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Monday, March 3, 2008

Steeped happily in disaster

My girl LAS tagged me for the Book Meme.

Directions: pick up the nearest book. Open to page 123. Type the fifth sentence on the page.

OK.

"He sat slouched in a camouflage jacket with Velco closures, steeped happily in disaster."

Tagged herewith:

Uisce

Ki

Sizzle

Chelsea

Country Roads

Now, if you are tagged and you'd rather not be tagged, then un-tag yourself. I am well aware that some people are anti-meme. That's cool. Just move on.

If you were all like, Oh, pick me! pick me! then consider yourself tagged. I'll even tag you officially if you request a tag in comments.

Love and stuff,
Nina

9 comments:

country roads said...: cool...let me find a book here...; March 3, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Sizzle said...: I'll participate today. Lest I forget!

;); March 3, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Julie said...: "The new boy in town, the one who had a traveling salesman as a father."; March 3, 2008 at 10:53 AM
country roads said...: It's from a book called "The Little Disturbances of Man" by Grace Paley. I found it at work one day in a giveaway pile. It wasn't a bad book, really.; March 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Ki said...: I'm so in. So. In.; March 3, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Anonymous said...: good line. Steeped happily in disaster. Very good line.; March 3, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Jennifer said...: what book are you making reference too? if you don't mind me asking. ;) i might do this tag, only b/c i'm bored and sick and totally lacking anything to post about and plus I like to see what books other people are reading. ;)
but don't offically tag me, b/c i'm slow on the draw and Lord only knows when I'll actually get to doing this. lol
hugs ~ jenn; March 3, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Sizzle said...: Ok I didn't do it today. I lied! But tomorrow!! Definitely tomorrow. All my books are in boxes. Stupid move.; March 3, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm totally tagging myself because it's 7pm and I just woke up.

Yay me.; March 3, 2008 at 8:06 PM

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Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

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