Book Meme (this never seems to leave us
Feb. 7th, 2010 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
angel_jane1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. 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.
6. Tag five people: Madkingludwig, shansgrl, smhstar82, seachanter, shadowfigment
(Considering these people are on tight schedules as is, not sure anyone is going to do the meme.)
"Halting so abruptly that Kirk nearly ran into him, Pike got right in the younger mans face. Speaking through clenched teeth and fighting to restrain himself , the Captain proceeded to explain his reasoning.
" ' If you can look past your initial animal response, cadet, and for a moment think about conditions outside your immediate surroundings, you'll recognize that without transport ability, not only can we not leave this ship, we cannot assist Vulcan or anyone in its surface. Additionally with communications blocked we cannot notify Starfleet of what's happening here, either to request reinforcements, seek information or simply warn the res of the Federation.' " ~ Star Trek (New Movie) - Alan Dean Foster, Based on the screenplay Written by - Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Yes that is FOUR sentences. Star Trek Authors have such command of grammar, that what is usally split into baby sentances, becomes complex and compound sentances. Yay!
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. 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.
6. Tag five people: Madkingludwig, shansgrl, smhstar82, seachanter, shadowfigment
(Considering these people are on tight schedules as is, not sure anyone is going to do the meme.)
"Halting so abruptly that Kirk nearly ran into him, Pike got right in the younger mans face. Speaking through clenched teeth and fighting to restrain himself , the Captain proceeded to explain his reasoning.
" ' If you can look past your initial animal response, cadet, and for a moment think about conditions outside your immediate surroundings, you'll recognize that without transport ability, not only can we not leave this ship, we cannot assist Vulcan or anyone in its surface. Additionally with communications blocked we cannot notify Starfleet of what's happening here, either to request reinforcements, seek information or simply warn the res of the Federation.' " ~ Star Trek (New Movie) - Alan Dean Foster, Based on the screenplay Written by - Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Yes that is FOUR sentences. Star Trek Authors have such command of grammar, that what is usally split into baby sentances, becomes complex and compound sentances. Yay!
