Moving in.... for the kill?

Almost done moving.

This past weekend just about everything got done for the new townhouse. the movers came and did their thing, the rogers guy hooked up my cable internet, and the satellite installer guy mounted my dish and ran cables.

I was worried that i wasn't going to get everything packed up and ready for the movers to take when they came on saturday, because i had the flu mid-week last week. but a couple of nights hard work on thursday and friday pulled it off, and mostly everything was sorted, boxed, and disassembled. they did all the heavy lifting, and were really good about it, except they werent smart enough to get my giant leather hide-a-bed downstairs. they got it part way without really thinking about it, and then being stuck, just backed out and said forget it.

me: want me to take off the railing on the stairs, so it wont be in the way?
them: no, no, it won't even come into play, you'll see.
ten minutes later, and after much grunting...
them: ok lets take off this railing, its stopping us from taking it down the stairs.

me: what if you turned it around this way, and then that way?
them: listen, we do this sort of thing every day, just stay out of the way and shut up.
ten minutes later... failure.

geniuses they are not. after they left (I told them to leave the railing off), i took out the mechanical bits inside the couch that made up the bed, and with loralei helping, i easily got the couch downstairs. all it took was a bit of forethought and measurement.

the cable guy from rogers was probably the most rude cable installer I've ever had. he comes in and says "where do you want the modem?", so i take him downstairs and show him the demarcation point, and he says "i just need to know where you want the modem". well, i was getting to that. fine, here, in the computer room. figure it out for yourself. and he did. most other cable guys at least try and chat you up for a minute while they go about their install. maybe he was late or something.

the satellite installer guy shows up a little later, which is good, because the movers had finished and i was still getting the tv set up and all that. had to coordinate with the superintendent, to make sure he was going to mount it properly. so its mounted on the brick in front of the townhouse now, quite solidly, and out of the reach of hooligans. its also aligned properly with this guys spectrum analyzer, so we should never have outages in bad weather again, in theory. he used the existing cable running upstairs rather than fishing another cable through the wall. some kind of multiplexer that allows my cablemodem and the satellite feed to work on the same wire. fancy stuff.

the projector room is set up nicely now, but the only problem is the wall im using for a screen is unevenly shiny. someone did a half assed paint job there and I'm going to need to re-paint in the springtime. After some research, I've determined light grey paint will work the best with the projector for good contrast. repainting other rooms is a possibility too, but maybe its better to wait till the wedding is over and done with.