Falling Behind... it's the story of my life

I've been slammed.

Between catching up on my backlogged wedding movie edits, building a jaguar, designing church logos, planning the furnishings for the church library, creating a new ad for Brides.com magazine, working on the TCCBC's Relay for Life logo, eHometours, prepping our house for sale, doing photographers' promo video shoots, tooling with my car's tire pressure sensor gauge, and a myriad of other things, I haven't been blogging as much as I have been.

I'm going to try to catch you up a little...

Building a Jaguar Parts 4, 5, and 6.
Part 4


After the screen mesh is in place, it's time to finish the clay formations (head and paws.) Then, with papier maché (or "paper" maché, for you Anglophiles,) you cover the entire animal - from head to tail. I sprayed the clay with matte finish primer/sealer to allow it to soak less water.



The papier maché consists of unreadable, biased newspaper (SF Chronicle, or the NY Times, if you can get it) torn to strips. The strips are dipped in a one-part-Elmers-glue/one-part-water solution; finger squeagied to avoid over-soaking; and applied to the form.



After it dries we go to step 5.

Part 5

Part five entails discovering that the jaguar's head is too heavy, surgically removing it with an exacto knife and pliers (the quintessential one-two punch of tool combos for all respectable surgeons.) Then replacing the head with a rubber ball and balled-up newspaper wrapped in duct tape.

Part 6

After papier maché-ing the entire animal and letting the 'skin' dry, we move to paint. I initially tried tempra paint, which, because I bought the cheapest brand I could find, applied too thin and didn't properly coat the jaguar. I returned the unused bottles and came back with good old fashioned Krylon Spray Paint.

Next we will add the tail, spots, ears, and facial features.

Rosie O'Donnell Gets Canned

Of course you've heard the story. Rosie O'Donnell finally leaves ABC's The View. The official statement is that she couldn't come to a contract agreement, but I imagine the behind-closed-door-meetings went something like this:

Rosie: Yes, Mr. McPherson? You wanted to see me?
Steve: You know how you and Trump keep feuding?
Rosie: Yes?
Steve: Do you think you could do an impression?
Rosie: I dunno. It's been a while since I've -
Steve: Here's mine: You're Fired.