dearest sinister how are you all today? (especially you, stefano: are you feeling better yet? hang in there: spring is almost here!) *like a 10-year old pretending summer isn't really ending* well, for most of you anyway! here summer is just ever-so-faintly starting to lose its grip - nothing more than slight chillyness at night - and i am happy happy happy because autumn is my favouritest season of all - bring it on, i say! and it somehow makes me want to hang onto the last days of summer a little bit more too - though it's been terribly hot and dry and i don't like summer at all - but then there is something to be said for endless sunny days, too! *maggie may on the jukebox fading to okay* what makes me happiest of all though, is that i've rediscovered the joy of the crush! oh, does it make me feel like a schoolboy again (well, no, not really, because i went to an all-boys school and so didn't really HAVE all that many schoolboy crushes, but you know what i mean, right? and i am happily regressing. and just went in to buy a record just because it has the unplugged version of maggie may on it - which has to be THE nostalgic-for-high-school-crush song doesn't it? and i know rod stewart is supposed to be gross and stuff, but i can't help loving it. even the video, where he and ron wood seem SO delighted to be playing together again. well, it makes me happy and you can't knock that! so... crushes, hey? what's up with that? well, for one thing, having had a rough time with relationships recently i don't really feel up to that - but it's so nice to know there're are some people out there who just seem perfect, and makes you happy every time you see them or think about them - without feeling how fragile it is. there's one girl around specifically - we dated a few times, i fell head-over-heels, she didn't and we don't really talk anymore, but she's so perfect that's fine. it feels like my whole world's changed just because i know there's someone like her in it, regardless of whether i even hang out with her or not. and THAT'S the beauty of a crush! i think i've had a crush on you for YEARS sinister - i've kept my distance; you've kept your promise... i think it's also related to my rediscovery of a deep-seated love for baby-pink. everything form falling half in love with every girl i see wearing just a smidgeon, to gulping down taramasalata, mostly due to its wonderful colour! *fox in the home* i was also thinking about you when i read this little article in the newspaper about how scientists (why is it that scientists always seem to have all the fun? though i'm sure stefano will set us straight on that...) have bred a race of domesticated foxes suitable for household pets! now, despite being a life-long and confirmed Dog-Person, and despite the fact that some people (and maybe me too!) will think that this is in fact horrible and sad... i WANT a little fox to be my friend! oh, i SO want one! and while we're on the subject of animals... any news on the whereabouts of the poetry parrot? well, just wanted to say hello really! and thanks for everyone who's posted. love to you all! JohaN ps. none of the lucksmiths quotes would have been possible but for dimitra's wonderful tape. thanks (again!) pps. and anders - i WILL still write you properly to say thanks - i promise! i'm just very very bad. but i <HEART> thomas dybdahl, and the kaleidoscope and everything very very much, thanks! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+