swashbucklathon! Multi-fandom pirate ficathon! I think I might be nuts enough to sign up! (Although you need to list three fandoms you're willing to write in, which presents a bit of a challenge for me, but I think I can take a few others than Lost on.) Sign-ups end Aug. 21 and fics aren't due until Nov. 30! (Hee! One of the fandoms is Snakes on a Plane! *giggles madly*) Sadly, no Prison Break pirates!

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And here's that book meme. Tagged by ficangel.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.

This was the mission, the divine purpose, which Zebra had placed on him in March 1974: the mild yoke, the burden light. Fat, a holy man now, would become a modern-day magus. All he lacked was a clue — some hint as to where to seek.

Philip K. Dick -- VALIS

Hmm, who hasn't done this yet? I'm tagging eponine119, themoononastick, queenbtch, decidedly, inthekeyofd.