October 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

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by Amy Jackson 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

howdy peeps, well, what a weekend i have had. on thursday (ok, not exactly the weekend, but this is my post and i make the rules) my friend sarah who went to primary school with me came to visit me and my room mate (who also went to primary school with me) and we had a good laugh. at midnight, they sang happy birthday to me, we bought caramel cake and went to sit in george square, where they lit 'ickle pink birthday candles and stuck them to a bench and we danced about a bit, then we realised it was nearly 3am and i had to get up early the next day, so we went home. only when we got home, some boys from upstairs had come to visit, and we drank cider and i tried to sleep, only then we had a fire alarm (yes, at 4am) so i we had to stand outside in our pyjamas in the freezing cold (and standing on sauchiehall street in pyjamas is not something i'd advise anyone to do) and then when the firemen arrived i was given cheese and chips as a birthday present from my friend Mambo and i ate that and then i went to bed. but i ahd to get up and 9am cos i went to aberdeen with wee neily milton (a lurker on the list) and his brother and we went to see idlewild. i got kicked int he head twice, nearly broke my finger and i was so yucky and sweaty and manky, but it was all made worthwhile cos roddy woomble ~swoon~ winked at me cos of my New Hair. then on saturday i did all the same again, only at the barrowlands this time. on sunday, i went shopping and bought a nice cardigan and a skirt. then my mam phoned and i went a bit teary-eyes cos i miss everyone at home. *sob* so i decided to go home for the first weekend in november. i can't wait cos mam is going to make me a big pot of her homemade minestrone soup which is officially the best soup in the world. so that was my weekend. *CAPES* jenowl's cape is the coolest, bestes cape in the world and i think that everyone should wear one. go to flip and meet wee neily and buy one, okay? neil is also the neil that jason andreas mentioned; neil's band troika are bluddy grate and everyone should go and see them at fury murray's next month. email either me or troika317(a)yahoo.com for info... *NEW HAIR* i have had pillarbox red striped dyed into my hair. it cost me most of my birthday money from my mam and dad but it's grate, but it makes me look like a goth a bit, whihc is odd cos i wear skate clothes. oh well. *MICK COOKE* i saw mr cooke in the alldays across the road form my hall the other night. he bought half a ton of milky way magic stars, a huge galxy bar and three 2 litre bottles of lemonade. he'll rot his teeth if he carries on like that... well, i better go, sorry, this has been too long, amy xxx _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ATTN Dublin Listees
by Stuart Flanagan 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

Hiya folks Just wondering if there are any Dublin listees who can give me some advice. I'm heading to the fair city from Belfast this weekend to see Alfie, GoBetweens and Teenage Fanclub. I was just wondering if anyone knows any good indie/alternative/60s clubs to go to on Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun this week ?? I'd be grateful for any help from you people of good taste... Cheers Stuart +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Darren Hayman wears red trainers!
by elenita99 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

Hello hello, The beginning of the week was awful, because of Uni work and other stuff, so I got drunk on Wednesday. Good move, on Thursday I was all fizzy but suddenly the week started being great. It was a P!O!P! week really... * Thursday : Mojave 3* The international blues festival of Cerdanyola, a little city near Barcelona, was offering free gigs this week. Not really blues though but still. So I went down there with Jordi on Thursday, where we met lovely Maria that went all the way down from Perpignan to join us. And she brought us sweets, how nice is that? The gig was good, a bit quiet at the beginning but it got really nice by the end. * Friday: Hefner* On Friday we went there again with Jordi, Maria and three of my friends cos the lovely Hefner was playing. Well before that we had to see "Love of Lesbian", a band from here...Well it was as good as their name, which means not much really. But I didn't really care because I was so awfully excited about Hefner that I would have supported a 45mn set of Slikpnot. Then Maria and I saw Darren in the audience so we went in order to get CD signed (we're goupies you know ;) Darren was a bit...not talkative but well I wasnt either, cos I was all impressed, so fair enough� We waited for quite a while, then finally they got on the stage, asked if we were ready and started "Hello Kitten": I thought I would die of excitement but instead my feet started moving and I jumped all around the place (and on my neighbours feet I think but I didn't really care) It was SUPER GRATE! Really it was, we had some old songs and some from "We love the city", and I had a great time (and I think I was not the only one) Best song: "The day that Thatcher dies"and "The Hymn for the cigarettes" Best 'in-between songs bit': "OK from now on it's gonna be rock'n'roll: firewalls, guitar solos...Try to imagine you're at a Coldplay gig and it's getting really wiiild!" Hefner rocks my world :) *Friday night: Mond Club* After the gig we took a night bus (much more nicer than London ones really) and went to the Mond Club, the club where the pop kids are going. Well we were expected a Marc Almmond Djing but it seems the lazy arse stayed n bed and instead we had a resident DJing. Megod, what an experience. It started sort of OK-ish...Then suddenly we had Robbie Williams (in a indie club, mind you) and Marylin Manson and then it all went wrong and we had bad 80's dance. Argh. So we left early, cos after expecting one hour for the DJ to get back to realities (we had a B&S song between two crap ones but it wasn't enough you see) we were a bit fed up. So we got the tube and got home (and I slept till late, mmmm lovely lazy Saturday) *Saturday: Niza* A nice Spanish little band that just fit in the "twee-pop" definition on my mind. Lovely quiet songs, it was nice. *Sunday: rainy and windy* So I went to see the waves crashing. Living by the sea is just fantastic. *Highlights of the week* I fit again in my favourite red trousers. Yeah it doesn't sound fantastic said that way but I bet you didn't quited smoking a year ago and since then were giving desperate looks at your fave trousers. My stupid flatmate is on holidays for two weeks. Yay! And one of my mates is visiting next week. Double yay! I've been stolen my mobile phone. Again. Argh. Next one will be the third one to be bought in a year (not to mention the two credit cards, don't tell me I should be more careful more my parents have done it already) Still it costs a fifth of what you pay to get a fix spanish phone line these days. Modern life is rubbish. *Rhyme problem of the week* Lots of people on the list have got a name that rhymes with "baby" (Honey, Velocity, Stevie, Carey, Lixi, Lucy, Ally, Jordi etc...See there is an looot) Not me. I wish I had a name that rhyme with baby so people can call me "whatever-baby" but there is no way you can make Elena rhymes with baby really. How can I explain to my mum I want to change my name for Teletubby so people can call me Tubby-baby? Am I getting rhyme obsessed? I hope you had a pop week-end too :) Elena xxx ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: bent on new and no ways
by lisa morrison 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

dolls... ...in the valley once again. i was on top of the world for an hour or two. a day or two. but it seems that the eternal and unidentified hand that guides my state of mind has shoved me off the edge where i was grinning and gesturing wildly about as i do when i am grinning...and now i find myself here again. in the valley...characters of the valley are known to strum on bangos and suck the living life out of non-living objects like harmonicas and amoung other metallic mouth-peices...they sit on crude cabin porches and wail about nobody knowing the trouble they've seen...i play the violin. not the fiddle. fiddles have positive connotation...violins are mourning intruments...so i sit on the porch and saw away at sorrow and tradgedy which becomes ludicrous after a while b/c of its excessive overuse...yes laugh darlings. i suppose it is a rather pitiful scene. these random outbursts worry me...of course i am referring to the paragraph above...well...the mental meanderings of a real live lisa for yr enjoyment...not that it there was much to enjoy. and yes, i know...lack of content...greatest apologies to those who may be offended. weak smiles to you all and hugs to miss. fellow pea in my pod of distress (you know who yr vixen self is). no pressure to any of the other of you.(and that's pressure) -lisa _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Rain and Sundays
by gogron 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

I'm wondering if rain is the characteristic weather condition for sinister. Certainly, it's often mentioned, and seems to be regarded in these parts as something sensual, rather than an incontinent cloud-load of small and inconvenient bits of water to moan about. I'm sure there are thousands of songs featuring rain, but all I can think of off-hand is The Silencers with *Scottish Rain* and *London Rain* by Heather Nova. And, of course, *Rain and Tears* by Aphrodite's Child, featuring that Barry White of the Agean, Demis Roussos. This being a Sunday, I'm listening to the Sundays' album I bought on Saturday. Evidently David and Harriet first got together on a Friday. Anyway, the album is *Static and Silence*, released in 1997. Back then, I recall 'phoning up for tickets to see them at Islington's Union Chapel, but then they cancelled. Then zilch. I've looked them up on the web, but all I can find is a promo site for that album, and a date for the concert that never was. The sinister archives contain references to people lucky enough to have actually seen them live, but years ago. Does anyone know what happened to them? It isn't raining here. It's getting dusky, but the afternoon has been heavy with grey; a kind of torpor in the atmosphere. I've been struggling with a short story I'm trying to write, finding words like 'effulgence' and 'tenebrous' in the dictionary in lieu of a continuation of the plot, which started with a story but has descended into the recall of nightmares and a slough of speculative metaphysics. Still, Harriet's lovely voice is soothing, and it's time to pull the curtains and light the church candles, which always feature in my autumn season. Which is about it. That and the day job, which is currently a pleasure: slightly creative, technically achievable, friendly colleagues... I wish I could identify what always seems to be missing. Gordon "This world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel" - Horace Walpole P.S. An especial SQUAWK! to Christiaan for his brilliant post recently. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: A teary yet overdue goodbye...
by Jason Andreas 22 Oct '00

22 Oct '00

Hi all. Quite a sombre mood today, by my standards at least. I have decided that, after a fair amount of time, some laughs, some tears, some jokes, some arguments, that it's time for me to leave Sinister. I think this'll be the third time I've left, but chances are it'll probably be the last. Reasons? None really, or at least none I wish to share as such. I just don't feel 'part' of the group anymore. I don't get the same twinkly little buzz I used to get when I read my Sinister mail. It's quite sad in a way, you guys have been like a little family to me. The following people get an extra-special goodbye wave; *Jeanette Eastwood - my surrogate mommy :) *Amy Jackson - welcome to the bright lights and magical sounds... *Neil Milton - Troika rule! *JenOwl - forced hugs can be good too, I suppose. Don't let the hard kids get you down. *Lauren Hathaway (Tigerxdare) for being cool *Sweetie - I kept my promise, I never *did* reveal your name... *Toffeecrisp - for being a good ear *Ally Cook - first sinisterine I ever met. *David Strange - for the random text messages *Wayne Fortune - without you, I would have never gotten to Bob Dylan. Thank you... *Calumn Shearer, Ailsa Ross, Owen Narrow Wizard, Carey, Yvonne Finnon - for various reasons. *Heather McDonald - although I've not heard from you in almost a year. *Erica McArthur - for being tres cool *Damo from #sinister - not spoken in a while, but you were ever the voice of reason. *Karolyne Trembley - Mail me sometime, Karo... *Anyone I've forgotten - you guys deserve it too... and last but not least: ***Honey The List Mommy*** Without his sterling work and utter devotion, the above people I would have never know and my life would be missing so much because of it. Thank you for everything, Honey. Thanks for the memories. If anyone wants to keep in touch, feel free to mail me at jasonandreas(a)breathemail.net - I promise to reply to you all. I may pop in (via the archive) every onece in a while to see how you're all getting on. Play nice. Missing you already... With love - Jason +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Girls in white dresses with really short skirts
by JENOWL22＠aol.com 22 Oct '00

22 Oct '00

Hewwo, Well, it's not ben long since I last posted, but I wanted to post again, and I'm quite tired, so I thought I might. I've been listening too...no, not some new indie-cool band from london, but...Alisha's Attic, because I found Alisha Rules the World, the first ever album I bought. Reasons why Alisha's Attic are good: They have a little cartoon angel/devil girl and fun adventures in the album sleeve. They are really twee. Ok, the words are really twee. They sing like fairies. The one that isn't blonde has hair like Amy Jackson's. And I live in awe of Amy's hair. (Ps, happy birthday to her) Yesterday, I went to Starbucks in Glasgow, with my friend Debs, and we sat for ages drinking tea and coffee. I had this magic iced tea that "soothes your psyche and enlightens your spirit", so I figured that this would mean I could tell what colour peoples auras were, and how mentally balanced they were, all the while I was drinking it. And I think I was quite good at it. I was also thinking about stealing a mug, but I decided that would be bad. My friend Ross phoned me and yelled at me for not coming along to be in his film, because I'd decided I couldn't be bothered and I played computer games instead. I also went to stay over at my friend Debs's house, and we were planning on getting drunk, but in the end we didn't because the cider tasted like cheese. She drank a lot of rum, and at first I did, because it meant I could pretend to be in the navy, but after a couple of sips, I decided that I would start my own navy where people can drink Ribena instead of rum. And we made a silly tape of us singing and saying silly things, and being mean about the hard kids in our school, which we do a lot. And the next morning we realised that we'd been having a really silly arguement, and left the tape running. And we laughed about it. Even though i was right and she was wrong :) I fell asleep on her floor, covered by my ultra useful cape. It was not very comfy. I thought about painting my nails. It's very girly, but I think I might anyways, since I'm a girl. Ooh, this is getting long, I really should put some content in. I have decided that I will send a letter to belle and sebastian, recommending that they all wear duffel cloak/cape things, because they have useful uses for all things and they will take over your soul from jeepster. Everyone on sinister should get a cape too. We can all be cape people. If we want. I will go now. Hugs, Jen +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Sunday Sunday
by Robin Stout 22 Oct '00

22 Oct '00

The thing with the internet is that it's like a big cupboard full of old things that you can get lost in for hours, like I have today. I'm doing a project on energy efficiency, and a simple search for "Energy Efficiency" led me into the land of Narnia, and I haven't managed to escape yet. On a Sinister note, one of the answers my search turned up was the Fosca website, which was funny cos I knew nothing about them before, apart from what the delightful Erica has told us, and now I know they're an ugly bunch, who have a healthy obsession with B+S and are into boiling kettles less. So I've been sitting here in the library for two hours, tapping away at these keys and looking out the window every now and then. There's been a small group of people standing about at the bottom of the tower block opposite, ever since I arrived here, and each time I've looked up they've still been there, sitting and standing about, like pigeons on a chimney, not doing much really. They seemed to be looking at a couple of ropes dangling down the side of the building, and to be honest I thought it was a bit strange, but figured it must be what some people like to do on a Sunday afternoon. Now, after two hours, I leant back and threw my arms up for a big yawn and looked up at the top of the building. It was then that I noticed two people up there, holding the ropes, and a little man in an orange hat who jumped off the side of the building and started abseiling down it. So they were't just standing there after all, they were watching the abseiling, and now I am too. It's quite funny. There's a little boy who can't keep his feet on the wall, and just plummets down the rope, waving his legs about to try and slow himself down. Did anyone else see FunkySeb on telly last night, or was it just me? He was in a short film about a boy who's mom and dad were into computer sex, on channel 4 obviously, and played a sniggering schoolboy. I think it was him, because although he was meant to be a skater, he looked like he might jump up and recite a poem at any moment. Oh well, Songs Of Praise beckons... Robin x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Mornington Crescent!
by David Moore 22 Oct '00

22 Oct '00

Happy Sunday Everybody, PAINTING BOX Congrats/props to all those who could be arsed to enter the TOTP competition. Talking of which, who's going to admit to wanting to see Stuart's bum for a quid :) A high standard of entries, especially Ken's - maybe the Arts Council should dish out free Red Bull. GENTLE WAVES With Jeepster's e-marketing being out to lunch, people may not realise that the dates on their website are now out of date: the 2 London gigs are apparently at The Spitz (Old Spitalfields Market, 109 Commercial St, E1) on the 1st & 2nd December RINGTONES This is Honey's The State I Am In for an Ericsson +Dp+dp+dp+Cp+cp+cpbp+cpbpgpCcpepgpgp#fp#F Derided by some (well, nearly everybody), it worked for me in the end. Lucy has We Rule The School on her Nokia: try to persuade her to post it here. SHAMELESS PLUG for Sodastream's European Tour, dates below: monday 30th october @ donalds pub, tours, france tuesday 31st october @ la guinguette pirate, paris, france friday 3rd november @ paradiso, amsterdam, netherlands - crossing border festival saturday 4th november @ café plusminus, obercorn, luxembourg (+ Old Man Treadwell) sunday 5th november @ sissikingkong, dortmund, germany monday 6th november @ club 2, munich, germany tuesday 7th november @ venue tba, stuttgart, germany friday 10th november @ union chapel, london, uk (w/ low) saturday 11th november @ RoTa, london, uk sunday 12th november @ the lift, brighton, uk tuesday 14th november @ london, uk - peel session wednesday 15th november @ night & day, manchester, uk (w/ piano magic) friday 17th november @ borders, london, uk 3 close enough to get to easily make this bunny happy :) I think that's it. Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: no more airplanes
by Liqin Lu 22 Oct '00

22 Oct '00

hi sinister, since i'm not doing anything productive at the moment, altho i should be, i thought i might use this opportunity to illustrate to u a point which most of u would not care, for those ppl, pls stop reading: my silliness. example 1. one day i walked into my suite, and the detector detected me and the lights came on. i suddenly noticed this fact altho i've been living in this building for over a year. i thought to myself, how magical is modern technology, and how modern is my dorm. i smiled and continued to walk to my room, and as i was standing in front of my door, i pulled out my middcard, our student id which is also used for swipe when entering dining halls. then i stood there for a while looking at it, and asked myself, why did i get my middcard out? i'm supposed to get my key out. then i realised i was still in the amazement for modern technology and actually thought the doors were operated with swiping our cards! example 2. i wanted to go see almost famous in the theater in town tonight, and i called anyone i could think of on campus that i would call a friend, but none of them were available or interested. some of the 'friends' i didn't know their extensions, so i had to looked them up on the online directory. desperate as i was as the starting time was approaching, i typed in 'a friend' in the name search engine, but the result was 'No matches to your query.' i was quite disappointed. so in the end, as much as i didn't want, i went alone. the movie was pretty good tho, i'm glad i went. if anyone has read this far and thinks 'this is so stupid/silly, i shouldn't have wasted my time for this,' well, that proved my point. hope i'm not misusing the list =) liqin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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