Stoled from sksperry.

The rules:

1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they’re written. No cheating.

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On the bed rested an alloy box. Sealed against moisture, dust, chemicals. Keyed to my thumbprint alone. On my way out I picked it up. For four ( Read more... )

Via snurri :
Pick up the nearest book to you.
Turn to page 45.
The first sentence describes your sex life in 2012.
By the mid nineteenth century, geologists realized that the rock layers that form the stratigraphic record of Earth's history must  have taken hundreds of millions of years to accumulate, given that they are many tens of miles thick.

~Prehistoric ( Read more... )

Via beccalynnlaw:

1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before? Autocratted a Kingdom event; got an agent.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?  Partly.  I did continue losing weight up to a point, but then I let that slide.  I finished my book, but sold no stories.  Also, I have no idea whether or not I ( Read more... )

Oh, and on that meme--I'm tagging sasha_khan, impatientape, intrepida, janradder, evil_fionn, and sartorias.

NIcked from lotusice1. Make a list of 5 things that you can see without getting up ( Read more... )

Day Eight: Three turn ons.

Are we in Shallow Land again?  Sure, why not!  Let everyone else be profound.

1)  Masculinity.  You don't have to be a jerk about it.  But don't be afraid of your secondary sex characteristics--grow that damn beard.  Be in touch with the male part of you who, as a dear friend put it, wants to fuck and fight and roar and ( Read more... )

Oh, this will be easy.

Day Seven: Four turn offs, in no particular order.

1) Bad hygeine. For the love of God, brush your teeth.

2) Being condescended to. Just because I'm not smart in the same way you believe everyone should be smart doesn't mean I'm stupid.

3) Blowhards. Shut y'damn mouth.

4) Being led on, then blown off. That hurts.

Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).

See, this is tricky, because friends who read this and aren't on the list wil be hurt.  So please, if you read this and you don't see your name, don't think you're not important to me, okay?

sasha_khan: For believing in me to a ridiculous and humbling extent.

baronalejandro: For being the saint trying to ( Read more... )

Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.

1) Taken up with that guy.

2) Blown off college.

3)  Trusted that woman.

4) Walked to the car in that dark parking lot.

...Really--the things I regret are more sins of omission rather than comission, so this list is abbreviated.  Better luck next time.

 So, Day 3 of the Meme, wherein I'm supposed to tell y'all Eight Ways to Win My Heart.

HA.

1) Be attractive.  Yeah, let's put it down where the goats can get it, okay?  I'm shallow.  I like looking at attractive people.  On the other hand, I am also fully aware of the fact that pretty is as pretty does.  If you're hot but a jerk, walk on.  Also, what ( Read more... )