Hello all out there in Sinisterdom, I write to you on this formerly bleak day to share with you yet another tale of the healing powers of Belle and Sebastian... After reading, with much empathy and love, the narratives of multitudes of students whose lives have been blessed/lightened/made generally more wonderful by the music of "our" band, I thought I'd share my story. Today made me somewhat sad. You see, I'm a teacher, a professor if you will... and somedays one wonders just WHY the hell one got into the damnable (yet rewarding!) profession at all. After pouring out my heart and soul (for I teach not only from the intellect) on a lecture and discussion on a short story by Virginia Woolf and sharing one of my favourite poems by Maya Angelou with my freshman college Composition II class, I found that several students just up and left while my back was turned, and I was helping other students with essay writing. I felt so disheartened. I know I shouldn't take these things personally, that every student has reasons for poor performance, lack of interest, etc. that have nothing whatsoever to do with me. All that aside, it still hurt. I felt as though I couldn't breathe properly, as though I'd just given someone something infinitely valuable, and they'd tossed aside without even the least bit of consideration. My heart hurt. I wandered out to my car after class, feeling oh so very low. I turned on my stereo to find the lovely "Fox in the Snow" awaiting me. It made me feel utterly *consoled*. I came home and told my husband all about it and the lovely song (He's a B&S fan,too!) and he agreed with my every point and admitted that "...sinister" is his fave B&S cd. If you've read this far, cheers to you ! Joy and LOVE to all of you!! Long live Belle and Sebastian!! Lisa, a Texas belle (who identifies with the other Lisa who has posted, about the burden/joy that comes from having this name and being a B&S fan!) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+