So it's almost Christmas time. One of my favourite times of the year. If not THE favourite. I'm sick again. Well, i've always been sick I suppose, but this is in the physical sense. I'm sick a lot out here. Especially the last month and a half or so. It's terrible. And it always pops up right around the time each of the essays for my courses are due. I was so excited about this Scottish History Essay. I was picking out the books with a childish glee, really. Just the thought of immersing myself for a few days in the early stewart kings of Scotland, learning the treachery brewing around James I, the unfortunate Black Douglas incident of James II, That bitch of a battle at Flodden for poor James IV. But the day I picked out my first few books, it hit me. I was dizzy and tired and couldn't concentrate. I was coughing so much I couldn't read the book properly. I couldn't take anything in. Today is the first day I haven't really been coughing since then. I know I'm getting better, but I'm constantly tired and have a killer headache. Why does this keep happening to me? I don't think Glasgow likes me. I really don't. It's a lovely town, it really is, but I don't take advantage of it by any means. I probably should, and I just might, if I wasn't sick all the damn time. Or broke because an ATM took my bank card, and I have to wait six weeks to get a new one. Or I'm just too lazy. Sure the people are great, and I meet lots of interesting people all the time (although I can never remember who they are). And NPL and especially the Winchester Club <cough>fridaythethirteenthpeople!<cough> are brilliant fun, but I never got ill back home. I think when I'm better, I'm going to go to woolworths and get myself some christmas decorations. It's a great time of year. Brings back lots of good memories. And I love the winter. I love the cold. I'll be going home for Christmas in a few weeks. I'll decide when I get back if I want to stay here. I probably will. I don't like giving up that easily. I haven't even been to Stirling or Falkirk or Edinburgh yet. Or Berwick or even Langside. I have to do that. Glasgow and I will have to come to some sort of understanding. I think we could be really good friends. I really do like the weather here. -Matt P.S. On a belle and sebastian note, does anyone know why "MS." House and Sarah Martin were thanked at the end of the Pavement documentary "Slow Century"? I have to admit, that's the real reason behind this long, rambling, and somewhat depressing e-mail. And I think my headache had something to do with it as well. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+