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

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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.