Dear everyone, I was listening to the live mix of Belle and Sebastian in Los Angeles yesterday, and I came upon a moment in the concert when Stuart called a young couple up to the stage (and they better hurry before he changes his mind). The song that Stuart played for them was "Wrong Girl". I thought- how appropriate. I wonder what that song meant to that young couple, but I know what it meant to me. That girl dancing might've been the right girl for "Jarvis", but she was probably the wrong girl for me. I must say, though, that the girl made a wonderful crush and deserves a good guy who lives a lot closer. I find the current thread of love and crushes to be entirely relevant to my life, since I have found one and lost the other. I agree with Rachel when she said that an e-relationship can cause people to write things that they normally wouldn't. For instance, I would flirt wildly with my crush (without thought to consequence). The problem came when I was faced with the very serious proposition to move very far away and live with her- this wonderful, yet very anonymous girl. Suddenly, I became confused (and pretended I wasn't) and I fumbled around like an ass trying to figure out what the hell I was doing. In the middle of all this, just to completely turn my world upside down, I found romance (when I least expected it). Amy Bancroft, Michigan's own MIA, re-visited my life, and I fell in love, whether I had plans to move very far away or not. I covered my ass by not telling the truth to my crush (which was very wrong), but I was finally honest when I had made my decision, which I'm very happy with. I've wanted to tell the list that I've found a special sinister person, but its rather difficult because it managed to hurt one of you. Anyway, it doesn't do any good to keep things a secret. I do want the list to know that love between sinisters can be found, that it should be with someone you've actually met, and that all crushes should be honest with themselves and each other. Belle and Sebastian are more than just great music to me. They are a lifestyle, a personality, a philosophy. I do think that Sinister kids have a great deal in common and that there are all kinds of potential matches on this list. To think otherwise would be depressing because (I don't know about you), but I have a hard time meeting people that think and act the same way I do. This is a grate place to meet someone special and (I disagree with Mr. Gilmer on this point) an e-mail relationship can be better for a couple because they have to focus on communication over physical attraction. But, ultimately, I have to agree that there is nothing like holding someone close and kissing them on the neck and dancing with them next to creepy day-of-the-dead skeletons (for instance). Thanks for considering my thoughts on this subject. If anybody happens to know my x-crush, please tell her that I would join her cult any day and that I still think she is pretty cool. Shout out to Amy- Stars of Track and Field are Beautiful People. Love, Colin _________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+