wow.  what to say now...   i suppose i could write a long, detailed account of the past two weeks, colorful descriptions of the lovely people i am privileged to have met, a good number of humorous anecdotes and maybe even a bit about frank lloyd wright.  or andy warhol.  henry mancini?  maybe.   or i could assume the demanding role of 'disinfected indie kid' and say nothing at all except that this afternoon found me back at work and i'm feeling lazy.    either way...   i met a lot of wonderful people and didn't take enough photos.   i do have a number of grocery receipts decorated with...*really nice portraits* of richard, ally, stevie, jeremy and, for one reason or another, david arquette. and a couple of myself. and a horned hamilton (his halo having been rudely scratched when it was pointed out that he was not jackson).      i have a few photos, anyway.  i'll take more next time.    the relatives have been calling.  it's funny.    a certain steve fowler, upon hearing my voice, proclaimed 'OH, you're foreign' and asked me if i was 'from canadia.'  and i said 'no, wisconsin.' close enough.  and someone said something about how there are probably lots of gaudy christmas decorations in wisconsin, and i couldn't argue.  just ask elise and jim.     i brought very few things home with me. but...quality over quantity, right? right. i brought: * a copy of 'ghost world' from calumn. very very nice of him...i love it. and my brother loves it as well. THANK YOU! * a large bottle of bombay sapphire. by the time i got to the duty free shop, i was pretty sure i'd be needing it very soon. really. * a new favorite sweater. new to me...and it's orange. and i love love love it. * a really bad cold and a fun raspy voice to go with it. however, both of these are pretty much gone now. anyway. i had a wonderful time. thank you. and i'm home now, and back to classes in a few weeks. at the moment, i'm feeling quite motivated...academically, at least. but we'll see what happens after twenty minutes in a math class. at any rate, making good grades this semester should enable me to move out of my parents' house in may. this would be really nice. especially in case of visitors. i have been trying to post for a number of days, and this is the best i can do right now. i do apologize. there's just a lot.... it's been strange getting things back to normal. on tuesday, i got up at five in the morning, all alone in room 202 of the baltimore airport ramada. after nearly two hours getting through security, several cigarettes with a rough-talking icelandic woman, half a box of kleenex and a glass of watery orange juice, i was in chicago. my father met me at the airport and we drove to milwaukee with a lot of steely dan and a little bit of talking. mostly steely dan, though. anyway...this is enough for now. or more than enough...lengthwise, anyway. maybe next time i'll be able to actually say something.....with some sense..... love kirsten Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+