i stumble out of the nursery gates, slightly dazed and blinking, dazzled by the bright sunshine of a world i've yet to fully explore. Squirrels and rabbits gambol and frolick as i try to get used to supporting myself alone in the world of sinister. I think i'm starting to get my emergence from the nursery confused with the plot of Bambi, but believe it or not, it took me two hours to think of a suitable fashion in which to begin my first post to the list (admittedly one of those hours was spent in a calculus lecture and i think that my recent purchase of the gentle waves album also influenced my thinking.) Anyway, i'll begin as is traditional by introducing myself, although it's hardly beginning as i'm already onto my third paragraph. My name is fiona and i'm just beginning my studies at uni in manchester. I've already spoken to one or two of you in other sinister-related correspondence, but for everyone else it won't be long before you are all desperately in love with me (particularly as most you won't have to endure the torment of actually meeting me in the flesh!) It seems of little use to ecstasise at length about my interests etc, as i feel we're all fairly similar to some extent in this community and its always more fun to get to know people as you go along. The only vaguely b+s related thing i can think of to mention is that i wore my bus t-shirt (a green +yellow one if you were interested) to university, not expecting any sort of reaction because it had never provoked one on previous outings, and i lost count of the number of people who told me it was cool, funky, .....[insert own adjective] I did say it was only vaguely b+s related, but i think that goes to show that there are a lot of appreciative souls out there, they just aren't all sad obsessives like i would consider myself to be. Despite the fact that it's my first post and i run the risk of getting myself thrown back into the nursery and list mummy throwing away the key, I have to add a gratuitous plug for my boyfriend's band Kitsch (still can't decide if i like the name) who are playing at Manchester's Night and Day Cafe tomorrow night-Tuesday 19th. They are in fact actually surprisingly good,(and you would be surprised by this if you met my boyfriend, who i recently caught wearing a nirvana t-shirt with a cardigan, but that's another story) If anyone does go, I'll be the really ott sparkly person, possibly with fur trimmed jeans. Huge apologies for that, but i'm being forced to do a big pr job on everyone i meet, and i already feel like i know you guys so well, but i promise i won't do it again, well not for a while anyway :) I'm sure that by now no-one is actually reading this because i've gone on far longer than i meant to and if any of you are anything like me then your attention span will be far too short to cope with hefty emails, so i shall leave you safe in the knbowledge that you will be hearing from me soon. stay beautiful, fiona

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