1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Use what's actually next to you.

"'He was our only bargaining chip.'"
From Cold New World by William Finnegan.

W.

Sometime last week I actually posted when my birthday is on facebook. I used to think it was cool for everyone (save those in the Circle of Extraordinary Trust) not to know when my birthday is, but that changed after a friend told me that I have a social obligation to have a birthday because it saves everyone from having a boring Friday night. I ( Read more... )

Andrew S. and I were eating dinner down in the dining hall when four drunk girls sat down next to us. One of them, the exceptionally wasted one, started talking to me. When Andrew and I left, the following conversation ensued ( Read more... )

Hi, everybody, and Happy Irish Stereotype Day (all proceeds go to the Will Carduner Save the Booze Corporations of America Foundation)! It's a beautiful day, even though its freezing. Every Irish Stereotype Day I've had at this university has been a sunny day, or at least that's how I choose to remember them ( Read more... )

I have this apocalyptic sore throat. It's gotten a little better, but yesterday, whenever I swallowed, my whole head would wrack with this throbbing shockwave of pain almost whenever I moved my head. It was only on the right side of my throat, though, but that's the important side. The pain went all the way to my right ear. Man, I am always ( Read more... )

I'll find out either today or tomorrow if I got into the Gerald R. Ford School. Whatever you do, DON'T ASK ME IF I GOT IN OR NOT. Don't even mention the name of the president who came after Nixon but before Carter to me. If you hear me bragging and carrying on about how I got in, then you'll know I got in. If I'm silent about it and never bring ( Read more... )

A night or two ago I had a dream where some smartass decided to turn into a fucking zombie werewolf. Of course, he was naturally an inconsiderate jerk, so everyone else he bit also turned into a goddam zombie werewolf. So, we had all these hideous zombie werewolves running all over the goddam place, and, yeah, I do take it personally. One of ( Read more... )

Dream last night ( Read more... )

Was eating dinner at the Japanese place on S. U with Karen and Ruthie and we were all talking about what we wanted to do in the future and I got this vision of what I wanted to do. I didn't bother explaining then because it would have sounded ridiculous to actually say. I think if I could do anything in the entire world, I'd have a mediocre- ( Read more... )

So last night's performance went pretty well. For the three of us, at least, it was our best yet. We got lots of laughs, possibly more than the two acts that preceeded ours. Maybe. I mean, we had some moments where the audience was screaming and clapping for some extended amounts of time. I couldn't stop lauging, though. Every time I start ( Read more... )