But, you know, American public schools like pretending he was a hero, so, let's raise a glass.
On another note, I went to the fabric store yesterday with my mother to get the materials for my Halloween costume. Four hours later (two of which were dedicated to hand-pleating), I was finished with said costume. Pardon my excitement, but I feel the necessity to continuously show off the teaser picture.
Can YOU tell what it is? Let's face it, it's pretty goddamn iconic.
Also, this was really fun to make. I didn't have a pattern or anything, basically because I was all like "frig that. I work in a costume shop. I earn my bread by making and tailoring clothes. I got this in my sleep."
I got twenty minutes into the project, and started thinking such cockiness probably wasn't a good idea. But, oh, wait, I actually did have this shit in my sleep, and I'm telling you, even my mom (who has been sewing for over fifty years, and is the best I know) was extremely impressed. See also: it's just plain hard to impress my mom, so, O HAI EGO, YOU SO BIG I FLOAT AWAAAAAAAAY!
In other news, I am aware that I haven't updated in a while. No, that's not an apology, that's an "here, have a long entry."
I updated my photography fairly recently. Granted, I'm still using the camera phone to take pictures, but, it's the quality of the photographer and not the camera that counts, right? Some linkage to that craftiness:
Gladiator's Chain mail by ~Aelfie on deviantART
Calm After the Storm by ~Aelfie on deviantART
It's supposed to rain today. A lot. This is going to be great.
When I got home last night, my superstitious neighbor saw my shiny car and asked "So, A, did you take that some place, or do it yourself?"
"Oh, I did it myself, yesterday." I replied.
"So it's your fault it's going to rain."
I found this to be more hilarious than it probably should be.
