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Nov. 4th, 2008 08:36 am* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"In contrast, the sympathetic system has an activating function."
adaese's copy of "Basic Psychology" by Gleitman.
ETA: That was the closest book to my left hand (well, maybe; there are two shelves full on my left, and the middle sections of these two shelves are roughly equidistant from my hand; but the book I picked is the one my hand fell on). The closest book to my right hand gives:
"Out jumped the goblins, big goblins, great ugly-looking goblins, lots of goblins, before you could say rocks and blocks."
Yes, it's "The Hobbit" - this copy is on the top of my "To list on eBay" pile.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"In contrast, the sympathetic system has an activating function."
adaese's copy of "Basic Psychology" by Gleitman.ETA: That was the closest book to my left hand (well, maybe; there are two shelves full on my left, and the middle sections of these two shelves are roughly equidistant from my hand; but the book I picked is the one my hand fell on). The closest book to my right hand gives:
"Out jumped the goblins, big goblins, great ugly-looking goblins, lots of goblins, before you could say rocks and blocks."
Yes, it's "The Hobbit" - this copy is on the top of my "To list on eBay" pile.
