Jessica Rabbit...

The following weekend, Aye-Aye hosted an Ultimate tournament on campus. On the Saturday night, there was an animated characters party at the LCR. When Veronica was home over Christmas, we went vintage store shopping and bought her this great dress.

With a red wig and some purple gloves, she was fully transformed into Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (although the real Jessica probably wouldn’t be caught dead in Dr Martens).

Jessica is one of the most well-known sex symbols in animation and is famous for the quote, “I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.”

Once again, Veronica had a great time partying with her Aye-Aye family.

Award-Winning Campaign...

It was cool that Veronica was part of a team that won an award for Aye-Aye’s submission for UEA’s Mental Health Week.

Self-Portraits in Norwch...

On yet another winter day, Veronica got dressed up and took some more incredible self-portraits.

Meanwhile in England...

The same day that Ashlynn was becoming hairy, Veronica was competing in Nottingham in the National Indoor Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Championship for UK universities.

Incredibly, although the Aye-Ayes were seeded 16th, they came in 3rd! 

Not only were these ladies very happy with their performance, they had a lot of fun, too. 

More for Sicky Mag...

Here’s another behind-the-scenes shot as Ashlynn was being transformed in a very futuristic way. 

Although I was initially shocked by this image, it really grew on me. I now think it’s super cool and should be in a sci-fi movie. 

As much as this looks painful, she assured me that it didn’t hurt at all. 

And here’s a fashion film made from the shoot that I didn’t find until months later.

A Very Hairy Shoot...

Ashlynn really enjoys doing artsy editorials, so was happy to do a shoot called Whisper in Seoul with an international team. It was later published in Sicky Mag, a digital fashion magazine.

These first few photos look just somewhat hairy.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes photo of her transformation to being truly hairy...

...and the end result.

Metropolitan Museum of Art...

While Jimmy worked with Peter, I went to The Met for the first time. I especially loved the exhibit In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met, which included this humorous painting by Jan Steen in 1662 entitled The Dissolute Household.

There were also several van Goghs, including Irises, 1890...

...and Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889...

...plus Vermeer’s Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, 1662.

Beyond that exhibit, I liked Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851...

...Autumn Landscapes by Tiffany Studios, 1924...

...and the cool glass ceilings of several galleries.

That evening I completed my journey around the world by taking a red-eye flight home, while Jimmy stayed in NY for a couple of days of work.