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| Latest photo of the semi-assembled portfolio booth. |
This is my portfolio as it sits in my bedroom, minus the top-middle piece of fabric. I haven't quite decided how I want that part to look yet; but whatever I do with it, it'll need to be done at the beginning of the show because it wouldn't be able to fold up neatly otherwise. The two on the sides have been folded and stapled nicely.
Also, I got the monitor to stay up!
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| My monitor staying on the booth wall like a boss. |
Last weekend, I was having an issue because it was too top-heavy. My mother thought it would be a good idea to make a lip in the front for the monitor to sit on, but it is actually too narrow. Naturally, I asked my mom for help because she's the construction woman of the year, and this is what I got.
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| Yes, that is indeed crayon. No, I didn't get my drawing skills from her. |
So... It was pretty close. I just made this instead.
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| Displaying my awesome girl scout knots (not). |
Those are absolutely, without a doubt, lanyards. Three lanyards, actually. But unlike my mother's very detailed drawing, the monitor was top-heavy like I mentioned before. So I had the lanyards pull down on the back of the monitor (reversing what my mother suggested) so that the screen would appear upright and correct.
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| The lanyard is clipped onto the screw-loop thing. |
About a year ago, I wanted to buy a lanyard and two card holders, one for my school ID and one for the bus passes. However, they didn't seem to sell just one lanyard, so I had gotten a pack of ten. Over time, I've been finding different uses for them. My roommate used two to makeshift a temporary strap for her camera. I have one rigged up to the standing fan in our apartment because it sort of broke and it's holding the fan to face people rather than the ceiling. Another one was cut and melted to mend a belt. I believe only one is actually being used as a lanyard for a USB drive (that I don't even use anymore). Go figure, when I got a car and a fancy purse, I didn't need the lanyard anymore because I didn't want the whole thing dangling from the ignition and tickling my legs like little spiders.
Anyway, I had felt like a genius when I pulled out the lanyards and tied it all together. They're actually quite stable the way it all holds together. And no, you can't poke them at Portfolio Review.
