Hello Sinister people, The subject line comes by way of the Drugstore song by the same same. Everyone go out and buy "White Magic for Lovers" because it's as good as it gets. Anyways, a lot of people have mentioned how lonely they are and how they wish they could talk to this girl or that boy. I went through a shy stage at one point in my life, but I got over it rather quickly. I suppose there's not much to be said that shy people haven't heard before, you all know the drill; don't be afraid, take a chance and talk to people, and so on and so forth. It's a bit like telling a depressed person to cheer up, nine times out of ten the depressed person nods and forces a grin and then goes back to sulking, but there's still that one person who smiles and laughs and gets on with it. So I'll say it again to the shy people; come out and play with us. Take chances and be daring and brave and silly and stupid and all that, all the things they tell us as kids that are bad and childish (funny that, children are forever being told they're acting like children, isn't that the way it's supposed to be?). Talk to the girl you've always fancied, smile at the boy you've always wanted to smile at. Sure, some won't return the smile, these people are not worth your attention. Eventually you'll find your smile returned and your hello greeted with a friendly "Hi". Because if you don't get out and smile and say hello and enjoy the trees and the cities and the sky and the sea and the people then what was the point of all this (in the general sense of life)? It's only a ride, and it goes up and down and is sometimes loud and scary but it's still only a ride, and sooner or later it stops. Oh, and make no mistake, people (even your friends) will kick you in the teeth from time to time, it happens, it's an annoying part of life and the most you can do is shrug and move on. Those people who'll knock your confidence and kick you in the teeth (metaphorically speaking) can't hurt you unless you let them. Meet them with a smile and a shrug and their power over you melts away like sugar in the rain. And despite your best intention you'll kick someone's teeth in and act the prat and say stupid things and do stupi things and all that, but that's life and it's annoying but it doesn't pay to obsess over it. Bugger all that, I'd rather meet the world with a filthy grin and a laugh, because I don't want the people who think Fear is Good win. The fear that keeps us shy and quiet and not out there singing songs and doing brilliant things. California is calling to me, and it looks like I'll be heading out that way to catch a few shows and do a bit of travelling with a fellow listee. I'm quite excited about it. I'm almost as excited about the Great Lakes Sinister Picnic happening this weekend in South Bend, Indianna. If any of you who are planning to attend have questions on how to get there, drop me a line and I'll instruct you as best I can. Be Sinister... Jim _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+