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April 9th, 2008

smeddley: (Snerffle-08)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 07:12 pm
So how many of you have even come close to to planting a concrete guess about the neat and organized messy and gelatinous items found in my office for Round Six? One person has four right (the ultimate in cheating, but hey, I got a lunch date out of it!) and one person is up to three (by wits alone)! Will the correct answers top the creative, made me laugh out loud answers of another contestant? Only time will tell!

A few of you love me enough to put a smile on my face and in my heart in the show me something nice Round Five - possibly the easiest round out there!

Still only one movie-mad person has tackled the conundrum that is Round Four - did I mention that, like last time, there are participation points? Even a bad answer is better than missing out on those!

Okay, so Round Three was really easy and a lot of people got that right off the bat. Lesson learned, Dr. D!

And, amazingly, it seems it is possible to figure out who Oliver is from the clues I gave you for Round Two - not just in that post, but also here and, surprisingly, here (very cleverly slipped in, just a word or two, can you spot it?).

I also realize that Round One was completely unfair, since the song I was originally going to use did have the title in it, but was then posted. So I gave you a pretty generous clue here that, if you're on the right track, should make it obvious.

Now! After that shameless plea for more answers, how about round seven? Since I've been in such a reading frenzy (to the detriment of my crafting and cleaning!) I need book recommendations. On one hand, I want to read books that I wouldn't necessarily pick for myself that I end up loving. On the other hand, I have a lot of unread books on my bookshelves. And I had to physically restrain myself from going and getting more today, just because. So here's how this breaks down:

You will recommend a book to me (it can be fiction, non-fiction, comic, Code of Federal Regulations, whatever). Base point breakdowns are as follows, with 'creativity' points being given based on if I think I'll like the book (obviously, I won't have time to read them all, so it'll be a synopsis-based decision, feel free to sell it to me and tell me why I'll like it!)

20 points for any book recommended that is actually in my to-be-read pile.
19-10 points if it's available from my library (they have a wonderful on-line catalogue you can check)
9-3 points if it's available from Inter-Library Loan (I can check on this for you, since I think you have to have a library card to even check)
2 points if I can find it at Half-Price Books, but you get -1 for every other book I pick up while I'm there
1 point if it's one I'd have to buy at Barnes and Noble, but you get -1 for every other book I pick up while I'm there
-10 points if it's SnowCrash, Enchanted, or If on a Winter's Night a Traveler...
-1,000,000,000 if it's The Lovely Bones

BONUS GAME! EXTRA POINTS!

Using the Library's Website, find me a movie to check out and watch! It can be either a movie or TV show, but something where I will either 1) laugh or 2) see shit blow up. If I've seen or own the movie and like it you'll still get points for having good taste. If I've seen the movie and hated it, I'll never take you advice on movies again...

EDIT: OOOOH! Also, bonus points if it's available from the library in audiobook format!