Dear Sinister, I know over the past couple of years that I've been on the list I've barely posted but that doesn't mean I don't love you.... BOUND FOR BANGLADESH Anyway, I'm due to fly out to Bangladesh in the next week and I'm very excited!! I've got a dream one-year internship working on water/sanitation projects throughout the country (something that's been on my long list of things I want to do with my life for a while now). The doing something pretty while you can that Laurel mentioned doesn't just hold out for personal relationships (although I understand that one very well - my mother died when I was sixteen) but also for all the times when you say or think 'I want to do that/visit there.......! DO IT NOW!! When it comes to visiting countries I've got a long list to go but hey I'm only a young pup and I'm doing things as fast as I can. I used the same subject title when emailing a friend and he said it sounded like I was participating in a bondage marathon for my fundraising. I mean what kind of girl does he take me for? In reality, as part of my fundraising for VSO (the lovely people making my placement possible) I managed to strike something else off my list - skydiving. I tried to think of a way to describe the feeling from this and give it justice but all I can say is - try it for yourself... STAYING IN SOUTH ASIA If anyone happens to be passing through Dhaka in the next year and needs somewhere to kip then get in touch. A male friend and I have got an arrangement (no guffaws please) of catering for our opposite sex friends accom wise. It's part of our damage limitation on getting bits of carrots thrown at us etc. So, is anyone else going to be in the South Asia region? I know Corduroy Boy formerly of this parish is in Calcutta as we speak but with the amount of people on this list is there a chance of some more??? SCARBOROUGH FAIR AND MEET UPS I still hold the Scarborough gig dear in my heart. Although it was weird that the previous act I had seen there was The Grumbleweeds (dodgy but funny cabaret act aimed at families on holiday) when I was a v. young girl. Although I was already listening to B & S and knew about Sinister I never got my motivation to subscribe until fate sat me next to Big Stu at the gig and he managed to convince me that it was a great place to be. How right he was. The people I've met at meet-ups in Manchester and Glasto - you're brilliant! I am more of a face-to-face person rather than saying too much on posts. Off-list posts rock too. The more people are seeing the email the less personal I get. That's why I have the upmost respect for those of you that do feel comfortable with posting personal stuff to Sinister. A couple of months ago a newbie said she didn't find anyone interesting here and then she left. I beg to differ and.... WOOPS sounds like I'm about to start discussing the list on the list so I'll go on a tangent and sign off. Hey you other lurkers -fair enough if you don't feel like posting but I urge you to go to meet-ups when possible. You will be very pleasantly surprised. Hopefully see some of you at Offbeat tonight. I've decided to hot foot it down from Middlesbrough this evening. I was supposed to be flying out tomorrow but the departure date has been put back. DESERT ISLAND DISCS AND NEW ALBUM When packing I couldn't decide what to take/leave out so I'm leaving everything bar one compilation that I won on Phil Jupitus' breakfast show. It's got The Flaming Lips, Violent Femmes etc. on it and it's great. I've been holding off listening to too much of the album so that it is a nice surprise when it finally turns up in the post at Dhaka. Didn't I say I was going.... Well I am this time. Very poor readability comes from typing in a public library with no toilet facilities - I can't concentrate! Love, Amy Skelton _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+