hello fellow insomniacs and everyone who will read this at a sensible hour who are not awake at ten to one in the morning why am i here? i don't know. i'm not talking philosophically mind, though that could be interesting if a bit hard for my no-sleep addled brain to take right now. i feel like mrs merton ' let's have a philosophical debate...' except she says heated. obviously. ahhh, heat. i hate the winter. in my house neither the front or back door fits properly, and the roof has no lining, the slates are straight on the frame, so there are lots of draughts. this has been made 10 times worse by 3 slates blowing off the roof a week ago, leaving a sizeable hole. our house is now colder than the walk- in fridge at work. i have two ways of dealing with this. one is to huddle round the fire. this would seem like the sensible option but it would mean spending time with my family. so option two which i have resorted to involves wearing all my clothes in a sleeping bag with my duvet wrapped round me. it works, but it does mean i can't do much as movement is restricted. like revision. i have remembered why i am here. no, it is not to go on about primal scream OR jonathan rhys meyers. it is a vain attempt at self-promotion in order to gain list crush votes ;-) or in fact not, bcos, weary though i am, i have the distinct impression that i am not promoting myself fantastically well, or even slightly well tonight. actually, i think i'm rambling incoherently again. i love the word 'incoherently'. i've lost my point again. oh yeah, the reason i'm *really* here is to be gleeful. i know i'm not sounding particularly gleeful, but goddam i am. why? bcos <hugging herself with all this glee>....i have a list crush!! this has never happened before and i'm very excited!! at least one person out of 1170 people reads my posts and doesn't immediately delete them! this makes me happy. i have made an important decision. my next novel attempt that is doomed to never reach halfway is going to be loosely linked supermarket stories. i could go on about supermarkets, well co-op, indefinitely, so i think i will. if i write anything almost decent this time i'll stick it in the library, which i will then secretly visit to read my work over and over cos i'm sad like that. and now it really is time for bed nighty night love rachel xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+