11/11/11

On the twelfth of November, I will tell you about yesterday.

Here is what I planned to do yesterday: http://11elevenproject.com/en/ (with a nod to AY for unknowingly bringing it to my attention).

Once a century, the date is all "ones." 11/11/11.

The people manning the above URL were encouraging people of all walks of creative life to produce something to mark the day. And then it would be publicized through the website. They even offered themes to write on, and left them wide open to interpretation, intentionally.

The 11 topics were:

1. Beginnings
2. Heart Break
3. Make a Wish
4. Faith
5. Routine
6. Water
7. Courage
8. Play
9. Darkness
10. Beauty
11. Love

(http://11elevenproject.com/en/participate/the-11-topics/)

At one point, I thought of writing on water (living in the Middle East, water is a hot topic - pun intended). Another time, I thought of writing on darkness - except that I am avoiding morbidity. I decided, finally, that I would write on routine. And then, ironically, non-routine interruptions prevented me from blogging yesterday, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the millennium.

(For more on this date, I recommend this (somewhat quirky) post: http://archuletafanscene.com/2011/11/11/fanscene-geek-post-happy-11-11-11-or-once-a-century-repunit-palindrome-day/, where this funky mathematical approach is found:)

Granted, it was my decision to allow those non-routine interruptions to interrupt. Such as: academic work that is long over-due. Such as: a dear friend's heartache upon getting dumped (or nearly so). Such as: preparations for a trip overseas. Such as: conversations with real live people that took precedence over blogging. Also, baking muffins, doing dishes, cleaning house (those last few might be more routine, after all).

Sometimes the decision must be to do away with the previous decision. But a sales clerk did note the date, so at least 11/11/11 did not pass wholly unnoticed. And now I have commented on it as well, if not as originally planned....

If only to head back to the list of non-routine interferences...thankfully, none of them bad.

PS: Apparently, they also made a horror movie for the occasion: http://1111themovie.com/ (what I shame I don't like horror movies!).