Hello Sinister. My life trundles on, although some people's don't. But that's not important right now. Click delete - these are just some anecdotes from the last coupla weeks. ///SQAURE EYES\\\ It's been quite a week for me. See, I had lots of assignments all due in today at midday, so I've been sat in front of a computer for ages. It wasn't fun. ///THE PERKS OF THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER\\\ So I read "The Perks of being a Wallflower", by Stephen Chbsoky. I didn't much like it, to be honest. I didn't much like Charlie, either; he was like a pathetic version of Holden Caulfield. At least Holden Caulfield was all-mouth-no-trousers - this character didn't even have much mouth. I guess it's just not as good as Catcher In The Rye, and although it's a bit unfair to compare it to a classic, that is something that literature whores like me do. At least I read it. On a more positive note, I read "A Wild Sheep Chase" by Haruki Murakami. You all should, too. It's a brilliant book, but that's just my opinion - what do I know? ///WHEN I WAS A BOY I WAS CONFOUNDED BY YOU\\\ I bumped into a teenage crush of mine the other day, which I must tell you was strange. She's just started at my univeristy, and we just bumped into each other in a bar one night. I still fancy her too, which surprised me, because I've changed quite a lot since I was 17. I suspect that she still doesn't fancy me. It might be time to dig out "The Bends" once again. ///TEXAS HOLD-UP\\\ Ken mentioned the playing cards. I bought mine about five weeks ago, and they still haven't arrived. I emailed Banchory about it but didn't hear back, and the Post Office reckon they're "lost". Great. Ken also mentioned Poker, which is a brilliant game. I'd be up for a Texas Hold-up, Late Night Poker style marathon when I get back to London in a couple of weeks. Anybody else? ///VICTORY ROSE\\\ I'm also among the many who are enjoying the new Sigur Ros album. Recently, however, I've been indulging in a bit of Ben Folds Five nostalgia - they used to be one of my favourite bands. The first two albums are the best, but they so often are, aren't they? You should listen to them. ///THE BEST IMMITATION OF MYSELF\\\ In my last post (http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200211/msg00086.html), I said that my next post would look like this: http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/anylistsearch.cgi?query=asm%3B+top+10&list=sinister&smode=Phrase, or like this: http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/anylistsearch.cgi?query=asm%3B+top+10&list=sinister&smode=Phrase. But it doesn't. It looks more like this: http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200212/msg00005.html, all of which is highly self-referential, but if I don't quote me, nobody will. With any luck, my *next* post will look as billed. "With any luck"; that's what it so often comes down to. What a load of bollocks. ~, Asm.x ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" - Mary Cohen _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+