Gah, journal stuff gets away from me. I have a big pileup of stuff to write about, and then I go off and play Gran Turismo 2 or live life instead. No worries, you'll be seeing more in the coming days. Here's a quick one before I get to bed, I got work in the morning:

After six long months of sitting on my floor, I have finally gone back to Staples and assembled all twenty physical copies of Last Summer! You might remember when I showed off the test copy on the journal in January, and thankfully, about half of them look better than that one, so I'd say it was a smashing success. I had extras of the back cover and booklets printed because I knew a few would come out wonky (and they did) and I could substitute in the extras done at the end when I knew what I was doing for some of the worst ones done at the beginning before I knew what I was doing.

I'm damn pleased for something I did entirely by hand. Took me about three-and-a-half hours in total, and only four customers mistook me for a Staples employee in the process! (I debated breaking into my "helping Print" speak the next time someone asked just for a laugh, but then no one else asked.) Now it's just a matter of mastering the CDs and getting things mailed out. They will be numbered, by the way—which one will you get???

This has also definitely given me some things to watch out for and take into consideration next time I want to do a run of CDs in jewel cases for any purpose—for example, stapled booklets are bullshit and you should not do them. A folded insert will look terrific and work far better.