Hello all, Can three posts earn me an exit pass from Lurkerdom? I'm not sure I'd like that, being quite comfortable as a Lurker. I am a fan of Lurking. I feel as though if I post, it implies the ridiculous notion that I imagine myself a person with something interesting to say. May I reiterate the phrase "ridiculous notion?" And yet, speaking of interesting things to say, the infamous Laura Llew wrote: "Evidently, they remembered me telling about I wouldn't mind having hooked up with Emily Dickinson. She would have been great to be in love with. Even if you both lived in the same town, you could just see her through a window across the street and occasionally wave at each other. Now that's love." I have to say, that's probably one of the most accurate desscriptions I've ever heard of the perfect relationship for the Quietly Aloof (as opposed to The Antisocial, or even The Emotionally Unavailable...). To have the "warm fuzzies," ------ ah, that lovely feeling ----- and at least a vague sense of the unconditional acceptance of a relationship... but without all the bother of human interaction, which is frought with perils, being dependent on humans who are by definition fuck-ups (wow, that ended the illusion that could at all feign a poetic voice)... Anyway, I just wanted to point out that the Emily-Dickinson-in-the-Window is a splendid metaphor. On to more concrete things: Since I've gotten a huge zilch on time/place suggestions for the MidAtlantic Picnic, I'm going to perform a First for myself and take initiative. I'm throwing out a picnicky date here -- seems to me a good weekend would be that of *August 23*? Perhaps An Afternoon Picnic on the Mall, either that Saturday or Sunday. If we all get on famously, there's always NW and Adam's Morgan nightlife to behold later in the evening. Foodstuffs, booze, activities and booze can be arranged; I'm just looking for a general roll call as to who's up for it. Anyone? As always, emails are welcome. And if you're feeling blase about it, just think of all the reporting back we could do! We could even lie to make it sound like we had WAY more fun than we actually did! Enticing, isn't it? Besides, SOMEONE'S got to throw popcorn at the tourists. I'm tired of doing it every weekend all by myself. It gets lonely and inconveniently buttery. Back to work. Ugh. Best to all, Kim _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+