Hullo, dears. First off, although I'm sure someone will have beat me to the punch by the time this reaches you, I'd like to do my duty as an American and answer Madeleine's question about using baseball scoring to indicate sexual progress. Below, a handy guide. You can even print it out for future reference! First base= kissing (generally with tongue, if I recall correctly) Second base= hands up shirt Third base= hands down pants and/or trousers (because, really, it's both) Home run= Going All the Way (there's no fourth base) I hope this proves useful. I wish I had some interesting background or insight as to how all of this came to be in the first place, but I leave that up to one of my fellow countrypeople. While I'm envious of everyone who has gone or will go to see B&S (although I saw them here in SF last September and therefore can't whinge too much), I'm particularly envious of JDS, whose concertgoing also entails significant European travel. Wouldn't *I* like to be puttering about in the UK and Italy, pausing only long enough to attend gigs? (Rhetorical question; I would indeed.) I suppose I shall content myself with a trip to Phoenix this weekend, which, while wildly Not the Same Thing, will at least allow me to fetch myself something of a tan. Priorities. The last gig I saw was the New Pornographers last month as part of Noise Pop. It was fantastic, and made me love Canadians even more than I do already. You, there--go check out tNP right now. I can almost promise you won't be sorry. http://www.thenewpornographers.com/ So, inspired by (or totally copying, depending on your perspective) the bf's recent foray into this realm, I've given in and have created a little blog-type thing. I'm sure you have many, many more important things to do, but in one of those late-night moments in which you find yourself willing to waste time on absolutely anything, perhaps you'd like to investigate http://divert.blogspot.com. Or perhaps not. I've probably bored Chu enough by this point, so I'll bid you adieu and a bientot. xo Emily +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+