Hellooooooo Sinister!! There have been quite a few great posts recently! I want to write about some of the things I've read from you lovely people lately! Stine talked about a bad experience she had in a bookstore. That altercation between the outspoken anti-gay lady and Stine sounds very alarming. Ignorance gets out of control all too fast! But I have to applaud you, Stine, for standing up to that ignorant lady, that was super cool of you!! Also your story about being in the movie theater had me laughing so hard! And then, Richard Gillanders posted about a similar experience he had in the movie theater with his family, but then maybe he was really there, and maybe not... and I think at that point I was nearly in tears, as I usually am when reading Richard Gillanders' posts--you're so damn funny!!! Now I see why Kirsten and Mandee adore you so much! My favorite line from Richard's post: "you really find out who your friends are when you get an unauthorised haircut." I am curious what that haircut might look like, and what it is that makes it unauthorised!? Did somebody come up behind you and cut your hair when you weren't looking? Or did somebody's sister do it with some old dull left-handed scissors in their backyard? I just hope it's really short on top and long in the back with racing stripes shaved into the sides of your head and in your eyebrows to match. Now THAT'S what I call an unauthorised haircut! And dear Archel Toast posted "if you could have just one track from each single/ep and two from each album, what would your final list look like?" Aside from being a scribbled up mess, mine would go something like this: You're Just a Baby I Don't Love Anyone Get me Away from Here, I'm Dying Judy and the Dream of Horses String Bean Jean Photo Jenny Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie Sleep the Clock Around Simple Things Slow Graffitti The Wrong Girl Family Tree Legal Man Jonathan David ...but, man oh man, it's hard to decide! Miss Laura Llew said "I like tormenting myself through mixtapes and lack of love. It's a hobby"... Yay, I'm not the only one who does it, then?! And Laura, you know WE love you, right? Shannon started out a delicious description of the fall weather in her 'hood with the line "So. Fall has arrived. Lovely, beautiful, aching fall." and I just thought, how grate is that?! Really lovely, Shannon! Jim Gilmer wrote about riding in the backseat of his friend's car with a girl he was utterly in love with and we're riding around and "it's chilly, the kind of first autumn, end-of-October chill where it feels far colder than it is because you're not used to it yet." This story reminded me of similar experiences and what a dream-like state the weather can send us into, especially in remembering love. A beautiful story, Jim! A big ol' hug to Ian for sharing his grate pics of B&S from the San Francisco show he attended! And I thought what you said about seeing Sigur Ros at the Warfield was so true for me, too: "Although, seeing them at the same venue where I saw Belle and Sebastian is kinda weird." For a long time, any show I went to at the Warfield always reminded me of James in '94, but now I just think of The Verve... I didn't see B&S there, but I'm sure if I did, I'd be feeling the same way you do... I remember in '97 seeing Suede at the El Rey in L.A. and then a week after the tour ended, Gene played there and it was just sort of odd to think that only about a week beforehand, Suede was there. I was *REALLY* (unhealthily) into Suede back then, so I know what you're saying completely. Oh, and welcome to Sinister, Ian! Oh, and Mr. Will Salt said, as if he didn't know that his posts make all the girls weak in the knees "Um, I am? Eep. This sort of thing makes reading my email *so* embarrassing lately :-)" Of course you'd be coy about it, that's what the ladies love!! Thanks for clearing up the Krypton Factor mystery for me, everyone who so kindly jumped to my rescue! Sounds a little intense for our "Rachels v. Wills" competition! Guess what?! I got an e-mail from a SIXTH Rachel!!! This one is actually a "Rachael" and she lives in Australia, but soon to be England! I am not sure as to what her nickname is yet...I suggested Rachael Pancake or Rachael Frosties... but all the same, !Viva Rachels! Shout outs to Rachel Cornflake, Rachel Sunny Side Up, Rachel Grapenut, Archel Toast, Rachael ??, and our new honorary Rachel, Miss Katie Odle, who I lovingly refer to as Katie Cheeriodle, HR. You know what's funny? I don't even *eat* breakfast! Ben reminded us "ooh, new single in 39 days and counting, y'all get excited now, y'hear!" Ooh, I AM EXCITED, Ben!!! How come you don't want any of the Sinister boys moiving into your house, huh? Sure *everybody* wants Kirsten Kenyon to live with them!!! I can't blame you, she's like a pack of gum--double mint! ;) Thanks to Lawrence who broke this news: "THE NEW SINGLE IS CALLED "WAKING UP TO US" AND IS COMING OUT ON NOVEMBER 26th! (Same b-sides by the look of it, different a-side, obviously)" Maybe I'm the only kid in the class who wasn't aware, either, but I'm glad to be told that they changed the name of "The Season Has Arrived" to "Waking Up To Us" I was worried there for a second, too! Call me ignorant, but when is this Storytelling movie coming out, anyway? Anyone know? KEN CHU KEN CHU KEN CHU!! There, I filled my quota! Just kidding! Ken Chu wrote the most charming post about his mum visiting and about living alone and cooking for himself and being able to record without being embarrassed to sing! *I want to pinch your cheeks, you adorable boy!* My favorite quote was "Mum called back saying she's arrived, and nagged about things, but the nagging sounds a lot more exotic now it comes all the way from Hong Kong." Can my mum go to live with yours in Hong Kong? Exotic nagging would be nice for a change!!! Shout outs to my girls in Wisconsin!! Elise and Kirsten, you rock my world!!! Hugs to Mandee and Danny, too! *******Colin boy, don't read this part!************ Last night, I went out with a fellow Sinisterine, Ryan! We saw the movie 'Ghost World' (which Colin and Katie Cheeriodle, HR, recommended) and it was grate! Then we had dinner and talked for a while and it was really fun. Ryan is *such* a nice boy! And ladies, he's real cute!!!!! *******Ryan, don't read this part!***************** *******Colin boy, read this part!****************** Yeah, so when I went out with Ryan last night... it was alright. Isn't it funny how one week you can feel like the biggest loser on earth, going out by yourself on your birthday and the next week you have 2 really super cool boys taking you out/announcing your marriage?! Ahhh, only in the world of Sinister... I think I'll stay! ;) Love to you all--especially my crush, Rachel the fitter, happier fruitloop __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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