Yesterday was an interesting day.

I finally finished the mini Kandissi couch for my Modelmaking class, and much to my relief it looks really good. I just need to touch up a chip that happened when I was upholstering it. I also finished the data page that goes along with the couch for the display stand, so I'm golden there.

However, my Intermediate project is not going as well. Yesterday when I was working on the models my carving tool died on me. I took it apart to see what was wrong and it looks like the switch fried. There was nothing I could do so I had to go to the store and buy a new one. This actually turned out to be a good thing. While I was waiting for the bus I stopped in at this thrift store that's near the hardware store.

And I found most of the second season of Fushigi Yugi. Granted, it was the English dub and I couldn't find 3 volumes but hey, the tapes were $.80 a piece. I have all of the first season and was putting off watching it since I didn't have the second. I'm missing 3 volumes (which translates into about 10 episodes) but I have the last 3 of the series so I'll just watch the missing ones when I find them.

I also found a bunch of volumes of this English show I liked and a Marx Toys Co. Cowgirl doll for less than 3 dollars. It isn't one from the 60s, but rather the late 70s so it's not the highest quality but it came with a bunch of accessories.

I need to figure out how to reverse greasy face. For those who don't know about toy collecting, greasy face is when the vinyl used to make a toy starts to break down and feels greasy or sticky to the touch. It happens when the vinyl is kept in certain kinds of plastics in too much humidity and heat. Pretty much the accepted consensus is that once that happens, there's nothing you can do and eventually the toy will be destroyed. So to all you insane people who keep 70-80s era Barbies NRFB the joke's on you--those dolls are beginning to turn to moosh. When you take them out of the box and expose them to dry air they don't get greasy face XD. But I'll try to figure out something that will help. I've discovered when the greasy face just starts you can stem it by using soap and water and then letting it dry for several days in dry air. And baby powder seems to help too, but I need to get a good chemical solution that will stop it in its tracks-like how certain acids kill even really bad rust.

However, that is going to have to wait a while since my life is still being consumed by my Intermediate project. So much for Thanksgiving break...