HELOOOO SINISTERINES! I'd like to begin my REALLY LONG post this fine evening by quoting the grate Laura Llew: "I have found that if you don't have enough time to read all of the sinister posts that just getting to Rachel the Fruitloops will give you all the highlights - a bit like just glancing at the top of post office mullet boy's head." I've often thought of my posts as a bad out of style hairdo dressed up with the fine touches of frosting an tipping bleach that say "Yeah, I meant to do that! Now get into my Pontiac Firebird!" Is that what post office boy is like, Laura? What a Llewser! Of course, the highlights are according to my whims, so if you are hoping to see what has been posted about things other than Ken Chu and fecal matters, !Viva Rachels! and the battle of Wills, Sinister list romances, and anything else that tickles my fancy (li'l self-serving ol' me!), then I suggest that you read the individual posts yourselves, but maybe mine will give you a bit of a "feel" for what's out there if you've fallen behind. Let the summary begin! Richard Gillanders wrote of Steely Dan: "oh. FRUITLOOP - the one that isn't to lose that number is actually 'rikki'. not 'ricky'." I suppose I should have been more specific, I was actually printing the quote in my fanzine about someone named "Ricky" and the spelling was just modified to add to my cleverness! I should have known that you'd notice, your cleverness abounds! ;) But I must say, I find it amusing that you commented about my spelling of rikki/ricky yet nobody seems to be alarmed that the word "probably" is being spelled "prolly" all too often these days, someone tell me that people are just trying to be cute... I predict that "prolly" will be in Webster's dictionary by the end of this century, perhaps even sooner. I think that's prolly as shameful as not knowing who Jack Kerouack is! d'oh! Jim Gilmer wrote: "Stine infected me with the phrase "Punk Rock", and now that's become my new exclimation. I intend to infect as many people as possible. If you find yourself shouting "PUNK ROCK!" in an exclimation of happiness, blame Stine, she started it." OHHH NO! I've adopted the exclaimation now, too! Except in honor of the !Viva Rachels! movement, I prefer to say "PUNK RAQUE" (Rachel is "Raquel" in spanish ya know!) Ken Chu wrote: "To summerise, the tape with the best songs with the best puns with the biggest cheque will win. Wait, am I engaged to Kirsten Kenyon?" OK, you two, what is going on here!? *wink wink, nudge nudge* YOU READ IT KIDS, KEN WILL JUDGE THE MIX TAPE BATTLE!!! HOORAH! ******************************************************* I think the easiest thing for us Rachel Team to do is this: If you are on team Rachel or would like to be, e-mail me with your mailing address. It will then work sort of like a chain. The tape will be recorded on and I am trusting you to use your best judgement about what to put on it. Then you are to mail it to the next person, their address will be provided for you. When the tape is done, it will be returned to me, and then the bribe cheque will be written and sent off with the tape to Ken. Any participants will also receive a copy of our finished masterpiece! ******************************************************* And Will Porter wrote: "We should have insisted on pistols at dawn, but now you've botched it. Must I do *everything* around here?" MOUHAHAHAHAHAHA! *rachie rubs her hands together* and Will Porter also said to miss Laura Llew: "To which I can only respond: Ha, ha, and HA. Your habit of lending things betrays you bookshop girl (which, incidentally, can be sung to the tune of the Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl")" Which tells me that the !Viva Rachels! gang has *nothing* to worry about!! Dead Milkmen!? (no offense, but C'MON!!!) AN Monchichi (hee!) said : "i wish the mix-tape battle teams good luck! I haven't decided on whom to cheer yet but I honestly believe the Rachels are up for kicking some butt ;) I'm glad I'm not the judge! One mistake and you live in fear for the rest of your life.....boh!" OH YEAH!!!!! We're SO UP FOR IT!!! But listen to AN, Ken, and remember I can put a stop-payment on my cheque! ;) Caleb Ben wrote: "have any of you rachels ever heard of the band "rachels"?" I have heard of The Rachels but have never listened to them. Are they as good as their name? ;) ****************PICNIC? PICNIC. PICNIC!**************** Since the Chicago Picnic was so fabulous last weekend, I want to have a Southern California picnic, especially because I was a loser and didn't know about the last one (yeah, I know Cornflake, never again!) I think that a few of us have decided that we will probably have it at Griffith Park again because we can't think of anyplace else. Ernie also thought it might be cool to all see a movie in the evening (think 'leccy bill, think cinema, think string bean jean!) and I, for one, am all for it! So, I'm thinking Saturday November 10th. What do y'all think? I'm open for suggestions! ...and isn't another big Sinister picnic this weekend? In Dundee is it? Astrid said: "I know it sounds horrible, but I don�t want her to listen to B&S because she is such a bitch and never care about other people�s feelings." Well, rest easy little star, if she really is the unfeeling bitch you sense that she is, she won't *get it* anyway... But I know what you mean about not wanting to share your favorite things with people who for one, are stinky and for two, don't smell so nice... Hi Johan! Welcome back!!!!! Ken Chu, your last post was... well, I'll just say that ya dung good! But it took a turd for the worst by the end! ;) Where is Stacy Dahling these days? Nobdy has mentioned a visit from her lately! AND NOW FOR... SINISTER LOVIN'! Juju wrote: "just now, as in this past week, my whole world is coming together again. better than ever. closer, warmer, more loving, more exciting..i feel the bud poking through the ash after the fire." I am soooooo happy that Juju is happy!!! You're the grape, too, darling! ;) You must tell us all what your band is called so that we can go shopping for your album... and congratulations!!! Mr B. Ben Apps wrote: "Crushed - another true story How crushed would you be if your crush announced that she had been crushed by who she crushed but it wasn't you? This happened to me. boo hoo." Well, Ben, I have a similar story. Imagine if you were crushed and you didn't know who voted it on you, so you voted it on the boy (or girl if you will) that YOU have a crush on, only to be perplexed because it wasn't a match and then when your crush voted a crush on you it was weeks after you had voted one on them, so you got to thinking that your crush didn't like you but then you're relieved that they do, but this mystery admirer is still floating around and not making themselves known and their adoration goes unenjoyed....HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!!! Am I engaged to Ben Apps? Kara Jean wrote: "I'm beginning to think I have to move to England right away. I'm realizing what is really important to me." Ohhhhh, the Kara and Peter story is my favorite! I am really rootin' for you kids! Kara your thoughts were really beautiful to read! *****************COMMERCIAL BREAK************************ I just saw a Ragu spaghetti sauce commercial and they are playing T.Rex... I'm sure Marc Bolan is raviolling in his grave! The Robster Brennan wrote : "Laura and Vel are planning to release cupid. Good thing. Despite what that Murdoch chap said, there really isn't enough love right now and the poor blighter's been shut in that basement too long at the mercy of the spinisterines. Hope its not too late to save the World." Oh me oh my! If Cupid is being held captive, I'd say he's been working against me all this time! My dance card has never been so full! Don't let him out girls! Rachel Grapenut wrote: "I said in return "there's too much luv to go around these days." And suddenly the belle and sebastian song made sense! I had always thought of it as a somewhat annoying song against free love or something. It never quite make sense. But now it does!" Yeah, you know a lot of people say they love you and they don't really mean it. I mean, I always sign my notes "love" but that's because I mean it. I love that you took the time to read my note, so I'm just letting you know! but I don't tell people that I love them just to be cute. I can always tell when my mom misses me because when I talk to her on the phone she'll say "I love you" before we hang up. but when she's gettin' too much of "the Rachie" she doesn't say it. Astrid wrote an amusing post about being a mom and being a B&S fan and how her kids might rebel against her: "P.S Anyone ever thought of naming their kids after something B&S, or just with like a favourite caracter in a book or a writer or a person in a movie or something. Or is it just me being sick?" I've thought about naming a daughter Louise after Louise Brooks, but not because I want her to grow up to be a slutty lonely freeloading silent movie actress, but because Louise Brooks was beautiful and quite ahead of her time for being a feminist and being sexually liberated. I think that's cool. And as for rebelling against parents, it was fairly hard for me because I was raised on grate music. My way of rebelling was to *not* take drugs (dirty hippies!)I swear my mom loves Morrissey more than I do... But I cringe when she insists on listening to "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys" on repeat for two hours, or when she breaks into song, but in that mom's not-quite-right rhythym and it's "My Love Life". Oh, and don't get me started on The Cure or Erasure. Sheesh! *****Colin, don't read this part!******** By the way, brave Ryan from this here list has agreed to go to my parents' house with me this Sunday. It will prove to be a real circus! I hope you are up for the challenge Ry-ry! My younger brother left town last weekend and got married and is returning to get his things and move out of state with his new wife! And my grandmother who goes by the name "Badger" will be in attendance! You can all catch it on the JERRY show in a few days... *****Ryan, don't read this part!*********** Colin boy is sooooo adorable and I am sad that I didn't get to dance the night away with him in Nashville! You lucky lucky girl, Amy! Kirsten Kenyon posted about crayons and clue games and lost sketch books and dropping napkins with your phone number on peoples' tables and saying "take it, is for free." and gatorade. And I can't help but wonder how Kirsten can be so illustrious day in and day out... I hope that someday I'm sitting in a cafe with her and she can think of something interesting to write about how we have the same shoelaces, cos you know she's just THAT GOOD! There have been posts with your "dream team" band and a sort of fantasy football thing, and I think that is really grate! I'm not quite sure I understand the rules though. So I'll just shut up about that! Jenny Darling wrote: "speaking of..i bought a couple of japan records this past saturday. quality." Do you mean JAPAN Japan, as in the eighties band, or just records that happen to be from Japan? Cos if you mean the band I'll be excited and, well, actually if you just mean the country I'll still be pretty darn excited!! Jenny also said in her subject line that the role of her was being played by Parker Posey. Who would be cast as you in a movie? I think I'd like to be played by Milla Jovovich. But Caroline Rhea will actually be the one who gets the job;)! Katie wrote about her boyfriend: "to make a long story short he was real pissed at me and said something about not wanting to talk to me anymore because I was putting other things before our relationship. We've only been dating for three weeks." I hope you made him feel like a tool by telling him that you just found out that your dad has advanced colon cancer and that he shouldn't be so inflexible anyway! I'm glad that you're feeling a bit better, despite this, Kate! Ok, I promise I'm about to stop typing. I just want to say that I feel like a lucky girl and I hope this feeling lasts. You are all so brilliant. Kisses to Colin! And shout outs to my posse! You know who you are! ;) PUNK RAQUE! Love to you all, Rachel fruitloop __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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