hi, <br> <br>the great lakes picnic was a very great time, indeed. no doubts that there will be another one. shawn picked a great park in south bend where there were swing sets and lots of things to climb on, like a big cEment toilet. and it was a nice sized group, not too big, and i could remember everyonesnames. <br> <br>everyone was really nice. and michelle was especially glad that we weren't scary freaks. <br> <br>colin, thomas, and i had running races. it had been awhile since i'd been running; they stopped for me to catch up - which was thoughtful. running after drinking is hard to do. thomas ran with gabe! and the old people talked about the state fair. <br> <br>i couldn't stay to camp b/c i had to drop off the kitties in cincinnati the next morning. and i was bummed b/c i like to do naturY things. it was a long 12 hour trip to cincinnati and back, punctuated by only one exciting moment. i found that cincinnati has a very good indie rock station (97.7), or at least better than anything i've come across while traveling. as i was leaving town, i decided to stop and get some caffeine since i was worn out from the picnic and the past week, in general. when i got back in my car and turned the radio on, the dj was saying 'and that was the boy with arab strap by belle & sebastian.' ahhhh!! *jumping up and down in my seat* - i couldn't believe it. i've never heard b&s on the radio (and i still haven't). the pain of missing them by mere seconds took about a hundred miles of driving to truly recover from. <br> <br>i spent today moving all my belongings out of my apartment and into storage. i think that i finally realized how horrible moving is. i just spent a day of my life just transferring stuff from one place to another. and once i decide where to move to (i.e. where the job is), then i have to do it again. alas. <br> <br>i didn't get to say bye to kirsten at the picnic, but i hope she will set aside some rainbow leg warmers at her store so i can buy them when i am in milwaukee in a few weeks. and maybe one day, i will get my rainbow house to match. <br> <br>i have only one question, where was everyone from illinois this weekend?? i hope you will come to the next one b/c we aren't scary freaks at all - its a proven fact. plus, emily makes really great black bean hummus in the middle of night. <br> <br>picnics should be everyday <br>luv, <br>amy b. <br> <br>ps - listen to the SHINS, the SHINS (for colin) <br> <br>pss - go see shawn's exhibition in minneapolis/st.paul, if you're close-ish. his art is good art. <br> <br> -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+