hi sinister people. so, it's easter, and my family didn't do anything special because my cousins had to work for some reason. my mom and i tried to dye eggs with this neat marbled egg kit but the marbled stuff didn't work. and we watched reruns of mama's family (anyone else love that show? i grew up with it, or at least with reruns of it.. i think i've seen them all). i'm a little stressed though because i have two five-page papers due soon. one on philip glass due this wednesday, and half of one on "fahrenheit 451" by ray bradbury due tuesday. my friend dia says that he's bs-ed* his way through most things in life rather easily but i really don't know how in the world anyone can talk about something for five pages, even him. so i'm just sitting here underlining photocopies pretending to be productive. last night i went to webster university to see a screening of a documentary called "benjamin smoke" by jem cohen. i really enjoyed it, see it if you ever have the chance. there's a website about it, benjaminremembered.com. i ordered the smoke cd today; usually i don't really enjoy gravelly voices and southern accents but this is somehow different. the subject line of this e-mail is something he said, and is something i'll probably never understand. but i don't know how anyone can resist a film about someone who looks wonderful just lounging around in a sapphire blue gown. i just saw a commercial about not doing drugs (i think), and it had a looper song on it. mondo 77 i think. that's my favorite looper song - who's the guy talking on it? well not talking really, but saying "c'mon" and whatever else he says. for the past month i've been tutoring an 11-year-old boy in violin every monday and i always kind of dreaded it because i guess i have an inferiority complex or i don't really think i know what i'm doing. but anyway, i had a mix tape in the car that had that song on it and inexplicably, every time i'd be driving the 10 miles to his house the song would come on and make me feel a lot better. it's just so groovy. the kid's mom recently told me that my services were no longer required, though, which is a relief but at the same time it was an easy way to make 15 bucks. what's new with looper, anyway? i've been reading the stories of people who have met the pop stars they love (like jen meeting struan - i'm very jealous, and timothy meeting some dude from noise conspiracy). i guess i've had the chance to go talk to people, but i always feel like it's pointless. what do i say? i guess i have this terrible fear of being a pest. i still remember every time i've tried to do so and i still feel silly about it. oh well. the question's open to anyone, though: what in the world do you say? blue-shoe lauren, are you still on this list? what's new? we should have a st. louis sinister picnic at forest park. any takers? is there anyone who actually lives here besides us? don't be shy, we're embarassed about it too. anyway. i'm going to watch queer as folk now. it is a weekly ritual that my mom won't let me miss. i have a wonderful mom. love, samantha *not b&s-ed unfortunately.. though that would be cool. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+