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1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to the page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences to LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
"Why do some people got everything and I got nothing?" she said. "Why? Why was that?"
"I don't know," I say.
"Show your cock," she says, and dies again.
We stand there looking down at the pile of parts.
This is from George Saunders' short story collection, Pastoralia, which I reread pretty much every time I have a shitty day. It is genius, you guys. The title story will improve your life and make your time on earth richer and more wonderous. Also, the Matches song, "The Barber's Unhappiness", is a re-telling of the final story in the collection, which is pretty much the reason I bought that album, but anyway, rambling.
(For context: the story quoted above is about a male stripper whose aunt comes back from the dead and tries to Set The Family Right, only to decay before she can really acheive anything).
2. Open the book to the page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences to LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
"Why do some people got everything and I got nothing?" she said. "Why? Why was that?"
"I don't know," I say.
"Show your cock," she says, and dies again.
We stand there looking down at the pile of parts.
This is from George Saunders' short story collection, Pastoralia, which I reread pretty much every time I have a shitty day. It is genius, you guys. The title story will improve your life and make your time on earth richer and more wonderous. Also, the Matches song, "The Barber's Unhappiness", is a re-telling of the final story in the collection, which is pretty much the reason I bought that album, but anyway, rambling.
(For context: the story quoted above is about a male stripper whose aunt comes back from the dead and tries to Set The Family Right, only to decay before she can really acheive anything).