Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Trying

New MacBook Pro. New features. Updated programs. I don't know how to use it yet. I don't have my files transferred, so I can't do my usual ju-ju to the photograph. Here it is pretty straight. Too much reality. This new computer works differently. Moving fingers on the trackpad can make it go wild. I just got Adobe CS4 Creative Suite and don't know what I am doing in Photoshop all of the sudden. God, I have a lot of work to do just to get current.

I need to make some hats. Do any of you know how to make hats? Paper hats. Dunce caps, boat caps. Anything. Send me a link. I thought I knew how, but that is information lost like my college French. I need a good source for vintage costumes, too, especially clown or harlequin stuff, circus stuff. Any good sources?

I'm trying kids. Trying to keep things going. I'm certain, though, that you can hear the metal in my voice.
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  1. Rhonda BoocockOctober 7, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/acm/hat/hat.html

    there are all sorts of sites for circus costumes but the vile jester was so cute I had to send this one:
    http://www.hollywoodtoysandcostumes.com/adults,clown-costumes&g=&m=

    Can't hear the metal in your voice for the roar in my ears...

    glad you're hanging in there!

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  2. Rhonda BoocockOctober 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    sorry the newspaper hat link didn't work:

    http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/acm/hat/hat.html

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  3. Rhonda BoocockOctober 7, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    oh never mind...blogger keeps truncating...so try this one
    http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Hat

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  4. Lisa NickersonOctober 8, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    ooooh congrats on the new mac. :D i just started a new dumb job and it is a windows office - my old place of slavery was a mac office and i'm a mac user -- hard to go back to windows seems antiquated.

    i like the photo but i probably would -- Boy.

    ah paper hats and the circus ... shhh it sounds like you might be inspired.

    here's one of my favorites when it comes to circus art:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jwnu8Izy0

    course i've always been in love with his wire circus too.

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  5. cafe selavyOctober 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    Thanks Rhonda. That's what I needed. Now, if I can get some time. . . . But I have the information. Wonderful.

    Lisa, up and down, ebb and flow. It is awfully hard to find the props here. But I have some ideas.

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