i saw in the new year with a quick snog before returning to suitably festive programming - 'the wicker man' on channel 4. we know how to party in brighton. i had been to a party beforehand, actually, but left as soon as vomit became a feature. i am a grown-up now, after all. christmas was fine, lovely. chaos did threaten to break out over a game of Balderdash, due to my gran forgetting the rules every 5 seconds, but a few more gin and tonics all round and we were miraculously in harmony again. at least one member of the family was asleep at any given moment on xmas day, which also helped keep the peace. i did not go bowling. this is because i was dramatically ill with what may have been flu, but was more likely chocolate withdrawal. also my boyfriend hoovered up my knitting by mistake so my bowling outfit was ruined... instead i pondered a lot on the events of 2001 (both personal and political) and decided that i am in danger of wasting my life. coming back to work and finding the place like a tomb hasn't helped with this feeling - i'm doing about as much good behind this desk as a stapler. i suppose the fact that i'm moving into my lovely flat at the dawning of 2002 is a good omen, but what was i thinking renting an attic? i have spent the morning lugging shelves, futons, chairs and assorted junk up an unreasonable number of stairs and have rushed to work probably covered in dust. well, only 363 more days to mess up... luv archel xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+