I <3 books
Rules
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth 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.
"Blueprints ("blues"), vandykes (brown prints), and silver prints are all different forms of photographic prints made from the negatives that are to be used in offset printing." --The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition, from The University of Chicago Press in the section about book proofs...
Instructions:
1. Keep the statements that apply to you, and bold them.
2. Change the statements that don't apply to you so that they do apply to you. This can be a minor word shift or a complete change of subject.
01. I say "dude" to guys and girls.
02. I really like reading.
03. I do not own high school sweatshirts.
04. I think a lot of things are funny that no one else does.
05. I don't write as often as I used to.
06. I really like using compound sentences in my writing.
07. I enjoy long solitary nights.
08. My sexuality is settled and irrelevant at the moment.
09. I dig photography.
10. I bought an analog watch so I could learn to tell time.
11. In retrospect, I think high school was underrated.
12. I still have some of my shirts from high school.
13. I'm a sucker for a British accent.
14. I am going to write a book someday.
15. I wish I had more accessories.
16. I am pro-choice.
17. I am outspoken when pressed.
18. I really like english.
19. I speak quietly in class.
20. I have 4 days with only one class this semester.
21. I need to defrag my brain.
22. I check my e-mail almost obsessively.
23. I am very quotable.
24. A lot of my friends are in love with my books.
25. I'm almost always on AIM.
26. Trillian is silly.
27. I can cook a few things.
28. I am passionate about all of my interests.
29. Recently I've realized how much I understand current events.
30. I hate when people play with my hair.
31. I am happy about how I look.
32. I edit my IMs.
33. I procrastinate. A LOT.
34. I get side-tracked easily.
35. I need a better collection of music.
36. I really want to go abroad this summer.
37. I wear sunglasses when it's cloudy.
38. I dig music.
39. I can never tell if people get my references.
40. I feel sorry for people who don't know what I'm talking about.
41. I barely ever leave the apartment without makeup.
42. Enough people at my school seem to like me.
43. I cannot sing.
44. I really like writing.
45. I don't know how I survived 20 years without bars (the kind with alcohol).
46. I have a secret ;)
47. I love cities.
48. I have no love life, which is strange to me.
49. I do not have a brother (or a sister).
50. I need to write my honors thesis.
51. I am getting better at not nibbling my nails.
52. If I come on too strong, I don't know it.
53. I am sometimes ashamed of my nerdiness.
54. I'm tired of worrying about school.
55. I try to finish my friends' sentences for them.
56. I don't play any team sports for my school.
57. I have songs stuck in my head all the time.
58. I wear fewer T-shirts than I ever did before.
59. I like when my friends write me letters, it makes me feel special.
60. I cannot see myself having a child. Ever.
61. I wish I were going to New York this weekend.
62. I am too interested in politics.
63. I rarely feel unsafe.
64. My hair is too long.
65. I'm kind of a klutz.
66. My grades are very important to me.
67. I am a realist.
68. I haven't lost my keys since arriving at college.
69. My toenails are usually painted.
70. I love regular meals with people.
71. I don't spend enough time hanging out with the people around me.
72. I cannot drive a stick.
73. I want to become someone who isn't negatively disposed towards most people.
74. I like to play Trivial Pursuit.
75. I'm a little conceited in public.
76. I'm totally incapable of dumbing myself down.
77. I like to read a lot.
78. Things I say are often misinterpreted.
79. I sigh a lot.
80. I fidget a lot.
81. I have a natural sense of spelling.
82. I do not like drama.
83. When I spoon with someone, I am always the inner spoon.
84. I feel like there's a reason I ended up where I am.
85. One day I will go to every continent.
86. I hate rollercoasters.
87. I spend too much money at once.
88. I drink any alcohol that tastes icky when I want to get drunk.
89. I have a roommate who does not clean.
90. I don't like to dress up.
91. I don't find it inspiring that at my age some people already have book contracts; I find it scary.
92. I haven't head enough good music lately.
93. I'm disturbed that there are people who know nothing about the Holocaust.
94. Indiana's no daylight savings time is good.
95. I butt my way into other people's conversations.
96. I love my parents.
97. I prefer being outdoors.
98. My room is cleanest when I have a paper due.
99. I feel good about a day when nothing bad happens.
100. I know who Franz Ferdinand is and I love their music.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth 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.
"Blueprints ("blues"), vandykes (brown prints), and silver prints are all different forms of photographic prints made from the negatives that are to be used in offset printing." --The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition, from The University of Chicago Press in the section about book proofs...
Instructions:
1. Keep the statements that apply to you, and bold them.
2. Change the statements that don't apply to you so that they do apply to you. This can be a minor word shift or a complete change of subject.
01. I say "dude" to guys and girls.
02. I really like reading.
03. I do not own high school sweatshirts.
04. I think a lot of things are funny that no one else does.
05. I don't write as often as I used to.
06. I really like using compound sentences in my writing.
07. I enjoy long solitary nights.
08. My sexuality is settled and irrelevant at the moment.
09. I dig photography.
10. I bought an analog watch so I could learn to tell time.
11. In retrospect, I think high school was underrated.
12. I still have some of my shirts from high school.
13. I'm a sucker for a British accent.
14. I am going to write a book someday.
15. I wish I had more accessories.
16. I am pro-choice.
17. I am outspoken when pressed.
18. I really like english.
19. I speak quietly in class.
20. I have 4 days with only one class this semester.
21. I need to defrag my brain.
22. I check my e-mail almost obsessively.
23. I am very quotable.
24. A lot of my friends are in love with my books.
25. I'm almost always on AIM.
26. Trillian is silly.
27. I can cook a few things.
28. I am passionate about all of my interests.
29. Recently I've realized how much I understand current events.
30. I hate when people play with my hair.
31. I am happy about how I look.
32. I edit my IMs.
33. I procrastinate. A LOT.
34. I get side-tracked easily.
35. I need a better collection of music.
36. I really want to go abroad this summer.
37. I wear sunglasses when it's cloudy.
38. I dig music.
39. I can never tell if people get my references.
40. I feel sorry for people who don't know what I'm talking about.
41. I barely ever leave the apartment without makeup.
42. Enough people at my school seem to like me.
43. I cannot sing.
44. I really like writing.
45. I don't know how I survived 20 years without bars (the kind with alcohol).
46. I have a secret ;)
47. I love cities.
48. I have no love life, which is strange to me.
49. I do not have a brother (or a sister).
50. I need to write my honors thesis.
51. I am getting better at not nibbling my nails.
52. If I come on too strong, I don't know it.
53. I am sometimes ashamed of my nerdiness.
54. I'm tired of worrying about school.
55. I try to finish my friends' sentences for them.
56. I don't play any team sports for my school.
57. I have songs stuck in my head all the time.
58. I wear fewer T-shirts than I ever did before.
59. I like when my friends write me letters, it makes me feel special.
60. I cannot see myself having a child. Ever.
61. I wish I were going to New York this weekend.
62. I am too interested in politics.
63. I rarely feel unsafe.
64. My hair is too long.
65. I'm kind of a klutz.
66. My grades are very important to me.
67. I am a realist.
68. I haven't lost my keys since arriving at college.
69. My toenails are usually painted.
70. I love regular meals with people.
71. I don't spend enough time hanging out with the people around me.
72. I cannot drive a stick.
73. I want to become someone who isn't negatively disposed towards most people.
74. I like to play Trivial Pursuit.
75. I'm a little conceited in public.
76. I'm totally incapable of dumbing myself down.
77. I like to read a lot.
78. Things I say are often misinterpreted.
79. I sigh a lot.
80. I fidget a lot.
81. I have a natural sense of spelling.
82. I do not like drama.
83. When I spoon with someone, I am always the inner spoon.
84. I feel like there's a reason I ended up where I am.
85. One day I will go to every continent.
86. I hate rollercoasters.
87. I spend too much money at once.
88. I drink any alcohol that tastes icky when I want to get drunk.
89. I have a roommate who does not clean.
90. I don't like to dress up.
91. I don't find it inspiring that at my age some people already have book contracts; I find it scary.
92. I haven't head enough good music lately.
93. I'm disturbed that there are people who know nothing about the Holocaust.
94. Indiana's no daylight savings time is good.
95. I butt my way into other people's conversations.
96. I love my parents.
97. I prefer being outdoors.
98. My room is cleanest when I have a paper due.
99. I feel good about a day when nothing bad happens.
100. I know who Franz Ferdinand is and I love their music.