Sinister: Some b*stard keeps using my computer at night...
... so when I leave for home, I take the ball out of the mouse and hide it. heh If only I could set up a video camera to watch the bewildered reaction... I'm writing to see if anyone would like to buy an extra PA ticket from me. At cost, of course. It's a great seat for two reasons. 1: I bought it in the first 15 minutes they were on sale. And 2: You will get to sit next to my sister and I. Assuming we make it up there. (Can anyone from Philly let me know some exciting things to do in the area?) Whatever happened to the Ruvi fella... the one who used to post about 80s movies, poetry and seeing Cliff Richard? I liked that guy. Rachel Playforth once wrote, "the japanese have a word 'amae' which describes that warm feeling of being accepted, included and understood by a group of peers. so rare, so amazing when it happens. sinister at its best moments can produce 'amae', i suspect." There are so many *good* things about the list... and I think Rachel was spot-on with her above description. Jen +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 07:02:32PM -0500, Jenny Payne wrote:
"the japanese have a word 'amae' which describes that warm feeling of being accepted, included and understood by a group of peers. so rare, so amazing when it happens. sinister at its best moments can produce 'amae', i suspect."
There are so many *good* things about the list... and I think Rachel was spot-on with her above description.
Not to be contrary, but that's not entirely what amae means. (I won't attempt to butcher it myself.) It is however, a really fascinating concept. I encourage everyone to go out and buy or borrow a copy of Takeo Doi's "The Anatomy of Dependence", which is sort of the classical work examining amae and its significance in Japanese social psychology. It's good stuff, I got a copy for like $10 off of some used book site. m. -- "she's my fave / undressing in the sun / return to sea -- bye forgetting everyone / eleven high / ride a wave" -- The Pixies, Ana +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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