{"id":351,"date":"2011-02-25T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T16:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2011-02-25T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T16:31:49","slug":"handicapped-origami-cranes-and-other-birthday-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/handicapped-origami-cranes-and-other-birthday-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"handicapped origami cranes and other birthday tales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amorphous origami crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Birthday girl is 30 something today, so I decided I would make my own presents this year. \u00c2\u00a0Unsurprisingly, this turned out to be a bit harder than envisioned.<\/p>\n

The reason I’m always inclined to self-made presents, crayon painted birthday cards, and homemade pies is not only because I’m cheap, but because it takes a lot more effort to make something, than it does to go online and click “buy now”.<\/p>\n

Ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone\u00c2\u00a0who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish such as long life, or an eternal marriage. \u00c2\u00a0There is even a wedding tradition among the truly bored known as\u00c2\u00a0sembazuru<\/em>, where a couple will fold 1000 origami cranes in order to be granted a happy and prosperous marriage. \u00c2\u00a0It is thought that the time and energy put into folding a thousand orgami cranes symbolizes the patience and trust necessary to sustain a happy marriage.<\/p>\n

My goal today was to learn how to fold the paper creatures, and give Yanory a 100 of them. \u00c2\u00a0Throughout the next 10 years I could give her 100 cranes at either birthdays or anniversaries, and I’d be up to 1000 cranes in no time. \u00c2\u00a0Yeah, well… easier said than done.<\/p>\n

I started my day at 6am, shortly after Yanory left for work. \u00c2\u00a0Papers in hand, and the determination of a young samurai, I typed y-o-u-t-u-b-e-.-c-o-m.<\/p>\n

What the frik? \u00c2\u00a0How do they get from step 3 all the way to a flapping paper crane is beyond me. \u00c2\u00a0I looked for step by step instructions… same thing: the easy steps are shown and you’re somehow supposed to divine how to get from a folded square to a flying bird.<\/p>\n

After 2 reams of papers, Aldy-scissor-hands was up to a mildly decapitated and mostly unrecognizable crane. \u00c2\u00a0I was beginning to panic. \u00c2\u00a0No amount of “tailoring” with actual scissors could make my cranes looked like the cranes from the small handed Japanese anime instructors on-line. \u00c2\u00a0Luckily, after about 3 hours, I managed to make a recognizable crane that could actually flap its wings like the instructor’s. \u00c2\u00a0Quickly, I pulled out the stop watch and folded 3 more. \u00c2\u00a0Average time per crane? \u00c2\u00a05 minutes.<\/p>\n

Now, you don’t have to be a math geek to realize that to finish 100 cranes, I would fold the remaining cranes in 480 minutes (8 hours). \u00c2\u00a0And that’s assuming I make no mistakes, don’t get any paper cuts, and Yanory doesn’t come home commonly early (did I mention anesthesia was the residency to get into?). \u00c2\u00a0Realizing this is an impossible task, I am hoping she’ll be impressed with 4 beautiful origami cranes, a long blog entry in her honor, and a mountain bike ride through trails this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile… I’m heading out to the super market to buy ingredients to bake a key lime pie from scratch. \u00c2\u00a0Provided no distractions, I’m sure I can pull this off with no scorching before she gets home!<\/p>\n

Here’s to a thousand more years with the same beautiful wife.<\/p>\n

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4 down, 996 to go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Birthday girl is 30 something today, so I decided I would make my own presents this year. \u00c2\u00a0Unsurprisingly, this turned out to be a bit harder than envisioned. The reason I’m always inclined to self-made presents, crayon painted birthday cards, and homemade pies is not only because I’m cheap, but because it takes a lot … Continue reading handicapped origami cranes and other birthday tales<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quesejoda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}