well, what a busy time it's been; makes me feel really popular, seeing all those emails waiting in my inbox, until i remember i've merely signed up to receive them that is, and then reality comes crashing into my life again. oh well, it was bound to happen on a regular basis. new topic: new paragraph (note please, paragraph fans) as well as being busy (this is a new topic, therefore new paragraph, i'm just trying to create a smooth transition) these last few weeks have also been exciting: poetry parrot, christmas gift exchange, jumble sale... the list is (almost) endless. i have to say i hope lots of you have contacted the divine Ms Llew to secure the opportunity to participate in the great Pressie Xchange. you know you want to. and i know i want a pressie back. obviously, if you just want to join in so you can get loads of wonderful gifts and look really loved at this *special* time, clear off, i've got there first. if any of you have extra gifts to distribute (especially if they are chocolate buttons [my staple diet]) please just send straight to me. hey look, it's another new paragraph! the poetry parrot: what an amazing creature! but i'm a little worried; has it/he/she survived its/his/her back from the dead experience? it/he/she obviously hasn't made it to Liz Daplyn yet. does this mean it could descend in need of sustinance at any moment? if this is a possibility does it have a special sinister tracking gadget? if so then all sinistrians need to be on the look-out and have an emergency poem at the ready (not to suggest we aren't all reading poetry at every available waking moment). emergency poem resource kit suggestion: fab anthology called 'staying alive: real poems for unreal times' ed by neil astley. (2002) actually, whilst i'm going on about books to read i might as well go off on one. (get used to this, it's quite normal). great book warning: 'a fine balance' rohinton mistry. i was almost put off this as it had a sticker saying 'oprah's book club' on it, but i trusted my reading recommendation source, and.... wow. i had to take myself off to a quiet place when i finished reading as it had such an impact. read it. please. greatish book warning: 'you don't know me' david klass. this is in the 'young adult' section, but when did bookshops know about categorising books? i mean, they put Northern Lights etc into childrens! fab book warning: 'stormbreaker' anthony horowitz. ok, this is out and out a kid's book: james bond with a 14 year-old protagonist. but what a 14 year old! by the 3rd book i'm ashamed to admit i fancied a teenager, and a 14-yr-old one at that. oh the shame. the shame. well, this mail started off as a reaction to Myra Hindley's death, but i've got as far as listening to suffer little children too many times and wittering on about nothing. i've also managed to spend too long staring at the photo of the band opposite the lyrics for 'suffer'. the tucked in shirt days. oh i remember it well. and it was forced back to me a few weeks ago when a 'friend' decided to set me up on a night out. the *man of my dreams* (sic.) turned out to be wearing a large checked shirt rolled up at the sleeves and tucked tightly into his m&s jeans. is it wrong of me to judge him on this? the final nail in the coffin was he refused to come and dance! i mean, not wanting to dance! ok, so i can't dance, but i refuse to let that minor consideration get in the way of something i enjoy. after all, i don't have to watch me not being able to dance. yet another paragraph, and probably enough to satisfy the paragraph contingent. i feel i really should say something of interest during this post so i'll leave you with my fave. quotation of wisdom: 'to remember everything is a form of madness' (Friel/Steiner) i can't say anything about Hindley although i feel i should, but perhaps the only way forward is to remember the essence of horror we should work against, and forget the facts about her. i think i'm trying to say that making sure what happened never happens again is more important than her as a person. and i think this probably applies to lots of things at the moment. love Elle x +Belle (purr) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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