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Mar. 19th, 2007 05:10 pmA few days ago I got angry at the world and wrote a big rant about socioeconomic status and why certain people are turning girls into shallow, materialistic little be-yatches, but it was way too ranty and long even by my standards. So I saved it for another time.
...but anyway! Two things:
1. Are there any good books about summer camp? I have no idea why, but I am wanting to read something about camp. It reminds me of how, when I was a kid, I wanted to go to summer camp because of Salute Your Shorts.
2. What's your favorite first line from a book? Any book, every book, fiction or non. I'm making icons of first lines, and so far I have only five and they're all from books that I like.
The ones I have so far:
"You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't."--from Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (and okay, that's technically not the first line of the novel; but it's the first line of the first chapter so I say that counts)
"The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east."--from The Westing Game by Ellen Rankin
"Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy."--from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
"Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie."--from The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
"Someone was looking at me, a disturbing sensation when you're dead."--from A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
I was going to do the first line from A Separate Peace, but it's too long.
I am thinking about making another mood theme or looking for a new one. Especially one with cartoon characters (Snoopy mood theme = best EVARZ).
...but anyway! Two things:
1. Are there any good books about summer camp? I have no idea why, but I am wanting to read something about camp. It reminds me of how, when I was a kid, I wanted to go to summer camp because of Salute Your Shorts.
2. What's your favorite first line from a book? Any book, every book, fiction or non. I'm making icons of first lines, and so far I have only five and they're all from books that I like.
The ones I have so far:
"You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't."--from Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (and okay, that's technically not the first line of the novel; but it's the first line of the first chapter so I say that counts)
"The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east."--from The Westing Game by Ellen Rankin
"Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy."--from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
"Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie."--from The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
"Someone was looking at me, a disturbing sensation when you're dead."--from A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
I was going to do the first line from A Separate Peace, but it's too long.
I am thinking about making another mood theme or looking for a new one. Especially one with cartoon characters (Snoopy mood theme = best EVARZ).
