I dug my old yearbook out of the attic and scanned a picture of the Original Cardboard Animal. My friend Jeremy and I built “The Burro” in our junior year of college and we set him up in the computer lab in the library where we both worked. You will also notice “The Squirrel” in the upper right corner of the photo. I’ve got a few other college yearbook pictures in my personal gallery.
Ouch. I hurt. I think I injured something. BWAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA I’ll have to dig out my sweater vest and wear it to work to commemorate the occasion. ;) Other than the fact you look in dire need of a ham sandwich, you look the same with more hair.
Comment by Carrie — July 31, 2005 @ 10:40 pm
Okay, okay, okay. But the picture is from almost a decade ago, so give me a little slack. It’s the only picture I have of the Burro, so I decided to post it despite the outdated fashion sense on display.
Comment by Brad — August 1, 2005 @ 4:02 pm
The actual burro shows some serious attention to detail as well as a nice ROUNDING of the boxes (which makes it look more like an armadillo, but I digress…) I LOVE the “large box” legs. You’re an inventive genius, Brad. If it wasn’t for the burro, look at all the fun we wouldn’t have had making our own “upholstered/puffed” version of animals. Now that I see how nice the box rounding turned out, I’m rather depressed that we didn’t pull that over from your original. It would’ve saved money (and comments) on the fluffy stuff. ;)
Comment by Carrie — August 2, 2005 @ 9:31 am
I still think the upside down man thingie looks more like a squashed frog…
Comment by Carrie — August 2, 2005 @ 9:32 am
[...] I heard from my long lost friend Jeremy Grim today! I was coding a new function at work this morning when I was interrupted by a random instant message from someone not on my contact list. I knew something was up because the IM was “Foo Shniggens” (a long story that some of you already know, but suffice it to say that I knew that wasn’t spam). Anyway, it turns out it was my friend Jeremy from college whom I had lost touch with. Yes, this is the very same Jeremy that I built the cardboard burro with (the original cardboard animal). [...]
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