Voyage to the bottom of the Masculine Brain

" Your not supposed to marry playmates you jerk off to them!"

Thanks Andy.

I had a bad day at work I spent 12 hours with a bunch of old school guys that thought success meant a big home on a hill a wide screen TV and a bevy of big titted blondes. The ring leader was a rock singer in a band well past their prime. They would have been reduced to playing supermarket openings and state fairs if reality TV didn't film his life and give him another 15 minutes. He has a room full of yes men all wanting a piece of his approval with their sloppy blondes, second hand luxury cars and homes in the valley.

Everyone went out of their way to make me know they thought I was a freak for not embracing their opinions of what's hot. They were shocked to hear I am happily married. Sixteen years. "What no sex with others?" Sorry no cheating, orgies or free love wife swapping. Somebody put these guys in the museum of sex under 70's relics.

More proof about being stuck in the past Punk rock is still a threat.


I couldn't even pretend be interested in their strip mall halter topped permed hair 70's planet.

punkerama

I love the movie SLC Punk.


Punk rockers in a hick town, after the fact. That was my scene. I lived in a hick town and loved punk rock. Didn't have a mohawk, didn't live in squalor, I lived with my parents and rode the bus. Bought magazines read about the lifestyle dreaming about going far away.

I wasn't political never went to rallies just like the music and the fashion.

I take the bus I must be lame...

I hate taking the bus. There's always a babbling crazy person. The bus smells like a toilet.

I took the bus to save time and a truck hit the bus, everyone had to get off the bus. I could have walked to my destination faster.

Photographing Shiny things

I like silver I was asked to make a crown from holiday garland. I still haven't figured out how to shoot silver without blowing it out or making it look dull.

These boots

This weeks adventure make a giant cowboy boot hat. Don't make it flat like a paper hat.
It's a giant tube with a wedge.

I have no Mouth and I must Scream

This job was 1 week ago. Make dirty mice. The only way the shade could be matched to the original was mixing acrylic and dumping it on a baby blanket. I had to blast through the dried paint with my industrial machine. Huge plastic pilled lumps.
The stuffing needed to match I had an old stuffed doll I gutted. I saw the same doll on ebay going for 50.00 it didn't sell. I did feel bad about hacking it apart but I needed the discolored foam more.

Welcome to my mess

I am obsessed with sewing machines, I love industrial machines. I can talk for hours about my machines. My mechanic Dave was on my Christmas card list. I like to sew leather, neoprene, inner tubes, Naugahyde, Velcro and cardboard. My Juki 563 is a monster. I've owned 4 walking foot machines before this and this is the one.

I also own a Bernina 217. Dave called and said there's a machine for sale it will change your life. I was skeptical. Dave is a hustler and it seemed like a drug deal. Bring cash.
I figured he was about to be evicted and we drove to the machine. A security guard met us at the gate of a huge mansion and led us to a guest house. Before he opened the door he said "cash only". The machine was everything ran smooth like a watch, perfect stitches and a drawer filled with pressure feet. I was escorted to my bank and emptied my savings account. I love that machine.

The brother serger was another one of those deals. The price dropped by 100.00 every hour by 4 pm it was a steal.

Last year I worked as set as a tailor on a weight loss show. I dusted the lint off my Hobby portable. It took at least 10 minutes to adjust the tension. After altering a ruffled dress with an invisible zipper and none of the threads caught it was time to bury the machine.

I bought a Pfaff 2023. Nothing fancy but solid. After several jobs designing lingerie I got frustrated by the lack of stitches. I traded in my 2023 for a 2170. It's fantastic. The stitches are so great I forget it's a sewing machine.