My darlings, In a foolish display of bravado I offered my services to Llaura Llew, in her guise as Mother Christmas, boss of the Sinister Christmas Gift Exchange. Little did I know that she would expect me to dress in tight green garmets, prance about, and do her bidding. I look terrible in green! La Llew is, of course, the Boss, but I will assist with things such as holding the cloche hat as the names are drawn, alerting you all to the last postal dates, and reassuring you all that money is no object. Llaura never says things like this, as she is a slave to the almighty dollar, ever fixated on the amount of boys she can bribe to cover themselves in chocolate. I, however, as a lowly elf, have more of the common touch. Do not fear if you are feeling strapped for cash. Sinister is the home of the slacking student and the underemployed waster. It's not what you buy, or how much you spend, it's the imagination you put into it, and the amount of glitter you stick on it. Now is the time to revive your Blue Peter cutting and sticking skills! So, don't feel you can't be involved in all the fun if you can't afford much. Second hand is the way forward, folks. I, for example, am particularly fond of those clocks that one finds for sale in charity shops. They never work, they're hideous, but they tell the right time twice a day and they make the room look all spangly. And, of course, you can opt to only send to your country, thus saving on postage. But don't expect me to like, do anything, so don't email me if you want to be involved. I am just the comedy sidekick, the one who has to prance in an unflattering colour to make the real boss look better. Email the Llew here: Lleweth@hotmail.com if you want to be in on the Exchange. And WHOOT! but isn't How Does It Feel going to be a wonderful night? I'm slimming to get into my cordroy mini skirt as we speak. I advise you all to come along - not because of chance of seeing me in a miniskirt. It probably won't happen, due to the chocolate cravings that overtake a lady in the wintertime, but because when I went to HDIF I had a grate time and I think others did too. And it will be ace to have a get together at Christmas, so we can all get pissed and punch each other just like they do in Eastenders. Love Madeleine _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+