Stefano's post felt like written by me (well, maybe it was good writing, but besides that...) (keep on reading, it will actually start to talk about music and, eventually, belle and sebastian) I'm allways obssesed with something. A few years ago it was french comics, then operative sistems programming and now, yes, chess. I'm not actually a "player", i play as bad as a 3 year old, but i'm not interested in that. I love chess: the "clack!" from the clock, the look on the faces while opening and the brainy part. I mean, i love chess but not to play it, just to think it... Yes, i admit it, i'm a weird guy, but what can i say?.. I love reading about modern gaming and stuff, but playing it doesn't seem like a great idea. Maybe it's beacause of what Stefano said, i don't like the whole winner and loser thingy. I can't even stand to be the winner. Seriously, i jsut can't... But i still love the game. As a chess-lover geek, i asist to "important" games over here... And it's kinda funny, because i'm not the chess-player protothype. Last game i showed up to, i was wearing a "i don't have a boyfriend but if it boders you i will", self-made t-shirt and a cd player... During the opening i was listening to loveley belle and sebastian, of course. The song was "fox in the snow" and it was perfect for the ocation: It was a match between and old master and a really young player. I mean, looking at that guy's face... poor kid. He seemed really scared and fragile and you just felt the need to hug the guy and tell him not to be affraid... Then, while he was winning (and forcing the other guy to moves on a new way that i had never seen before), i played "electronic renaissance". And, of course, the guy winned... After the match i showed up and talked to the player a little bit. I was listening to b&s thru my earphones, that were really loud and guy said "hey! you were listening b&s while i was playin? that's so cool!"... I don't know why the hell i'm writing this, i just love chess... It seems like manny of us twees play the game... I thought that i was special *sigh*... Bleh, don't read this, i just have nothing better to do, Greetz from the country in wich you drink mate instead of tea, Silly Fran PS: Just a question: What's the average price of a cd single in the UK? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+