What do Journey to the Center of the Earth, Transformers II, space, rocket building and little green men have to do with my road trip? Read more to find out!

What do Journey to the Center of the Earth, Transformers II, space, rocket building and little green men have to do with my road trip? Read more to find out!

I am some sort of breed of human who has a deep seeded desire to wear shiny metal clothing. If it’s tacky, shiny and silver, I want it! If everyone walked around metallic clothing, I would believe that I’d died and gone to heaven. I’m not sure where this taste in tackiness came from but I’m sure it has everything to do with being a child of the 80′s and a love of all things retro-futuristic.
I’m taking a course. The assignment was to take a mannequin and decorate it inspired by an artist, a culture or art style. We were told that we could do ANYTHING that we wanted. The first thing that came to my mind was steampunk! I had a lot of fun with this project but it was very stressful. I didn’t procrastinate on it but life happens so I didn’t start on the project until 2/15/09. The project had to be turned in on 2/17/09. Read the rest of this entry »