May 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: we met when we were in school, never took no s*** from no one, we weren't fools
by Matthew Henderson 01 May '02

01 May '02

Sometimes life teaches us bad lessons. I had a paper on the book Hope Against History due today for my Irish History final. I started reading at around midnight last night, read until 9 am (with a bit of goofing around in between), emailed my professor, then dozed off until 1:45. I had to take my Ethics of Cyberpunk exam at 3:30, so I sat down at the computer and hammered out an eight page paper (with quotations) in 45 minutes. I turned it in, took the cyberpunk exam (which was complete crap) and picked up the 10 page cyberpunk paper I had turned in about 2 weeks ago. Now the cyberpunk paper which I worried about most of the semester, took me about 6 hours to sling together (that includes research) once I just stopped caring. So I made an A-, without even a full bibliography. Why does this happen? I got an A+ on my cyberpunk midterm earlier in the year, without studying or reading the material. This shouldn't be the way things are. But they are. Another successful procrastination. I'll never learn at this rate. Al Franken is on Conan O'brien, and I must wonder, why does he get "You Can Call me Al" as his theme music? The world is full of cute girls. I mean, REALLY cute girls. I've never really noticed before, but the past few months, I have noticed them in DROVES. Maybe it's because it's spring, a time when a young man's flight turns to fancy. Or maybe I just hang out in a coffee shop too much. Either way, they're all probably after Ken Chu anyway, so I'm not going to bother attempting to talk to them. Or look at them. Or stand near them. Or be in the same room with them. Maybe Benedict had it right by jumping into a bushel of thorns whenever a woman came by. Belle and Sebastian on the Scottish Parliament sounds like a great idea! Maybe the band can supply the Scottish motto, if there isn't one already. Can't you just imagine a great seal, with St. Andrew's cross and the phrase "Scotland: She's on the Rag" Then again, maybe that wouldn't work. I love Scotland though, really. going to get his ass kicked next time he's in Scotland -Matt _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The benifits of being alive
by Ramesh Srivastava 01 May '02

01 May '02

Dear All, A long time since my last correspondence. Um, I suppose it's been a strange time. Last week, one of my closest friends died in an auto accident. I think cars must be responsible for more deaths than any other man-made creation, except maybe cigarettes. I really, really loved her, or rather, I really, really love her. I feel now that it is my duty to really strive, take risks, and achieve whatever it is that I want to achieve. Lacey set out a year and a half ago to discover her spiritual self. She left the comfort of her home and travelled to Alaska, leaving an immense wave of self-realisation behind her. People were angry with her, but I wasn't. She had to do it. Nobody know how little time she might have then. I didn't see much of her. I would see her every few months or so. Every time, she seemed happier, more satisfied, more at peace. I say often that my love for her was unrequited, but I know that it was not. It was oh so requited. Not many have been more loving, more sincere, more willing to accept without judgement. I remember the joy of just silence with her, letting music and roomlight do all the talking. Everyone who encountered her felt a peace following her, a message of real satisfaction, and that is so rare, so rare, in modern society. I hope one day to feel the kind of everyday joy she did, or does. Although, I do love life now. I suppose I might seem a bit goal oriented. As much as I would like to be a successful musician, it is because I love music, and I want to reach as many people as possible, to share what I have been given by so many talented people. It's really important to me, and I want to go to Glasgow, study literature, and make music, so dammit, i will. I have made the plans, if I can get my paperwork in, to go to UNiversity, and I should be leaving in October. It's just a reminder of the fleeting quality of life, that you can be so radiant, and then be stolen in a moment, but if she is at peace, if there are not loose ends, then the issue is strange. Her Dad is the only surviving member of her immediate family, and I feel for him immensly. He has a partner and a baby on the way, as the parents were divorced, and as a friend of mine said, Lacey and her brother Brady will sneak into that baby somehow. I can't face the reality of the accident. She was always leaving, always visiting, so it seems as though she'll phone any day now, recently returned from an excursion of some sort. They were not excursions, she took them seriously. I loved her in a way that I feel must be rare. There was very much an understanding, and I very much treasure that. It is a reminder that I should take time to be good to many friends and cultivate many realtionships, and her death has, strangely enough, brought me together again with people, taught me more of the joy and validity of holding a friend. I am not overly sentimental, I don't feel, but I don't think it matters here. Sometimes I want to cry and run, to hide, to ignore, but celebrating the beauty is so much more important, and I really think I feel her presence sometimes, reflected in a certain natural settings, or, actually, all settings. I hope to God that any message I send out gets to her somehow. It's hard to get over how strange the situation is, and even though I don't know all of you personally, I hope this is applicable, and that you have someone you love. I know I am better for it. I love you, Lacey. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Tribute To Laura! (And Boston Tickets!)
by TJL511＠aol.com 01 May '02

01 May '02

So I have already given up on being witty and moved onto stealing something and claiming it as my own (see Astrid's title on 4/29 or "Cemetry Gates" or Laura Llew). Moving on. I was trying to set a record for being the Longest Lurker. Actually, I think I just wanted to have the same initials as Laura Llew. Laura Llew. Striking Lo-Lita resemblance for me when it rolls off my tongue (I'm trying to do a Nabokov thing but it's been way too long). Am I the only one who gets turned on by her words? I watch the F#@&ing Gilmore Girls now for crying out loud. If someone could first kidnap and deprogram me from the Chu-nies cult, I'm sure I would be a LLewd cult member if I don't qualify already. I've been quiet for about 7 months, but a need to free myself of two (maybe 3) extra tickets for the May 4th Boston show forced me to write. I debated whether I should just eat the tickets in order to keep my streak alive, but I worried that someone out there might actually really want them. I would like to thank all of you at this time for my daily reading material. I found you all after I decided not to fly anymore in...what a shocker/coincidence...September. A big change for me since I used to fly on average 100,000 miles a year internationally and was on the road for up to 9 months out of the year. The most ironic thing to me is that if I didn't have such a big problem flying ("big"=6 mg of valium per flight before 9/11), I would be in Edinburgh this coming weekend instead of seeing B&S in Boston. I live in Boston and have listened to B&S for some time know. Ken, among your general genius, your tennis references crack me up as tennis is/was a major part of my travels. Content requirement: I can tell you that my favorite B&S moments were/are usually when I'm sprawled out and jet lagged in airports with "Is it wicked not to care" playing in my headphones (preferably in Olbia, Italy). In closing, I know I've probably broken about 10 rules in this email, but if I've learned anything over the past seven months it's that one is supposed to break rules, and then apologize for doing so. (Here's where I sneak in that I like the "Lists" to some extent. Why? 1) Any disc I wasn't familiar with I put on a list to check out and 2) Lists give Ken the chance to be witty). Therefore, I am now sorry for breaking any rules. I'm sorry I was rushed for time with this and have no Sinister name. If anyone is interested in the Boston tickets please email me at TJL511(a)AOL.com. Thank You(s) and Sorry(s) and of course...StoliRaz TJL511 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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