Hello Sinister! I'm a new person who was flinging myself against things in the frustration of being in the nursery so long and then, finally finding the door left open one fine day, suddely became tongue-tied and toddled back to play with my see n' say. So I've been lurking. And of course the more fantastic you all are, and the longer I wait, the more the pressure builds... I want to make my debut in stunning array but I'n never quite up to it. So I'm going to stop being so silly and just start with not a bang but a whimper. Or at least a bashful mumble. I was reading Caleb Ben Moore's (A.K.A.R.A.W.) post about personal slang and thought it only fitting to ask b&s fans (Scottish at heart) if anyone else indulges in the phrase, "What am I, scotch mist?" used in much the same circumstances as chopped liver might be. It was a great favorite of my dad's. Whenever I pull that one out, my Canadian friends' eyes water with what I (like to) think is bemused glee. My Italian-Canadian too-cool-for-even-indie friend has started to bandy it about in his circles and it is apparently causing quite a stir... So there you have it. Sorry to barge in like that without a more formal introduction but if I may say, it feels like I've known you all my lives. Much Love, Kate p.s. I humbly offer my alliterative super-powers as Kate Keenan - not to encroach on the initial territory of the flooringly clever and cool (Klever and Kool? (Oh why don't I just give up, I'll never reach such heights!)) Kristen Kenyon. p.p.s. The suject line is my friend Mark's slogan for Belle and Sebastian. He uses it slightly condescendingly but I think it's quite A-OK. p.p.s. upon proof-reading, I should clarify, I'm not a "new person" in the sense of having spontaneously materialized from the ether moments ago, merely new to sinister. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+