Something Different: The First Sentence

I decided to try something new with this post. I'm calling it first sentence. I got the idea from rereading some of the hundreds of emails I've sent to my friend, Melissa, this year alone. Sometimes we're corny; sometimes we're depressed; sometimes we're angry; and other times, we're just plain bored. I'm amazed at how I routinely suffer from writers' block when it comes to making any progress on my novel...yet I can write her a descriptive email that speaks of pain, yearning, love, desire and "unbridled enthusiasm" with relative ease. I'm just in one of those moods tonight I suppose, a mood to share my world. So here are the real first sentences from a few of the more interesting emails I've composed to my dear friend.

Something tells me I'm sitting on a gold mine with these opening liners. Think Jennifer, think. Why are your opening lines so darn good?

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"I know this sounds terrible but I wish the male:female ratio here in the US was similar to China, where men are desperate to find wives."

"I have to face it, I'm not wanted in the dating pool."

"I wasn't feeling that self conscious when I walked into work this morning, but now I am."

"Remember the scene from Color Purple where Sofia came out of her comatose state after Celie finally stood up for herself?"

"OK, so I've been feeling a little down with all the evilness occurring in politics the past few years."

"I've changed so much in the past few years."

"When I woke up this morning I knew it was going to be a blah day."

"All the men in my fantasy life are falling into disfavor with you I see."

"I swear on my last good meal that I'm the butt of a mischievous fairy's joke."

"I give up, it's going to be far too hard to convince men that I am a normal adult woman."

"As you know, I find you very interesting."

"Is it possible to feel jealously on someone else's behalf?"

"I'm glad that you helped that guy reflect more on his friend's character and his feelings for her, rather than her condition."

"Life does indeed enjoy ultimate power in whether we have a good day or bad, a happy journey or miserable one."