Wild Turley... Errr. . .. Sledgehammer Party

[digitaldiscipline]

So, as some of y'all may know, my new house has a garage.

Said garage is, kindly spoken, a fucking deathtrap - the list of fixes required noted on three separate housing inspections are all obviated by a closing statement essentially stating "structure cannot be salvaged."

So, in the fine tradition of my enjoying an adult beverage and some low-grade carnage, I'm planning on having a gathering of folks who are willing to get a little dirty and sweaty wielding crowbars and sledgehammers to knock the fucker over and throw the remains into a dumpster sometime after I assume ownership. (Future plans for the cement pad it sits on are unclear - making it a parking pad and putting up a basketball hoop? Building a new garage? Going with a prefab car port? Option D?)

Similarly, some sections of my exterior fence need some tough love, but that's a later concern - my stance on them is similar to my stance on furniture - until I can do just what I want, I'll hold off (plus, I don't know What I Want is defined as just yet as pertains to the fence, other than it will be tallish and intruder-unfriendly).

So, consider this to be fair warning that, sometime in August, I'm planning on supplying beer and weapons and maybe something to burn meat with in exchange for the blood and sweat of some friendly volunteers for Project Backyard Mayhem.

Comments

[singingwolf.livejournal.com]

The new place is in Tampa, right? Or am I missing something...

Carl and I are going to be visiting with netgoth and critus for at least the weekend of the 6th... so if demolition is planned (and hosts are participating) during that time, count us in.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure it'll be that early, but it sure could be. anytime after the 24th of july, really.

[singingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well foo...

I take it you aren't going to be in Tampa for that weekend either?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

errrr. .. . ?

the only time i'll be AFT (heh) is from the evening of the 22nd until the evening of the 24th, during which I'll be en route to NOLA, and packing our belongings into a truck for the return trip.

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

mmm. beer and weapons.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

i somehow knew this would get your attention. however, we're doing bludgeon-type, not ranged projectiles.

you're not pruning my hedges with an AR-15, toots.

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

awww maaaan! *sulks in corner*

[gargoyl.livejournal.com]

I demand a video of THAT party.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

video? not my baliwick. However, i do plan on taking a buttload of pix ["before" shots can be seen at www.digitaldiscipline.com/images/house ] from this past monday morning when K and I first laid eyes on the property in person.

[bitogoth.livejournal.com]

holy covet batman!

[netgoth.livejournal.com]

Barring anything like M's play, etc, count me in for some carniverous & cement carnage!

[etcet.livejournal.com]

muahahahahahaha. i kinda had you pencilled in already. *grin*

[netgoth.livejournal.com]

Somehow, why am I not surprised that you'd know I'd be up for carnage and flesh? ;)

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

You may have already done this, but it'd probably be good to check with the city to make sure you don't need a permit for the demolition of a whole structure. Oh, and if the place is that bad from bug damage, dust masks are definitely in order (breathing termite poo can be hazardous, I'm told, plus if there's lead paint or anything) in addition to the requisite safety goggles.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

good point. i doubt the city wants anything to do with my ramshackle garage [since it's on a pad in the backyard with a half-assed alley-access driveway], but that's not something that had occurred to me. hmmm.

and masks & goggles are definitely in the offing. they're industrial! *clank*

[whomajigi.livejournal.com]

I'll be there if I dont get distracted on my walk ove---ooh a penny!

*wanders off*

[etcet.livejournal.com]

pffffft!

[apotheon.livejournal.com]

sounds like fun
recommendation: Turn the concrete slab into a launch pad for the Mars worldship. A friend of mine is planning on building worldships to set up a colony on Mars and has designated me the official sociopolitical engineer to design the base legal system for the putative Libertarian paradise. We were thinking of purchasing a small island on which to build the launch facility, but really, Tampa would be much more convenient for me.

I was referred to your LJ by katyakoshka. I've seen your username somewhere before (probably the libertarianism community, I'd guess). Is there any chance I could procure an invitation to your shindig? I'll print myself a press pass, if need be, and show up with a digital camera.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

as for where you've seen me before, i would wager on cyberpunk and haiku_tuesday. i've not poked at any of the political communities (other than wildturkeyparty), because, no matter how much i may agree or disagree with the views expressed, i'd rather elevate my blood pressure playing with a belt sander or hockey stick, or looking at naked chicks, not arguing with another soft-around-the-middle-and-between-the-ears suburban white boy like myself.

i don't think the slab is large enough to support launching a payload the side of a tangerine without scorching my back porch-to-be, unfortunately. . . and the shambles that is the backyard fence would never do as a blast shield.

become known to me, sir, and you may find yourself welcome. you'll likely be petitioned to bring a circular saw and a prybar.

[apotheon.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I recall your presence on those two communities now. I just took a wild stab at which community it is in which I might have seen you based on where it seems most people have run across me.

I don't think I'm even a member on either cyberpunk or haiku tuesday any longer. Hmm.