When I was 18 I swore that if I had not written the greatest Norwegian novel ever by >the age of 25, I should kill myself in shame. (And writing the greatest Norwegian >novel ever really wouldn't be that difficult.)

I'm happy to read I'm not the only one with inflated literary aspirations. When I was 17 I published a story and later got a sort of fan mail regarding it. Apparently a boy showed it to his best girl friend and they hopped in bed together for the first and only time in their five year friendship. I figured turning people on with words is a pretty powerful thing, and writing the great American novel really would be difficult.

But the REALLY scary part was that 80% of all major CEOs and most of the military and all but two US presidents have participated in this 'character-building' >tomfoolery. It's like SoS - but *WORSE*. Would any US listee like to admit to >being part of it and explain why this is complete mispresentation?

Some of us join sororities and some of us become scenesters...my little sister just joined a sorority at Syracuse. They bill themselves as a community service groups but really exist to perform wierd rituals and give favors to the brethren (hmm...the KKK and Masons fit that description too). My sister isn't the type to do anything creative or join a real club, so this is her way of making friends at a big scary school. Love Court +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+