How Stupid Am I?

Yesterday I got my hair cut and colored, and it reminded me of these old photos I working on last summer for a series I'm calling "Wish you were hair!"

Back when I was in my accumulation of junk mode, I started collecting old mid-century magazines, and one treasure is this little booklet with instructions for creating stylish coiffures, "Simple...and stunning as this casual page-boy." I did doodle on it to make it not-so-boring gray and white.

Anyway, arriving at the studio feeling rather perky with my new doo and shiny black color, my self-confidence was soon crushed when I found that I had done most brainiky-lacking thing I've done in a long time.

Earlier this week I had carefully packed up a quilt to be shipped to the Guilford Handicraft Center in Connecticut. I used FedEx.com to create automated shipping labels to and from the show--something that probably takes me longer to do with the rather quirky on-line program than it would take to hand write a form. But hey, I'll do anything to avoid looking at my own terrible handwriting, and they say you also get a discounted rate for using the preprinted labels.

Well, you guessed it. I put the wrong label on the outside of the box, and after dropping it at FedEx on Tuesday evening, it was delivered back to me the next day. A whole five blocks.

I did take it back to FedEx with a new label, and endured the jokes of the guy behind the desk to find out that I won't be charged shipping from Connecticut.

This morning I've been looking at funny cat photos and cartoons to cheer me up. If you like cats, you'll like this site. Check out the hilarious drawing of a cat's brain.