Nendil's Procrastination Outlet

Tagged by boggyb:

1. 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.

The closest book that's not Kevin's calculus book:

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"I am the less surprised at what has happened," replied Sir William, "for her superior mastery of the deadly arts and high breeding are known throughout the courts of Europe."

Scarcely anything was talked of the whole day or next morning but their visit to Rosings. Mr. Collins was carefully instructing them in what they were to expect, that the sight of such rooms, so many servants, a personal guard of five-and-twenty ninjas, and so splendid a dinner, might not wholly overpower them.

When the ladies were separating for the toilette, he said to Elizabeth:

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(OMG WHAT DID HE SAY!!)

From Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which I have yet to actually read through because despite zombies and ninjas, it does a good job of reminding me why I never made it past a few pages of Pride and Prejudice in the first place. Did yield a pretty kick-ass excerpt though :D

Cute meme from rsheslin. I hardly ever talk about Kevin, so now's a rare chance for you to find out a bit more ( if you give a crap. )

Hmm, but I thought there was one a couple grades below me just in elementary school alone.  And then of course there's that other one.

Ganked from (and for) ctrl_a:
1. Choose five to ten of your all time favorite books.
2. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal.
3. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book.
4. Now everyone try and guess!

1. The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. [ID'd by summercomfort]
2. The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. [ID'd by kissmywombat]
3. [you know who!] was an unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. [ID'd by simhuman]
4. Louis, the yard teacher, frowned. [ID'd by theropicus]
5. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. [ID'd by kalquessa]
6. [EVIL! And not exactly the first line!] 盖闻天地之数，有十二万九千六百岁为一元。将一元分为十二会，乃子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥之十二支也。 [ID'd by summercomfort]
7. Two ELIZABETHANS passing the time in a place without any visible character. [ID'd by theropicus]
8. My name is Jake. That's my first name, obviously. [ID'd by warendfeld]
9. "Death," the proprietor said clearly, showing the stone. [ID'd by summercomfort]
10. For many days we had been tempest-tossed.

...But you know, books aren't actually where my passions lay. So here's the first lines from some of my all time favorite video games, where applicable. <eg> (Oh noes SSBM has no text!) Names are censored as to be not totally DUH.

1. I'd been assigned to watch over Biologic's research team, so I once again found myself on the surface of SR388. [ID'd by boggyb]
2. Game sales... are way up! Here's why! [ID'd by ajoreilly]
3. Long ago, the War of the Magi reduced the world to a scorched wasteland, and magic simply ceased to exist. [ID'd by ctrl_a]
4. In the vast, deep forest of *****... Long have I served as the guardian spirit... [ID'd by simhuman]
5. Welcome! This is Dinosaur Land. In this strange land we find that ***** is missing again! Looks like ***** is at it again! [ID'd by simhuman]
6. The Goodwill Ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom has arrived. [ID'd by simhuman]
7. Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies within the heart of mankind. [ID'd by ctrl_a]
8. [obscure] To all bold adventurers, past,present and future...
9. Hello. You are the one who is supposed to work at this ranch today. [ID'd by theropicus]
10. Dear *****: Please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. [ID'd by simhuman]

I am ashamed.

From my computer networking textbook:

We would like to be able to give you a one-sentence definition of the Internet, a definition that you can take home and share with your family and friends. Alas, the Internet is very complex and ever changing...

But what will my family and friends do without Distilled Essence of Internet? ::cry::

Anyway, here's a bit o' progress. Despite appearances that I'm getting closer to finishing the shading, there's still a lot of costuming and background details that aren't even drawn in yet. Look for the finished product around, oh, end of March ^^;;

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
nendil goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Sheik. (pictures coming shortly!)
ajoreilly tricks you! You get a 3.5-inch floppy disc.
ctrl_a gives you 14 teal root beer-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
dreadite gives you 9 purple mint-flavoured gummy bats.
erichowens gives you 1 green passionfruit-flavoured miniature candy bars.
ling84 gives you 17 teal tropical-flavoured jelly beans.
lisa_s gives you 9 light orange vanilla-flavoured gummy worms.
loobywibble gives you 17 pink grapefruit-flavoured jelly beans.
msbennet gives you 9 dark blue mint-flavoured gummy bears.
summercomfort tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
superpan gives you 18 light green peach-flavoured hard candies.
nendil ends up with 93 pieces of candy, and a 3.5-inch floppy disc.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Cool, free floppy disk =)

Funnie meme.

tongue: nendil (::wipe wipe wipe wipe::)
foot: nendil (well... by "foot" do they mean "toe"?)
nose: h34e9o (keyboard is now all greasy)
elbow: nmerndfio
chin: nendiol (sad that chin was better than nose. Couldn't aim crosseyed!)
eyes closed: nendil
eyes closed and one finger: mrmfil (err... I did good except for the transposed-ness ^^;;;)
back of hand: ndndckil (does using a knuckle count? The first knuckle, not the ones in the middle of fingers...)
palm: nenfcilk (same as above... except on the opposite side ^^;)
wrist: nmbernmdil;k

You're a Fluff writer!


What kind of writer are you?
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Teehee. No doubt, but is there really nothing more enjoyable than good fluff? Don't think I've yet seen a fluff of the quality that rivals the best epic-sized stories I've read. If you have, please point me. =P

Of course, most of the time I'm no writer at all. But I have been making little bits of progress lately! ::eyes txt files in the corner of My Documents::

I'll probably put this up on the About page for my website later. Save me some explanatorial time =)

( 100 questions for an artist  )

I think I'm coming down with allergies again. I've never been significantly allergic to anything in my life, but upon coming down to LA last year I had itchy eyes that made me sneeze a lot during the winter months. Winter months, but more like spring weather. Whatever. XP

Ganked from Elwen: The ultimate Nerd Test. I got 54.76190476190476% - dangerously nerdy ;) You'll have to work hard for the score, though.