Alright, Sinister... It's been a long time...If Liz Daplyn is going to post, then I'm going to have to as well. It was over a year ago when I was in London. There were Sinister gatherings. And dancing. A trip to Copenhagen to see B&S. I think of that time fondly. I will return in a bit more than a year. I hope you're all there to have more fun times with. Right now life is full of hard work. Time has flown by so fast. Last year, everything was leading up to Benny Bapps' Visa coming through so he could move to Califor-ni-a to marry me. So that was all pretty much a blur. It was New Year's Eve. The wedding was rockin'. I walked down the aisle to "Fiction" from the Storytelling soundtrack. The weather in Santa Barbara was beautiful. At the reception overlooking the sea, we read the card from Sinister, hand delivered by Jim Purple Trousers. Explaining to my Great Aunt who this Stuart Murdoch is as I read his greeting on the card to our guests was quite amusing. I think that was my favorite wedding present of all. Thanks to everyone who signed the card for us. It makes me happy that I think back to that day and I feel completely satisfied about the way everything turned out. I never wanted a big wedding just because it's too much pressure to have everything go well and be worth all the money a big wedding costs. We managed to pay for it all and it was fairly inexpensive. All I knew was that I definitely wanted to wear a red kimono and I definitely wanted my hair to go with the kimono, and I think it turned out better than I had hoped. I also definitely wanted the groom to show up, and he did! If you want to see wedding pics go to: http://www.members.aol.com/benandrachelapps/album.html Ben works at the same company as I do now. It seems like I spend more time talking about Sinister in my everyday life than I spend actually participating. Every day someone wants to know how Ben and I met, and we tell them it was through our favorite band and Sinister. I'm proud to say I met my husband here on this list, but people who aren't a part of this never understand. Oh well. Everybody asks "How's married life?" and you know what, it's good. It doesn't feel much different than when we were just dating, except he can live here legally now. It's a perk of having that nice legal piece of paper. Of course, this immigration process won't be over for another year or so. By then, we'll probably be ready to move me back to London and we can start the paper trail all over again! Yee haw! The next phase of this year for me includes looking forward to picnics and sunny days and staying out of the Southern California summer heat and in the swimming pool or air conditioned apartment. The aforementioned trip to London next year is also something I think about a lot these days. I'm happy thinking about traveling. Though I hope the war will be over when it's time to go abroad. It's such a terrible thought that it could still carry on. Here's a blast from the past: Some of you may remember that the Rachels on this list had a competition with the Wills and the Chris people and the Rob/y/ins to make the best mixtape. Chu'll be the judge. The Rachels mix was finished and returned to me in December. It took 13 months to complete and traveled across the US to the UK, to Poland and then back to the US again. And if KEN will ever send me his mailing address, I will send it to him for his consideration. The funny thing for me about music lately is that I don't make enough time for enjoying it. I think I used to be far more passionate about music when I was listening to it through headphones. It just seems to have so much more impact on me. I wonder if anyone else feels this way... I am chomping at the bit for some new B&S music. I'm sure I'm not alone with that feeling. Well, it still feels like I don't have anything significant to say. But at least I gave it a shot. I've missed communicating with so many of you. I hope everyone is well. love, Rachel fruitloop-Apps __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.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. 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+