2002 was, to me, some kind of living hell. Argentina fall into a big economic and social depression, very similar to the one we lived on 89 (i was only 4, but somehow i still remember). The half of the country was cosidered under de line of poorty. You can see people, at the street, wondering thru trash, trying to find something to eat. And it's a lot of people. Lots of kids dying because of nutrition problems and the feeling that you can't do anything to stop it. On the other hand, there's the goverment. Do you remember the talking head's son "don't worry about the goverment"?. Well, we can't. 20 of December 2001, really early in the morning, masses of people got together and asked for food at the doors of big (foreing) super market chains. They refused to give. People got nervous. Things got violent. De la Rua, president at the time, who actually never did nothing, saw a problem on those "violent thieves". Somehow, he thougt it was a good idea to give fully power to the police. It was illegal to have reuniones after 8 pm. People thought it wasn't such a great idea. Somehow, people got together, infront doors of goverment ofice, shouting and demanding that they leave, all of them. After some violent crushing between policeman and poeple (wich included gun shooting from the police and and all kind of abuse), the president leaved. We all thoght that was a good thing. It was a sign. We had the power. Things will change. Well, things didn't. Somehow, a narco man that had some past on plitics got to be president (a non-elected one, of course). Just for a while, untill elections. It's been over a year now, and there were no elections, more and more people dyes just because they don't have anything to eat, and nothing have changed... On a personal level, 2002 sucked too. At school, i found my self on a room fulled of "pears" that i really don't like. I grounded myself, more and more, into this guy with no social skills. I dislike people, they dislike me. And i know that's pure social inhibition, but somehow, i can't get out of my weird books and my belle and sebastian records. I kept on being the "weird guy". I kept on making the same stupid things to push people away from me... So, this year, i came to a conclution. 2003 won't suck. I keep on repeating that, once and again. I know it's stupid to think that this year will be better than the other just because i say so. But i have to belive it. I have to let my self to it. To belive... Anyway, i don't know why i'm writing this, i just needed it, so sorry for all of this off-topic that no one cares about... Positive hugs to all of you, Silly Fran PS: Some people replyed to my first message, and i replyed to them, but i'm not so sure that those mails got sended correctly, and they are losted... sorry... PPS: I promess the next message i'll post will be a good-happy-positive one... And it will talk, actually, about belle and sebastian... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+