I don’t know why I alliterate so much. I just noticed how much of it I do on this blog. How strange. At least it’s better than rhyming, that’s what I say.

Anyhow, Toni of Wifely Steps tagged me with the 123 Book Tag.

Rules:
1) Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.

2) Open the book to page 123.

3) Find the fifth sentence.

4) Post the next three sentences.

5) Tag five people. (Do I even KNOW five people with blogs?)

Sadly, I don’t have some groundbreaking piece of literature to wow you with. I don’t even have a cookbook nearby! The nearest grab-able book I have is this:

The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition)

Not as exciting as Toni’s The Other Boleyn Girl! I use this for work but have a copy at home. I know it sounds horribly academic, but it’s actually an invaluable resource for anyone who writes, copy edits and proofreads. A tome for nerds.

Here are the sentences from page 123, following the rules of the tag:

“Blueprints (“blues”), vandykes (brown prints), and silver prints are all different forms of photographic prints made from the negatives that are to be used in offset printing. They do not show the quality of image to be attained in the final printing, but they provide a means of checking the accuracy of the contents. As with repro, the editor should check to see that all parts are in place and all previous corrections have been made.”

Zzzz. Maybe I should have picked the second closest book, Sex And The Single Witch (!), given to me by my friend Kim, who is a witch in her own way. Haha.

I’m tagging: Via (You haven’t blogged in a while!), Mitzi (Ikaw din.), Jen (What are we doing for your birthday?), Jazz (Since you probably have all those feminist books on your nightstand.) and Vicky (Bakit hindi tayo nagkita nung Christmas ha?).