Bubbles and Other Troubles

So I proved once again that I don't know what I'm doing.  I put on my vinyl name stickers last night and I was most concerned about getting it straight.  You've got this really long and narrow string of letters, it was a bit awkward to put on (didn't want to remove all the backing at once), maniplutaing this little plastic ruler to keep it straight...  And we finally got it on for better or worse.  We measured again and it was pretty straight!  Vinyl stickers are surely removable, but I don't think they'd be salvagable in any way so this was one of those "do it right the first time" moments which I hate and am notoriously bad at.  But it was straight and looked good.  VICTORY!

 Then we took the paper backing off.  O.O  D'OH!  I didn't even think about bubble prevention!  What's wrong with me!?

WAH!!!!  IT'S SO BAD!!!  I feel so stupid.  I mean, it looks "ok", but I just feel like this all could have been prevented if i was smarter about stuff.  Why do I attempt these things on my own?

Anyway, from far back enough it looks pretty decent.

I've read that sometimes the little bubbles will work themselves out over time, and if all else fails I could resort to the push-pin fix, but dangit.  Even if I do work them out with brute force it's still not going to be as perfect as I want (I'm a bit of a perfectionist).  I wish I could do things right the first time and just have them come out awesome.  Such is life I suppose.

In other news, check out the sweet angry eyes I also put on the headlights (pictured above, you can just make them out)!  It looks GREAT!  It's also ILLEGAL!  :-|  I think, I'm not sure.  I didn't even think about checking up on the laws before putting them on because, seriously, they're not a safety hazard.  My headlight light distribution is fine.  But they're not so great I want to pay fines for having them.  I can't find a straight answer, but Texas law states something to the effect that you can't have a cover obscuring the headlight.  Does that mean an inch or less on the top corner?  I don't know.  Apparently so, at least in some other states from what I've since read on the interwebs.  I'd rather not find out the hard way.  So now that I've 3M-tape-stuck the heck out of these things to my car, I'm going to have to try to pry them off probably.  At the risk of getting a ticket, I'm looking for a cop at a convenience store or something that I can just stop and ask if it's ok.  And since I can't find a single Texas site that says definitively if Angry Eyes are legal in Texas or not (maybe I'm just missing an obvious site?) I might be the only site on the entire internet that can give you a straight answer on that once I ask.  I'll be sure to post what they say.  Perhaps from my jail cell, but I'll post it.

Jeep Wave Count: Still haven't tallied it.  I will.  Eventually.