Hello listees! I thought I'd write a pensive tell all diary letter and please some of you. Then i thought of those who would be displeased by that and felt guilt twinges. I shortly got over that though. so. I shall be travelling overseas tuesday! to England! I've never been. I was going to go to a friend's wedding but the groom broke it off at the last minute and my ticket is non-refundable. so I am still going. Now I've got nothing to do in London, plus no-one to do it with. My friend Ben (the bride's brother) is not going; so I'll be pretty much on my own as far as companionship goes. Sad, eh? I thought so too. Any of you listees have ideas? No-one here is helpful; they all advise me to take advantage of the fact that I can legally drink in England. Which is all well and good. But I didn't buy a plane ticket solely to go to London and get pissed by meself. Come on now, that's pitiful. What are some good things to see? Will I be rejected by people as looking odd? Where's some nice used record/cd shops to find presents for myself? If I were to start a conversation with a person who looks interesting, will they cover their mouth, pointing and laughing at the stupid American making a fool of himself? WARNINGWARNINGBELLEANDSEBASTIANCONTENTAHEAD!! I thought I'd throw this in to make it relevant.. are there any shows in the timeframe Feb 9th-Feb14th? b&s would be lovely, but anything nice will do. It seems like there should be something of interest happening if only I could find out about it. I would kick myself for weeks if I missed a band playing only because I didn't bother to ask if they were playing... I wouldn't presume to ask anyone to meet me, only because I have no idea where I am staying, and i don't know anyone on the list well enough to ask them to put me up. But if any listees in the London area would like to meet me, well then, I'd do my best to find you! In case you don't already know, I'm 19, a guy, black hair, and apparantly twee, if that helps any. I'm also terribly scared about this overseas travel thing. Never done it before. ah, this is horrible. I've gone on soo long. i do apologise for those of you gritting your teeth. you should probably have stopped reading long ago dave +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+