Hello everybody :) I hope that you are all doing well, and that this heat is not too much for you. Before you know it it will be autumn again... :)))) I don't want to bore any of you, but I have a little story. And its not a dream, which makes it even cooler!! (I was a little disturbed by the Terry Wogan dream, but, hey ho... Not as disturbed as the owner of it no doubt... ;) One night in April I was on a beach in the middle of the night. It was freezing cold but everything was ok. We were wrapped up all snug in duffle coats and such. Everyone was in a happy frame of mind. I only knew one other person there, although it was not frightening at all, as everyone was pleasant. We all shuffled closer in an attempt to keep warm and sheltered from the cold sea breeze. The fire was smoky but the heat welcome. In front of us was the sea, so black, and reaching out beyond the horizon. To the right was a power station of some description. Then something really good happened. I started talking to a boy. I think we were admiring each others scarfs. We had a race to the water, and talked for a few hours. We stayed up and watched the sun rise. But then it was time to go home. Our rooms had to be packed away. :( I said I would go and see him before I left, but the time I got to were he was staying it was too late. He was gone. There were two people there who i didn't know, and they said he was putting away the keys. He had gone. I was very sad. I wanted to see him again very much. When we were on the beach I had given the boy my address. He said that he would post me some stickers you see. To stick to my things. He had already given me one which is still on my keyring. It is a picture of Sebastian riding a bicycle. Although the boy had gone, all was not not lost. As when I gave him my address, I had also given him my email address. About a month later what turned up in my inbox... Yes!! Hurray! A letter from Oliver. He was back at University and had access to a computer! After a few more letters we spoke to each other on the telephone. He is just how I remembered. :) This is fantastic for me, as I liked him very very much. I have never before had a real friend who really really likes Belle and Sebastian too. It makes me happy to speak to him. He makes me smile. :) He also likes the same silly stuff as me, like Biology. He is kind of what my image of the perfect friend would be, if i had an image. Yes, that would be Oliver. ______________________________________________________ So the point of this email... We are going to meet up soon, Oliver and me. And I think that we will come to the London Picnic, if that is ok with everyone. :) So if you see a small auburn haired boy, and a very very smiley and happy and smiley brown haired girl sitting together, that will be us. Come and say hello. I hope our second meeting will be as perfect as our first, but with you lot for company, I don't suppose it could possibly be anything but. :))) Take Care of yourselves everyone. Good Luck to all those with a horrid Chemistry A Level tomorrow, like my friend Emma. Try to smile even though the weather is too hot. ;) Lots of Love, Jo x ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+