April 7: Daily Reflection #2

At the end of the previous DR for today, I stated that my day was basically done as far as this project goes. Ha. I'm a hypocrite. I contradict myself. After 1st period combo (which was jazzy as always), I decided to go buy supplies because I have a free afternoon. So I went to Binders, which is an art supply store in the space that used to be the disco club of "Disco Kroger" at Piedmont Road and Tower Place. All of the staff that I interacted with were very helpful, and I applaud them for that. I'm sure that they could have giggled behind my back watching me cross the store back and forth at least 5 or 6 times looking for the same thing, but as far as I can tell they were very understanding of my lack of art supply purchasing expertise.

I told you previously that the height was going to be a real issue. But I had to go to the store no matter what and measure the chipboard in person just to know where to go from. Well, it turns out that the chipboard thickness I found on a Texas Tech website was not true for all chipboard, and in fact I found the PERFECT board thickness. The 2-ply chipboard is just a scoch under 3mm, which puts it dead on 10 meters in real life (side note: the word "scoch" comes straight from the Stutz Wimmer Dictionary of Jazzy English, meaning "a little" or "just a hair"). I got 5 pieces of chipboard (which is surprisingly heavy), a can of spray mount, a huge bottle of Elmer's glue, and an X-Acto knife (with 100 replacement blades). I want to give a big THANK YOU to Mr. Schunk for helping me on the phone while I was in there.



Above, you can see me measuring the thickness of the chipboard to see how it translates into real-life altitude. Below, I am lost in thought while trying to take a picture of myself lost in thought. Enjoy thoroughly.



The next step is taking the map I have and getting it enlarged 46.5% at Kinko's, and then getting several copies of the map that size. Now that I'm spending money on the project and gathering new supplies, I really feel like I'm actually doing the project; the dream has become a reality.

NOW I think I'm done today. But while I'm on a hot streak, let's not rule out a preliminary trip to Kinko's. I'll let you know.