Bloody hell, why can't I type "sinister" without adding an extra "s" and making it "sinsister"? It's a recurrent problem, and one that probably means I have *issues* with my family or something... Anyway, what an odd weekend I had. Inbetween stressing about my Foundation Course exhibition and trying to get the supporting work for my final piece up to scratch, I sampled the *delights* of the Rochester-Upon-Medway Dickens Festival. For those who are not habitees of the Medway area of Kent (and I suspect there may be a few of these on the list), Rochester is where the fool Charles Dickens wrote and set a lot of his books. So _obviously_ EVERYTHING which happens here has to be Dickenscentric. Morris Dancers there were thankfully few when I went down to the high street, but people dressed up as Queen Victoria and Miss Havisham there were many. The coolest bit was going on the Merry-Go-Round in the castle gardens. Even though my friends made me ride on a giant chicken instead of a wee horsie like they did, the scum. And the calliope organ thing played "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat", which was ill-advised in _my_ humble opinion... Ah, and the delights of a Thai Spring Roll from the acest restaurant in town's outside stall, scoffing hot beansprouts on a lovely sunny day... Eccelente, Ambassador! Has anyone else got the Gomez album? Well, strictly speaking, _I_ haven't got it, my mum has, but I can nick it when I want to listen to it. Anyway, it's great unclassifiable pop-rock-blues-jazz stuff. Au revoir, Liz. **************************************** The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost ***************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------