Look out, here comes Audrey II
The puppet has left the building. Thank heavens.
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Journal
Finis!
We finished the puppets today! The only thing left to do is wait for the truck tomorrow. Well, I’m also updating the packing instructions with photos. This is my friend Lance posing like one of those models from the 1950 instruction manuals. It amuses me a great deal that he’s pretending to read the instructions
Fire Drill
I had to run out to the studio tonight to pin together a piece for Martha to stitch tomorrow. When I got there, I turned on the florescent lights and immediately heard a crackling sound followed by a burning smell. Yikes. I turned them off and turned on the flashlight that Rob had brought from
The end is in sight
Martha and I spent the day cheerfully working on the puppets. I say cheerful because we are almost finished with them. I am so very, very relieved. I’ll pack them on Monday and ship them on Tuesday. Hurrah!
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Koren’s Birthday
I’ve been so wrapped up in the puppets that I nearly forgot Koren’s Birthday is today. Happy Birthday!
Speaking of repairs
This is a photo of Maggie’s repair. She is lying on her back in Rob’s arms. It was the only way we could get her to hold still long enough to take a photo.
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Little Shop of Horrors
These are the puppets from Little Shop of Horrors which I am repairing. This is what Pod #3 looks like without skin.
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Craig’s List
Thanks to the wonder of Craig’s list I now have two assistants, one of which has built a set of Audrey II’s before. We had a very productive day and I’m feeling like we might actually finish all of the parts ontime. I’m not out of the woods yet, but I’m starting to feel like
Can’t find good help these days…
Teddi called me this morning half an hour before she was supposed to be at work and announced that she didn’t think she was the right person for the job. She quit because of the commute. I’m scrambling to find someone else.
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Audrey II Repairs
I spent the day at the studio with my new employee, Teddi, working on repairing the grabbing branches of Audrey II. They were pretty mangled, but are functional again, and might even look nice. We’ll see. I don’t think I’m going to have the Finale branches repaired by Monday, but I’ve come to the conclusion
Editing
I spent most of the day editing a short story today, trying to cut 800 words out of it. Why 800? It was close to 9000 words, which I thought was too long. I had often heard the advice to cut 10% of a story and thought I would try it, to see what happened.
Comments
Blogger has added a feature so that you can post your name with your comments. Just click on “Other” rather than “Anonymous” and you can type any name in that you wish. Nifty, hm?
Exercise?
I biked fourteen miles today. That’s six miles to the studio and then home again, as well as a one mile to meet a writing group and then a mile home. I’m a little tired, but feeling very satisfied. Rob is doing situps. I think he’s feeling left out.