II

I was actually dreading how I would start this one … I would have either written something involving Too (as in Too Much, Too Many, Too Lame) or probably gone Español on your ass, and did something with Tu. But no need, I’ve been called out. (Thanks for saving me a potentially that-which-we-do-not-speak-of-anymore-esque disastrous post).

So, I’ve been busted? Is that a fair term to use? Yesterday, at precisely 8:43 am, ‘Anonymous’ asked what was up with the countdown. I presume the whole thing was one of those things that were clear earlier on but no one aksed.

To come clean (but this is not the ‘big reveal’ … keep your jaws together) I have been counting down to ‘SOMETHING’. If you’ve been living under a rock (different rock, not the one that prevented you from knowing the Jackson verdict), what I’ve basically been doing (as you can see) is writing the posts based on an order of reverse-sequential numeric titles. I know, how extremely transparent of me (maybe a little lame) but extremely necessary. Noteworthy, is the fact that these posts where the only ones where I came up with a title first, and then the actual post.

I tried my best to disguise the ‘countdown’ by employing some cheap phonetic vs. spelling tactics. Yes, I love the cheap tactics. This kicked my ass when it came to the post title ‘FIVE’ (I think Se7en was a little more forgiving because I was able to reference the movie ‘Se7en’) … now that I think about it, I should have titled the post ‘V’ and written accordingly. Crap, can we get a take 2? Never mind, I’ll just stick to using the Roman numeral stuff on this one.

Though I cannot deny that the titles governed what overall subject I discussed, I will mention that the content in the posts was everything I wanted to say, just in a different order…you know, in the name of my ‘master plan’.

After today, there’s just ONE more day (and post) and we will all get to see what this dramatic 8-day countdown was all about. Tomorrow, along with the ‘big reveal’, I will mention exactly why I started at 8, as opposed to the more common TEN, which would have made this Saga a 2-week/ 10-post ordeal. Though it’s not the reason, I do prefer asymmetry and appreciate imperfection more than the boring and usual, which I like to call “white bread”.

Ok, maybe I should give this keyboard a break, BIG DAY tomorrow. That and the fact that I'm about to be late for work.

Note: This is what happens when I’m asked to travel (for about 45 minutes) and be there by 7 a.m. “Asked” was the key term, I refused. It’s my show, so how about a little re-negotiation -- meet me at 8 (but because of travel, I still woke up an hour earlier) and of course, I couldn’t stiff everyone and ruin my blog countdown master plan by skipping this post, entitled ‘2’.