elizabeth were quite collegiate last night. at least, that's what someone said. it didn't last, anyway. we sat down with two boys i sort of know and had a long discussion about milwaukee's public education system. then one of the boys got distracted by elizabeth's exciting new cigarette lighter, and the conversation sort of fizzled into something silly. i mentioned emily and her song about anemia, because one of the boys had played it on a guitar a long time ago, in the same place where we were sitting. one of the boys pointed out that he was wearing the outfit emily said made him look like holden caufield. there was a strange old couple sitting in the corner. the woman was wearing a fringed blanket as a dress and heavy jewelry, and the man was in a flannel shirt. they had their eyes closed, and they weren't talking at all but every few minutes they would both laugh as though one of them had told a joke. they were quite isolated from everyone else, and far enough into the corner that they couldn't well have been laughing at overheard bits of conversations. we decided they must be 'too cool for verbal communication.' and got sort of jealous. so we toyed with the notion that we might be 'too ool for onsonants,' and for several minutes we only used them selectively. but none of us could talk that way with a straight face for long. so i guess we weren't ool enough. i drank six glasses of water at the teahouse before i realized that it was a bit pointless trying to do something healthy in a place so thick with smoke that i was tempted to pour the water into my eyes rather than drink it. my parents have gone to the wisconsin dells for the night. three boys just walked through the front door with beer and guitars. my brother's worried i'm going to blow out a speaker. i think i might. it's quite loud in here...my parents. they said they'd have a lot of time to 'talk' in the car. i can't imagine what else they'd be doing. i would much rather smoke in a car than talk in a car, but my folks probably wouldn't agree. so....yes. today at work, my boss asked me if i'd have trouble telling people what to do. i think that i would..but it means a raise, so i said no. so now i have noodle authority, apparently. officially. rock. love kirsten (who would be 'irsten,' if only....) 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+