After 3+ years of waiting, we finally got to see our condo today. Not a model, not a floorplan…our actual unit. There’s still work going on in the hallways and common areas, but our suite is (99%) finished. We had our inspection today. There were a couple of hiccups, but overall we’re pretty happy with it. The view’s even better than I expected, even if it’s all grey and wintery outside. I can’t wait to see it in the summer.

The only bad part of today was the attitude of the people who did the inspection with us. The first lady tried really hard to rush us through, and dismissed some of the things Nellie raised as potential issues. Granted, they were very small things, and the lady claimed that today was only about major problems, but everything we read told us that we should get everything acknowledged now. Then, when discussing the two major things down in the office, the people talked to us like we were morons and weren’t terribly helpful. That part was kind of frustrating, but it paled alongside the fun of actually setting foot in our own place. 5 weeks from today, we’ll be the official owners.

Nellie took a few pictures from the (rather huge) balcony too. I’ve put them in my flickr profile.

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There are times when you wish Onion headlines were true. This is one of those times.

Calling it the planet’s last, best hope for saving rock music, the Guardians of the Protectorate of Rock announced Monday that they would take the extraordinary step of unleashing a never-before-heard Jimmy Page riff, hidden for decades in a mythic, impenetrable vault.

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The Guardians said recent developments in the music world, such as the unaccountable popularity of the Dixie Chicks and Sufjan Stevens, have created a “perfect storm of lameness” from which rock might never recover. While Iommi refused to say when the vault would be opened, hard rock sources believe it will take place just prior to next month’s Fall Out Boy–Honda Civic tour, which many fear will suck the remaining lifeblood from all that still rocks.

Is Jack Black writing for The Onion these days?

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