Sorry, but the writing style just grates on me.

"It was nuts. Totally obsessive-compulsive. Call it an exercise in eccentricity or futility, and you'd probably be right."

How is that humble? A good writer would tell the story and let the reader decide how crazy and eccentric he is.

There are a million ways to write about personal experiences without using "I" every other sentence and bragging about how great you are.

I probably shouldn't have even said anything.