"When It Was Over, It Was Not Really Over, and That Was the Trouble." -- Frank Yerby

Ah, we arrive at the day loved by philosophers and 4-year-olds worldwide.... Y Day! I've been asking myself that question all day today...

Honestly, I'm running on fumes here, both in content and enthusiasm. I have a couple of Y songs, and a Book character for Z Day, but that's about it. I think I'll knock them both out today, fire off a few stats, and then work on my Z Day surprise... yeah, this old dog has a Z Trick or two up his sleeve....

Favorite Songs: 

You Cause As Much Sorrow by Sinead O'Connor 

You're Never Over by Eminem

You're the Lion of Judah by Robin Mark

You Can Rise by Becker, Dente and Ashton.

Favorite Book Characters: 

Zarost from The Riddler's Gift by Greg Hamerton.

So the stats run-down is as follows: 16 Games, 36 Movies, 17 Actors, 13 Performances, 30 People I'd Like To Meet, 15 Bands/Singers, 66 Songs, 19 Books (counting series volumes), 7 Authors, 21 Book Characters, 28 Movie Characters, 6 TV Characters, 6 Comics, and 9 Websites/Blogs.

I suppose I could try, now that I'm at the end, to come up with my Very Favorite in each category, but really, who gives a crap, right? These lists are semi-subjective anyway... I'm sure if I did this again in a year, the list would be different... not completely, of course, but in part at least. Bigger at the very least, as I gave more focused thought to it. Still, it was a fun personal journey, as boring as that sounds. I'm glad I did it, but I'm also glad it's over.

I could try and get all clever on you, and riff on "Why" for a while, or fire off a poem, but I've pulled too many consecutive 2am bedtimes in a row this month, and my brain feels like that half-gallon ice cream container you have in the back of your freezer... a little bit left at the bottom, all iced-over and forgotten. Gonna regroup and get on my Z-Day surprise. I hope it's as good in reality as it is in my head at the moment...

What the heck, here's a poem for you anyway, in departing...

Thanks again to everyone that popped in all month and dropped all those tasty comments.

See you Monday.

Dave the Yawn