I’ve ordered reticulated foam from Pasha (over at Project Puppet), and I am now trying hard not to obsessively check the tracking status updates. I see that it’s sitting at “International Dispatch,” and it started at Duncanville, Texas. I am wondering if it means that it’s at the Canadian border, or sitting in an airport in Dallas.

The reticulated foam is the high-quality kind, the stuff that’s better for sculpting, and holds shape and colour well enough to be used as a skin for a puppet, without needing to put fleece on top. I’m going to be using it in the creation of both the Stephen Colbert and Steve Jobs puppets, and it will be my first time using this particular kind of fleece.

When you’re younger, and you imagine what your life will be like, at no point did I imagine I’d be so excited waiting for a shipment of foam to come in. Or, frankly, that I’d be ordering such a shipment.

(That’s not a complaint, mind you, just an observation)