:

POLICE BLOTTER
The following incidents have been reported by the Amityville Village and Suffolk County Police Departments and other local fire and law enforcement agencies

NUDE DRIVER IN MVA

Amityville: Police were called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident at Merrick Road and Bayview Avenue Oct. 2. The accident occurred approximately 3:20 p.m. Upon their arrival police said Edward Shevlin, 35, of Clinton Ave., East Patchogue was found sitting behind the wheel nude of a 1987 Ford. Police said he was intoxicated and had struck another vehicle operated by Chester Sokolowski of Bay Shore. Shevlin was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

…thanks Glenn

Well, I liked the table problem at the Renaissance site. Heather sent me off in the right path. The problem was due to my flagrant misuse of HTML. Basically I was using an “li” tag without a “ul” tag (mainly because I hate what the “ul” tag does to formating). And IE apparently was choking on that usage and blowing out the tables.

We finished applying most of the first coat of polyurathane to the schools floors last night. This weekend we’ll be painting the interior and then next week a second coat goes on the floor. After that we build out the storage rooms and the dressing rooms. So close, so far, so little sleep.

busy clippers… Things are just flying by right now. Work has been hectic, but great. (side note: have you ever noticed that I like to write that something’s been crazy, then immediately follow it up with “but good” or “but great.” Sigh, it’s a sign of lazy writing I guess). Learning content for kodak.com keeps progressing.

As for the school, things are really shaping up. The ceiling is down, the lights are up and the floor has been redone. It’s looking beautiful. There’s still a ways to go though and only two weekends left to the festival and grand opening. That’s pretty scary!

Speaking of the school I spent most of last night updating the website. I now remember how much I hate and love web design. I’m still struggling with table rendering across different browsers. IE for some reason doesn’t want to constrain the navigation tables to the pixel widths I specified and I can’t figure out why…. Still, check it out at renMartialArts.com.

Things for the third annual Chinese, Indonesian and Filipino Martial Arts Festival are going great. We have a great line up this year and it should be two great days. Now if things would go smoothly for the Exact Theatre Project I’d be totally rockin’ and rolling. If anyone knows anyone willing to spot a couple thousand dollars to a struggling non profit, please let me know.

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