Cribs
Reading a meme on Aretela's blog the other day got me to thinking. Let's say you were one of those folks who's home is so "impressive" that you're going to be profiled on MTV's Cribs. What is the one thing in your house that's just silly, that's going to make people sit there and go, WHOA! Yknow, like Big Boi's stripper pole in his basement, (though in retrospect it's kinda normal to have those poles in basements only most people call them structural poles.) or the wicked crazy waterfall/pool that the one guy from Blink 182 has.
Me?
I'd build a batting cage in my backyard. Not just any cage, though. It'd be a scale version of Wrigley Field. The only change would be the lack of infield dirt since it'd be all grass, all the time. How hott would that be? Maybe 200' to straightaway center, 180' to the corners It'd be hott. OK, maybe it's 175' to center and ~150' to the corners.
How amazing would that be? Paint a pitching machine up in pinstripes and put a big old 22, or 34 on the back and launch 'em over the ivy every morning. That'd be brilliant.
Then, in the fall, you could play football. Yknow, pretend you're Gayle Sayers breaking away up the middle towards the dying ivy. It's be amazing.
Right, so that's what I'd have at my house. What would the rest of you have? Anything?
Also- Ozomatli/Wilco/Beastie Boys reviews are forthcoming.
I'd like a fireman's pole. That way I can slide down all cool like Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters. Oh, I'll also have an elevator to get back up to the second floor. It will only go up.
I'd also install a single lane bowling alley in the yard so I can piss off the neighbors at night. During the daytime it will double as a beer slide...great for those hot summer days. I know it doesn't sound very extreme, but that's what I'd do...
I don't know if this is Cribsworthy, but it's my own eccentricity.
I would have a comfort room. The walls would be lined with books, there would be two or three extremely comfortable reclining chairs, a couple of end tables with table lamps that give good reading and sewing light. Each chair would have a blanket, as the room temperature would be kept quite cold. Oh yeah, and there would probably be a laptop so I could maintain my internet addiction. This room would be the place where I curl up and hideaway when I am tired of dealing with people. Oh and there would be a keypad lock on the door.
I'd add a Moby room -- basically, I'd just take Moby and his apartment (as seen on Cribs) and just tack them onto our house as an addition. (Heck, they'd probably fit where the three-season porch is now.)
I dunno how useful it'd be, though. Maybe I could feed him lentils in exchange for ProTools. Or we could toss him in the trunk with a keyboard and practice amp and drive around town, pretending we're a car commercial.
Nice, yo. K2 and Xay you've both got a really good understanding of what I'm talking about here. It's not about amping up the value of something useful- it's about feeding your hobby, having something that's only functional for something you don't need to do in order to function day in and day out.
Like a music room, or Moby's entire apartment, or a firepole.
Like, I need music to survive, but it's not a need- it's a want. Yknow, like back in 2nd grade social studies when you studied needs and wants.
So if I ever do invest in real estate, I'm going to do it big. We're talking several thousand acres of big sky country complete with mountains, forests, streams, wild animals, all that stuff. So if the trail ride isn't your thing and the views from the west facing hot tub room aren't good enough for ya (moveable glass to keep the heat in the winter and let cool in in the summer), and the 20 seat screening room doesn't just doesn't suit, then I invite you down to the 6 lane bowling alley for a few beers from the bar, a few games, and some good country music on the juke box. Which leads me to the big question--who is winning the powerball and giving half of their money to me?
Wilco's new one is interesting... As for the Beasties, damn they're good.
very simple, but very expensive: the largest f*ing waterford crystal chandelier that the ceiling beams will support, directly over the bed in the master bedroom.
well, i've got a bunch of things that i would have in my house to make it "uber-bitchin'".
1. i would have ted williams' cryogenically frozen head somewhere on display.
2. (and i don't mean to steal this from you but i have had this idea for ever) the backyard would be a replica of fenway. so i would have one really tall fence in right, and the other fences would be at really odd angles. i would then play wiffle ball in it (so it would be really small, it would be tough to send a wiffle over the monster)
3. i would have my own fucking brewery in the basement.
i am shamed. i was thinking about something in right field, i don't know why, so i stated that the monster is in right. we all know it is in left. i don't deserve to have my replica now.
charlie, you still deserve your replica. and of the many people i know, you're on the short list of folks who i wouldn't think stole my idea. cuz, yeah that totally sounds like something you'd want.
al, i don't know who's winning powerball, but damn it'd be fun.
cath, ummmm. your wish scares me, yo. cuz, what if it falls or something? i know you said "that the ceiling beams would support," but i guess i'm not as trusting as you are.
oh come on. what is the likelihood of *that*?
especially after I upholster the ceiling and all the bedroom walls in that foam stuff they have stapled to the walls up at the shack, in order to reduce noise? (Wonder if it comes in red?)
Heh, ok that's brilliant.
Almost as brilliant as the time CK and I soundproofed my living room for a party.
did i say red? i meant burgundy. clearly.
http://www.silentsource.com/afoams-hushfoam.html
[for bonus points: the shaque d'amour seems to be upholstered in Sonex]
http://www.silentsource.com/afoams-sonex.html