Apr. 8th, 2004

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But this one is reasonably fun.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"Pu Songling and Ji Yun framed the debate about fiction and the nature of the classical tale for the rest of the Qing."

Hey, I work in a folklore office. Give me a break. The book is, of course: Alien Kind: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative, by Rania Huntington. This book was sitting on top of a Hawaiian Dictionary, which would have been interesting to try this exercise with.

None of you asked, but the Canucks handily won their first playoff game against the Calgary Flames last night. Go Canucks!

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