I’m currently in a war with my house, and the house is winning. My beautiful home theater is in ruins. All the work I’ve put into this project has been set back untold weeks and considerable sums of money. Being a homeowner is an exercise in frustration, and honestly, it’s hard to see any light at the end of this tunnel right now.
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I’ve been renovating the basement in my new house into a home theater for a couple months now, and the room has seen a remarkable transformation in that time. Even so, with as much work as I’ve put into this and as far as we’ve come, I’ve lately hit the point where it seems like the thing will never be finished.
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I bought the house, I tore down and stripped everything out of the old basement, and I’ve dealt with the plumbing issues. Now, finally, it’s time to start building something. Construction has begun in earnest on my new home theater. For perhaps the first time, I actually feel like this thing is coming together.
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Anyone who’s ever lived through a home renovation or construction project can undoubtedly tell you that unexpected problems and cost overruns are pretty much par for the course. As a first-time homeowner trying to build a home theater in the basement, I’m learning the reality of this the hard way. The thing that’s currently sucking the dollars out of my pocket like a Hoover: plumbing.
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Last week, I revealed that I recently bought a house and am in the process of converting its basement rec room into a proper home theater. As anyone who’s done this before will tell you, before you can build something new, you have to tear down the old. This is actually the fun part.
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In today’s poll, I’d like you, our readers, to help me make an important life decision. All right, maybe it’s not that important. Nonetheless, I’d like some input. As I mentioned last week, I will be moving to a new house next month. Of the many decisions that Mrs. Z and I are faced with, we have to choose whether to keep our landline phone service, or dump it and just rely on our cell phones. I’m leaning one way, but Mrs. Z the other. What do you do at your home?
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Momentous changes are afoot. After years (decades, honestly) of apartment living, Mrs. Z and I have finally bought a house. We closed on the purchase a couple weeks ago and will move in January. In the meantime, the place needs some work, including an electrical overhaul and, of course, the conversion of its basement rec room into a proper home theater. This is where the hard part begins.
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Comic-Con has just wrapped up, which means that a ton of new posters and advertising were released for movies upcoming in 2012 and 2013. Here’s a peak at a few of the posters that made the rounds as Comic-Con exclusives. (Plus one poster that insists Dominic Monaghan looks tough with a gun. When will they learn?)
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In this edition of Posterizing, we have a pretty eclectic mix of new movie posters. Some are good, others decent, and yet others just weird.
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As the summer rolls along, we get to see more new posters for some of the year’s soon-to-be biggest hits. A few indie films have also been peppered in with them for good measure.
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