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I really enjoyed Project Runway last night! I'm happy I didn't have to make anything with umbrellas! And I'm thrilled they didn't have to use leaves or grass clippings or whatever!
So we're getting to know the cast of characters a bit better. Vidal is what you would get if you took Jay, Santino and Keith and rolled them up into one person. Kendra is probably the most talented. I loved her plaid dress right from the first moment she picked her umbrellas. Those two are top three candidates, unless they completely screw up. Megan is a keeper simply because of her constant "I can't sew!" whine. She's on the verge of a nervous breakdown every time she approaches the machine. And it's soooo funny! The 20U is such an easy machine to learn and to use. It does only two stitches, straight and zig zag, and it has so few dials and controls. I only wish they'd show more of the sewing machines...sewing machine pr0n...stripped to the gears!
Iman seems to be finding her rhythm as host, she sounded less stilted this week. As I said, you don't measure up is far more appealing than the fashion victim line. The two weirdoes designers who make up heatherette were guest judges. I HATE HEATHERETTE! hate it. Pant with the asses hanging out is the least of their crimes against fashion. On the other hand...without Heatherette the girls at Go Fug Yourself would not have anywhere near as much material to feature. And finally...Brian Bailey in his wonderful Seventies Porn Star moustache. I would laugh more if I didn't have this thing for guys with moustaches... I find those seventies porn star 'staches appealing for some odd reason... hope he never loses that moustache... My hubby has had a 'stache at various times over the past almost twenty five years and he's looked totally cute in it...
I thing next week's challenge will be to design an outfit for the moms of the kids in the day care or make up a story about the mom ...there were plenty of little kids...and I wonder if this is going to be like the dog challenge only using kids instead of dogs. I hope they don't call kids a fashion accessory! Calling dog fashion's hottest accessory was in bad taste, dog aren't objects, they are living creatures, like amoeba or pond scum or insects and deserving of the same respect those three get.
On to other news. Also on last night was the greatest movie ever made about my life but it wasn't exactly like my life but it had elements similar to my life...I'm talking about Pretty in Pink, of course. She should have stuck with Ducky~! Okay...I KNOW I'm projecting my life into the movie...just because my Blaine believed rumours and false hoods doesn't mean that the real Blaine and his slightly weird fashion designer friend didn't work out and live happily ever after because it was just a movie after all~~ but she still would have been better off with a Ducky kind of guy; even if Ducky did end up years later on Two and Half Men being upstaged by an eleven year old kid. Still...in an odd coincidence the song by OMD from that movie was what woke me up this morning.
And also, while I was sketching some ideas I was in front of the television. The New Music was on, but it wans't featuring anything new. They were talking about the movie "Control" the story of Joy Division and they were talking about the band and the impact that three short years of JD had on the world of music. They included an interview with one of he members of Joy Division, Peter Hook. He's an old man now! Old and round and grey! That was really cool, in a time-keeps-marching-on way. He also mentioned that he likes some of the bands that have continued the JD legacy, mentioning two bands I really enjoy, Arcade Fire and The Killers. It was all quite a treat as Joy Division seems to be going through some type of revival these days, with documentaries, a movie of their lives, and other things. Here's a whole Metafilter thread about Joy Division with plenty more, The old guy...that was the best though...we are all getting older aren't we? I think it would have been far more disturbing to see him looking like some poorly preserved relic of the punk era, a bit too skinny, a bit too young looking, you know...creepy old guy trying to hard to hang onto his glory days of his youth. I first heard JD shortly before Ian Curtis's death, in spite of what I told John. Very bleak. I still consider Love Will Tear Us Apart "our song" in regards to Paul. Still one of my favourite bands. And I don't consider also liking New Order to be any type of betrayal, so get over it!
Last television thing...Here's the funniest and truest thing I've read about CSI:Miami ~~ It's from a message board and I'm quoting: CSI: Miami needs to get rid of Caruso. Fast. Also, Speed's ghost should become a regular. And lose Ryan and Natalia. Basically the show should be Speed's ghost helping Delko and Calleigh solve crimes. That would be so much better than what we have now. I hear ya, sister! That would be the best thing on Television. And our local newspaper TV review is such a moron he actually likes that awful Caveman show! He's the only person anywhere who has had something positive to say other than "the worst show in the history of bad television."
I am not an obsessed fan of CI. This woman here is the worlds most obsessed fan. She's spent thousand in a world wide effort to keep Sara on CSI:Las Vegas I like sara, I like the romance and if they get married and then send her off camera for the rest of the series then I could live with that. it wouldn't be the first time...she could be like Maris on Frasier...remember Niles' invisible wife? Or Norm from Cheers and his invisible wife. They don't need to kill her, just send her somewhere and keep her part of the show, just not on screen.
I'm working hard on the brown heather wool skirt. I have to carefully pick off the appliqués when sewing seams and darts otherwise they are too bulky. The fabric responds well to pressing. I'm going to need a lining for this as the weave is a bit loose. And I'm going to need to use a binding on all the seam allowances. The fabric is quite ravelly so a little extra care and attention will keep the thing from shredding while wearing. It took about ten minutes to sew the entire yoke, including the invisible zipper. Mr Anderson does a bang up job with invisible zippers! Fast and flat without that bubble that you sometimes get.
I'm also working on the plaid lumberjack shirt. It will take little time to make. I do one thing that maye seem odd and is not what pattern instruction say, but I find it works best for me. I always interface and sew up the picky little things first, like cuffs, collars, those little sleeve chimney shaped vents...all the little things that can drive a person crazy. I do them at the beginning while I'm still brimming with enthusiasm over a project, that way when I'm at the three quarter stage, when I'm starting to wonder "will this ever be done?" I'm simply sewing these to their correct places and I'm not bogged down in cuffs and turning collars. It makes it easier for me.
And one more odd little thing, I think I mentioned it long ago, and apparently it's still around. It's called SporeWorks and it has everything you need for growing your own mushrooms. Yummy! How about a front yard filled with Torks? Agricus Bitorquis grows like a weed around here, but not in the winter. They look like giant store mushrooms. Or perhaps some grifolas, or maybe some nice hericium? Yummy! Or perhaps a few Flammulinas? Either the white or the brown ones! Or maybe some nice mushroom fan would appreciate her very own Shittake log...keep it as a pet, water it frequently and occasionally harvest its fruit. That would be a wonderful present for someone who loves fungi!
And that's all for today. Now I must go and descale my dishwasher. it's filled with lime scale and makes this horrible noise. Later!
