So I have been working with my friend Adam for the last 2 weeks. It has been a blast because I have been learning so much, but the days have been super long, and SOOOO much stress has been involved because of long hours, lack of sleep, lashing out at eachother for no damn reason other than the fact that we're super stressed. It sucks because we have worked our asses off and we still missed the deadline, but things were going pretty well regardless. I have learned so much through this process, and the coolest part about this project is the fact that I have already seen "The dark knight" in theaters, and it was 4 days before it came out in theaters. The premier was awesome and the kicker was that we got in for free. I spent most of the time "mocking up" the mannequin, which involves heating clay and uniformly putting it on whatever neccesary parts. Once the parts were actually sculpted I had the pretty easy, but time consuming job of making a **** TON of molds for the pieces. I made 41 molds in all and there are still 3 to go. I was there for 6 days, only having time to work and sleep, barely even stopping to eat. I didn't even realize until today how much work that I actually did. I saw the molds laid out on the table and was amazed that I had poured all but two of the 43 molds laying on the table. This damn batsuit has 60 some odd number of pieces!!!!

The best part was that on the first day of work with Adam, he told me that no one EVER touches the cowl but him (The cowl is the hat/ mask for the suit) well he had me working on the cowl 2 days in a row, I was absolutely flattered that he let me near it, but I have suprised him with how quickly I have picked up the entire process. There have been so many snags in this project, between bad product, **** weather, bad paint, insane deadlines and tons of stress from it all, we still have kicked ass. Luckily enough we were able to push the deadline back by 2 weeks so we wouldn't kill ourselves trying to get it done, because three days ago I pulled a 24 hour work day with no breaks, just long enough to grab a sandwich and back to work. Adam had to run a bunch of errands, and I was at the shop by myself working like a mad woman. It is definitely paying off, although the money won't come in for awhile, they all see me as an asset to the business, and they know that they have a good helper when they need it, amoung the rest of the BS I have an awesome new group of friends. None of them even smoke cigs, none of them are drinkers or do drugs, all of them are mature and responsible people who respect me for working so hard. I am utterly exhausted from the week that I've had especially after a nasty case of chemical contamination. At about 3 a.m. last night I felt like I was about to pass out. I had been feeling a little sick for over 24 hours, but I figured it was from lack of sleep, but what I found out is that the chemicals used for the molding process can cause a slew of health problems, and I had been up to my ears in it for 4 days straight. I was trying to play hero by toughing it out, but I was only a few hours away from having seizures or going into anaphylactic shock. I was trying to be a tough girl, and I almost paid the price. When I told Adam I had an earache, sore throat, was seeing spots and felt twitchy he chased me out of the shop, made me drink a ton of water and made me sleep for a record 8 hours (the most sleep that I had before that was 4 hours) I still feel rough today but I am definitely better. Adam isn't one for patting anyone on the back for a job well done, but he said, "Bottom line, you've done a hell of a job..." that in itself was worth all the hard work, because a compliment like that is very rare coming from him. So we still have quite a bit of work to go on the suit, but I came home to recover from getting sick, and to catch up on sleep. But I'll be back to work in the next few days to help complete the suit. I'll be getting some pics posted of the suit and the work that I've done.

All in all it has been a hell of a week, but it's rewarding to see what I have learned and accomplished in the last 6 days, and how much I have sacrificed to see an amazing artist get back on his feet. So, Wojo, I don't know if you'll read this, but it is beyond worth it, because I know that this suit getting sent out will get you back to where you want to be, and I'm glad I can be of some help to you. Thanks for the learning experience like I said before, and more than anything... stop burning yourself with the effin clay.... "Yeah, you don't do that..."

Good Times!

So i just got back from Gator's... I'm lucky I can type right now. it was such a blast, and I got way beyond wasted... I met all the rock-a-holics I've been talking to online, and it was so much fun, but after volenteering for the chugging contest it went positively downhill from there. I ended up making out with a gorgeous girl in the bathroom and my dad passed the hell out after yelling "PIG!" at a few cops... all in all it was an awesome night, and no one got arrested or pulled over, so it was all good... I'm posting some HORRIBLE pics of tonight, but the best pic was of this HOT ass lesbian couple making out!!! Enjoy the pics and message me and let me know how your experience was @ gator's on the 4th!!!!

Lea