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November 25, 2006
Origami impaired
So I got this Origami a day calendar deal because I have this weird fixation with the art form. I'm technically not supposed to mess with it until the year actually starts, but you know that ain't gonna happen. It's a really neat idea, actually - the box lid folds back to hold the calendar up, and you use the previous day's sheet to fold the instructions for each day. Yes, I've already gone through the whole thing. I buy origami paper at the craft store for my decoupage projects, so there was no worry that I would end up using the calendar up before xmas even got here.
Unfortunately I've discovered that Eris' love of fucking with me knows no bounds. I don't know what it is, but every time I try to make something that isn't a cubic balloon there is always one step in the illustrated instructions that is entirely inscrutable to me. It's annoying in ways that few things can be, because I know it has to be some malfunction between my brain and my hands. I tried to make the hummingbird, but somehow I fucked up one fold in there and it just wouldn't happen. I did manage one of the butterfly designs, but I had to fight it for a few minutes to get it to cooperate. I don't want to be stuck making boxes and sad mutant cranes - I'd like to manage something interesting.
Anyway, just felt like bitching about it.
Posted by damyano at November 25, 2006 06:00 PM