good morning sinisterines (and good evening insomniacal americans) just a few things to say based on alot of random stuff on the list. like matt, i recently purchased another beanie baby, string bean jean. i figure that i'm going for the quartet, with judy and jenny. right now, i also have jane, which was a gift. i am a little frightened at having crossed that border where i actually bought a beanie baby, but alas, she's so cute frowning at me from on top of the monitor that i can't repent. jane is still my favorite (though don't tell jean) due to her little smile, that looks like a kitty smile. and only a kitten would give that smile, as any self-respecting cat would back away. and matt, thank you for exiting the closet on the beanie baby issue. it's good to no longer be alone in the public eye. (if brian wrote, he would admit that he got a fox which he thought of as the fox in the snow, but he'll probably beat me for even saying that much, he's very violent you know). on the topic of stephin merritt and the magnetic fields, i have a web page for the band at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ i'm actually in the process of updating it, but it works pretty well anyway. and i know there are other (rather quiet) people on the list who know alot about the band. but they're definitely brilliant and i'd recommend them to b&s fans, i definitely see a similarity. i thought the chat went pretty well all things considered. and it probably is true that the ops weren't as organized as we could have been, but i'm curious as to how many people read the instructions. alot of people seemed to have absolutely no clue how to navigate the irc, though i didn't realize this until afterwards. (yes, i am an op). but really, paul spent all this time putting up very clear instructions, and the chat was announced repeatedly weeks beforehand, so i'd really suggest using that as preparation time. i don't want to get into a fight about this, i know that individual people probably had unexpected problems or were prevented from preparing, but next time, at least send a private mesage to the ops, or even a public one if you're really having a problem. so much free time left me with too much time to contemplate not so witty remarks to make in sinster, which probably made honey a bit nervous. i'm so unpredictable you know.... ;) also, i'm thinking of planning a new york picnic, perhaps in april. i'd like to know how many people would be interested in attending. please email me privately about this, because i'm sure the glasgowegians don't need to see 60 (or 5) replies with simply: me. ;) i haven't played on the swings in central park since last fall. and i'd be willing to bring my roller skates and a tape player. skating to tigermilk anyone? xox megan mkl206@is8.nyu.edu visit the magnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------