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darcydodo1. 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
7. make the five sentences into a paragraph
1. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
2. Marguerite Duras, "Moderato Cantabile"
3. Patricia McKillip, The Tower at Stony Wood
4. Anselm Audley, Inquisition
5. Mary Gentle, Scholars & Soldiers
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
7. make the five sentences into a paragraph
The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. Mademoiselle Giraud crossed her arms, looked at him, and sighed. As if, he thought, she had been waiting for him. 'There were rumours for years that the Chancellor of the time, Baethelen Salassa, had been plotting something with the Empress,' Mauriz explained to Ravenna. Janou heard Casaubon's shout, but by the time she spun round, they were walking decorously across the square towards her: Master-Captain Valentine with hands deep in pockets, and the ex-Lord-Architect reaching up to feed a scrap of something dubious to the white rat that rode his satin shoulder.
1. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
2. Marguerite Duras, "Moderato Cantabile"
3. Patricia McKillip, The Tower at Stony Wood
4. Anselm Audley, Inquisition
5. Mary Gentle, Scholars & Soldiers
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Date: 2004-05-20 02:47 pm (UTC)(OK, I should've been shopping for groceries, to be fair. But. Whatever.)
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Date: 2004-05-20 05:11 pm (UTC)You're graduating?
What kind of grad student are you if you're not putting off *something*? ;)
*grumpybusyjetgirl*
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Date: 2004-05-20 05:20 pm (UTC)*smirk* I'm a humanities grad student, who's still doing coursework! ;)
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Date: 2004-05-20 05:38 pm (UTC)I would be willing to bet there's still something you *should* be reading. Possibly even some language you're supposed to be learning...
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Date: 2004-05-20 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-20 05:47 pm (UTC)I think my work here is done.
;)
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Date: 2004-05-20 05:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-20 05:41 pm (UTC)