Miss Maddie Minx* murmured something to the effect of: "Sending viruses to people isn't a nice thing to do? I'd better revise my Christmas list then." On that note, I hereby commence the third* annual Sinister Christmas Present Exchange! Here's how it works: You send me an e-mail to Lleweth@hotmail.com with your: * Name * Full Address * The number of presents you would like to send out (since it will correspond with the presents you will receive) and * Whether you have a preference of sending to someone inside your country or not as foreign mailing can get right pricey and I have great respect for you cheap bastards out there. If geography makes no difference, then there's no need to mention anything. After everyone who is interested has had a chance to reply - all your names written on individual scraps of paper, a sedated gray cloche, and I shall all play Chuck Woolery and match everyone up with a partner. Your day shall be brightened with the sparkling correspondence from me telling you who that lucky sinister kid you're giving to is at which point you should then whip out the crazy glue, pipe cleaners, and your pet ferret to devise a Christmas present that should wow anyone. 1. This is just for those who wish to participate. It is by no means required nor are there any requirements - meaning you can still be in the nursery or be embittered and wasting in ILE all the time and have just in a moment of nostalgia and dementia tainted haze have wandered back to your ole' stomping ground. 2. In the words of the Greek chic who set this shindig up a few years ago - "This is not restricted to just people that celebrate Christmas. It just happens to help the spirit of exchanging presents so other people that don't celebrate Christmas are very welcome!" Well, it was in those words except for less capitalized, a flagrant disregard for grammar, and way too many exclamation points than I can use without getting nauseous. Oh and the Greek cheek is Joanna and she rules even if she thinks it's ok to deny our list with her posts. 3. It's really up to you as to what kind of gift you give - as it can be anything from something you made to a mix to your favorite book (guess who will be getting a copy of The Basic Eight, baby!) to a chocolate covered boy (though I would like notification if you plan to give away the latter.) As long as it adheres to the postal code and doesn't involve bodily fluids, I think we'll all be happy - especially the lucky llew who gets the chocolate covered boy. 4. I would like to make a request only to sign up if you intend in actually participating because really my shoulder isn't made for people crying on it because they didn't receive anything even though they sent out a matching set of hello kitty mittens and mufflers. I can't even stress how much I actually sincerely mean that. If you think there's a chance that you might get too involved in exams, work, seducing the neighborhood mall's santa, or family to participate, please don't. We still love you. In fact, we'll love you more if you don't sign up for this when there's that possibility. I know from last year's experience that people get really sad when nothing comes there way after they've put alot into a gift. You really don't want to be responsible for the surprise instantaneous disappearance of a whole pound of chocolate, do you? I mean unless you're a cute boy and it's being used to coat yourself that is. If you have any questions or need to get rid of a large sum of money quickly, please feel free to contact me. yours, Laura *This is the same Miss Maddie Minx who once declared that her goal in her educational pursuits was to slip a lyric from a song by The Smiths into one of her college papers. However, when I suggested that she use the line of, "I want to live and I want to love. I want to catch something I might be ashamed of" in her paper on who she'd rather sleep with Sylvia Plath or Virginia Woolf (by the lyrics you can obviously see she chose Plath) I was only laughed at. Oh, one day my sagacity shall be fully respected indeed! ** It might have been going on longer than that but I just chose a number to make it sound more official. _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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