Sewing sewing sewing...

So yesterday and today, Stevie and I have been working on what will become a performance outfit (and possibly an everyday style thing). It's Victorian style clothes: slacks, shirt and waistcoat (pronounced "waiscot"). I've gotten the pants and vest cut out and will be working on the shirt tomorrow, and Stevie's got a good deal of the pants put together. It's mostly linen with the lining of things in muslin; the shirt is a white on white floral fabric which is going to be tea-dyed slightly.

It's a long, tedious stuff, but I can't wait to see it finished. I'm learning to sew button holes right now and so far I feel like I'm absolutely perfect at it - if I were sewing some sort of Frankenstein/ Tim Burton character.

I may also be performing at a promotional dinner for the new movie "The Dinner for Schmucks." It's a remake of a French film le diner de cons (which is fantastic) and someone from Paramount asked if I would be interested in performing at their dinner event thingy. Also Friday I'm talking to a studio about teaching magic classes there and I've emailed a group that is doing a new vaudeville/speakeasy style show downtown, so keep your fingers crossed.

Other than that, tomorrow I'm going running with a friend and then hanging out a bit and this week I'm fixing up my table and such for the demo video I'm filming Friday night.

Anyway, back to Aladdin and buttonholes.

Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don't have to sew buttons.

- Heywood Broun