I'm Alive.

I got kind of sidetracked by life for a bit, and then I got ill right around the time I was ready to get back into my groove. But, I'm back, now, and I come to you with a few new cranes to offer. I've now broken 400, which is a bit awesome.

384 to 385.

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I folded these two during work, one day, while standing at the front register, rather bored.

386 to 406.

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I did these yesterday while catching up on some of the TV shows I missed last week. I've got a bit over half of this pack of paper left to go before I move onto either the 252 sheet pack of 6" paper or the 200 sheet pack of 3" paper. I can't really decide which I want to torture myself with first.

I hope you all enjoy this historic week!

Long Time, No See.

It's been awhile. I got a new job and found myself unexpectedly busy for a week or so, there, but, I'm back now, and I plan to make full use of my time between work and blogging to fold, fold, fold. I lead a rather boring life, I know. Anyway, I do have some progress to offer in this post, so I guess I'll get onto that.

350 to 369.

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370 to 383.

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I folded the most recent batch out of my old lotto tickets, which I've been saving on my message board for some time. I have this sad little empty space up there, now, so I guess I'll just have to go start the collection all over again.

I'm toying with the idea of taking some paper to work, but I wouldn't get very far during my lunch break, so I don't know if it's really worth the effort. I suppose I'll figure that out along the way.

A Momentary Distraction.

I've currently shifted my attention to getting ready for the JOIN THE IMPACT protest this Saturday (Nov. 15) and looking for a job. I'm both trying to make the most brilliant sign ever and trying to remember just what I earned in every job I've ever held, so I'm quite understandably distracted. I fully intend to commence folding again when I get back from the protest this weekend, however, and I'm really hoping to have a job by next week (because, really, this is getting a bit ridiculous). I'll get back into my folding groove, eventually, I swear.

I'm Still Here.

I haven't updated (or folded) in a bit. I folded about 30 more shortly after I got home from Portland, but I forgot to post them. I kind of got caught up in the whole election fever thing (GO, OBAMA!). I made up for that by folding 50 more yesterday, though, and now I'm going to post all 80 for you. I'm now up to 349 cranes.

270 to 279

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280 to 289

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290 to 299

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300 to 309

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310 to 319

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320 to 329

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330 to 339

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340 to 349

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Eventually, I'll fold another odd number so I don't keep ending up one short of a round number each time. I have some old lotto tickets lying around that I'm considering using.

I'm Back.

I got back into town on Thursday night and I've been ridiculously busy since then. I didn't get a lot of folding done in Portland, but I did get 20 more done on the ride there, and I'm about to start working on the rest of this paper pack.

250 to 259.

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260 to 269

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I don't have a job, yet, so I don't quite know what I'm going to do when I run out of the paper I have, but I don't have to worry about that for another 452 pieces of paper. I will hopefully have a job by then.

Getting Out Of Town.

I folded another 18 on Sunday, putting my total up to 249, now.

232 to 239
(I took apart another one of those GOOD magazines from Starbucks for this one)

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240 to 249

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I don't know how many more I'll get done over the next few day, however, as I suddenly find myself with a ticket to Portland for later this morning. I plan to fold some during the ride there, though I don't quite know how well that'll work out.

Slacking Off.

I sort of slacked off a bit on the folding this weekend. I got 30 more done on Friday and haven't done anymore since, but, then I did get all my laundry and my grocery shopping done, so all is not lost.

202 to 211

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212 to 231

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Of course, I did say I'd post a picture of where I'm hanging all of these, so here's that.

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I found a new source for origami paper, yesterday, and I think I'm going to hit them up today. It's mostly 3 inch paper, but it's really well priced and they have some fun colors.

Another Hundred!

So, I was having some fun with the new paper I bought and ended up folding another 31 cranes yesterday. I'm now up to 201 and have been forced to start hanging them along a different wall, because I can't reach any further down the ceiling in front of my window without potentially breaking something, possibly myself. I'll post a picture of where I'm hanging them later.

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I finished off one of my original paper packets with this string. I'm pretty sure this was just good old 6 inch origami paper, folded while I attempted not to puke, yesterday. Oddly enough, focusing on folding is a good distraction from feeling ill.

I was just going to move on to some more plain old 6 inch paper, but then I got distracted by some of the slightly higher quality new stuff I bought, resulting in the following.

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I honestly don't know how people manage to fold all 1,000 out of 3 inch paper, because I was having difficulty with just these 20. Of course, I just HAD to fold the one extra piece of paper I got with this set, which is the (barely noticeable) gold foil crane right smack in the middle of this whole string. I said something about never folding a foil bird again at the beginning of all this and, having not followed through on this, I can say with renewed conviction that I am never going to fold a foil bird ever again.

Anyway, I'm off to catch up on some missed TV and fold some more.

Slowing Down.

I folded eight yesterday, bringing my total up to 170. I modified one of the Starbucks GOOD publications to make the paper and ended up with really black fingers from the ink.

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I haven't been feeling well this week, so I've kind of slowed down. I don't know if I'm developing a cold or what, but all I want to do is sleep. I'm trying to work through that, though, and keep folding, as well as continue with my job hunt. I'm basically living off orange juice and ginger ale, right now.

A Whole 62 More.

So, I don't really get out a lot during the weekend. It's something I'm kind of working on. Because of this, I folded 62 yesterday. I sort of just kept going and going until I finally got sick of folding.

Count and description for each picture is on top, this time.

101 to 110.

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111 to 115.

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116 to 122.
(I wanted to make a purple and gold string to celebrate my recent UW graduation, so I ended up with an off number)

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123 to 142.

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143 to 162.

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Did I mention that I folded a lot this weekend? It's sort of like an addiction, right now. I got to 100 and now I just don't want to stop. Doesn't help that I don't have a lot of money, so I can't really go out anywhere; but, then, I'm glad I actually have something to occupy my time when I can't really go out or go look for a job.

Of course, I don't know quite how I'm going to do this when I finally do get a job. I suppose folding during my lunch is an option.

Right. I got some belated birthday money, so I'm going to be a bit irresponsible for a day and go watch RELIGULOUS. I already bought what I needed with said money, so I'm going to go use that money for something I don't need, now.