I Suck At Wall Mounting A Television

last night, you would have thought it was like christmas at my place.

after searching around for wall mounts, i ordered the sanus mf202 in silver from amazon.com. i had figured that i might as well order one to see what the installation process would be like for wall mounting a television... because i suck at wall mounting a television. karen and i had talked awhile ago about wall mounting the television in our bedroom. we also talked about wall mounting a 52 inch television in the spacious office/workout/dance arena/thunderdome area too. (we don't have a 52 inch television. we just have two chairs facing a blank wall right now. it's very sad.)

needless to say, i ordered the wall mount. as is commonplace for when i order things online, it rained during the delivery of the item... proof yet again that mother nature does not like me. i can't remember the last time i ordered something online and not had it rain on the day it was being delivered. i'm pretty used to seeing the shipment stuffed in a plastic bag now.

anyway, when karen and i got home last night... there was the package (in a plastic bag of course). and like any good kid on christmas, i immediately tore the package open. from there, it was only a matter of time before i actually started installing the wall mount for the television. if only i had such enthusiasm for doing other home improvement projects...

the installation actually did not take long at all. all i had to do was secure the wall mount to a stud (not me of course... a stud of the wood variety); attach the bracket to the back of the television; remove the base of the television; and then just slide the bracket into the wall mount and tighten one screw. the hardest part was actually connecting the cable from the wall to the television. and of course, in typical mike fashion, i had to create a new custom cable from the wall to the television because the length of the original cable was just too long.

(pictured below is the television mounted on the wall. in case anyone is curious, hot amy's boytoy... also known as jacoby ellsbury... is circling the bases after his homerun last night.)


so far... the television has not come crashing down yet. i guess that's a good sign. hopefully, it will remain attached to the wall for a long time...