Hello sinister, It's been an odd week. And ironicly, considering the content of my last post I've been feeling downright low all week. Not depressed, you understand (although there's a bit of fuzzy defenition there), just kinda sad. I think the point it started was on monday morning waiting for the bus to work. Overnight one of the plastic panels on the bus shelter had been kicked out and was laying on the pavement. All the people, me included, just kind of stood around it and prentedned it hadn't happened. Is this just something english people do? I really couldn't bring myself to move it out of the way. It was really awkward. Apart form that I've been sad at work becuase I've seen people work their arses of to produce something management has asked for, only to be later told that they'd changed their mind and could you kindly redo it thanks. Sad because I see Big Issue sellers having to put up with crap from drunken charvers. Sad becuase I saw a guy knock an old persons basket out of their hand in the supermarket and not stop to help her pick up her potatoes. Sad becuase all the bus seats are slashed. Sad becuase the guy who served me in the bank was clearly too ill to be at work but was there anyway. Sad because of the junkmail I get telling me that if I send them a fiver they'll send me 10,000 quid and I worry for people that actually do. Sad becuase today at 2 in the afternoon today I saw a kid sniffing glue in the churchyard gates. Sad becuase I almost had to physically assault two 8 (or something) year olds to stop them beating the crap out of an even younger kid. Happy becuase when I went into a guitar shop the other day the guy was friendly, interested in my needs, and I was able to chat with him. Happy becuase when I phoned up for train times the lady on the phone sounded so jolly (I hope she was). Happy becuase my brother sent me a tape. Happy because sometimes I just feel happy. Happy because a lot of the sinister posts made me smile. All the things that made me sad are such small things but all so easily avoided it's fightening. I mean it's no nieve and simple and chiched to say that surely it would be better if people tried not to piss each other off too much, but honestly, how hard can it be ? How difficult is it to say please and thank you ? It matters. It makes a difference. I really hope that you can see where I'm coming from. I'm sure you do. It's not supposed to be a down-note. I'm only saying it's better to smile. Fucking hippy. Kev --- http://www.lost-cat.org.uk/regularchickens/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+