Tuesday, December 12, 2006

The mayfly challenge

Being succinct has never been my forte - but I am getting better. School is teaching me to read and follow directions and either (A) right succinctly, or (B) get all the little niggly details just right. To help you follow along with my wonky train of thought...A friend of mine brought up the Mayfly Project on his blog and the concept intrigues me and scares me - all at the same time.

You see- you have to be able to sum up the last 12 months of your life in 24 words or less.

I'm intrigued because it is such a interesting challenge to be able to cram the life you've lived into 24 words or less.

I'm scared because if it's a cake walk for me, then my life truly is as boring as I suspected it was...

Well, I'm off on another tangent now... I'm making a bracelet with teeny, tiny mosaic tiles as a friends' Christmas present. This is attempt #2, as during the first attempt (at 1 am, mind you), I applied glue to the wrong side of the leather strap. I also discovered (too late) that the glue was too thick and it shmooshed all the tiles out of place.

Have you ever tried to wash glue off of mosaic tiles that are this tiny??



I doubt any of you are dumb enough to attempt such task...

If you are, you have my sympathy...









Oh, here's a picture of Chewie that I took yesterday...


isn't he big? And so unlike a stupid, mosaic tile from hell.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh! Chewie! Cause who's a good boy? Chewie is yes he is yes he is!

Um, and also, the tiles on leather idea is interesting. I'm curious to see how the bracelet turns out.

G-

Me, myself and I said...

The bracelet may turn out the same way you think your music does...
I probably won't like the final product and I won't want to give it to my friend.

We'll see though...it's curing right now.