Well, it's good that Honey's expert detective work got that whole "celebrity" mess cleared up. For all those of you who are thinking, "But is this the REAL Reid that's writing to us, or just some clever imposter?", I can assure you, it's really me. Don't get all gushy on me or anything. I'm just a regular person, just like any of you; just better looking, more intelligent and amazingly talented. Whoever was pulling that nasty little prank was pretty clever, though. They gave themselves away by 1) signing off "Evan" and "Ben" exactly the same way and 2) putting that little smiley face symbol at the end of "Ben's" email. Judging only by the many times I've seen him walking around downtown Chapel Hill, he just doesn't seem that, uh, smiley. Still, that "this is awkward" was a nice touch, and so was the way that "DUDE!" was implied in every word that "Evan" wrote. I'm tired of using quote marks so I'm going to stop talking about this now. I'm 99% sure about this, but in order to not potentially embarrass myself, I'll pretend like I'm asking a question. Is that Stevie singing the line "The boy done wrong again"? Not the whole song, just that one line. I was listening to Sinister the way it should be listened to--at ear-shattering volume--and it hit me: No WONDER I always thought Stuart's voice sounded strange on that line...it's not Stuart! Ha! Clever me. Just kidding...I'm probably about the last person on this list who figured that out. I had the worst dream the other night. I was talking to some woman who was a member of Belle and Sebastian (but she was American, and looked nothing like either Sarah or Isobel...I knew she was a member in that way you just "know" things in dreams), and she told me that the release date of the Modern Rock Song EP would be pushed back to next fall "at least". I woke up screaming, and my loving roommates all gathered around me with a warm towel for my forehead and deep concern for my well-being. Actually, I didn't even wake up and just slept for a few more hours, but I'm sure that if I *had* woken up screaming they would have been there for me. That's just the sort of roomies they are. And they ALL (three) like Belle and Sebastian, if you can believe that. In the name of both smut and poetry, I'll give up some of my poetry. I was going to hold back, knowing that my mastery of the English language would make everyone else feel inferior, but this is relatively on-topic. Emily and I wrote it for Christian "new boy" Scanniello on account of it being his birthday and all. You'll need to know that his last name is pronounced scan-ello. So here it is, our entry in the "monday poem" running: A gift for Christian Scanniello As fine as Isobel's cello We thought, perhaps An arab strap But could fine none to fit his long fellow And a list turns green with envy. And we just made that up on the car ride up to DC! Can you imagine the poetic genius we could have turned out with a little more time?! The mind boggles... Oh, I had about a thousand things to tell you that would enrich and liven up your lives, but I forgot them. Oh, well...back to the drudgery, eh? That's the spirit! It's bedtime for us old coots. "Coming, dear!" ~Reid +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+