Assignment 13: Become Obsessed With a Puzzle

So I never did get on the Sudoku train or the Kenji train or any puzzle train really. I can't stand crosswords because I never get obscure cultural references, even in conversation. I would see people with their little books or their newspapers and I was jealous that I couldn't get my mind to sit still enough to become fixated on a puzzle. Until I discovered the cutest little Posh Puzzle books at B&N! Sure they were an overpriced $8.00 but last night I spent like 2 hours solving logic puzzles and doing word roundups. I'm probably just obsessed because they are so cute and clandestine. It's like I am secretly exercising my mind and no one can tell. Too bad the gym doesn't work that way.




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Assignment 12: Find an Epic Writing Project

So I have been writing poems and the beginning of stories and it's time to embark on a project that will allow me to open up a little bit more. I am not ready to write "my great novel" or even "my great picture book", but I could be if I started a little bit closer to home. I have an idea for another blog that is merely a vehicle for a longer piece of writing that I cannot even imagine doing in word. I really am about to go through the most interesting personal period of my life since I moved to New York 11 and a half years ago. That was the last time EVERYTHING changed. All at once. And next June - 2011 - it's going to again. But first I have to turn 30, plan a wedding, find a new job, and leave New York. Luckily, I have a year and a half to get it together. Thank goodness for long engagements. I can still use this blog for smaller projects that involve spinning my mental wheels. Thank goodness for multiple free blogs. I like to compartmentalize things as much as possible.