Only six hours left, and only two episodes left of Lain remain. “Infornography” was just plain strange… The first half was a music video, of all things.

Wendi’s back from the store and I’m trying to shoo her into bed. One of us ought to get some sleep tonight, after all.

I’m taking a break from chatting so my shoulder and fingers can rest. They’ve started acting up, which is a Very Bad Thing for someone who intends to type entries all night long.

Time for another OJ and some more Lain, I think. Then maybe I’ll be rested enough to do stuff online again. Yeah.

So. Serial Experiments Lain. Yeah.

I was right all along: It’s as if someone decided to try telling a story with lots of the pieces deliberately removed for the sake of being (ooo!) mysterious and cutting-edge.

Red herrings. Mumbo-jumbo. Unexplained phenomena. Pointless, unresolved plot threads. False endings.

On the whole, I was disappointed. I kept hoping the thing would go somewhere, you know? Ultimately all the writers could do was simply chase their own tails for a few hours and hope it looked cool enough to impress the kiddies.

Maybe I’m just missing something, but… well, I’m not going to lose sleep over it.

Ha. Ha ha ha. Get it? Lose sleep? Yeah. Damn, I’m funny. See you in half an hour.

We’re getting near the end, folks. As of now there are only four more required postings before the end of the ‘thon. I’ve spent some quality time with a good book, but now I think I’m going to try some more anime on for size. I don’t even know which title yet, but I’ll find out.

See you at 4:30…

Now, with only one hour (therefore two posts) remaining in Blogathon 2003, I’d like to thank everyone who pledged a donation to the World Wildlife Fund on behalf of Your Favorite Little Grey Duck. Thank you Jenn, Wendi, Erin, Amy, Iris, Jayn, Marty, Sam, Mari, David, Sarah, Lilith (& Geoffrey) and Paul. Collectively you pitched in a total of $183! You should all feel proud of yourselves, and I’m proud to have inspired each of you to give a little something.

Sincerely, truly, I thank you all.

This entry concludes my first participation in the Blogathon. I think I made a decent job of it, posting bunny pictures and linkage and reviews and bits and pieces of what-not. It could’ve been better, it could’ve been a helluva lot worse.

Personal thanks go out to Wendi for sustenance and support and (in one notable case) journal fodder, to Alex and Erica for being here and keeping me entertained before bedtime, to Mari for stopping by, to Lilith for calling to say hi, and to Jenn, Dawn, Annessa, Larry, Jaymi, Dalemar and random fellow ‘thonners who chatted or emailed their support and encouragement. I wouldn’t have managed this little feat of geeky endurance without you.

Was I crazy to sign up for and take part in this worldwide extravaganza? Of course I was. The craziness was for a cause, however, and it also provided a challenge. One should challenge oneself every so often, wouldn’t you agree?

So now it’s getting light outside, and I wonder how much sleep I’m going to get. Honestly? I’ll probably only sleep for a few hours. Such is life, I suppose. It’s not as though I had to do anything major with my day (other than a surprise bonus day of loading and unloading Wendi’s DJ equipment).

Let’s do this again next year, shall we? Of course we shall. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed. G’nite! Or, good morning…