i came home from the picnic with a giant smile on my now-sunburned face, and it's amazing what three hours at home can do to kill a mood. dad's throwing the employment section in my face again and mom's giving me crap about missing church. and i've been sitting here reading everyone's posts...people writing about travelling, rinaldo's lovely ode to LA...and it is making me feel as though i'm never going to get out of milwaukee. i am sort of worried that forty years from now i will still be living here, working at viktor viktoria and cursing a lot. the picnic, however, was a wonderful time, even if i did drink myself sick. thank you thank you, jim, for kindly helping me to climb through the barbed wire and also for remembering to put my shins album back in my car, even after i'd nearly given you a concussion by means of reckless squaredancing. i dearly hope you are not suffering any bodily injury on my part. colin, thank you for the delicious grilled cheese breakfast slam. never in my wildest dreams had i imagined that such culinary delights could be so impeccably prepared without the use of any conventional kitchen utensils. amy bancroft, you are one great geehaw, and if i ever geehaw up the courage to get my tattoo i would love for you to geehaw on over to milwaukee and hold my geehaw if i get scared. shawn and emily, i didn't get to talk to either of you very much but you both seem lovely. shawn, i would love to see some of your work sometime and good luck with your show in minneapolis, and emily, your hummus smelled absolutely delicious, and in hindsight i can see that i probably should have said "to hell with my lack of hungriness" and eaten some anyway, if only to have some sort of cushion for all of the alcohol in my poor tummy. colin, your friends are great. oooh, i just wanted to bring everyone home with me. okay well that's about it. i am pretty tired from the drive and all. xoxo kirsten -ps--on the way home i was wondering...is IHOP really international? Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+