Love Bugs - A Pubic Lice PSA

My awesome Thrift Store Pen Pal, Nicole, sent me a gift! I actually received it a few weeks ago but given the content, I figured I would wait until it got closer to the Valentine's Day holiday.

I got a pop-up book AND a personalized letter! :) The books is called "Love Bugs," and I guess it's for toddlers to give to their Valentines? I'm not sure. Here's a closer look at the letter:

It says

Greetings Woody! 

I was walking through my local Goodwill store the other day and saw this book. I immediately thought of you! I hope you get a good post from it for Valentine's Day or something. Have a wonderful and prosperous new year! 

<3 Always,
Nicole

Needless to say, I was pretty excited, but I had to wrack my brain to figure out what I wanted to do with this silly kids' pop-up book. I was originally planning on doing a book-reading vlog, like my Thrift Store Pen Pal Andrea did, but I just wasn't sure. So I slept on it.

Finally, I got the idea to do a horror-movie-style trailer, which kind of evolved into a Public Service Announcement about the dangers of STDs - specifically, crabs. It just made sense; after all, it is VD in a couple days. I wrote the music myself and modeled it after all those great/cheesy horror movie soundtracks from the 80s. I hope you like it!

Definitely check out Nicole's blog, and definitely sign up for Thrift Store Pen Pals! And most importantly, be safe this Valentine's Day, kids. Shave.

My First Vlog! About My Limberjack...

Today I make my video debut. You get to know a little bit yourself when you watch yourself on video. For instance, vlogging for the first time is really awkward. And apparently I mumble.

A couple weeks ago I bought a strange wooden puppet from a thrift store in Arkansas.

It has a stick going directly into his back. You know, that spot that you can't reach. Evil, evil puppet maker. I know nothing about puppets, so I had my doubts on purchasing this guy, but all those doubts were washed away when I took a closer look.

Who could say no to that face!? Anyway, I figured I would try my hand at puppeteering for the sake of the blog, so I researched how you make this crazy wood-man actually do anything; my attempts at bringing him to life would be considered "flailing around," at best. My research showed me that this wooden puppet with a stick in his back is actually called a limberjack! It's an Appalachian musical instrument. Seriously. It's used as percussion for folk music. It is also known as a jig doll, slapjack, jiggerman, limberjim, limberjill, dancin' dan, and yankee-doodle dancer. According to Wikipedia. Check out this video. Pay special attention to how excited the guy on the chair gets about a dancing man-puppet instrument.

My limberjack isn't that athletic, but he has a few moves of his own, although he prefers a much different style of music...

By the way, he was puking there at the end, not having weird air-sex.