National "Seven Squared" Day Was Yesterday - How Did You Spend It?

Yesterday's date was 7/27 or 7-2-7, which looks to me a lot like 7-x-7, or seven squared, so I have decided to name July 27th "Seven Squared" Day. Legislation is currently pending. The only problem with my day was that I was behind a Client firewall all day, then at school with a dead laptop in the evening and then out and about for dinner and drinks with friends at night so I didn't have a chance to post on my very own day. Yes, "boo" to me. However, I can say that my site hit an all-time high in terms of traffic yesterday though so "yay" to me as well. In honor of this new annual day which honor's my blog, I have decided to try and get healthy again, as I fell off the wagon from the regimen I laid out for myself in my "Return to 19" post, so that I'm around in the future to keep posting. We'll see how long I stay with it this time.

Switching gears, I recently read up on Balzac and found two great quotes of his that seem to be very relevant today:

1. "Behind every great fortune there is a crime"
2. "There is nothing left for literature but mockery in a world that has collapsed," from the preface to La Peau de Chagrin.

For those, like me until a day ago, who do not know the facts about the famous French author with the naughty name, I can tell you that he was an " observer of society, morals and human psychology who continues to appeal to readers today. His novels have always remained in print. His vivid realism and his encyclopedic gifts as a recorder of his age outweigh the sketchiness and inconsistent quality of some of his works. Enough of them are recognized as masterpieces, to rank him as the Charles Dickens of France."

Now, think about the world today and the news you read on a daily basis and re-read the quotes, especially the last one. Maybe that is why the magic has disappeared for me, because the magic has turned into a mockery. What do you think?

Posted by Jefe at 4:23 PM, filed under ramblings