I'm finally moving!

[Rankenphile]

As many of you may know, I've been in a living situation that can only be described nicely as "rough". I've had no room for case modding or any other art or design projects for a very, very long time.

Well, I found out today that our application for a duplex unit was approved, and I get to move next week. This is very, very exciting news for me and my fiance. I won't have the garage I was hoping for yet, so I still won't be able to do much case modding, but I'll have room for lots of other art stuff and will be able to do a bunch of reviews and such much more frequently once we get settled in, so watch for that.

Anyway, I just found out, and am stoked about it and thought I'd share it with you guys.

WOOHOO!!!

[CanaBalistic]

Hey, thats great news! I know moving into a better place allways got me stoked and im extremly hard to excite so i bet your just bouncing off the walls right now.

Congrats & Good Luck With The Move!

[GT40_GearHead]

glad to hear that Ranken, hope to see some of youre work soon, good luck to you and youre girl,ouu and find a trusty moving firm, to be on the safe side :D

[Rankenphile]

We'll be moving it all ourselves. We're not moving too far - about 30 miles from where we are staying. The place is about half a mile from the garage of the house we were trying to tear down, which we still will be tearing down but we couldn't wait any longer. A lot of our stuff is being stored in that garage, so it is only a few trips back and forth to move the majority of it.

[GT40_GearHead]

that's good thing no need for extra money :D

[Rankenphile]

I've never had extra money.

[maximan1]

Great!!! I have a nice big house with a nice SMALL backyard, and its in a complex so I can't paint in the front yard. Good for you!

[OvRiDe]

Great news Ranken!! So is this a temporary spot until you can move into the place you have been talking about? and will we see any progress on the Arcade mod!?!? :D

[Rankenphile]

Well, Arcade mod still on hold until we get the larger place with the garage, but with any luck I can finally at least do smaller mods. I've got a TON of ideas in my sketchbook, including the awesome-est heavy metal mod ever conceived of by man.

Most likely it will be smaller component mods, like the Rumble Mouse Mod I've been wanting to do and a Classic Gaming system for the time being, at least until we get more room. Not much room at the moment for sanding or painting, I don't think. I dunno though, we'll be moving in next week and I'll have a better idea of what I'm working with.

I've got some individual components for the Arcade Mod in progress, like the light bars and things of that nature, that may make a come-back, but I'm still not ready to tackle a big project like that until I've got more room to work. My father-in-law (to be) is at the tail end of finishing his metalworking shop, however, which will prove a very valuable resource when the time comes.

[CanaBalistic]

Arcade mod eh... Intresting... Sounds familliar...

Do you plan to tear down that house yourself? Thats what i do for a living. Great stress reliever.

[Rankenphile]

Hell, wanna come a little bit south and make some american dollars? hehehe

Yeah, I've got a Galaga cabinet I'm converting and restoring. It's been a long time since I've gotten much done on it, though, due to circumstance.

[CanaBalistic]

Do you plan to put the galaga game back into it? You can get new game boards that'll give you like 50+ games.

Coincidence? From where i was working on thursday i could see over the boarder :) 8th ave

[Rankenphile]

Actually, I was planning on putting a modded Xbox into the cabinet, along with all sorts of neat effects and such.

You'll see.