Hello schweetharts, ah, tomorrow the moon will be so close to the earth we may be able to touch it - but don't try, because i heard that some guy tried to the last time the moon was this close (150 yrs ago) and he fell off the earth. Silly man, but we know better, we understand physics and the optical illusion. Do not let this stop you from howling, wild things. Or at least staring in awe. overwhelming really when the moon seems to fill the sky. Space becomes less abstract; I feel very much on top on the earth, a physical thing in the universe. And then I start thinking about this and it's back to the mental universe for me... oh well. moments of clarity are wonderful things. I watched "Being There" on the weekend. It's a lovely movie, a good Sunday morning movie. oh, i cried, of course i did. like the plastic bag scene in american beauty, it's so amazing when the beautiful just leaps out in front of us, dazzling, and you get that warm chest feeling like all is right in the world (though you still know that so much is wrong, but it's okay for a few minutes.) it's bloody beautiful. mmmm. (I have to pause for a while and gather my emotions again as they've been spilled by beautiful things. hm, well, i don't know if that worked. but it was nice.) christmas has started to get to me. i'm all smiles and good cheer lately. Also, my little brother has declared his love for b&s. Story is: he bought me IYFS for Christmas, but my other brother told him I already had it ("she's got, like, six belle and sebastian cds.") But, instead of returning it, he opened it and listened to it and *couldn't stop listening to it*. Whoo! said I into the phone when he told me in true b&s new-fan style, "I'd return it, but then I wouldn't have it, and I don't think I can do that." So I bought him Tigermilk for Christmas. Mwah ha ha! And hey, was it my imagination or did Steve Kado publicly declare a list crush on me a few days ago? And was I not blushing upon reading this? Oh, I was. And I was also thinking about how a while ago he declared the new cool as writing in magic marker on your t-shirts. I think this is damn straight spiff. He also noted that he went drinking last Thursday night and suffered a two-day hangover. I too went drinking on Thursday night and suffered a very long one-day hangover. Coincidence? Or just Canadian? Or was everyone drinking Thursday night? I have a feeling you were... Anyway, Steve, if I'm the bee's knees, then you're the cat's pajamas. Just thought I'd share that with y'all. (cat's pajamas being a good thing - idioms can be so confusing, even in yr own language...) Okay. This was supposed to be a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Joy to the World and Peace on Earth email. And it is because I wish all of the above on all you sinister individuals (even those who have unsubbed for a short while.) And be thankful that my battery is going low (on the computer, not on me), so I must stop writing. Ah, but one more thing: I have joined the ranks of the glasses-wearing. Now that I can see clearly outside of two feet around me, perhaps my world view and ideas about reality will change. ha. (but they *are* nice glasses, I have to say.) Must go now and read all the far away signs that I can see. Like signs of the apocalypse. No, still a bit blurry... nothing to fear here. I do see shortbeard and butter tarts though, yum. love Robyn ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden@yahoo.com Vancouver, BC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.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.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+