page 123 meme

[alonewiththemoon]

1. Grab the nearest book. (N.B. 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.)
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.

hm, page 123 doesn't have a fifth sentence, never mind 3 more.  How about the next closest book...

It was over.  What could I do?  I was engaged, and I would get on with the business at hand.

(Khul-Khaal:  Five Egyptian Women Tell Their Stories by Nayra Atiya)

Comments

[jasonlizard.livejournal.com]

"Instead, for the next two hours, again and again he led the firefighter back over the events of that day in an attempt to document precisely what the lieutenant did and didn't know."

background: A researching is discussing how a firefighter makes split-second decisions that are right about when and where to move during a fire. The firefighter believes he has ESP.

(Blink: the power of thinking without thinking, Malcolm Gladwell)

This book is on the side table, right next to me. Winnie the Pooh is a little further away on the coffee table.