...(said the card in the phonebox) books: my favourite children's books would have to be the Follyfoot Farm ones by Monica Dickens. unfortunately i was a bit of a horse enthusiast in my earlier youth. also Haphazard House by Mary Wesley (i think). and arthur ransome, naturalmente. i spent a good portion of my 6th form 'study' periods reading children's books, because my soc. coursework was entitled 'children's literature reinforces traditional gender stereotypes' unluckily i couldn't be bothered to read any sociological literature on the topic, and instead handed in a too long essay, with a huge section on the significance of tomboys, which would have suited an english course better. and got hardly any marks for it. hey ho, i listened to IYFS for the first time in ages t'other day. it made me think of when i was 17ish, and i felt old. which frankly is very very stupid, because it was only a year ago. by movements, are we talking kind of genres? stuff like that. because i keep having discussions with friends about how there isn't really anything that defines this part of the nineties. and that it's all a bit fragmented currently. and that there are no groups that are really big and life changing right now. i think i decided that it was pre millenial cynicism, but then decided that was a bit pretentious and unthought it. there doesn't seem to be a lot of collectivism anymore, but as i wasn't around in the times when there was meant to be, i don't think i ought comment. i've had a very productive day, i've tidied my room, and actually polished some furniture. i only did this becuse i couldn't find the floor this morning. i knew it was getting dire when i found the old packed lunch. i've not eaten a packed lunch for a few months now...but now it's all very tidy. shut up alix.c.x "So don't approach me if you've no more to say than what you've been doing, or how much you paid for the beer in your hand. I really don't care and I might have to kill you, which wouldn't be fair. On me" - Prolapse 'Killing The Bland' +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+