Hi, I’m stupid
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006Nothing like completely idiotic mistakes to perk up your late afternoon. Awhile ago (and by “awhile” I actually mean “at least a year”) I put together a 3×3″ accordian-style book, with the intent of eventually illuminating a letter of the alphabet on each page. I counted out the number of pages very carefully, probably thirty times, because I am compulsive like that.
Except, oops! I counted wrong each time. Or rather, I counted the number of pages correctly–twenty-four–without ever realizing (until now) that there are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet. Not twenty-four. Obviously.
(Apparently a college education just isn’t what it once was.)
It’s a fixable mistake–I’ll just make the front and back covers A and Z respectively. (And actually, that saves me the headache of figuring out what to put on the covers.) But still.
(Welcome to the world of Claire On the Internet: where total image control is possible and yet not even attempted. I don’t have to post embarassing anecdotes about myself. But for some reason, I do.)
In other news, I have finally found the perfect glue for altered booking (altering books? whatever): Yes! Stikflat Glue. I’m pretty sure that the jar I have will last me the rest of my life, but quantity aside, it’s still great. Every other glue I’ve used for altered books has made the paper buckle, which is just a pain. This stuff actually does stick flat. It also seems to hold a lot better than the other stuff, although time will tell. Plus it doesn’t destroy my brushes, a huge bonus, and it cleans up with water. I am a fan.
