2:05 pmI
Sure, I have lots to tell you about. Sure, I still haven’t posted pics of Jachin’s birthday (which was several weeks ago, but I can’t get the pictures off the camera). Sure, there’s all kinds of TMI I could be giving you about my pregnancy thus far, because tons of weird bodily things have occured in the last 13 1/2 weeks (not the least of which is that I’m in that weird limbo where I don’t quite look pregnant yet, but I just look like I’ve let myself go and I can’t button the top button of my jeans anymore). But no, I’m skipping through all of that and I’m just opting for a no-brainer Meme. Stephanie (known in the blogosphere as “Bad Mom”) tagged me for a Meme… and, well, it sounded easier than writing a real post. (But Yay for me! Because I have been steadily working on my book. So as my blog whithers, the novel grows stronger.)
So the rules for this Meme are:
1. Pick up the nearest book. (which I didn’t. I cheated and looked through several nearby books for which one had the best sentences.)
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you. (yeah right, I don’t know 5 people with blogs anymore.)
The winning book: Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus, by Dave Barry
“Overseeing a modern wedding is comparable, in terms of complexity, to flying the Space Shuttle; in fact, it’s worse, because shuttle crew members don’t have to select their silver pattern. This is done from them by ground-based engineers:
Command Center: Okay, Discovery, we’re gonna go with the “Fromage de Poisson” pattern, over?“
Ahh, yes, Dave Barry. You can trust that man to have three great sentences on page 123 every time. Other books lying around my bedroom that also have at least 123 pages (that weren’t chosen for the Meme, but nonetheless they may be worth your time):
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
The Screwtape Letters, by CS Lewis
The Talisman, by Stephen King and Peter Straub
I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
I’m not tagging anyone, but if you’d like to play along, go for it. All two of you.
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unfortunately the only books I have around me at the moment are the Utah State Code and I can tell you there’s nothing funny in there. =)
Comment by Diana — June 18, 2008 @ 7:44 am
Excellent job, I knew you were up for it
Congrats on working your novel, btw. And great other books you’ve got lying around!
Comment by stephanie (bad mom) — June 18, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Most of the books in my vicinity have no more than 30 pages. Is it sad that I have less books than my kids?
Comment by Leslie — June 20, 2008 @ 7:33 pm