i don't feel a thing.

[samatethecookie]

I'm feeling a lot better. You know what this means? MEME TIME.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

But after about two seconds of that she realized that Westley was out in the world now, getting nearer and nearer to London, and what if a beautiful city girl caught his fancy while she was just back there moldering? Or, worse, what if he got to America and worked his jobs and built his farm and made their bed and sent for her and when she got there he would look at her and say, "I'm sending you back, the moping has destroyed your eyes, the self-pity has taken your skin; you're a slobby-looking creature, I'm marrying an Indian girl who lives in a teepee nearby and is always in the peak of condition."

Buttercup ran to her bedroom mirror. "Oh, Westley," she said, "I must never disappoint you," and she hurried downstairs to where her parents were squabbling. (Sixteen to thirteen, and not past breakfast yet.) "I need your advice," she interrupted. "What can I do to improve my personal appearance."

"Start by bathing," her father said.
("The Princess Bride," William Goldman)

I didn't count the sentence within the parenthesis. Ignore it. :|

Comments

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

That's my problem; it's over 800 pages and it intimidates me. Might be a good idea to do what you've suggested; a little motivation is what we probably both need to get started on it, lol.

[gothayesd51708.livejournal.com]

Haha yes! That is also why I'm having trouble starting Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and finishing Outlander haha!

We should totally do that! :)