It is very rare that I ever hold a newspaper in my hands. It is this excuse that has allowed me to dodge the whole issue of crossword puzzles well into my twenties [thank you internets for online papers]. See, like Scrabble - crossword puzzles seem like the type of things that I would be good @...rather that I *should* be good @ - and yet - I somehow doubt this. I struggle greatly with puzzles of any kind or little games like Boggle [Peggy Hill would not be impressed] or the Jumble. I think if I were to attempt Sudoku, my brain would explode in a fit of impatient fury pushed too far.
When I did have a longer subway ride back in days of yore, I did pick up the crappy free Metro [this provided much fodder for my many rants against the crappy free Metro and especially their one entertainment "journalist"] and I would attempt their crappy free crossword puzzle. I never once finished it. Even though - the New York Times crossword puzzle this ain't. Well, it's still not the New York Times [you think you're better than us?!?] but today I completed my first crossword puzzle! The reason I played it was because this puzzle got a shout out on ONTD the hot celeb gossip site I like the most [ONTD was an answer!] so I thought I would give it a shot. Many of the clues were hot celeb gossip related. Plus, you could really easily search for hints. I tried to resist doing this, but after letting it sit for a couple of hours and still racking my brain and coming up empty I got kinda antsy and desparate. And yes, I'm fully aware that all newspapers have their puzzles online these days so I really have no excuse for not increasing my word power.
[yeah, no updates. lack of internet for a couple of days. but mostly extreme sloth-itude on my part. i enjoy how the counter seems to go up when i don't post. i guess that tells me all i need to know about my writing skills - you prefer me silent. well. i'm not dead yet.]
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