Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. I'm feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. I'm feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Looking Closer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-05-02T17:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-09-05T19:47:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/259\/1084\/320\/20050104_bg.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/\",\"name\":\"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-05-02T17:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-05T19:47:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e\"},\"description\":\"I have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. I'm feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/\",\"name\":\"Looking Closer\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e\",\"name\":\"Jeffrey Overstreet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Jeffrey Overstreet\"},\"description\":\"Visit Looking Closer for Jeffrey Overstreet's latest writing on art, faith, and film. Jeffrey teaches writing and film at Seattle Pacific University. He left the Patheos network in 2015.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/author\/jeffreyoverstreet\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete","description":"I have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. I'm feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete","og_description":"I have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. I'm feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/","og_site_name":"Looking Closer","article_published_time":"2005-05-02T17:46:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-09-05T19:47:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/259\/1084\/320\/20050104_bg.jpg"}],"author":"Jeffrey Overstreet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeffrey Overstreet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/","name":"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-05-02T17:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-09-05T19:47:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e"},"description":"I have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith. I'm feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/","name":"Looking Closer","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e","name":"Jeffrey Overstreet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Jeffrey Overstreet"},"description":"Visit Looking Closer for Jeffrey Overstreet's latest writing on art, faith, and film. Jeffrey teaches writing and film at Seattle Pacific University. He left the Patheos network in 2015.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/author\/jeffreyoverstreet\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":8252,"date":"2005-05-02T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-02T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2005\/05\/02\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/"},"modified":"2012-09-05T13:47:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T19:47:44","slug":"just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2005\/05\/just-a-few-more-days-of-waiting-before-the-circle-becomes-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a Few More Days of Waiting Before the Circle Becomes Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"\"$ <\/a>
\nI have my pass to the sneak preview of Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m feeling a mix of excitement, dread, and at times a strange indifference. Somehow, I know it\u2019s not going to be all I want it to be. All I ask is that there are some memorably good surprises. And that they don\u2019t leave any confounding continuity errors. And that they let the actors act. And that the dialogue is free of any painfully bad lines. Okay, so now you can see why I\u2019m not terribly optimistic.<\/p>\n

Still, I *am* excited that I\u2019ve made it this far without reading any spoiler-laden reviews (I know Kevin Smith has posted one, dagnab him.) So I\u2019m getting close to seeing a Star Wars movie without reading the synopsis or the book first. That\u2019ll make this a unique experience for me, however good or bad it turns out to be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"