I have always been secretly jealous of people who do crossword puzzles. Ted Moseby of How I Met Your Mother does the Sunday crossword. My sister steals our newspaper to do the daily crossword. My uncle actually has to get two papers delivered to his house so both he and his son can do the crossword puzzle. Lisa Simpson was a crossword champ.
I figured that my blog was the perfect opportunity to try my hand at crossword puzzles. However, I have awful handwriting and an aversion to newsprint (thanks to my three years on the high school newspaper...I swear I still have some of that ink on my hands). So I opted to do it the electronic way--using Yahoo! games daily crossword. Plus, this way it tells me if I'm wrong.
When I first started the crossword puzzle I was surprised by how easy it was. I thought maybe everyone had exaggerated the difficulty or else I was some sort of genius. My confidence, however, was short lived. As I continued it became more difficult. I must confess that I used an online crossword puzzle dictionary several times. Yes: I am a blog cheater. In my defense the words in these puzzles must be obscure if an English major can't figure them out. Eventually I finished.
This without a doubt will not be my new hobby. It felt more like homework...less enjoyable, even. I'm glad I tried, but I think I'll leave the crossword puzzles to Ted Moseby.
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