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First things first-- the five books thing.
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
Here we go:
1. It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson.
2. "But that's about all."
3. "As for Brynhild, she shall become my son King Gunnar's wife, and Sigurd shall help him to woo her."
4. "Will you suffer these to be challenged?"
5. "It has no moral," said the Honorable Venustiano Carranza (President of Mexico), "it is a Dada story."
1. Jingo - Terry Pratchett
2. A Wind in the Door - Madeline L'Engle
3. Norse Tales of Legends, Gods and Heroes - No editor, no author, no...huh.
4. The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Young Adult Novel - Daniel Pinkwater (very bizarre book. my least favorite Daniel Pinkwater book.)
And a huge survey, which is actually outdated, because I filled it out last week. But hey, how much can the answers have changed? My life is pretty stagnant.
CURRENT..
[Current Clothes] Really, really dirty jeans…-_- and a white shirt.
[ Current Mood ] Sort of sad, very stressed, hopeless.
[ Current Music ] None-just the jumbo-jet-loud sound of the fan because it’s SO DAMN HOT.
[ Current Taste ] Grapefruit juice.
[ Current Hair ] Braids, because it was good for nothing else.
[ Current Annoyance ] I am annoyed with...uh...life in general.
[ Current Favorite Artist ] The Apples in Stereo (and, okay, see, now I’m listening to them.)
[ Current Desktop Picture ] Ryan and Seth! Hugging each other! *mashes small ryanandseth dolls together in gleeful fashion*
[ Current CD in CD Player] Upstairs, my CTY canon CD.
[ Current DVD in player] Er-I think it’s A Room With a View.
[ Current Refreshment ] None.
[ Current Worry ] Will I finish my English project on time? Will my bio project ever be finished? Will I ever have a boyfriend does that sound whiny-girl-esque because (oh, damn, it does). I am a whiny girl. I obviously can’t be held accountable for my own actions. Okay. I AM NEVER GOING TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN AT THE RISK OF BECOMING SOMEBODY JUST LIKE ELAINE.
LAST PERSON..
[ You Touched ] My mother, yeah.
[ You Talked to ] Huh. My brother.
[ You Hugged ] Mia.
[ You Instant Messaged ] Dude, I don’t IM people. They IM me. That’s just how it works. The last person I talked to online was probably...um...I’m not sure.
[ You Yelled At ] My mother/brother, just two days ago. Oh, joy!
FAVORITE..
[ Food ] ...can’t think of one.
[ Drink ] Smoothies.
[ Color ] Green.
[ Album ] I don’t really have one.
[ Shoes ] My sandals.
[ Candy ] Heath bar, but in small doses.
[ TV Show ] Joan of Arcadia!!!!!!! <--- I am such a lunatic. o_0
[ Movie ] Of all time? Probably a tie between My Neighbor Totoro and The Secret of Roan Innish because I have so many memories associated with them.
[ Book ] To Say Nothing of the Dog, because I was thinking about it the other day and I thought, “I love books like that! Because they’ve got the Victorian-era happy-river-boating, but also the futureness, but ALSO the romance, and the bazaars etc. etc. I love books like that!” But then I thought about it and realized that there AREN’T really any other books like that. This is the only one, and I love it beyond all belief.
[ Song ] Currently: Birdhouse in my Soul, by They Might Be Giants.
ARE YOU...
[ Understanding ] Yes, generally. I try to be.
[ Open-minded ] Yes. Sometimes to the point of being close-minded.
[ Insecure ] Very much so, but I’m a teenager, so it’s sort of normal.
[ Interesting ] Sometimes I think so, other times I’m not so sure.
[ Random ] Yep.
[ Hungry ] Very full at the moment.
[ Friendly ] Only to some people.
[ Smart ] Um, hey, Charter student! <--- meaning, of course, that I’m a stuckupoveropinionatedbitch. uhuh. bring it.
[ Moody ] Yes.
[ Childish ] I’m working on not being childish, but I guess I am.
[ Hard working ] NOT AT THE MOMENT. It’s summer, isn’t it? Practically? NO MOTIVATION TO DO WORK HERE. Hence the survey-filling.
[ Organized ] Not really.
[ Healthy ] Yeah, generally.
[ Emotionally Stable ] Yes.
[Shy ] Before I’ve met you, probably, but afterwards, no.
[ Difficult ] Of course. What am I here for?
[ Attractive ] I really don’t think this should be a question.
[ Bored Easily ] Yes, so I just bring books everywhere. Everywhere.
[ Messy ] No. Well, in my room, yes.
[ Thirsty ] No, NEVER.
[ Responsible ] Only when it’s important.
[ Obsessed ] I work the obsession deal, yeah. But not as much as I used to.
[ Angry ] Often.
[ Sad ] Um, even more.
[ Happy ] Occasionally.
[ Hyper ] When I get nervous, I get hyper.
[ Trusting ] No.
[ Talkative ] If I know you, than I can be.
WHO DO YOU WANT TO...
[ Kill ] Nobody, really.
[ Slap ] Hehe, Gabe Ting! His reaction would be priceless. [but, uh, it wouldn’t be a mean slap. *nods*]
[ Look Like ] *shrugs*
[ Talk To Offline ] Nobody.
HAVE YOU EVER..
[ Pictured your crush naked? ] No.
[ Been in love ] Yes, but just as a side note, I’ve always been really confused about being in love. I mean. I really hate it in movies when the main character is like, “How can I tell that I’m in love?” and somebody else is like, “YOU JUST KNOW!” very dramatically and then suddenly the main character is like, “Oh, yeah. I’m in love. ...yeah!” I have not experienced that. I feel more like it sort of grows on you. And it’s always a little bit unsure. But then, I’ve never been very good with feeeeelings.
[ Cried when someone died ] Yes. Well, my bird.
[ Lied] Yes. Hasn’t everyone? I was a very dishonest child.
WHICH IS BETTER..
[ Coke or Pepsi] Neither.
[ Flowers or candy] Um, neither. I mean, as a gift. Okay, maybe flowers.
[ Tall or short ] Oh, well, obviously I hate all short people and love all tall people...??? some of these questions are so stupid.
WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX..
[What do you notice first?] Mind, speech patterns, elbows.
[Who was the last person you slow danced with?] Yoda, and that was-uh-like, a year ago. My life is just this huge vat of patheticness. Which, by the way, is not a word; just in case anybody was wondering.
WHO..
[Makes you laugh the most?] Kathryn and Gabe.
[Makes you smile] Anybody can do it.
[Makes you blush] Codename!Boy! :)
[Has a crush on you?] If I knew, I would, um, know. But I don’t. Nobody, with my luck.
[Is easiest to talk to] Maja.
DO YOU EVER..
[Save AOL/AIM conversations] Sometimes. Not often, though.
[Wish you were a member of the opposite sex] As a child, I definitely did. Now, it’s cool being a girl.
[Cried because of someone saying something to you] Yep.
HAVE YOU EVER..
[Fallen for your best friend] No, because she was a girl. Well, is a girl. You know what I mean. And though bisexuality is kick ass and all, I’m
[Been rejected] No, because I’m too insecure to ‘make a move’. (hehe. Make a move.)
[Been cheated on] Well, not to the best of my knowledge.
[Cheated on someone] No. That would be a pretty crappy thing to do.
[Done something you regret] Nothing huge, but yeah.
DO YOU / HAVE YOU..
[Could you live without the computer?] Yes, but I wouldn’t like it.
[Color your hair] Yes.
[Ever get off the damn computer] Occasionally.
[Habla espanol?] I TAKE LATIN, AND I AM PROUD OF IT!
[How many people are on your buddylist?] 30, or something. Very small.
[Like watching sunrises or sunset] I like vivid sunsets; the ones that look like somebody’s being murdered on the horizon. :) <--- perky smiley face!
[What hurts the most: emotional or phsyical pain?] Oh, what, they’re both crappy.
NUMBER..
[Of guys I have kissed?] ZERO.
[Of girls I have kissed?] DITTO FOR THE ZERO.
[note: I did kiss somebody’s elbow once. No, I will not divulge names, but I was just thinking that maybe it is from there that the ELBOW-OBSESSION stems??? Okay, back to the survey.]
[Of continents I have lived in?] One.
[Of tight friends?] Currently, that would be, like, none. What constitutes a tight friend? I have some friends who I wouldn’t hesitate to turn to if I had a problem, or who I’d say anything to, but I don’t talk to them much.
[Of CDs that I own?] I don’t know. A fair number.
[Of scars on my body?] One on my thumb, two on my arm, about a billion on my poor, scrapply knees.
[Of things in my past that I regret?] Not many. I don’t truly regret very much.
PERSONAL..
[Sexually active] No.
[Ever done drugs] No.
[Ever skipped class] No. I really am a wimp.
[Ever had sex with a best friend] What, this would be a NO again!
FRIENDLY..
[Best friends] I don’t even know anymore.
[Always there for you] *shrugs*
[Loudest] Kathryn...actually, probably Katie. She’s REALLY loud.
[Who is always absent from school] :D Okay, I know that one, but they’re not really my friend, as such. (Codename!Boy! Again! :) for luck)
[Most outspoken] Katie.
- Allie
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
Here we go:
1. It was a moonless night, which was good for the purposes of Solid Jackson.
2. "But that's about all."
3. "As for Brynhild, she shall become my son King Gunnar's wife, and Sigurd shall help him to woo her."
4. "Will you suffer these to be challenged?"
5. "It has no moral," said the Honorable Venustiano Carranza (President of Mexico), "it is a Dada story."
1. Jingo - Terry Pratchett
2. A Wind in the Door - Madeline L'Engle
3. Norse Tales of Legends, Gods and Heroes - No editor, no author, no...huh.
4. The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Young Adult Novel - Daniel Pinkwater (very bizarre book. my least favorite Daniel Pinkwater book.)
And a huge survey, which is actually outdated, because I filled it out last week. But hey, how much can the answers have changed? My life is pretty stagnant.
CURRENT..
[Current Clothes] Really, really dirty jeans…-_- and a white shirt.
[ Current Mood ] Sort of sad, very stressed, hopeless.
[ Current Music ] None-just the jumbo-jet-loud sound of the fan because it’s SO DAMN HOT.
[ Current Taste ] Grapefruit juice.
[ Current Hair ] Braids, because it was good for nothing else.
[ Current Annoyance ] I am annoyed with...uh...life in general.
[ Current Favorite Artist ] The Apples in Stereo (and, okay, see, now I’m listening to them.)
[ Current Desktop Picture ] Ryan and Seth! Hugging each other! *mashes small ryanandseth dolls together in gleeful fashion*
[ Current CD in CD Player] Upstairs, my CTY canon CD.
[ Current DVD in player] Er-I think it’s A Room With a View.
[ Current Refreshment ] None.
[ Current Worry ] Will I finish my English project on time? Will my bio project ever be finished? Will I ever have a boyfriend does that sound whiny-girl-esque because (oh, damn, it does). I am a whiny girl. I obviously can’t be held accountable for my own actions. Okay. I AM NEVER GOING TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN AT THE RISK OF BECOMING SOMEBODY JUST LIKE ELAINE.
LAST PERSON..
[ You Touched ] My mother, yeah.
[ You Talked to ] Huh. My brother.
[ You Hugged ] Mia.
[ You Instant Messaged ] Dude, I don’t IM people. They IM me. That’s just how it works. The last person I talked to online was probably...um...I’m not sure.
[ You Yelled At ] My mother/brother, just two days ago. Oh, joy!
FAVORITE..
[ Food ] ...can’t think of one.
[ Drink ] Smoothies.
[ Color ] Green.
[ Album ] I don’t really have one.
[ Shoes ] My sandals.
[ Candy ] Heath bar, but in small doses.
[ TV Show ] Joan of Arcadia!!!!!!! <--- I am such a lunatic. o_0
[ Movie ] Of all time? Probably a tie between My Neighbor Totoro and The Secret of Roan Innish because I have so many memories associated with them.
[ Book ] To Say Nothing of the Dog, because I was thinking about it the other day and I thought, “I love books like that! Because they’ve got the Victorian-era happy-river-boating, but also the futureness, but ALSO the romance, and the bazaars etc. etc. I love books like that!” But then I thought about it and realized that there AREN’T really any other books like that. This is the only one, and I love it beyond all belief.
[ Song ] Currently: Birdhouse in my Soul, by They Might Be Giants.
ARE YOU...
[ Understanding ] Yes, generally. I try to be.
[ Open-minded ] Yes. Sometimes to the point of being close-minded.
[ Insecure ] Very much so, but I’m a teenager, so it’s sort of normal.
[ Interesting ] Sometimes I think so, other times I’m not so sure.
[ Random ] Yep.
[ Hungry ] Very full at the moment.
[ Friendly ] Only to some people.
[ Smart ] Um, hey, Charter student! <--- meaning, of course, that I’m a stuckupoveropinionatedbitch. uhuh. bring it.
[ Moody ] Yes.
[ Childish ] I’m working on not being childish, but I guess I am.
[ Hard working ] NOT AT THE MOMENT. It’s summer, isn’t it? Practically? NO MOTIVATION TO DO WORK HERE. Hence the survey-filling.
[ Organized ] Not really.
[ Healthy ] Yeah, generally.
[ Emotionally Stable ] Yes.
[Shy ] Before I’ve met you, probably, but afterwards, no.
[ Difficult ] Of course. What am I here for?
[ Attractive ] I really don’t think this should be a question.
[ Bored Easily ] Yes, so I just bring books everywhere. Everywhere.
[ Messy ] No. Well, in my room, yes.
[ Thirsty ] No, NEVER.
[ Responsible ] Only when it’s important.
[ Obsessed ] I work the obsession deal, yeah. But not as much as I used to.
[ Angry ] Often.
[ Sad ] Um, even more.
[ Happy ] Occasionally.
[ Hyper ] When I get nervous, I get hyper.
[ Trusting ] No.
[ Talkative ] If I know you, than I can be.
WHO DO YOU WANT TO...
[ Kill ] Nobody, really.
[ Slap ] Hehe, Gabe Ting! His reaction would be priceless. [but, uh, it wouldn’t be a mean slap. *nods*]
[ Look Like ] *shrugs*
[ Talk To Offline ] Nobody.
HAVE YOU EVER..
[ Pictured your crush naked? ] No.
[ Been in love ] Yes, but just as a side note, I’ve always been really confused about being in love. I mean. I really hate it in movies when the main character is like, “How can I tell that I’m in love?” and somebody else is like, “YOU JUST KNOW!” very dramatically and then suddenly the main character is like, “Oh, yeah. I’m in love. ...yeah!” I have not experienced that. I feel more like it sort of grows on you. And it’s always a little bit unsure. But then, I’ve never been very good with feeeeelings.
[ Cried when someone died ] Yes. Well, my bird.
[ Lied] Yes. Hasn’t everyone? I was a very dishonest child.
WHICH IS BETTER..
[ Coke or Pepsi] Neither.
[ Flowers or candy] Um, neither. I mean, as a gift. Okay, maybe flowers.
[ Tall or short ] Oh, well, obviously I hate all short people and love all tall people...??? some of these questions are so stupid.
WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX..
[What do you notice first?] Mind, speech patterns, elbows.
[Who was the last person you slow danced with?] Yoda, and that was-uh-like, a year ago. My life is just this huge vat of patheticness. Which, by the way, is not a word; just in case anybody was wondering.
WHO..
[Makes you laugh the most?] Kathryn and Gabe.
[Makes you smile] Anybody can do it.
[Makes you blush] Codename!Boy! :)
[Has a crush on you?] If I knew, I would, um, know. But I don’t. Nobody, with my luck.
[Is easiest to talk to] Maja.
DO YOU EVER..
[Save AOL/AIM conversations] Sometimes. Not often, though.
[Wish you were a member of the opposite sex] As a child, I definitely did. Now, it’s cool being a girl.
[Cried because of someone saying something to you] Yep.
HAVE YOU EVER..
[Fallen for your best friend] No, because she was a girl. Well, is a girl. You know what I mean. And though bisexuality is kick ass and all, I’m
[Been rejected] No, because I’m too insecure to ‘make a move’. (hehe. Make a move.)
[Been cheated on] Well, not to the best of my knowledge.
[Cheated on someone] No. That would be a pretty crappy thing to do.
[Done something you regret] Nothing huge, but yeah.
DO YOU / HAVE YOU..
[Could you live without the computer?] Yes, but I wouldn’t like it.
[Color your hair] Yes.
[Ever get off the damn computer] Occasionally.
[Habla espanol?] I TAKE LATIN, AND I AM PROUD OF IT!
[How many people are on your buddylist?] 30, or something. Very small.
[Like watching sunrises or sunset] I like vivid sunsets; the ones that look like somebody’s being murdered on the horizon. :) <--- perky smiley face!
[What hurts the most: emotional or phsyical pain?] Oh, what, they’re both crappy.
NUMBER..
[Of guys I have kissed?] ZERO.
[Of girls I have kissed?] DITTO FOR THE ZERO.
[note: I did kiss somebody’s elbow once. No, I will not divulge names, but I was just thinking that maybe it is from there that the ELBOW-OBSESSION stems??? Okay, back to the survey.]
[Of continents I have lived in?] One.
[Of tight friends?] Currently, that would be, like, none. What constitutes a tight friend? I have some friends who I wouldn’t hesitate to turn to if I had a problem, or who I’d say anything to, but I don’t talk to them much.
[Of CDs that I own?] I don’t know. A fair number.
[Of scars on my body?] One on my thumb, two on my arm, about a billion on my poor, scrapply knees.
[Of things in my past that I regret?] Not many. I don’t truly regret very much.
PERSONAL..
[Sexually active] No.
[Ever done drugs] No.
[Ever skipped class] No. I really am a wimp.
[Ever had sex with a best friend] What, this would be a NO again!
FRIENDLY..
[Best friends] I don’t even know anymore.
[Always there for you] *shrugs*
[Loudest] Kathryn...actually, probably Katie. She’s REALLY loud.
[Who is always absent from school] :D Okay, I know that one, but they’re not really my friend, as such. (Codename!Boy! Again! :) for luck)
[Most outspoken] Katie.
- Allie