The weirdest party i have ever popped in... *******BUT FIRST AN IDEA******* : Has anyone thought of compiling a list of Sinister members websites, and linking them all together in a sinisterines webring? There could be a sinisterine webring icon that every member puts on their page and links to other members sites connecting them in one big circle. _______________________ Anyway, onto the subject line I went to two most unusual parties last weekend, the first actually having some B&S content! It was a Eurovision song contest party in a small flat in Clerkenwell London, the invite stated that all guests must be on time for the start at 7.45pm, and come as a European country. I was arriving as Germany in military uniform, however due to staying out all afternoon watching the thunderstorm in a friends back garden (with the Doors riders on the storm bellowing out from his speakers in a cheesy feelgood moment) arrived very late. To cover for my lateness I burnt and shredded much of my clothing covered myself in fake blood and pretended that my Hindenberg had been blown up over the Hanger Lane Gyratory system. I made my entrance spouting fake german vulgerisms and crying sabotage during the scoring ..only to find everyone neatly dressed in party clothes. Mightily embarassed I scarpered to the bathroom and changed. It was a Eurovision party, but all the guests were Glaswegians. Towards the end of the evening I suddenly noticed to my joy, a chap in the cartoon kids B&S T-shirt. Half drunk I pointed to him and cheered, he was a little startled at first, but soon realised what I was smiling at. I asked if he was on Sinister, but he hadnt heard of it. It turns out his name is Craig, and he actually plays football with Stuart Murdoch every week! He has a copy of Tigermilk, and wants Stuart to sign it, but feels really bad and awkward about asking. I tried to pursuade him that it would be a worthy addition to his life and advised on how to subtly gauge Stuarts opinion on whether or not he would be offended or irked. I told him as they were friends anyway, Im sure he wouldnt mind. I like to think hell get his signature this year. And for what its worth , I think Iceland should have won. The weirder party was on Sunday. Me and some friends met some random guy in a Soho pub on Friday and after five minutes he invited us to his party. I was convinced the party was some sort of sociological experiment with hidden cameras just like the Channel 4 Tourist Trap. Nearly everyone at the party had only met this guy, Danny, once in a pub and been invited. His house was full of complete strangers yet everyone was touchy feely and there was an overiding aura of fluid asexuality about the place. Even more bizarrely, the nationality of guests was extraordinarily diverse, with people from Sweden, Israel, England, America, Ghana, Germany, Slovakia, Finland, France, and several eastern block nations. The scariest of all were the Norwegian girls. They were very beautiful and faerie looking, but there was this one girl who looked like Jodie Foster and ran around biting everyone, which was un-nervingly enjoyable, yet ultimately scarring. It felt like we were all put together for some kind of test or audition, I voiced my concern at the conspiracy and sure enough, the objective was exhumed. The hosts are holding a mass blind date next Saturday and they were inviting selected people. I managed to score an invite. They have emailed 100 people a questionaire on their lives and loves, and are going to match everyone up with a stranger. Then we all sit down for a banquet and either hit on each other or hit each other. I have a reservation that the real conspiracy is that it is in fact a scam, as we have to pay up front, but I have a blind trust in the people I met. I havent been on a blind date before let a lone a mass one, so am more than curious, if not apprehensive. Not bad for a shybee! Catch ya on the keys, Jay http://www.members.tripod.com/john_kerswell/star.html "What is it up in the air for? It's gonna fall." -Mr Stipe. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+