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I haven’t been doing a lot of these “Hobbit-hole” updates lately, but don’t let that fool ya. I’ve been working round the clock for the last 2 weeks to get the new office studio up and running, and keeping the video diary. The only reason I haven’t been posting them is that I’ve been too exhausted each night when I call it quits. Here are some updates from the past week:

I’d like to thank all the people who came to help me: Darragh, Joshua, Jay, my dad, and most of all Myke who took days off work and drove up from DC to help, hanging through a 14 hour day of painting and two more days of back-breaking labor.

The most wonderful thing is that I didn’t actually ask anyone for help. I felt that would be too much to ask of people, and was prepared to do it all myself. Everyone listed above just heard I closed on the place and was working and volunteered to come help. That’s love.

Posted on October 13, 2009 at 6:36 pm by PeatB
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The Portuguese translation of The Painted Man, O Homem Pintado, is publishing on October 20. My last post showed the video trailer my Portuguese publisher, Gailivro, made, a live action bit of video to rival Fabryka Slow’s video trailer in sheer awesomeness.

Also, someone translated the Gailivro promo video and posted it to YouTube. As I expected, it’s awesomeness remains undiminished in English. Check it out:

But the greatness of Gailivro doesn’t stop there. I just found out they also designed a promotional t-shirt, which they are giving away FREE with an advance online purchase of O Homem Pintado made before October 15, 2009.

The front of the shirt is the book title, O Homem Pintado (The Painted Man), and the tagline, Entra Num Mundo Onde a Noite Pertence Aos Demonos (Enter a World Where Night Belongs to Demons).

Sure, that’s not so impressive, but wait. There’s more. Pull it over your head to reveal a demon face printed on the inside of the shirt to act as an instant demon mask! How fucking cool is that?

So FYI, if you think that’s even half as awesome as I do, you still have seven days to order one.

Galivro is also offering the first chapter of the Portuguese translation for free on the internet with a really cool flash interface.

Also, a few Portuguese blogs have been mentioning the book:

Planetmarcia: Portuguese / English

Booktailors: Portuguese / English

Odisseias Fantasticas: Portuguese / English

Estante de Livros: Portuguese / English

O Cantinho da Tati: Portuguese / English

Posted on October 8, 2009 at 6:12 pm by PeatB
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The most awesome thing I’ve ever seen:

Posted on October 6, 2009 at 2:24 pm by PeatB
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Jinx is my cat. I love her dearly, though I seldom know why.

I went to the fridge just now looking for something to eat. I missed dinner because I was working. I saw a chicken and decided to cut some meat off it for a sandwich.

Of course, Jinx came running before I even got the carving knife. She started rubbing against my legs and yapping. I am not totally fluent in cat, but having grown up around them, I am at least at a conversational level. Here is my translation of what she was saying.

“What’s that you got there? Chicken? I like chicken. Did you know I like chicken? I’m pretty sure I told you I like chicken, but in case you forgot that I like chicken, I thought I’d remind that I like chicken. Because I do like chicken. I like chicken a lot. Do you think I could have some of that chicken? You seem to have a lot of chicken, enough to share, I think. I would be happy to share that chicken with you if you want, because I like chicken.”

It went on for some time. Eventually I gave her some just to shut her up. Man, that bitch can talk your ear off!

Posted on October 3, 2009 at 11:08 pm by PeatB
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I hate stucco. Seriously. It is ugly and impossible to work with.

Day 3 Progress 1:

Day 3 Progress 2:

Posted on October 3, 2009 at 10:43 pm by PeatB
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