Ive just come from the Nursery. Sinister Nursery is unlike any Ive ever been in. It's quiet. Babies contemplating, listening, & their toys -- wonderfully named things like Rachel Fruitloop and dirty vicar -- do all of the playing, & its OK to admit that the Toys rule this pen, and when you admit this, then you are given a voice, & become a Toy too. We have the quaintest chillun and toys in the wide world. do I give vitals? Toys dont come with vitals though, they smell like talcum powder, and look cheerfully weathered. Where do Toys live? latest homes Ive lived in: Galway London Chicago now a small twin city some 130 miles south of Chicago. plotting a return to Europe in the summer. Drawing maps to evade the Adults and their work visas. If anyone wants to draw me a passport or visa (crayons allowed) I would be EXTRAordinarily grateful. band content: I saw B&S in Chicago in the Autumn of 1998. Momus opened for them. Praisings and most tremendous memories from that night at the Metro. also saw Snow Patrol in the Roisin Dubh, Galway, early 2000. nice too. Most of the time, Ill listen to just the Eight of Them cross-legged on my cranberry floor. at times in bed. as monday latenight when a wee Ladybug crawled across my toes in bed. I thought, Its winter! how are you still alive. Ladybugs find me irresistible. They do. Every summer, half-a-dozen manage, on separate and uncoordinated occasions, to run flat into my forehead. Have you ever been forehead kisst by a 30mph love-sick Ladybug? Startling. This one was alive in the winter (with 18 black dots on a flawless cheery shell; divided nine on each side). how? I panicked. What do Ladybugs eat? I couldnt escort it into its natural world -- the frost would send it into reincarnation. I plunked onto the hardwood floor. Thereafter followed one of those stupid, meticulous arguments with oneself abt what's more 'natural', to let her go outside and probably freeze to death (as 'natural' cycles would dictate), or follow the inclinations of my heart and sustain life, this being most natural in an instinctive sense. Meanwhile I lowered her to the floor so my nightmare feet wouldnt crush her & render my philosophical inquiries useless. Why do we always think that insect, or reptiles, whose natural food we dont know, want leafy green vegetables? I decided to give the Ladybug some old collard greens. Ladybug Perpetua scurried (!) away before I returned. I havent seen her since. I fancy she's set up home somewhere in my room until Spring, but her diet concerns me. this is a long enough toy-rant for first postings. plus I have to catch my bus. Pass cornfields and all that. to see if Ladybug has discovered herself yet. happy weekend everyone. thanks for nursing me into Play-dom. Stephen. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+