Can’t Get Ish Together

I love sushi. I really do. If I could afford it, I would eat it everyday but I can’t do that so I figure, why not try to make it myself. I went and bought some nori and pickled ginger. The fillings I already keep on store for other dishes.
You would think that with a food background, rolling up some rice and such in seaweed should be easy. Wrong! Here’s what happened:

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First attempt. I used fishless fish sticks in this one and quinoa. So far so good right?

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Then this happened. I don’t know what happens between rolling and cutting. Cutting becomes a mess.

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Then I decided to just make a burrito out of it.

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Attempt 2: things started out alright once again. I thought I was following the picture instructions okay….

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And then this happened. Yikes!

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Yea. In between the first and second attempts, I opted for deconstructed sushi. This was basically putting everything separately in a bowl. Think I’ll stick to my sushi burritos. Maybe I should have bought the bamboo sheet.

Does anyone have suggestions on what I can do to get my rolls to stick?