Aleisha's Important List of Things Not to Do...

...is getting longer. I'm on a mission to puncture/destroy all of my fingertips by the end of the summer. Makes perfect sense since I'm trying to make a living using my hands (as an artist, you perverts!), right?

A few days ago I was working on some jewelry, stringing beads with a big, blunt needle. It got stuck, I pushed really hard... the needle slipped, impaling the nail of my right forefinger and then getting stuck about 1/8-1/4 of an inch (I wasn't exactly measuring it!) into my left forefinger tip. Yeah, don't do that. My hands were stuck together, so I had to pull my pierced nail through the rest of the needle and off the back before I could yank it out of my other finger. (Just so you know, as much as getting stabbed sucks, pulling whatever it is out of your body is a million times worse.) I'll be using thimbles from now on! Icky!!!

Amazingly, I missed all of my little veins and arteries. It didn't bleed at all. It hurt like hell and I nearly passed out (how often do you get two fingers pinned together!?) but there was virtually no blood.

I feel like the star of "Jackass: Home Edition".

It's a Mad World

For the most part, my life has really slowed down (with brief moments that are far more "interesting" than I'd care for). In the calm before the storm (i.e. when they drag me off to prison) I've been busily making videos. Normally I don't post them here, but I'm particularly proud of this one. It's the first video I've made using entirely my own clips. Check it out!



If you're in the mood, you can see the rest of my work here: http://youtube.com/profile?user=sheisha