It’s All About Meme
12 comments December 10th, 2006at 10:39pm Posted by Eli
I knew this would happen…
Donna at The Silence Of Our Friends has tagged me with a book meme:
1. Grab the book closest to you.
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog.
4. Name of the book and the author.
5. Tag three people.
I went to Marshall’s, charged a new wardrobe. Loud shirts and outrageously designed pants.
I went to Supercuts, got a modified mohawk.
I had done it.
It’s from The Ignored, by Bentley Little, which I, uh, haven’t read yet. It’s about a guy who’s, well, ignored. And then he’s not, and then a Mysterious Stranger With Horrible Plans finds him. That’s about all I know about it until I actually read it.
*mutter about Donna quoting from Jane Austen to make me look bad*
I tag… let’s see… the shadowy and mysterious Codename V, oldwhitelady, and fourlegsgood.
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12 Comments
1. sunrunner | December 10th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
I guess I can see why he’s ignored, what with loud outfits charged at Marshalls (can you actually get a such a thing in that store?) and all…
2. Eli | December 10th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Maybe everyone was just politely *pretending* to ignore him.
3. Jenny from the Blog | December 10th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
Ha ha. Ya done good, Eli.
4. Donna | December 10th, 2006 at 11:24 pm
LOL As far as I’m concerned Jane Austen is my kind of Harlequin Romance. I watched Clueless yesterday just because it’s based on Pride and Prejudice.
That sounds like a good book. I want to know what he does next after he gets his loud outfit and crazy haircut.
5. Eli | December 10th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
I watched Clueless yesterday just because it’s based on Pride and Prejudice.
[stage whisper]
Emma.
[/stage whisper]
Sorry – the shadowy and mysterious Codename V. is a bit of a Jane Austen nut…
6. oldwhitelady | December 10th, 2006 at 11:50 pm
Okay. I’ve almost finished mine. I have to figure out who to tag. Your book sounds like it could be fun:)
7. Donna | December 11th, 2006 at 1:27 am
LMAO, you’re right it is Emma. I told you I read the complete novels all at once about a month ago, so now I’m getting them confused with each other.
8. V | December 11th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Who you callin’ a nut? Just because I’ve seen the Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice, and the five hour Colin Firth Pride & Prejudice, and the Bollywood Pride & Prejudice, and the Mormon Pride & Prejudice…
Wait. Maybe I am a nut. Note: The Mormon version of Pride & Prejudice is actually very cute, and I’m about as far from Mormon as you can get. Nothing tops Colin Firth, though. Nothing.
9. Jenny from the Blog | December 11th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Nothing tops Colin Firth, though. Nothing.
V: I can’t watch any other version, because Colin Firth was BORN to play that part. That’s probably the single greatest performance in the history of performances; and I say that with only a teensy bit of hyperbole. ;)
10. Eli | December 11th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
The prosecution rests, Your Honor. We would also like to name Jenny as an unindicted co-nut.
11. Jenny from the Blog | December 11th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
I heard that. ;)
12. Donna | December 11th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
I agree I love the A&E version and have seen the Keira Knightley one and liked it too, but the A&E one is so good because it’s long and that’s why it’s true to the book. I want to see the BBC versions of the Jane Austen books.
It’s not just Colin Firth. I didn’t really like Donald Sutherland as Mr Bennet. I thought Benjamin Whitrow had the right kind of flippant attitude that I read in the book. The same goes for the pompous/obsequience of Mr Collins. It was just right in the A&E version.