Ring out, wild bells to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light. The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ahh, thanks for indulging me in some Alfred Tennyson. I thought it was rather fitting for this time and season. Though personally, my year ended more like the world in TS Eliot's The Hollow Men, "Not with a bang but a whimper." No wild parties or kisses for Laura Llew. In fact, I was even sleeping when the new year arrived. Boring me but happy me because I am now the proud owner of a new pair of narrow New Balances. Perfection in a shoe. I was able to usher the New Year in nicely by having Belle and Sebastian be the masterminds behind the music I listened to first this Millennium. It was quite nice really. I was wondering though. Does anyone else have a tendency to hook up the characters of their songs together? I just think that String Bean Jean and Lord Anthony would be great together. And the Boy with the Arab Strap would compliment Lazy Line Painter Jane most perfectly. Perhaps it's just me. I apologize if this has already been mentioned, but has anyone else heard the Looper song on the commercial for MyFamily.com. Oh yes, the David's are supporting family values AND health AND using the Internet (as long as it ain't "freaky") AND being Up A Tree - where you will inevitably loose your footing and plummet to the ground. But not before your leg catches on a nail, your skin shreds and you need 20 stitches. Which will still leave a scar shaped like an arrow on your right thigh even years later as a 22 year old. And the only real memory of you have of the incident is the red helium balloon that you had that you accidentally let go off and watched sadly as it floated off into the night sky when you go home. Not that I'm in anyway stuck in the past here. So, does anyone have any lofty New Year's resolutions, such as to quit biting your nails, lose weight, or to stop setting yourself on fire while exclaiming to your friends that you *are* going to get a spot on David Letterman this year. I've always been much better at coming up with resolutions for other people than actually thinking of changing myself. So far, I have that - 1. Belle and Sebastian resolves to come up with a new album by March (hey it's a leap year.. I even gave them one extra day to work in February. Talk about generosity here). 2. That all drivers on the road will let me in when I'm trying to get into a lane of traffic. AND that the others will remember that they do indeed have a turn signal. They can even agree to actually USE it once in a while. C. Stuart Murdoch shall fall madly in love with me.* 4. We shall have more classy boy photos on the body part page. Such as Jygsaw Dave's knees, Jim Bob Gilmer's ears, Rupert Everett's stomach (a long shot but hey so is Stu falling for me), and GEORGE DICKIE's ummm, erh, well, whatever he wants to show... But please show discretion O'Henry 5. That everyone on the sinister list will read at least 5 books from Laura Llew's Lovely Literary List of 99' this year. Just because the list is from last year, does not mean the recommendations aren't out of date. Don't you know that in book time that makes it a "Classic"? (Though I've noticed the list is severely lacking in recommendations for Stuart David's book and for The Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner. Is there a reason for this? I haven't read them yet and I was just wondering.) 6. The witty, intelligent, book adoring, dark haired, pixies and b&s loving lad who was suppose to be under the tree on Christmas Day with all of the Belle and Sebastian singles on CD will inform of exactly where he fell of of Santa's sleigh at so that I may properly go and rescue him. (I always have to do all the work in relationships). Unless, of course, he got distracted by the elves and then really just let me live the rest of my life in misery never knowing the truth. Really. jealous of the elves, Laura * There is no reason for this symbol. I'm just trying to appear cool as if you need to read footnotes to understand the content of my posts. "Meeting all of your Laura Llew before you even knew you had them" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+