Nightmare Squid: in for the long haul

Okay, so I first started writing about the Squid like, two weeks ago, and I am still so not done with it. I spent all day Saturday cutting out all of the little suckers and connecting parts on the tentacle, and after five hours of straight cutting, it still looked like I'd done nothing.

That took you FIVE HOURS??

I was peeved.

Sunday it started taking shape; I'd gotten all of the watery bits cut, but at the last minute the shouty Muse told me in no uncertain terms that the dark blue part was just way too dark.

Shouty Muse: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THAT'S TOO DARK! TOO BAD I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT BEFORE YOU STARTED CUTTING IT! HA HA, MY BAD!

So I took out the dark blue pieces I had just spent hours cutting, and my next plan is to use the foamy glass for that section. I hope the Muse doesn't give the thumbs down to that, because people, I'm 'a need to go on another glass run if that's the case.

Shouty Muse: THAT'S SLIGHTLY BETTER, BUT IT LOOKED WAY BETTER IN MY HEAD. YOU SURE DO SUCK AT THIS.

Thomas, the designer where I work, to whom I was relating this glass-related sob story, said: "It sounds like you're making a lot of problems for yourself."

Well, duh! Anyone with the slightest amount of sense would have seen that all those little suckers would be a complete nightmare to cut. But no! The squid has been envisioned by the idiot thug shouty Muse in my head, and so it must exist!

Next up: foiling all of these teeny bits of glass and then soldering it together. Who needs a drink? Pin It Now!