I couldn't fit Data on the page, so I had to glue on a bit more page. I could watch The Goonies every day and still not get bored. The Goonies got played a lot on the old Ferguson Videostar.
Good old Marty McFly. Good old Michael J. Fox. Good old time travel. Bad Libyans.
Only 15 days left now. It'll be weird when it's all over. Maybe all the Hundred-Dayers can celebrate March 10th every year as a new holiday: "Better Person Day". A hundred days is nearly a third of a year. And I appear to have spent most of a third of a year cutting up books. I'm not sure what that says about my chosen profession. I do know I find it very therapeutic, though. And quite fun.
That old Ferguson Videostar got me reminiscing about all the videos I used to watch and love. It only felt right to make a paper cut-out John Cusack, from possibly one of the greatest "music" scenes in any film, ever.
Day 81 saw a call out from Hundred Days HQ for video. I briefly entertained the idea of doing some kind of stop-motion wizardry, but I'm nowhere near tech enough, and the Mr (who could probably do that kind of thing with his eyes closed) is in Italy, so I came up with a plan B: a paper representation of my beloved old Ferguson Videostar, in all its toploading glory. Ah, Ferguson Videostar, how I loved thee.
At work I was sent a link to a site called Toy-A-Day, for half term activity ideas. It's brilliant. There are so many that I want to make. There's even a template so you can design your own.
This book-cut was inspired by these toys. (I still appear to be pilfering.)
Emma J. Lannie was born in Manchester and now lives in Derby. Her first short story collection Behind A Wardrobe In Atlantis was published in 2014 by Mantle Lane Press. A founder member of literature collective Hello Hubmarine, she helps run Derby Writers’ Hub, organises spoken word and live literature events, leads workshops, and drinks a shedload of tea. Emma is currently working on her novel The Path From You Back To Me.
She has writing published in After The Fall, Overheard, 100RPM, Jawbreakers, Scattered Reds, Bugged, Even More Tonto Short Stories, Dzanc Best Of The Web 2010, 6SV1, Tripod, and online at Six Sentences, Straight From The Fridge, The Beat, Un-Made-Up, Beat the Dust, The Pygmy Giant, Dogmatika, Rainy City Stories, Laura Hird, 3:AM, Kill Author, For Every Year, Red Lightbulbs, There Was Nowhere To Go But Everywhere, and Word Gumbo.