Sometimes a lot of strange things happen. Power doesn't work. You come close to death. You see Stuart Murdoch. You refuse to speak. You bleed a lot. Love triangles. Friends re-appear. Bizarre goings on last week... and today. Last week my friend Dré came home after 12 weeks in the army. Still his old self, perhaps a little more somber. He's not enjoying it though, he's a bit depressed and i worry about him. He's not suited to it at all, just too lazy to get a job. Strange. He shot someone in the leg... his friend. He'll survive though :) Found out that my two friends had split up. They keep phoning me for advice. I'm hopeless and i'm also caught in the middle. Oh well. I really like them both too. They're not right for each other though, but what can i say? "Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love." Losing control of a car is a bad idea. Don't ever do a 360 degree turn on a country road. Swerving onto the other side and spinning round in circles, while fun, can be quite frightening too. I laughed. Others didn't. Today i bled for no apparent reason. Nothing serious though, just my nose and lip. But it did run onto my clothes. It's stopped now, thankfully. I decided when i got up this morning, again for no apparent reason, that i wouldn't speak today. It lasted a while. Till 12.30 or so when my lecturer moaned at me and i had to reply. I relied on facial expressions as a response; a kind of social experiment :) I acted very strangely today; a mixture of tiredness and a cluttered mind. It got me thinking whether everyone sees me as strange, or whether my close friends are immune to it. I think i'm immune to them now, though they still have their little idiosyncrasies and bouts of senselessness. We all do from time to time i'm sure :) B&S were fantastic on Jools Holland. As i'm well known for my obsession with them at college i have been receiving phone calls all weekend from people who have berated me a lot in the past, to tell me that B&S are indeed superb. Why did they not listen to me before? Oh well, their loss. I'm now giving people a loan of some B&S stuff in an attempt to increase sales of IWUTU hehe :) It charted at 39 and the price has gone up £1 - a scandal! Anyway, i was very surprised/excited to see Mr Murdoch the following day. I didn't speak to him, didn't want to bother him really and i would have been really nervous. Instead i just watched him for about 2 hours, watched how he reacted to certain events. I also seen max (the car) in real life. He was parked two rows in front of my dads car. Stuart was with a very bearded man who i think was a roadie for the band at the barras. Thick black glasses, very cool/geeky look. I could explain further where it was but only a few people will know where it is anyway. Broadwood anyone? Over excited celebrations, including a raised fist in the air. Yes, a football match. I've seen him a few times now, maybe i'll pluck up the courage to say hello the next time :) Power failure today in Kilmarnock and surrounding area. It was meant to be till six, but it only lasted about 30 mins (about 2.30-3pm). I couldn't get a drink or food or anything. Damn. Lost my work on computer too. It made me realize how much we rely on electricity. People were running around in circles, all the shops closed and there was a general sense of panic. People jumping on buses, going anywhere in search of precious, precious electricity. Reminded me of a story from Generation X. It also reminded me to go to see the re-release of Apocalypse Now... You should too. Oh well, until next time (wee)Alan xxx PS - I read the diaries of Adam and Eve today on the bus. It's not mine, but a very kind lady sent it to my friend and i completely agree with the comments she made on the Post-it note on the front :) "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." _________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+