Daily Prompt: Open your nearest book to page 82. Take the third full sentence on the page, and work it into a post somehow.
So…
Here is the book that is on the top of my pile of real (as opposed to electronic) books to read. It was definitely “nearest” as I was able to take a weird angle picture of it on my I-Phone from where I was sitting, and then still without getting up I reached for it and picked it up and opened it to page 82. So far this prompt is going extremely well for me. (By the way, why have I not read this book yet? It’s The Red House, by Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It looks really GOOD.)
It’s hard cover, red with a black binding and has a lovely crisp new dust jacket full of excellent information which I should have referred to for that last prompt about the writing of dust jackets, but too late for that now. Time to zoom in to the top of page eighty-two and discover what fate has in store for me today.
I am in love with that first sentence. Stuck on the dashboard there was a toy camel with rubber legs which wobbled when the car went round corners. Who could not write an entire essay with that sentence for inspiration? The second one is equally amazing. There was a diamante cat collar in the footwell. How easy would it be to write a page or two about the glittery ornamentation of sequins and rhinestones? Because if the collar belongs to a cat I don’t think they’d be actual diamonds. Although I could be wrong – some people are just that enamoured of their cats. And I’m not sure what a footwell is, but it doesn’t sound too complicated.
Moving right along in chronological order, the third sentence is next. It is rather short. One word short in fact. So… Come on. Seriously? That’s my sentence? Is it even a real full sentence? It starts with a capital and ends with a period (or three) and the next word is also capitalized, so it must be sentence number four. The woman lit a cigarette.
Are you running away from home? Well, no, but I am a little disappointed. However, when I further peruse the page and see all that greek coming up I can’t help but feel I have also dodged a bullet. At least I know what the word “so” means. Here are some sentences to illustrate.
1. I am so sorry.
2. Do it like so.
3. And so it was.
4. It has always been so.
5. So how much do you think this duplicate opticians license which was printed with the old picture on it and sent out before they received the new picture would be worth on the black market? Nothing? Oh. So I just thought I’d ask.
6. So what?
7. Is not – is SO!
8. Not so fast!
9. He’s just a stupid so and so.
10. I am so done with this. So long for now.
So what does all this have to do with connecting dots? I so do not have a clue. Unless So… becomes So___ but then it would look more like filling in the blanks. I’m going to read the book now, so I can let you know if it contains any more one word sentences. I am so sure you’re holding your breath waiting for that. So…
trophos
November 23, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Another great book recommendation from you! I loved ‘The Curious Incident…’ and now this book has Homer in it?? In Greek??? You’re gonna make me go broke. So there.
grandmalin
November 23, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Well at least when we’re broke, we’ll both have a lot of great books.
marymtf
November 23, 2012 at 7:28 pm
‘So becomes S’?? Does that become SOS? That’s connecting the dots, okay.
grandmalin
November 23, 2012 at 8:34 pm
haha…Works for me. Everybody can use a little help.
vivsparis
November 26, 2012 at 12:02 am
I so like what you did with this…. it is so creative and it so made me laugh… so much I was crying with so many tears. So I think I’ll read some more of your posts. I might add that I so like your colors and the design of your site. Thanks so much.
grandmalin
November 26, 2012 at 7:53 pm
So happy you dropped by to say things that are SO nice.