I noticed there's not been much List Traffic lately, so I thought I should do my bit for bandwidth-wastage. Beats work. I *promise* I will put some content in. I was *really* pissed off today, so I need to cheer myself up. I was at work, you see, putting library books back on shelves, and I just got fed up with the full-time staff who man the returns desk and put my books on a trolley for me. They always manage to give me books which belong in a different part of the library, so I hand them back again, and they put them on my trolley again, and we go round and round in circles until I end up having a go at them and they complain that they're all far too busy to pay attention to what they're doing. Gnnaaargh. I have to take my anger out on the students who ask stupid questions. I mean, this is a University Library; you are *supposed* to be able to read signs, use computers, and suchlike. I want my trolley to have *big* spikes on the front. Another off-pissing thing: I have lost my copy of IYFS. I think the cat must have eaten it; he tends to scatter them about the place. He has also managed to reboot the computer and type in Icelandic just by jumping on the keyboard. He didn't just type Ctrl+Alt+Del either, but did it properly through the menus. I shall have to persuade him to write my thesis for me. Incidentally, are there any listees living anywhere in the Western Isles? My thesis supervisor was dropping little hints today that he'd like me to take a trip to the Uists. In February. Personally, I don't think this is a good idea, as I do not have enough suitable wooly clothes to be able to wear five or six layers of them. I saw recently that Jen (or was it?) had rocks thrown at her head. Sounds nasty. The hard kids were never that hard in my day. Back in the nineties (ooh, nostalgia) the hard kids I used to avoid would just throw insults. The ones in the harder parts of town *had* rocks, but never threw them for fear that the hard kids from our school would beat them up by way of retribution. Trespassing on their turf, as it were. Everyone at our school was Hard By Repute; the local paper would run headlines about how we had caused riots in the town centre (at least one was completely fictional, but never mind). I, on the other hand, have Never Been Hard. I still try to avoid the hard kids, but I have tried to develop a Menacing Air to use when I can't. It's not convincing, believe me. Incidentally, I removed my beard the other month. The damn thing's grown back again. Arse! I must try to get the hang of getting up more than five minutes before I have to go out in the morning, so I can retain my baby-cheeked youthful whatsit. The beard really wouldn't suit if I wanted to go out one night wearing a dress. Not that I do, but you never know. (although, of course, I am severely under- and over-equipped in other areas for that :-) Anyway, I have to go: the cat is scratching at the door. He must want another bucket of cheap meat, or something. Err, content. Was the missing IYFS copy enough? No? Errm -- I've been thinking about buying the Gentle Waves album, because I pass it in a shop window every morning on the way to the library. However, if I do, the cat will try to eat it or claw it to death within *seconds*. Like he does to me, in fact. Ta-taa. -- Will Salt ICQ 66321009 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+