Why Yes, Indeed, I Am Awesome. Thanks For Noticing!

I realize that this is the culmination of staying in on a Friday night by myself and watching "Hair Show" on the CW (starring Mo'Nique as a sassy hairdresser from Baltimore who competes in a Hollywood hair show for the $50,000 prize in order to escape the IRS, and featuring a stirring performance by Gina Torres of Cleopatra 2525 and Firefly fame) whilst epoxying my fingers together (and everything else in sight). But allow me to toot my own horn here since god knows I don't have anyone else to toot it for me. I am awesome like toast and kaya. That is how awesome I am.

But first, to gain some perspective and get a little humbling action out of the way, let's go down the list of things that I failed to do today:

1) Failed to replace my beloved MAC gel eyeliner after losing my last pot of my favorite (and now discontinued) shade of gunmetal grey while staying in Tiff and Mike's tent at the CT renfaire.

2) Failed to find a new job in California or Arizona.

3) Failed to purchase a swimsuit that fit after trying on at least 13 one-piecers and two-piecers at that hoity-toity swimsuit store in the Burlyman mall. You would think that a store that charges those kinds of prices would stock cup sizes larger than a DD, but you, like me, would be sorely mistaken.

But the one thing I did not fail to do was INVENT AND BUILD A REALLY BRILLIANT MODULAR SOLUTION FOR FLAMMA AETERNA'S LED HOOP.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, that beautiful LED hoop that you saw featured in the previous post is now available in a 100% modular form. What does that mean? It means that you can now purchase removable strings of LEDs in every color combination your heart desires, and switch them in and out of your hoop by simply plugging in the power module and stuffing it into the end of the hoop before closing it up. Gone are the days of being stuck with buyer's regret once you're sick of the color scheme you chose and realize that you have to buy an entire brand new hoop if you want to see something different. If you, like me, are ADD about colors and are intimidated by overabundance of choice, you have GOT to go with the Flamma Aeterna modular LED hoop. No other company out there offers a modular LED driver solution, nor the flexibility, versatility, quality, and love that goes into this beautiful LED hoop. Don't *you* want to be that cool kid that says "my hoop was built by a hot chick who makes robots. Who made *your* hoop?"

Now featuring 4, 6, and 8 LEDs per section (for a total of 12, 18, and 24 LEDs respectively), this is hands-down the best investment for the hooper that wants to have it all. The new Flamma power module features a sturdy, small internal switch (to keep it safe from the wear and tear of everyday hooping), and requires a single AA battery (regular or rechargeable) to power all of your LEDs, with a CR123 solution in the works OR A Li-ion CR123 for even more gorgeous bright colors! Clocked at over 4 hours of straight runtime per AA battery and over 3 hours per CR123, this thing will satisfy even the most rabid of hoopers, and for a limited time only, if you order now, your hoop is guaranteed to be made with love by my own two hands.

I want to state again for the record how awesome I am for figuring out how to rig up this modular power control unit without the use of ANY custom-machined or custom-fabricated parts. It's amazing what dedicating that half hour you would normally spend loafing off at your desk to good hard thinking can do. It produces brilliant ideas like "using copper tape with conductive adhesive" and "semi-thick cardboard acts an awful lot like FR4 if you stiffen up one side with hot glue." Holy butt, let me tell you how awesome cardboard is. STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT, ADVANCED CIRCUITS! I just made my own PCB! What's more, I can even say I recycled this evening because I re-used the box that my MAC eyeliner came in. OH YES that's right, the prototype of the Flamma Aeterna modular power control unit includes a product by MAC. That's how you know it was made by a GIRL.

Oh man, I feel so good right now. I am positively exploding with that same manly engineer pride that the mechanical engineers at the office do when they talk about their new car mods or the catapult they're going to build out of garage door springs. Yeah baby, check out this modularity. I know, it's hot. It's okay to stare. Take a good long look. Oh yeah.

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Mmm... that was so good, I think I might need to go smoke a clove. Then maybe a glass of amaretto and milk, followed by a good long snooze (spooned up against my sexy new module... yeah, baby, I'm a sensitive type, I like a good cuddle). Hmm... I wonder if I can get the diSaronno bottle open with my thumb still glued to my finger.

Further (AWESOME) bulletins as events warrant.