From: "Chris Jones" <chris.jones@saqnet.co.uk> there are any shy sinister girls who could guide me as to how shy gals like to be treated. I know it sounds really pathetic me asking this but i didn't know who else to turn to. Now there is a topic close to my heart. dear chris. i wish i could give you advice. when i used to LONG for a shy boy, i was in high school. mayb ei can remember how i wished he would treat me when i found him. i never found one, but that's beside the point by this time. in any case--i'm fairly S** myself but i've gotten better about approaching people i find nice. the subtle approach works for me and is comfortable. give a compliment. if you notice you have something in common, start talking about that. and shuffle your feet, blush and stutter a lot and make pigeontoes, and bat your eyelashes. say "aw, shucks" if they tell you anythign nice about yourself. leave shiny apples on their doorsteps and ALWAYS, make LOTS and LOTS of crush tapes about how they make you feel cos it seems to work for me. well, nearly. IN IT FOR THE MONEY?? well, anyway. if i was selling records i'd probably want to make a ton of money. money really does make you bitter. a social psychology principle tells us that "extrinsic rewards for intrinsically rewarding tasks diminish the enjoyment of the task" i.e. if you get paid for wanking off, gradually you start not having as much fun as you used to. it's worth experimenting on. i've found it true, although not necessarily about wanking per se. Now we see the emergence of the "mean" b&s. what are they, jekyll and hyde? first the camera ripping away, and then stuart making a big mess all over the place. maybe my friends this is the end of our little happy fun time. enjoy it while you can cos the millenium promises the bellesters will be identified as the new anti-christ and all that stuff (anyone ever find back-masking on "Mary Jo"?) i dont' know who said it, but *I* have one of those little special seven inches!! i have one only. and it's quite beautiful. the early bird gets the worm. it's selfish indeed, but oh so worth it to brag about to a bunch of shuffling weirdos......and miniscule in the broader world. haha. "glockenspiel" heehee yay. one person has a crush on me. bugger. i realized how spoiled i got. i think i was under the temporary delusion that i was popular, "for one brief shining moment". you see i've never been popular in my life. list crush was the only thing holding me up some days. (yeah) i dont' know it's gibberish, though, sour grapes. who is this "trousers" fellow? must be some rash newbie. ;) i'd better disabuse myself of the idea that i'm popular. it could like, ruin me for the rest of mylife. i realize this could sound like some underhanded attempt at getting sympathy. aww well fuck it then. you just can't win can you? weejay, i dont think i ever read any of those stories you listed. oh except the great gatsby. (no capitals mind you) it was rather nice i spose. my favorite character was Jordan. she was a tomboy. he. i can't help it, flapper girls were the cutest. i know they all drank like fish and probably had about 20 diseases. they were still fab. mm djuna barnes was really pretty in the 20's. there were a lot of loveley girls in the 20's, (but not gertrude stein) maybe that's sexist of me to say so, they should be considered on their talents, but they were pretty as well. anway i haven't read any of the other things. i've heard Jeanette winterson compared to Milan Kundera, but i have been trepidatious about reading anything by himj--- i'm EXTREMELY fickle about my fiction. half the books i start i put down before they are through because they bore me. (i have "issues".) But, i did enjoy MUCHLY the Nine Stories by uh, that guy. Salinger, the old perv. he may be an old perv, and all that, but those stories are really fabulous with a couple exceptions. i was shocked. we should really have a sinister book club. we could all read franny and zooey, and the bell jar, and cat's cradle and oranges are not the only fruit and the children's hour and tea and sympathy and the color purple. you know what? i read a HORRID quote by Vonnegut the other day that was incredibly sexist. he said "educating a woman is like pouring honey on a fine swiss watch, it stops working". naturally i was offended and horrified. that doesnt' mean i enjoy cat's cradle less, but i'll remember to be cautious in the future. anyone see that JOan of Arc thing on US tv?? i'll grant it was actually pretty accurate, they didnt' take as many liberties as i expected, and it wasn't too sensational. the girl who played her had a really nice sort of chaste prettiness to her, and the scenes of the people in chain armor on their horses in thes now with swords and things, well they were massive, and rather poetic, actually. there was a lot of "action" but what do you expect. from network tv. okay this post sucks! but i *did* respond to things other people said, so i was good. i still hate this day. ERRRGH this day should take a flying leap. well i'm gonna go now. maybe i'll call my pretend girlfriend, or maybe the other one actually. sometime ask Mark C to sing "Losing IT" in Italian. it's a bash! LJ http://www.members.tripod.com/rebelstrange The boat that brings us here will crack beneath your weight. This is territory you cannot invade. "I'll go and play with words and pictures" SAVE MST3K!!!! http://www.mst3kinfo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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". 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