Hello lovelies, The very wise Mark C. wrote about giving blood saying it was a good thing to do. I do agree on this. Although last time I tried to give blood it ended up in a disaster (sensitive people skip this bit). I went to London centre, in a decided mood (doing a good thing blabla). First of all they took a little sample from my finger to test it for iron and other stuff. Apparently it was not really good, as the guy asked me if I was a veggie. So I said no (but my flatmates are, does it count?). In the end the guy said it was ok so I went next door and laid down on a bed-type thing. The nurse tried to find a vein in my left arm and gave up after three attempts, living my arm with a bruise the size of an egg and a big plaster. Next try on the right arm, after two attempts she managed to get the needle through. After 10 minutes of waiting for the bag to fill up, she told me she was sorry but my blood wasn't going down quick enough so it would be no good. So I left there with a big wrapped plaster on each arm (in the middle of July, only wearing a girlie top with no sleeves, obviously), and Mrs Trousers and Captain Robbo can confirm I looked like a drug addict who shot herself the wrong way. But yes, giving your blood is good, if your veins are better and bigger than mine then do it. I turned 23 last week. I had a big party in a bar on the right day, and it was fun and I ended up a bit drunk and everybody was happy and dancing and all. Then on Saturday some of my friends organised a "surprise birthday thing", meaning I had to be at home all ready and dressed up for 7 and wait for someone to pick me up. Scary and excited. The big surprise was that my best friend, who lives in Germany and has been telling me for a month that she couldn't be there, was sitting at the restaurant table when I came in. So I looked like an idiot for 5 minutes saying "you stupid woman I can't believe you did this I can' believe it" but I was good ad didn't cry. So it was a good birthday, and I don't really feel old or anything so that's good. I am starting to get excited about Xmas; well about Xmas shopping more exactly. I shouldn't spend lots of money but I have decided to do so anyway. I like buying presents for people, it's fun. And also I am going skiing for New Year and that is also very exciting. And I should come to London in January, more excitment. Next weeks should be very exciting! OK I'll stop being excited and go back to work. Have a lovely weekend all of you Elenaxx _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+