dang Chris... now you gone and set off my Sunday all wrong... lol
ok, here's the deal... go to
netzero.net at the top it says sign up for free internet service. Click on it and sign up bubba! simple as that.. now you'll have to put up with an ad banner at the top of your page while connected but for FREE? $9.95 a month removes the ad banner.
Public libraries almost ALWAYS have internet of some kind. It's part of this big federal push at information access... if the one you move by doesnt, ask and I bet they can tell you one that does... and it's free!
now as far as modeling in an apartment I can't tell you more than everyone else always has... just start out slow on your acrylics and buy only what you need for the specific plane... remember the enamels can still be used for brushing... flat black, silver, aluminum etc... you'll still need those colors so use them and dont buy them in acrylics and ya save $$$.
Good luck bubba! If I didn't live so far you could come model at my desk now and then, from the description of yours, you'd feel right at home with mine
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you could always be the loving and caring daddy/husband and make your family wear respirators while you are modeling, or better yet you said 2 bedroom... make one a hobby room and make em go sit in the other when ya wanna model!
Of course after 1 day of that, you'd be trying to figure out how to model from under the overpass with all the other homeless people...