Friday First Five — 03/30/2006

O.K. We haven’t done this in a while either and since Tamara so kindly nudged me, I guess I’ll get on with it too.

1. Sometimes The Con itself was so convaluted that it became unclear even to Izzy and Bastian exactly who was conning who or who had even started it this time which made it difficult to figure out exactly when to call it quits and how to tell who won.
2. Somedays Matilda just wanted to drape herself in dark withering colors and on other days, like today, she felt like trying to fit every color in the rainbow in her outfit from her ocean green slides to her brightlly striped socks to velvet pants and glitter barretts — she dared someone from What Not to Wear to approach her!
3. The problem was there were too many spandexed wanna-be heroes running around and not enough spandexed wanna-be villains; the villains weren’t sissies, after all.
4. Four little eyes watched through the window.
5. “Well, I can’t imagine you expect me to still sleep with you after that,” she scoffed and playfully pushed at his shoulder.

tags: writing, Friday Five 1rst Sentences

3 comments

1. on March 31, 2006 at 2:23 pm

   Tamara said:

   1. We followed the band wherever they went, except into the bathroom, although I suspect even that is not entirely true.

   2. My life is a no-win situation; if Maxwell isn’t accusing me of having to have the last word, he’s screaming at me for giving him the silent treatment.

   3. Celia bought red cowboy boots, and they weren’t even on sale.

   4. Ivan is impossible.

   5. My head is heavy, my heart’s gone missing, and my hair is in my eyes.

2. on March 31, 2006 at 2:41 pm

   N. Mallory said:

   Ooo…red cowboy boots…not even on sale… I like it!

3. on March 31, 2006 at 2:42 pm

   Tamara said:

   Thank you! I forgot to say that I am tres intrigued about those four little eyes.

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