Hello to all in the Sinister world! Christmas has come and gone here in Texas, though this morning we got a small, finite dusting of snow. It was all gone and melted by 9am though in my part of the country. Now New Year's is upon me and I do not look upon its arrival with disapprobation. Let me tell you how much I love coming in to work everyday to find emails from all you lovelies out there! It makes my day much brighter to be able to imagine your lives and the cities that you live in. Living here all my life I can only see so much of life itself. I love to imagine all the things you talk about and the troubles you find yourself in. It is a good release valve for all of us to have, I believe. Well my duty has been performed by introducing a new list member to the group recently! VWest will be joining us soon after his stint in the nursery, and I am anxious to hear what he has to say about life. Welcome V! He has an absolutely stunning taste in music, in home furniture, and in friends (he recently picked my best friend Stacey and myself as pals)! He has the coolest house I have ever seen. Very Scandinavian. Not to mention the very cool and auspicious ba-gua skylight. On Saturday night, we three hung out at his pad and had a blast. We got Mexican food from this cool little shack, called a 'tacquiera' in Spanish. On the way there and back we played an interesting and somewhat difficult game of 'name that tune' in his car. I was amazed by his knowledge! When we got back to the house, we ate and talked, then we drove out to Tower Records in Dallas to buy some cd's. I picked up some good ones. The Reindeer Section is totally brilliant, thanks to whoever it was on the list who recommended them. I also got TBS, Rufus Wainwright, Tom Waits and Pulp. I got the Pulp idea from someone on the list too who recommended 'Pencil Skirt', which is now one of my fave songs! Thanks to all of you that I have gotten ideas from. Also, you guys should check out Spain, they are awesome. When we got back from that, we listened to music for a long time in his 'music room', then we watched High Fidelity. An awesome night that ended around 3am! I can't wait for the next one! Also, I got the Pete Yorn cd, and I highly approve of it as well. Hope that the four people I sent presents to liked them. I know that I forgot to send my Sinister handle with the package so you knew who it was from, but if you got a package from Melissa Williams from Texas then this is me! I really enjoyed the ones I have received so far. Kate (Katia913) sent me the coolest aqua hand knitted scarf that is so long and fluffy, and it works so well right now in our relative-Texas cold. I got another gift from someone (forgot the name on the gift right now, what it Chin?) that was a clay figure of a rock star with his guitar, assuming it was supposed to be Stuart or something but it was entirely broken into little pieces. All the same I loved it anyway, along with the stocking of candy with my name on it. I don't think that I have ever made New Year's Resolutions, and I am not about to start now. I just need to keep up with my workout routine and not buy too many cd's (OK, Vince, you can stop laughing at that one, you know how much I spend!). I have started work on my Master's degree now and my first semester ended in grades of all A's, so that was good. Now I begin work on the proper courses that are IT intensive, so that should be fun! Programming is such a blast. I wish I knew how to express myself better in words. If you can believe it, I am much worse in person.Astrid, I love reading your posts about your life! Reminds me of when I was young. I remember the point when I stopped being so self-conscious and thought 'what the hell, who cares what others think'. It is a great feeling. Of course, Stacey Dahling's posts are totally interesting with the Athens perspective. I hope that this new year brings lots of good fortune to everyone. Lord knows we could all use some good luck. Happy New Year everyone, Melmoz p.s. Why don't I live in the UK so I could visit you guys and get to go to B&S shows and Sinister get-togethers? I am so jealous of the lot of you over there! I think that us four Texans that I know should get together some time and have our own party, then we can rant and rave about it and make everyone jealous of us for a change! &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& "It was dark as I drove the point home, and on cold leather seats, well it suddenly struck me, I just might die with a smile on my face after all." -The Smiths &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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