BarbieHeimer

photo IG @MajesticBaytheaters

I won't be getting to this double feature opening weekend, just not enough hours in the days and too much to do (and not able to sit for that many hours in one day)

(at Ballard's Majestic Bay, where you could do a dinner break at Lil Woody's a few yards away)

But as a former professional film projectionist I had to respond to this image

from https://www.techeblog.com/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-imax-70mm-film-reel/

with this

similar image at 

https://www.sprocketschool.org/wiki/Main_Page

There's too much film on that platter, kids. This film should be about twenty minutes shorter and then it's less of a technological stunt and more of a genuine epic. Or just keep it on the twenty minute reels and it can be as long as you want or can afford to print and ship...

My 'girl who learned to sew making doll clothes for Barbie' heart belongs to this

She's wearing Solo In The Spotlight, dammit! (Gosling is content to just be Ken) 

But my real reason to choose Barbie first:

https://youtu.be/Kb7jYOYXiVc?t=23

https://superyaki.com/collections/life-in-plastic

Make your own bodkin

I think we all know by now my deep fondness for plastic cutting boards. I use them for templates, quick rulers, a nonpinnable layer to put pins into things but not through all the layers. they are cuttable, NOT HEAT RESISTANT THOUGH, bendable and usually easily found at a dollar store or

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/finfoerdela-flexible-chopping-board-dark-gray-dark-turquoise-30335898/

Mix this up with a  rainbow double cap rivet - get the 

https://emmalinebags.com/collections/bag-hardware/products/double-cap-rivets-3-sizes-5-finishes-available-50-packs?variant=2349553385481

You would want the extra small rivets, with the shortest post at .19 inch You can find other small rivet sets on Etsy, this is just an example. I have become very fond of little rivets. Little rainbow ones are cute.

The victim

top to bottom: the paper one, the plastic one, the one that Clover doesn't seem to have in stock anywhere (there's a slider button that clamps on the thing you're pulling through and a plastic piece at the nose that I can feel for and grab. And inspired this homemade version)

BOB, this is the HOUSE OF BOB

(this typeface is called Plastic Purse, for Lily's Purple One, and the source of the perfect Mr Slinger mantra: today was difficult, tomorrow will be different)

I stapled it on to the elastic like the cardboard one

So the secret sauce is: you can feel that rivet through the fabric and grab that and pull the bodkin along.

Eventually the plastic will break at the fold. 

Eventually I will go blind and the world will boil. I won't be worrying about pants then.

Also more Bob, in wax print from House of MamiWata

https://houseofmamiwata.com/products/african-fabric-ankara-fuchsia-orange-blue-yellow-pink-kahina-design-yard-or-wholesale

These pants don't match ANYTHING