hello beautiful people. i just returned from Toronto on Sunday night with the hopes of seeing Belle & Sebastian with a few ace people that i planned on meeting there. well, where to begin... i left my home about 10:30, thinking this to be plenty of time to make it to my hotel in Toronto at 2, which is where i was meeting these people. at around 1:40, i thought "damn, i'm making good time." i was just 5 miles away from Toronto, on 401 East just pass Missasauga. and then SPLAT. i got myself into a situation - i rear ended a car who came to a complete grinding halt on the hwy at 120 Kms (about... 75 mph?) .. i was following approximately 20 ft behind, which wasn't enough for my little, black, and quaintly cute Geo Prism, aka the Gnome Hearse (sp.) . i smashed into him at about 40 Kms, enough to smash the front end of my car about 2 ft and for it to be considered "totalled." i had NO idea what to do.. i mean, i'm in this foreign country, i have a perfect driving record, so i've never had experiences with this before, and i had little money. luckily Canadians are seemingly more helpful than Americans, for about 20 of them stopped, offered me access to their phones, cigs, and everything else i needed. a tow truck even came about 5 min after the accident. since i was in shock afterwards, i honestly didn't even care, i was just worried about making it to the hotel by 2 to meet my friends. unfortunatly by the time i made it to the collision shoppe the shock wore right off and i immediately started crying.. i was seriously screwed, i couldn't rent a car with my credit card for i only have a 500 dollar limit and the car would be over 750... luckily a man who felt sympathy for me called a cab, and the cabbie also felt pity so he turned his meter off and only charged me 40 dollars for a ride to my hotel (it would've been in the area of 70 dollars!)... and thus ends "the worst day of my life." . cue in one of the best nights of my life now. Sheila, Cheryl, and Cheryl's friend Megan were all waiting for me like 3 hours after i said i'd be there! such sweet people... Sheila is a glossie (pulp mailing list peep) by the way. She's so ace! thanks for the scarf dear! one of the most uniquely cool people i've ever met. she just radiated with these happy vibes which made me forget all about my poor car. well i'm sick of typing now. we went to a few clubs for drinks, stores, etc.. just spent a "night on the town.". and then we hear about the concert being cancelled, but i was drunk and having much fun so i was indifferent to that at the time. i cannot type anymore since iam quite intoxicated right now so i apologize for any incoherency.. i do not blame the band at all for what happen. there is no one to blame at all - they did what was right. they are a band and should play as one, and if that means that one of the members is ill and they feel that they shouldn't play without her, then i commend them on their group unity! that's wonderful to see that they care enough about each other in such a way. i'm sure they'll reschedual the shows anyways.. which is good because it will give me another excuse to go to Toronto (driving more slower and safer, that is...).. ! it's a beautiful city, such a relief from the neo-industrial wasteland of Flint Michigan. well goodbye i rambled enough.. "hanging on your party games, dancing in the shadows.." - Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Playground Twist." ~james* (someone to blame, someone to shame...) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+