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Work was far too swamped today for me to keep up my movie blog entry, but rather than simply skip the day I've decided to instead submit a shorter entry on my new enemy: the 40" laminator.

Before I begin, today's video is Samson by Regina Spektor. The video is just the lyrics (there is no official video) and although normally I prefer to choose something with an interesting visual companion, this song is simply too good to pass up. Enjoy:



How about Without a Paddle on Blu-Ray? Eh?

Anyway, as for my new enemy, today I battled with the laminator for about 45 minutes sufficiently singing the tips of my fingers, tearing open my palm with the scissors I was using, and, worst of all, breaking my spirit. Rather than hit a pillow, I've decided to take my frustration out more constructively. Without further ado:

Peaceful Resistance
By Alex Witkowski

According to your manual it's simple:
Color coded and labeled just like so many things now.
And I know organization
If my alphabetized music collection is any indication.

So the blue goes to blue
And red to red
The top one hooks on here
And the bottom one hooks on
Right
Wait
Okay
There we go.
Just let it run and

Stuck?

This can't be right.

Peeling plastic from your two-hundred degree element
I never knew a sheet could get so hot
Like the back of my neck from the customers breathing on it.

Ouch.
All right.
Start over.

So the blue goes to blue
And red to red
The top one hooks on
Right
Okay, here
And the bottom
Whoops
And the bottom one hooks right on here
Wait
No
On here
Now I'll let it run and

What?

Following pictures precisely
Whose right is right?
Because mine's apparently wrong.

And the third time might be the charm
If the adhesive weren't glued to the element
If my fingers could handle the heat
If the scissors could cut through glue
If your diagram was right in the first place
And maybe if I hadn't
That one time
Called you a no good piece of crap.