Last night, I
went to bed around 10:30. The, as usual, I awoke and did some tossing and
turning and then, as happens every morning bright and early at around 4:00 – to
- 4:30 am, Leon came meowing onto my bed so I got up. But it was only 2:10 am.
It was weird because I felt completely rested.
•
The pompoms are
done and they look “good enough.” Progress is slow on the cheerleader, but at
least it exists. Today I am working on her skirt.
I’ve got a system
now for the skirt, thank God. I find every article or technique needs a “manufacturing”
system; the repetitive aspects of all I do (the part I like best) is most
enjoyed when I kind of turn myself into an assembly line.
I have figured
out how paste the papers together and to do the folds in a way that yields the
results that I want. It was not easy.
I want a
two-tone skirt and I want the yellow part to be barely visible when the skirt
is at rest but much more visible with movement. I plan to use wire to give the
skirt a bit of a lift to reveal the coloration. The challenge is to get the
look and the fit – that is very hard
with paper; cloth is, of course, much more forgiving and elastic. Although I know
what I want, I also know that it may turn out differently than I expect. Photos
will come soon.
•
Moonlight was an
incredibly moving glimpse into a very foreign world. It is arresting in every
way: The script, the cinematography, the editing and the acting. It was a
privilege to see it. I loathe so many movies; you have to celebrate when
something of genius like Moonlight
comes along.
•
I’ve been
tracking hits on this blog since October 11th when I noticed a
really sharp increase in visitors. For years, I’d been getting about
twenty-to-forty hits a day. Since October 11th, though, accurately,
I have been getting 569 hits a day — that’s the actual average; I have a
spreadsheet.
In the last
week, I have had 4,600 hits from France, 225 from Canada, 58 from the USA, 24
from Ukraine and 15 from the UK. Other countries have less than 10 hits.
•
Last night, I
went to bed around 10:30. The, as usual, I awoke and did some tossing and
turning and then, as happens every morning bright and early at around 4:00 – to
- 4:30 am, Leon came meowing onto my bed so I got up. But it was only 2:10 am.
It was weird because I felt completely rested.
 |
| I had one of these. It was my first. |
No comments:
Post a Comment