Some assembly required

[onefixedstar]

So what do you get when you put one MBA, one Ph.D. student, and one brand new, unassembled Ikea bookcase in the same room? Proof that the skills needed for a successful academic experience are completely unrelated to the skills needed to put together a simple bookcase. Yes, folks, it was another Arts & Crafts night here at the J² residence, and we actually managed to mess up an Ikea bookcase. We contemplated fixing it for a while, but that would have involved fiddling with nails, dowling, and screws, and that just seemed like too much work. After all, it still looks like a bookcase...more or less. I'm not going to post what's wrong with it here, because there are about six people reading this who have a decent chance of visiting me at some point and I want to see if you notice on your own. But do feel free to have a good chuckle at my expense. Just don't laugh too much, or I might invite you to come fix it. ;)

Comments

[stillvisions.livejournal.com]

Will do...

(laugh at it; I'll leave it to you to fix it... ) ;P

[reiber.livejournal.com]

See, that's the funny thing. Being in college, and a program where, in one day I learned more about plumbing than most people in our immediate family know, I would have no qualms with coming over there and fixing it for you. The other thing that makes this funny is that I just bought a bunch of tools. Sadly, I think none of them will be suited for this particular project. But I am still willing to fix it! ;)

[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

Cool! We had all of the tools necessary to put it together (hammer and the included allen key), so that should be enough to fix it. I think.

What kinds of tools did you buy? More than can be found in my mini, turquoise toolkit, I bet. ;)

[reiber.livejournal.com]

Well... Not more, but different. I don't have a hammer. But I have a soldering iron, a multimeter (which I bought a few weeks ago for school) and a 26 pc toolkit with precision screwdrivers, needlenose pliers, wire cutters, and this funky screw driver with replacable bits, and an extension piece. It also supports ratchet bits. It's pretty sweet. Of course, it's all for electricity, and my own hobbies.