Power Tools

So my little chemistry experiment didn't have the results I had hoped for. While it made the whole surface of the drum bright and clean-looking, it didn't penetrate the really bad stains. For a little while I thought I could just live with the stains, but as I was doing more hand sanding and spending all that time looking sidelong at those stains, I said to myself, eh, screw this. So today I went to the giant do-it-yourself store and shelled out money and got myself an electric palm-sander. I'm starting to get the results I want. I think most of the stains are coming out, although there are a couple that are really deep in there. I only sanded for a little bit because I was worried about noise and neighbors. Don't we know how important it is not to harrass the neighbors? So note to self: power tools save you tons of time. Not that the whole character-building thing isn't good, but if it comes down to character, or a good looking drum, I'll take the good looking drum. Also in doing research for the finishing of the drum, I'd read that getting a good finish is 90% prep, and 10% varnish.

We have a photo shoot on Tuesday. Today we spent a lot of time working on some poses and configurations. It was good to do. Janet keeps hinting about make-up. I think she wants me to wear it, but I skipped girly lessons growing up, and have no idea how to put the stuff on. I've never worn mascara or eye liner or blush or foundation or any of that. I wasn't even the least bit interested in that as a kid. I never thought that this would come back to bite me. Yesterday I got a tube of lipstick at the drugstore, but I think that's all I can manage. I might ask one of my coworkers for help, since it seems that most of the people I know skipped girly lessons too. Maybe I should be practicing this. OMG, did I just say that?