Um... Can you put a towel on or something?

I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi over my holiday vacation. Because it was the week between Christmas and New Years, all the 2D showings were sold out except for the very front rows. My dad and I then decided to see it in 3D as we could sit further back in the theater. The 3D effect in movies makes me feel like my eyes are being focused in two different directions, like maybe one is pointing up and another is pointing off to the side so it is Very Disconcerting.¹

Despite that, I did like it. Not as much as some of the others in the saga, though. Rey was cool. Kylo was ANGRY.² Finn and Rose were interesting. Luke was curmudgeonly. Leia was awesome. There were some pretty funny moments, some a little too forced.

The costumes and sets were amazing! As was the music, of course.


<sup>1. The only 3D movie that didn't do that I've seen is Hugo, which was shot in 3D, so maybe that makes a difference?
2. I'm a big fan of emo Kylo Ren, which may also have affected the intended impact of the film for me.</sup>

The channel-backed chair is mostly finished! Or, how I spent New Year's Eve

Continued from the previous entry...

Everything is pulled as taut as I could get it. I think with shaped channels, it wouldn't have been such a struggle. The channels are all different sizes, but the chair is comfortable, which is a vast improvement.

I couldn't quite figure out how to stuff the side panels, so I winged it (haha) and just kept stuffing them with cotton batting until they were about the same firmness.

But the sides are wrinkly. I couldn't find instructions for that particular configuration of channels and wings. I thought the pli-grip would take care of that when I put the back on, but it didn't.

The pli-grip looks a lot better on this version of the chair thanks to Amanda Brown's instructions in Spruce.  However, I ran out of pli-grip and refused to wait and go to the store for more, so hand sewed the back panel on. I did a surprisingly amazing job on that. It's also a much better sewing job than the previous one, where I also ran out of tack strips.

Now I'm just waiting for upholstery nails (or clavos) to finish up the front.