Don't you hate it when you just stare at your entry and can't come up with a decent title?

[the_deep_magic]

Tagged by anythingever:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. 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 (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
6. Tag five people.

This is from a book called Torpedo Juice by Tim Dorsey, so you know I didn't dig around for anything intellectual...

"What's the model ship story?" asked Coleman.

"Don't tell that idiotic thing again," said Sop Choppy.  "Everyone's heard it."

"I haven't," said Daytona Dave.

"Me neither," said Coleman.

"Okay," said Rebel.  "There are only two things known for sure about the owner of that house: He's ordered the murders of more than a hundred men, and he loves building model ships--"

Hmm, not as funny as it could have been -- this book is exceptionally cracky, like Carl Hiaasen on a meth binge.  And I'm not tagging anyone, since just about everyone on my flist has done it already.  If you haven't go for it.  Live the dream.

Oh, I've been meaning to say: if you've friended me and I haven't friended you back but you'd like me to, just drop a comment saying hi.  I'm sort of random about who I friend back -- depends on the mood I'm in that day -- and I like to have at least some idea of who's reading my friends-only posts.  There aren't many of them, though, and fic and fandom stuff is always going to be public, so you're not missing much.

Also, LJ-related question -- my Friends Page seems to have randomly changed itself from 20 entries per page to 10, and I can't find where to set it back.  A little help?

ETA: For those of you who post at pinto_fic: do you interpret the "genre: first time" tag as first time together or as first time with a dude?  Because I've been assuming the former, and I'm wondering if it should be the latter.

Comments

[beedlebarg.livejournal.com]

I've also always assumed it meant first time with each other, rather than popping the mutual peen cherry.

Torpedo Juice? And it's not gay porn? What a waste.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

I know, right? It's apparently a drink -- LAME.

[gryffin-draco.livejournal.com]

Fun book!

I always assumed it was first time with each other as well. Majority rules: it's first time together. *taps gavel*

My friends page did the same thing and it's annoying me. Please let me know if you figure it out.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

camellie has it right: Journal > Journal Style > Customize Your Theme > Basic Options. Did LJ just randomly do that to everybody?

[gryffin-draco.livejournal.com]

thanks! I guess it did. tre annoying.

[camellie.livejournal.com]

I know about the friends page thing! You gotta go to Journal, then choose Journal Style. Go to Customize Your Theme on the right on top of the page.
Then, scroll down to Basic Options. That's where you can change the number of entries.

:)

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

It worked -- thanks!

[ewinfic.livejournal.com]

Dude. First time with each other. Even if the being-with-dude hath already taken place.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the consensus. OH, and I totally forgot to wish you happy birthday the other day. So, uh, happy birthday! I hope you had a good one!

[jenlynn820.livejournal.com]

Since I made the tag I can tell you I meant it to be first time with each other not necessarily first time ever :P I guess I could make a different tag for the latter?

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

Ah, straight from the tagger herself! I was pretty sure I had it right; I just had one of those moments of "oh, crap, having I been doing this wrong all this time?"

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

And... friended back!

[centraslayer.livejournal.com]

Definitely with eachother, but having both apply certainly doesn't hurt.

And the 10 post thing happened like a month ago and has been bothering me to no end. What an arbitrary thing to change.

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

So... they just changed everybody's friends page? Odd.