Four hours and seven minutes ago your Laura Llew brought forth on this list to write a new post, conceived in insomniac ramblings and dedicated to any single boys open to the proposition of being dipped in chocolate. Until shiny objects merged with newfound follies to engage her in a making of a friendship.com quiz, testing whether you or anyone so dedicated can long endure the notion of actually being intimately familiar with the tempestuous little wench. http://friendtest.com/viewquiz.php?account=Lleweth * Naturally, the above quiz is littered with a multitude of mistakes but I suppose nothing would be truly Laura Llew if it weren't. It reminded me of the times when I had to come up with Ice Breakers for Group Therapy** and I would always choose my old standby of having everyone come up with three things about themselves and having the others try and decide which one was false. (Because I encourage lying and deceit. Afterall, I am a girl.) Last week, I met another list member when I went down to Atlanta for a book conference. Yes, I've gone from Sinister Shy to Sinister Skank (and you can too for just three payments of $19.95! It's fast & easy - not unlike what you'll be in just 3 months!) You probably know Jay from his adorably cute pictures of him dressed in an Eeyore costume on the photo page and I can assure you that he is nothing less than the MOST darling boy EVER! (and me with no pockets big enough to carry him home in!) Of course, he did accuse me of being a Sinister Con-artist with getting people to do things for me - like making mix tapes. No worries though - I simply had him read me a couple of Salinger stories to make up for such unfounded accusations. (I requested "For Esme' With Love & Squalor" just for you, Fairweather Farrell) I do enjoy meeting up with people from here even if it's just because I randomly find myself saying things such as, "It puts Genital Herpes to shame!' Speaking of meeting up, shame, and nothing at all to do with Genital Herpes - Maddie minxed, "If you'd like to send us gifts to celebrate, you're more than welcome. Laura would like a puppy, books and chocolate. I'd like, you know, shiny stuff. Oh, and a hip flask, please." Normally, I'd fight her over that hip flask but happily for Christmas I received a pair of Martini glasses with the following Dorothy Parkerism inscribed on them: I like to have a Martini Two at the very most Three I'm under the table Four I'm under my host Oh, Maddie, don't worry - green *is* your color! As for puppies, I tend to like pets that are much like myself - quiet, slow, not too energetic or drooling, fond of naps, and cute in that pathetic sort of way. (Think Flash from Dukes of Hazzard). As for books, I like them the same way I like my nights in Tijuana - leatherbound. This past week I was referred to as "GhostLady" whether this was due to my complexion, vanishing personality, or the fact I was ordering a ghost stories book from the publishingboy who called me this is debatable. It amused me nonetheless. Hainting & haunting, Laura * If you get nine right, I'll let you read to me! ** I was studying to become a therapist. Little did I know what I was really learning was several neurotic tendencies which would later be appropriate for me to discuss in therapy of my own. Not that I have but I'm well stocked in any case. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+