hey everyone! i am feeling very happy today. a friend of mine from when i was very little and living in cornwall e-mailed me for the first time in over two years today. i was so surprised i nearly fell of my seat and headbutted the computer. i mailed her back and then she replied and then i wrote.... and well, i've now spent most of the day on my sitting in front of this screen typing away. it's been great! anyway, the point is: get in touch with old mates cos it's really lovely. and much better than writing essays on the victorian poor laws in britain. oh yes. which, as some of you may suspect is also why i'm posting, twice in a month god damn. blimey! i am also very excited about making my tape for the tape tree. i spent all of yesterday surrounded by every record i own (well, apart from the shit ones), trying to decide what to put on it. it's a very difficult business y'know. so far i've only got three definite songs! my choice is made easier though by the fact i can't pick a stone roses track cos i haven't got tape-to-tape recording on my stereo, and everything by the mighty roses is on cassette. maybe i should upgrade.... i just thought i'd add to this comment from fiona: 'does anyone else find when they watch the football results and a team has scored 7 goals and it is written as 7 [SEVEN] that the voice in their head that reads things out on the telly exclaims SEVEN in a very loud voice, as if in disbelief?' they don't when the team who let the seven goals in is oxford united <sob>. after conceding seven twice last season (and once was at HOME! FUCK!!) people just expect it now....still, i'm sure it gives everyone else a laugh.... i'm sure the reason my tape is taken so long is because i have an overwhelming urge to listen to everything as i go along. it's like when you tidy your room and instead of tidying you sit in the middle of the floor with the recorder you found under your bed trying to play 'london's burning'. and then start reading all the magazines that have piled up from months back. it's amazing the stuff you can find in old nme's. i found the review of 'dog on wheels' (my fave b&s e.p) the other day which was nostalgic to say the least. and very bizarre because i didn't actually know of b&s then. i only got into them when i heard 'lazy line painter jane'. so that was a pretty surreal experience. anyway, i'm going to love you and leave you as my eyes are going funny now. lots of love rachel xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+