Assorted Afflatuses

A number of months ago in November, I wrote the entry, An Enigma and a Mystery, which, in its second part, chronicled my discovery of a contingency of people on LiveJournal that had serendipitously unearthed my blog. Later that same day I reported my preliminary findings after a few minutes of research. But recently, more information has come to light and the strange saga has a new wrinkle or two.

According to two well-placed sources, the initial discovery of this blog by the aforementioned contingency came after a beleaguered and exhausted student read The Picture of Dorian Gray for her English class. As anyone forced to write a 20-page literary analysis would, she hated the book. Then, at some point after that, she stumbled upon my 2006 Christmas Wish List, which included Oscar Wilde's Picture book. For her own inscrutable reasons, said person decided that this blog was somewhat noteworthy, posting something on her LiveJournal. Social networking took over from that point and the mad dash to read my blog began.

In fact, the person who initially stumbled upon my lovely little blog has developed such an intense level of reverence for either me or my blog that I was asked for an autograph, on her behalf, by my two informants. It's not the first time someone has requested an autograph, though it was the first time that I obliged such a request. I cannot decide whether or not to embrace this niche notoriety, though it would make a great anecdote for someone writing about the power of the Internet.

Granted, many questions remain unanswered in my mind. I see a part three in the future.