Note: This is one of the few, if not the first, time I've knowingly repeated a music cue. I've actually worked hard to avoid repetition. However, I absolutely love this song and it fits the post in its celebration of a borderline psychotic’s obsession with literature. You can see how I can relate.
Getting back to business, if it’s Sunday, and if I’m caught up on sleep, it’s recap day.
Juggling personal goals of rereading all the Potter books prior to the seventh’s book release and taking time to write each day was difficult (the metaphor is even more meaningful if you add the fact I’ve never learned to juggle despite multiple attempts randomly spaced over the years). The books were finished, and a number of things sketched out, but most of the entries didn’t appear till I retroactively posted them Friday… when many of the people who follow this site were otherwise distracted.
Anyway, returning to the recap.
Last Sunday, July 15, we restarted the old weekly summary post, bringing posts in July up to code.
On Monday I warned of the likelihood of delays brought on by having about 2,000 pages left to read in the Harry Potter series by Friday.
The aftereffects of a storm that hit Tuesday prompted me to reconsider my definition of modern progress, which may best resemble an ever-upgrading hamster wheel that continues to get flashier but still leaves its users in the same place.
A brief three-word note scribbled down a week before eventually led to a casual sport’s fan lament about wild world of sports Wednesday.
On Thursday I admitted my strange fascination with letter openers and how I think of them as a sign of adulthood (such as a driver’s license or W-2).
Also, under the guidelines repeated the previous week, the third appearance of the “Random confession of the Week” entry officially makes it a standard feature. Apologies still go out to the “From the Jukebox” series that despite a fair amount of preplanning and writing it still has not tallied a second appearance since initially arriving in March 2006.
As has become the norm, if not a tradition of the years, I don’t slow down much for my birthday, and the associated post reflects that.
Early Saturday, before collapsing into bed, I wrote about the little obstacles I had to overcome – distance, sleep deprivation, accidental trespassing – to finish the Harry Potter series.
To come: Comments about what I do with my days off, the practically compulsive Potter reaction post, and maybe the frequently delay observations about the extremes in weather.
