Dahling had an idea: Any other takers? I somehow managed to lure Ken Chu to make an utterly spontaneous trip into London a few weeks ago, can I entice anyone else into Athens? Think about it. Get back to me. And Ill continue to scheme through the winter. Oh, that does sound lovely. How warm is Greece in late December? I imagine sitting in balconies with warm breezes eating baguette and cheese. I think you should lure some UK people from their comfy little positions. They always get visitors. I'm actually having a bit of a disagreement over where to go for a holiday. He wants to go somewhere hot and all-inclusive. I want to go to London. It's just that those package vacations keep conjuring up mental images of drunken frat boys singing 'One More Time' while the desperation hangs in the air and from the bikinis. But Dahling, you could give us a bit of culture! So I put off my own wishes, I'll be there sooner than later anyways. Although lord knows what I'm actually going to do when I get there. Vel - no signs of 'Wanted: Go-Go Dancers To Work In Glasgow' yet. Any nice Scottish families in need of a Canadian au pair? Costume optional. My latest songs I wish B&S to cover: The Want Ads, (how lovely to hear Struan singing 'experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee') and Guantanamera (thanks to Arik for helping me on the correct title for that one). My third one would be Girl From The North Country. You know, I think I actually prefer the Bob Dylan and Cash duet rather than just Bob Dylan. It seems more appropriate that Stuart David would sing that song, he has such an appreciation for northern girls...but we know that can never be. He could be in a rocking chair with his guitar, the winds howling, the snow swirling outside, and, just close your eyes, boys and girls...imagine you're at the other end of the village. Press your hand to that cold window, he's singing to you! I like how Dimitra says her winter comes from Russia. Back at my old home, when a bad smell would arrive everyone would nod and say 'The winds shifted - I can smell Thurso'(the pulp and paper mill). I would love to speak Russian. And Welsh. My teacher tried to explain the double ll: 'it's a tch sound in your throat'. My ll just doesn't sound authentic, although this makes the pronunciation of Llew very interesting. Sometimes he's a bit too scholarly though - Did you catch the Aramaic undertones? Ah no, I didn't. Imagine that - in Los Angeles that have pomegranate trees! Oh Youn, the pomegranate WAS exotic and delicious. I saved one half for later, it's quite a physical job to eat one. The recent longing was stirred by a childhood memory. When I was about 8 or so, my fancy schoolfriend ALWAYS had one in her lunch. She had a jacuzzi as well. We'd make our skin lobster-red and then roll around in the February snow. Very Refreshing! The Moldy Peaches is closer to what my lunch was like. I don't know why I didn't just throw the unwanted fruit OUT, but no, I had to hide it in my room. Probably out of respect for Papa. I'd like to join the Sinister Grandpa's & Grandma's Club. I want invitations to sit on knees in rocking chairs by the woodstove, where The Farmer's Almanac is comfortably close by. Plus, I like to be called lamb or hen. Grandpa always thinks you need a bit of 'fattening up', how comforting. Not like boys who remark 'getting a bit of a tummy?' oh yes, just keep on racking up those sensitivity points! Love, Genevieve _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+