Blogger interaction time
OK, so I saw this over at The Disgruntled Chemist who got it from Texas Biscuit.
Do this, and no cheating... ;)
Nearest book location: the bathroom
Title: "in praise of SLOW: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed"
Author: Carl Honoré
Do this, and no cheating... ;)
So, here goes...
- Grab the nearest book.
- Open the book to page 123.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
- 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.
Nearest book location: the bathroom
Title: "in praise of SLOW: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed"
Author: Carl Honoré
"Yet such prejudice is starting to look outdated. Meditation is going mainstream. Ten million Americans now practice it regularly, and meditation rooms are popping up all over the industrialised world, from airports, schools and prisons to hospitals and offices."So there you have it. Your turn :D
Blue Skies thinking @ 3/01/2005 08:31:00 PM
15 Comments:
At Wed Mar 02, 09:13:00 AM,
Oliver said…
Haha - This is fun...
So, I've got Lullabuy, by Chuck Palahnuik"The dead flowers are shoved aside, and scattered on the coffee table are clusters of sparkling pink and smooth gold, cool white pearls and carved blue lapis lazuli. Other clusters glow orange and yellow. Other piles shine sliver and white"
At Wed Mar 02, 10:44:00 AM,
Lever said…
Interesting taste in books you have there, SE :D
At Wed Mar 02, 11:01:00 AM,
Oliver said…
Highly reccommended book actually... I only just started reading it yesterday but I'm already 100 or so pages in...
It's by the guy who wrote Fight Club (Which I actually haven't read yet)...
But I have read "Diary". Very odd and somewhat disurbing book, but very good after you get beyond 70 or 80 pages (It's a bit slow to start)...
At Wed Mar 02, 11:09:00 AM,
Lever said…
V cool. I absolutley love the film Fight Club, one of the best films ever.
At Wed Mar 02, 11:24:00 AM,
davinian said…
cool idea, ok - I will be adding the nearest book (Science, Good, Bad and Bogus, by Martin Gardner) to my journal shortly... hang loose tight arses... briinnnngggg - smack... jeusus that hurt!!!
At Wed Mar 02, 11:39:00 AM,
Lever said…
Davinian: LOL, what ARE you up to?
At Wed Mar 02, 01:55:00 PM,
davinian said…
Lever, if I tell you - would you keep it a secret?
At Wed Mar 02, 02:23:00 PM,
Lever said…
LOL, that kinda depends really - I'm between the yin and the yang - good at keeping me gob shut, yet honest and outspoken too... so don't be disappointed if I don't tell anyone and don't be surprised if I do ;)
At Wed Mar 02, 04:27:00 PM,
davinian said…
Umm, well ok... I'll chance it - -
Ok, after leaving the first comment, I decided I would walk on my hands to the other side of the office - this obviously is not one to try at home - so any little kids tuning in should read all of this before attempting it yourself! Ok, well I was half way; I'd even broken my record. I was just rounding the corner by the old black and white photocopier, the one that copies the first 2 inches down the left hand side in a kind of monochrome grey... I digress again... well corner, photocopier, I could hear the clatter of cups and saucers approaching from the left - that’s your right as I was upside down remember? And all of a bloody sudden, a dopey wasp, probably from the space above the suspended ceiling decided to head down one trouser leg and back up out the other. Now nothing untoward happened with the wasp - it didn't even get squashed, so it is probably out there terrorising a poor innocent old lady with a fresh purple rinse. No, the disaster and cause of my 'briinnnngggg - smack... jeusus that hurt!!!' was when a hot tea spoon decided it would fall from a hot cup of Moroccan Mint tea, onto the floor, exactly where I was about to put my hand. Yep, you guessed it - I went over, cracking my head 'smack' on the old photocopier. Now the worrying thing is this - will it still do the first 2 inches of every copy monochrome? Or as we suspect, every other copy... man, this is worrying.
Now Lever, don't go telling a soul about this... I trust you...
At Wed Mar 02, 04:27:00 PM,
superfan said…
Title: Speak, by Laurie halse anderson
Location: my school bag
page 123, line 5:
"she studies her no-fat yogurt. I try to think of something bitchy, something wicket and cruel. I can't.
Me: so...does this mean we can't be friends anymore?
Heather: Well, we never really were friends, were we? We like to do different things. I have my modelling, I like to shop..."
Heh. did you like it?
At Wed Mar 02, 08:10:00 PM,
rebekah said…
*laughs silently to self, hoping davinian doesnt notice the giggling is aimed in his general direction*
hey man, i did this pg 123, lines whatever whatever on my blog, like, forever ago. :P
At Wed Mar 02, 10:20:00 PM,
Brom said…
Like this one going to do it soon.
I have to chose the right point to comment on your blog Lever, I have to choose the right moment to take full advantage. *ducks*
Davinian, nice one, office pranks and high jinks can often end in unexpected results. Keep trying different stuff and then tell nobody about it.
Seffy, I wish I was back in school again. You only get one go at it, and there are times I miss it dearly.. I'm being totally frank!
Reb, imitation is the sincerest form of...
Bloody ell I'm commentng away and this isn't even my blog
At Fri Mar 04, 04:16:00 AM,
Lever said…
Davinian: That's fucking hilarious man, and impressive too. So, your'e of the alcohol but on the "Moroccan Mint" huh? :) ;)
Seffy: Nearly typo'd there and called you Deffy ;) That was lucky :D
Haha, low fat yoghurt and bitchiness... wouldn't find that in a book on a bloke's bookshelf ;) I am intrigued though: what's it about, Seffy? :D
Rebekah: Yeah, well you would :P And I bet it was something cool or hip too ;) What was your nearest book, Texas belle?
Brom-man: Go go gadget Welshman :D LOL, don't worry, you fire away. As I posted earlier (somewhere) it's pretty much a free for all here :)
At Fri Mar 04, 04:40:00 PM,
superfan said…
Hmm...Deffy...thats a new one :)
Ah, the book I spoke of is called Speak, and it may look like your average trashy teen novel, but in reality, it's so much more.
At Mon Mar 07, 10:13:00 PM,
rebekah said…
book by denis johnson, called "Already Dead." interesting. bizarre. gothic in scope and nature. i would like to marry the author except he's already married.
and i already thought of killing her to get her out of the way but i figure ive got enough blood on my hands ...
::ominous looks::
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