Its true! Its all true! Im leaving the concrete carnival that is Birmingham and scooting up to Scotland to a new job and new cake, curry and riding on Dyson experiences. I moved to Birmingham four years ago yes, thats correct all ye mocking types who dared to suggest that I was a Brummie born and bred and to be honest, I fell in love with the place in all its concrete loveliness. When I was little, we used to travel through Brum on the train from Devon up to Leicester to see my Dad. At the time, my friend Tamsin and I used to keep a journal which we took in turns to write in, and I remember (as clear as day) exclaiming in text about the shopping trollies which had been dumped in the canal and peering, as shocked as a deer caught in the headlights, at the strange place called Selly Oak Who would want to live in Silly Oak anyway? But of course once I moved there, found the lovely gallery and the fantastic Bull Ring market (God rest its soul), and learnt that Birmingham City FC were to be despised and Aston Villa were to be adored (hm..I dont think so; give me Smethwick Rangers any day), I knew that I would stay here for a while at least. It really changed, you know, in the time that I lived here. The old tacky nightclubs have been knocked down and replaced by wine bars; student curry houses have been made redundant next to fancy schmanzy Indian restaurants which dont even sell poppadums. There are canal side flats going for a bomb, and a Harvey Nicks just bursting out of its seams. So, its become a bit trendy for yours truly Im afraid. Im being Karen Millen-ed out of the city centre, and Rackhams has held my soul to ransom. Time to move, methinks. So I look forwards to bumping into you lot oop Narth in some shape or form, maybe for some fish and chips with proper tomato ketchup (none of that sauce palava!) Love you all VB xxx Topic: Where the Rotunda are my Dunfermline tickets? Being a Rebel's Fine at: http://www.angelfire.com/ia/trustnoone ________________________________________________________________________ --> get your free, private gURLmail account at http://www.gURLmail.com!! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+