December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: A NOVEL I HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE.
by Jarkko Fr�ntil� 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

FORESEEN At the party. He looks at her: Her grey eyes are too far away from her nose, her short brown hair is too greasy to say she's goodlooking, but as she's staring out the window, down the street and at the people walking there, he decides. He walks to her. "Hey", he says. No response. "Hey", he says again, now a little louder. Still nothing. Disappointed, he walks back to his chair. At the park. He takes his jacket and walks out. He's just passing the parkbench when he hears somone walking behind him. "Hey! Wait!" He turns around and sees her running to him. "Would you like to walk me home?" she says, staring at him with her blue eyes. He smiles. "I thought I'd never hear that question again", he says. They turn around and walk towards her apartment. At her place. They both are nervous. They stare at the wall, looking for things to say. "Would you like something to drink?" she asks. "Yes." She goes to the kitchen, pours two vodkadrinks into two glasses and comes back to the livingroom. "Here." "Thank you." They both drink their vodkas down with one quick handmove. Silent for a while. Then she stares at him with her light brown eyes. "Would you like to do it?" "Yes." Hand in hand they walk to the bedroom. On the bed, after they've made love. The man lits a cigarette. Inhales. The thick smoke lingers towards the ceiling, where it decides to spread itself around the room. "Do you love me?" she asks. He inhales smoke again, blows it out, gently. "Maybe", he says. She remains silent for a while, until a silvery tear slowly appears to her cheek. "It's ok", she says, trying to hold back the tears, but she can't help herself. "Is it?" he asks her, putting the cigarette into the ashtray and putting his arm around her, kissing her on the cheek. The tears are salty, but he doesn't mind. "Yes. It's ok." Two months later, at the beach. Their bare feet leave footprints behind them, as they walk near the waterline. It's dark, and there is no-one else there. The wind is blowing, heavily. "Storm is coming", he says, staring at the horizon. She doesn't answer, just lets the sand eat away her toes. After a while, she takes his arm and puts it around her body. "I've got something to tell you." "Yes?" She sighs, looking for words, trying to find some courage. "Im... blind." She's surprised to hear him laugh. "I know", he says. "you do?" First lighting. The tide slowly creeps towards their footprints. "I noticed it in the party. Your stare was too... distant, too fragile." They both stop walking, turn around to face each other. He stares at her blue eyes. She stares at him too, sees that the eyes that had been a light mix of green and grey slowly turn blueish. "I have something to tell you too", he says. "Two years ago... I had an accident." She puts her finger to his mouth, silencing him. "Shh", she says. "No need for that anymore. I can see it now." The tide now erases their footprints. It starts to rain. First a few raindrops drift towards the ground, but after a while he and she kiss in the eye of the storm, letting the wind blow away through them. @--->--- Love, Jarkko Fräntilä. Ps: Whats this crushlist people are talking about in here? ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Re: On the CS Lewis tip: never too late: well...
by aaron tieger 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

What I mean is that I think there are certain times when you need to read certain books are certain bands in order to fully appreciate them. Like, I had to go through being a metaller before I could apprectate punk before I could appreciate indie, or half the reason I love Disintegration so much is because I first heard it at a crucial juncture in my development. If I heard it now for the first time, I might not be so blown away. Of course, I did just read Dune for the first time (and loved it), something my friends all did way back when. I'm sure it's a fine series. The piece by him was well written, except that his argument was full of shit. As for the Young Ones, I prefer the one where Vyv goes into the closet or wherever and he finds the witches from Macbeth saying "All hail MacVyvyan." that's all for this morning, time to leave for work. aaron === atieger(a)rocketmail.com auger/anvil Give me the sense to wonder... _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail, free e-mail for the planet. * Visit & explore Cybersmith at http://www.cybersmith.com * Get your web-based e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: "then we all get in the bath..."
by Tjonrr＠aol.com 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

all this talk of the lion the witch and the wardrobe gives me flashbacks to when i was little (late 80s i think) and the whole familywould gather round the tv on sunday nights to watch the series they made of it. sundays was the day all us weans had our baths and washed our hair so my memory mainly consists of that shampoo/clean hair smell that you get in hairdressers. im sure it was not such an idyllic picture of family bliss in reality but you know that saying about seeing the past through rose tinted specs or something. dont actually member much about the program except the stunning animatronic lion. somewhat bizarrley the only other thing i member is that it was on after the clothes show. never read the books but i have recently reread mervyn peakes Gormenghast trilogy which i think is in a similar vein. its pretty brilliant though the last part is a bit of a headfuck, due to the mental deterioration of the author when he was writing it apparantly. from tjohn on my hifi: The Bitter Springs- "From The Parish Of Arthritis" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Aaaslaaan
by Robin Stout 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

The spookiest thing for me about The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is when they emerge from the wardrobe after lord knows how long in Narnia, where they've grown up and got married - and when they come out they're children again. I just felt really sorry for them all. I seem to send far more e-mails when I've got a lab report to write than any other time. Oh, I'm such a fool. I nearly got drunk last night. Well, I guess I shouldn't have been sitting inside that teapot! HA HA HA! Hmmm..... If I just sit here for a bit longer, maybe my lab report will be done by the time I get back by the lab report genie. I hope so. La di da di da ... Bye Roobin Stoot +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: kids books and Pixel juice
by milla |razorkandy| 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

I loved the Susan Cooper ones (there were 5 or 6) and the CS Lewis ones too. My favourite is the Voyage of the DawnTreader. CS Lewis wrote a book called Mere Christianity? which I started but it was a trifle dry, if you can have a dry trifle.. There were several other sci fi type authors who did whole sets of books like Lloyd Alexander and to some extent Arthur Ransome and then the historico ones like Rosemary Sutcliffe or Henry Treece. For peeps who still like that light scifi on the surface but funny and deep really, may I recommend Jeff Noon (new books - Nymphomation and Pixel Juice) I went to see him read in October and it was quite an experience- He did pared down dub versions (all sung/chanted)of some of the short stories and a load of puns like: Jonny takes metaphorozine. He's a real dog brian takes Laetotizol. Sparkles like a graveyard but never gets the urge Josie takes Hyperbolatide. That mouth such bliss and the planets and the satellites take refuge inside her lips. Desmond takes onomatopiates. He's a woof-woof. I also found an old book in a 2nd hand bookshop/cafe here in Cambridge called cb1- it's a great place a bit like cafe.alt on Ave A- a hardback guide to Track and Field with all black and white pictures and a dusty dust jacket. Almost bought it. back to practical write-ups mone drone ................milla..., ****i'minlovewitheveryonewhoknowsit'shardtobuildawayofseeing whoknowsthatneverthelessthat'stheonlywaytoflameintobeing**** ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: you cut me deep
by brad 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

mickmcmick wrote: > Also, this post was written under the influence of the Jasmine Minks, > I hope that doesn't bother Brad too much. not at all, my two-name-challenged friend. actually the only song i've ever heard by them is "cut me deep" and its pretty darn good. i was just "having a go" at duke. so the other night i was watching the tube and i felt a mosquito land on my ear, or so i thought. so i reached up to swat it, and oh my lord! my ears were ablaze. anyway, the fire quickly spread and burned off my beautiful 'fro, and all the cool things i keep in it like tito jackson. well, i don't keep tito jackson in my 'fro, hey, wait a minute, i think i'm thinking of that fro'd guy on the harlem globetrotters cartoon who would pull a chair out of his head. or maybe i've got the whole fucking thing confused with captain caveman. anyway, the point is, stop talking about me, tag. if you ain't got nothing nice to say, then don't say nothing. did i tell you i was intimate with your mother? so, as you all know, i'm a 411 operator. well, tonight some guy called me up and i said "what listing?" and the guy's drunk and he asks me for twenty bucks. i said "excuse me" and he said "hey, operator, i know this a strange request, but can i have twenty bucks?" i told him to wait there by the pay phone and i would press this button and it would shoot him twenty dollars in quarters out. and he said "thanks, you don't know how much this means" stupid fucker. i wonder how long he waited. so deep, brad +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: 1998 Pop Subutteo Tournament
by Kevan Cooke 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

* Friday 27/11/98 14:30 Southampton Good luck card from work colleagues and phone call from Alec at Nairns reminding me not to compromise their market positioning strategy. No idea what he is talking about, but the cheque for two hundred pounds arrived last week so I just agree with him. Finish work early and head home for final preparations. * Friday 27/11/98 17:00 Basingstoke Check all figures, oil moving parts, polish Stuart's silver trousers, and practice set pieces. * Saturday 28/11/98 08:00 Earls Court Arrive at the venue, meet controversial 1994 runner-up Sabrina in reception. The rules have been changed since, to avoid a repeat of that rather tawdry performance. * Saturday 28/11/98 08:15 Earls Court Find my table "Belle and Sebastian sponsored by Nairns Oakcakes" and start to unpack. Fresh batteries and a last polish for Stuart's trousers. Head to the restaurant for some breakfast and chat with Adam and the Ants as other competitors arrive. * Saturday 28/11/98 10:00 Earls Court Opening match against The Equals featuring Eddy Grant. Taken by surprise as they launch straight in with Baby Come Back, but after withstanding the body blow I hit back hard with Lazy Line Painter Jane, and a gentle prod with Simple Things is enough for an early victory. * Saturday 28/11/98 11:15 Earls Court Take on the might of Metallica in the second round. They had demolished Robson and Jerome in the first round leaving the oldest competitor in tears, poor Mrs Bootle. A bit of research had suggested that Lars Ulrich would be their weak spot, and the research paid off as Stuart D confounded the pretty boy skin basher with some carefully crafted loops. Before they had had a chance to recover Le Pastie exposed the tedium of their riffery, and an achingly beautiful State I Am In left them gibbering at Stuart's feet. * Saturday 28/11/98 12:30 Earls Court Lunch with Alec from Nairns who is very pleased with Belle and Sebastian's performance so far. Meet his corporate guests who include a purchasing executive from Marks and Spencers called Brian. Brian is pleased that Metallica were felled by a song that mentioned his store. Promise another of Alec's guests (from Littlewoods) that I will use Pocketbook Angel against The Undertones in the next round. * Saturday 28/11/98 14:00 Earls Court After a tactical and considered opening a ferocious battle ensues, one of the hardest fought games that I can remember. The Undertones put up a really tough fight and look capable of going all the way to the final, but the Belle and Sebastian set pieces are paying off. Sarah loses a limb during Teenage Kicks, and Feargal Sharky is left bloodied and visibly shaken by The Boy With the Arab Strap. * Saturday 28/11/98 14:45 Earls Court At the end of time the game is still undecided, so Stuart and Feargal go head to head in the decider. Head to head tie breaks weren't part of my pre-match training schedule, but luckily Feargal is still shaken, and can only muster a cringing version of A Good Heart. It looks as though Stuart is going to walk it. * Saturday 28/11/98 14:48 Earls Court Stuart moves in for the kill and starts to sing "There's too many broken hearts in the world, There's too many dreams can be broken in two" Arrrgh! I'm gonna get you Evans! * Saturday 28/11/98 15:00 Earls Court Judges announce disqualification of the Belle and Sebastian team, and entry to the international Pop Subutteo competition in NYC is also in doubt. Meanwhile Steps defeat last year's winners The Who in the final of the competition. * Sunday 29/11/98 11:20 Basingstoke Phone call from Alec, he is surprisingly understanding about the whole thing, apparently the scandal has made the headlines in the Sunday People with Nairns name all over the front page. Alec says that any publicity is good publicity when it's on the front page of the national papers. * Sunday 29/11/98 12:15 Basingstoke Phone call from the Pop Subutteo international governing body confirming that I have been barred from the NYC competition. The plane tickets are already paid for and it's too late to get a refund, so I will now be looking for something to do in NYC between the 12th and the 15th of December. *********************************** chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickclick.com http://www.chickmail.com *********************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Bulletin Board
by Adrian Evans 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

Well folks I nearly laughed, but you see for yourself. The following is an advertisement on Devon County Councils internal Bulletin Board. when reading you should know that *Oasis* is a prehistoric internal e-mail system sometimes cleverly referred to by Outlook users as Oasisaurus and not a prehistoric band sometimes cleverly referred to by the general public as c**ts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEGO : Large amount of Lego, including 18 roadbases to make a village, horses, people etc, a few instructions have survived the five children originally bought for !!! £70 ovno. Please contact : Marylin on OASIS MMason. 27/11/98. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh how I very nearly chortled when I misread the email address for MManson. It conjured up such a beautiful image of the wild man of rock scrabbling desperately for a red four pimple square to finish his toy-town fire engine, and then the ensuing tantrum when he realises that he needs the very same piece to finish off his pony.....double-drats !! Adrian. In my mug : Sainsbury's tomato cup-a-soup....no croutons. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: It's another true sory
by Paul Field 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

Hello & goodbye. This will be my final post to all you lovelies, he said amongst sighs of relief. I will no longer have email after Friday and will have to unsubscribe (bu sending a message to majordomo(a)majordomo.net!) As I'm losing email, I've just sent a message to a few people - the first line being 'This is no declaration I just thought I'd let you know goodbye'. I offered d free pint of beer to the first one to reply with the song and artist I'd quoted from (this compy does not apply to you lot). I felt my money was safe as none of them have anything even remotely decent in their music tastes. I've only had one guess so far - was it something by the Sex Pistols? And you don't know this person - it was a serious attempt! Well, it made me laugh anyway. Tata for good Paul. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: MESSING UP RELATIONSHIPS IS SOMETHING IM GOOD AT.
by Jarkko Fr�ntil� 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

Ok, last week my good friend Aino was at my place. She broke up with her boyfriend three weeks ago, and after that she had been to a coffee with him twice, and both times had ended up in a huge argument. Ok, fair enough, but the thing she said to me was hilarious: "I always wondered how you can fuck up all your relationships by acting up like a complete asshole. Now I did it myself, and I noticed it's quite easy." Oh thanks Aino. It's nice to hear I'm good at something. And all of you who can get your hands on "Helsingin Sanomat", Finlands biggest newspaper, buy it on 15th of January. There's a five page- report on single people in that one, and I'm one of the six people interviewed for that. I see this reporter once a week 'till the end of the year, and then she writes about my thoughts and happenings during those weeks. Nice, about 3 million people can now read about my past relationships and the facts how I completely screw them up and how I try to wipe those clouds of mine off the sky and get some sunshine into my life. But hey, "any publicity etc". Sniff. @--->--- Love, Jarkko Fräntilä. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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