Thank You Sylvia and Becca
I finally saw Wordplay, the movie about will shortz and the nytimes crossword puzzle. there is one part of the film when ken burns is asked about the first time he went "7 for 7" - solving the puzzle every day of one week. I have never gone 7 for 7, but as soon as I heard the phrase I realized that I had a new goal. I'm good, but I'm not that good.
but so much of crossword solving is practice. it took me about a year to solve a thursday puzzle all by myself, but that was a year of trying to solve the thursday puzzle every single week. so today, because it is slow at work and because I have a new goal, I set out to do the friday puzzle.
and I did it. the whole damn thing. and even though I wasn't keeping track of my time, I know that I did it much more quickly than I would have anticipated. I'm so frickin' pleased with myself at the moment.
New Year's Resolution - go 7 for 7 in 2007.
but so much of crossword solving is practice. it took me about a year to solve a thursday puzzle all by myself, but that was a year of trying to solve the thursday puzzle every single week. so today, because it is slow at work and because I have a new goal, I set out to do the friday puzzle.
and I did it. the whole damn thing. and even though I wasn't keeping track of my time, I know that I did it much more quickly than I would have anticipated. I'm so frickin' pleased with myself at the moment.
New Year's Resolution - go 7 for 7 in 2007.