Well this is Awkward Progress Report 9

   Well now I feel silly. I have just been told that I have to give a presentation on all the progress I made, and I still haven't met my goal of donating $30 ( or at least I think it was $30 ) to the Seva charity. I guess if I can't reach my goal I might as well spread awareness. New goal, set out poster to spread awareness about the foundation and collect donations. Yeah that sounds good, very nice. I would get some catalogs to pass out from their website, but that would require shipping and handling and a whole bunch of red tape to walk through. Wait, before I start my last few progress reports start the fanfares (click the video) a new fact about the Seva organization. Did you know the Seva foundation holds charity CONCERTS. Yes, on May 15th and May 22nd, Seva will be holding a charity concert in order to raise money. It will be played over at the Sweetwater music hall in Mill Valley. If you live in that area, consider going, I think it would be a lot of fun, while at the same time raising money for charity.

the no progress report

Well -- now what. I had just finished my project and sold it for the first time, and now I can't think of anything new to create. I'm stuck in a hole, I can't get out, and I don't have a Life Alert. Should I just continue with the theme of presidential animals, or just start making pillows. Well, pillows are the easiest thing to do, but I'd have to drop the price tag to really low, almost negative dollars and earn little to none for the foundation, (like I wan't already doing that) or try and come up with new ideas when the tap is dry. I'll try and see to what I can come up with. And since I haven't filled the word quota, random fact about the foundation I'm supporting again. Did you know that you can donate to the foundation right now and make my job much easier. Please I'm floundering around right now and I could really use some help. Here's a picture of a cute dog to convince you:.

HALLELUJAH progress report seven

   Finally, after all this time, all these trials and defeats, and all the wasted material, I score the first sale. I kinda feel like I deserve a high five hundred. Get out the party poppers, I'm gonna celebrate for a bit. It's amazing that the first sell I made was to one of my teachers. I guess I need to tell the story now, so without anymore fan fares *fan fares plays in the background* the story of the first sell. Mid-day it was, almost 2 o'clock, when I walked up to my Social Studies ( that's history for people who didn't know ) teacher and offered him the previously stated Trump Trout to him. He talked a lot about Trump during the 2016 election, not particularly positive things about him but things none the less. I sold it to him for five dollars ( American dollars if there are any international viewers out there ) and, that was all. Maybe I should just stick with the fish theme I've got going. Does that sound good, because I can't make anything else.

Progress Report 6

     Welcome back to all the things I can forget in eighty seconds, the online blog post about a project I never get all the materials for on a single day and regret that choice afterwards. Again I forget about the needles needed for the sewing part of the project, and now I start thinking about how many people would actually buy these toys I'm making. So I go online and see the ebay, also known as the ether buyers association, ha ha look at me go, and I see that these plush animals go for at 12 dollars a pop, and then I check on pillows and they're going for 5-10 dollars each, so either I'm going with the pillows so I won't ultimately get stung in the end, or up the pricing buff on the stuffed animals. Anyway, it's been a while so, more random trivia about the Seva association. Did you know that this association has multiple different countries it works in. These countries are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Tanzania, Tibet, China, Uganda, and The United States of America. If anyone can match that list to the tune the Animaniacs world song, I will personally shake you by the hand through the computer screen. 
         Then next day, as I am working along with some friends, they say that one of the parts I'm using looks like a fish, and since I'm kind of wanting to finish this project asap, I change my plans from dog to fish. But, going along with the project, I realize that anybody could just make something like this, and that I needed something unique. Oh look debates for the 2016 elections. To quote Gru from Despicable Me "Light bulb". I start trying to make a fish president. As I sew hair onto the plush fish, I get halfway through and then realize that the other side flaps up, therefore I called my first creation the Trump Trout...........THAT WAS A JOKE EVERYBODY THANKS FOR COMING! Now all that's left is to think of what abomination I'll come up with next. So to some up the blog so far, fail, fail, fail, give up, make Donald Trump a fish.

Progress Report 5

  Now things are getting better, I said to myself as I started the new  dog. I found a new set of instructions to use to make my project and, for the most part, it's working out surprisingly well. the pieces are what they should look like and the tutorial is easy to read and understandable. But I can probably bet that it will get more complicated as time marches on, but I'm the dumb one here so I guess not. Anyway, the scissors cut through the sock easily and slowly as I put laser focus on all the details. Then not wishing to waste any time, I immediately start filling the sock with cotton, and as I am about to go for the sewing, I realize that I didn't have any needles left. "No, that's fine, no that's just great, just peach -- THAT'S THE WAY WE WASH OUR HANDS FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!" I screamed internally while clutching my hands in hidden rage. so will I be able to finish the project this week, short answer no, long answer nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
At least I have most of it done, and if this one fails as well I'm just going to be making pillows -- yay.

Project Report Four (a.k.a ugh)

       Well the first dog was a complete bust, it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, and looked more like a potato than a dog. The head piece was supposed to be shaped differently than it turned out and it made it so I can't use it anymore.......... [heavy breathing and hidden anger intensifies]......... ugh this stinks. I know that this kind of thing brings a new light on the subject, but I'm not going to go through that pain again, that's why I'm going for an easier formula. I tried my best and got NOTHING, NOTHING OTHING THING HING ING NG G. Well I guess the new recipe for the dog I'm bent on making is going to have to wait... as I just vent through these long-winded one track reports and it should serve me well from exploding. If anyone is seeing this other than myself and the teacher supporting me in this project, type in the comments if you've ever had a moment where you just hated yourself for screwing up something important.

Progress Report 3

  Over the past week, I had to throw one of the stuffed animals away, misreading instructions is not fun but with my skills, it may work out better with the next one I'm working on. I have finally remade the head for the little dog. What I have to do to make the head is to firstly take a sock, some stuffing, a needle and thread, and a sharp pair of scissors. Then I cut the sock (which is a sock that comes up to your ankle and a little up your leg) into three pieces, one piece that's near the toe, one from the bottom of the foot to the back of the ankle, and from the back ankle up. Then I take the heel to ankle piece and sew one end, and fill it with stuffing, and right as I get done with that end... I run out of thread. Joy is nonexistent as I silently cry tears of frustration as the little potato I made just sits around on my desk. The picture above is what it's supposed to look like, and if you can imagine a baked potato spitting itself out of its burnt skin, then you have my progress. Maybe if this next one doesn't work, I can just start making stress balls. Stress balls for the blind, how does that sound. I'll try my best but, I can't promise success.