It's perfectly functional, thank you. And still not spandex, no matter what you choose to believe.

My first project...as I recall, I was approximately four years old. My parents had given me a toy for Christmas. I believe it was a Captain Supernova figure from one of my favorite cartoons. On the TV show, he had an ability that caused a brilliant light to form between his hands.

Naturally, the toy had no such ability. I was disappointed until I discovered some old but functional Christmas lights that my family had thrown away. Somehow, I instinctively knew how to rewire the lights once they were disassembled. I placed my new light between its hands, sloppily wired it alongside the arms, and added a trigger switch in the back from something else that had been discarded. My parents immediately confiscated it, fearing that I had created a danger to myself.

That, of course, wouldn't come until later.