Princess and the Tiger
A couple of weeks ago, Keane, Kaye and I went on a voyage of exploration and trade to the easterly reaches of Ottawa. 
First stop: Princess Auto - an almost mythical hardware store - cheap power tools, gadgets, weird tools and all sorts of items to make a boy's heart beat faster.
On the way there, Kaye told us about the project she wanted to find supplies for. It would be a microphone enclosure We very quickly figured out how to build one with supplies that we already had. So, Kaye would have nothing to spend mony on, right? Wrong.
She founa an empty pressure tank for compressed air along with fittings and rubber tubing. Why? Blood sprays mostly.
Next stop: Surplus Warehouse - fun to walk around - old desks and other office furniture, but ridiculously high prices. Don't go there unless you are at Gervais Electronics next door and you want to kill a few minutes. We plan on making our next east-end trip on a Saturday morning so we can to Gervais instead.
Final Stop: Giant Tiger - great prices. We all bought stuff. Kaye was most excited to find playing cards for her magic show that were half the price charged at Walmart. She's dedicated to her craft. I dropped her off later that afternoon and asked her mom for a glass of water. By the time I finished the water, she had attached her bicycle pump to the tank and pumped it up to 5psi. Later that night she sent a video of the first blood spray test. I didn't mind it too much because you could see the hose and the blood was so purple it looked more like coloured syrup. Which in fact it was.
Her more recent test with Mike in the shower is substantially more realistic. You can see it in this Trailer. [Warning: This video contains violence, nudity and coarse language. Viewer discretion is advised.]
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I hope that one day when Keir is up on the podium clutching his Oscar, he will remember to thank his mother for all the sticky, icky, messy fake blood she cleaned off that bathroom wall, shower curtain, bath mat, blind, etc. ; )
That was spectacular!
Old Woman, don't worry, they always remember their moms on Oscar night.
Zoom, I assume you mean Keir's trailer rather than my blog posting or the animated Giant Tiger gif.
Umm, well, ya know, it was ALL pretty spectacular, but I was specifically referring to Old Woman's comment. Keir's trailer was awesome too.
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