Okay, I saw this on my friend Nicole's blog. Since hers turned out funny, and I'm sitting next to a bookshelf, thought I'd try this, too.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fourth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the "coolest" book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.
Okay, here's mine.
"In cash? Come on, lady..." --Criminal Intent, by William Bernhardt
Acquiring a Nemesis
3 years ago
9 comments:
You're right, dear readers who didn't comment. My quote wasn't funny. I failed you all.
My book quote was, "He jerked to his feet like I'd caught him doing something shameful, and a flush spread up his neck and brightened his ears." So mine's less funny, if that makes you feel any better. And the book is, The Myth of Me and You, by Leah Stewart. Your quote at least implied some sort of prostitution.
Actually, it's The Myth of You and Me. Same diff.
Ah, but yours had shame. And ain't nothin' wrong with a book of shame.
Or maybe there is. I don't know.
I wanted to attempt this, but I am surrounded by bookshelves: the best I could do would be to close my eyes and glom onto a book at random.
That did not work. There is little in the way of terminal punctuation in E.E. Cummings' EIMI. Once more into the breach -- damn! It seems that William H. Gass is not so fond of terminal punctuation either (I blame Joyce with his Molly Bloom's soliloquy).
At last, I have a quote; although it should be noted that it is not interesting in the least. "I'll bring your Masadas." -- from Russell Hoban's Come Dance With Me. Good book, but not so much the quote.
Swan! I wondered if you'd show up!
I was in the library and surrounded by books, too. And I cheated a little. The first book I found was lame of the extreme kind. Not that the one I posted was grand, but it's the thought that counts, right? Er...
And, by the way, if E.E. Cummings wasn't into punctuation, how come he put periods in his name?
April,
Yes, previously I had attempted to leave you a comment in your other journal, but was unable to do so. Anyway, it was not so much that E.E. Cummings was not into punctuation as he was inclined to abandon terminal punctation in his prose (it was, I believe, his approach to stream of consciousness).
Whereas his reasons for employing initials are twofold: "Edward Estlin" did not work with the ladies and "E.E." is a joyous monky-like sound.
YES. Very true, and an astute observation, Eric. Why settle for such a common name like Edward, when you can envision monkey lovin' with two vowels?
Okay April, here is the fourth sentence from the book I found."We will not select as friends people whose behaviors dsturb us in some way or even people whom we like a great deal but whom it is "costly" to get together with, such as people who live far away or who are available at inconvenient times because of odd work schedules.
p.s. this game sucks!
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