So yesterday, whilst at Panera, I saw a gentleman who looked exactly like our very own Ken Chu! Imagine my surprise. To make things better, a very cute boy held the door open for me. It always strikes me when someone opens a door for me, as it seldom happens. I think it is customary for americans to just let the door close behind them with little regard for who may be behind them. Not me. I always open doors for people, help the elderly with their supermarket parcels, that sort of thing. I know that I really like it when someone does something nice for me, so I try to go by that whole golden rule thing. A relatively uneventful weekend. I slept until 2 pm on Sunday....I have NEVER slept that late. Granted, I went to bed round 5 am....I am still usually up by 830 am at the latest. I watched some movies, spent lots o' time on the phone. Like I said, nothing too eventful. Gavin Friday went to the Dublin premier of "Frida" with Andrea Corr. Grr. I am much cooler than Andrea Corr, he should have invited me. I guess I'll have to settle for listening to my newly obtained copy of "Shag Tobacco"...a bloody amazing album by the way. I highly recommend it to all of you. As for my stance on the "SINISTER WAR POSTS" I really don't mind them. Personally, I have mixed feelings on the whole thing. I shan't delve too deeply into politics as I know many of you dislike that, I do think that a US war with Iraq has been coming for ages. People can blame Bush if it makes them feel better, however this war was imminent. The fact that it didn't begin ages ago shocks me. I wouldn't say that I am pro-war by any means. However, what do you do with someone like Hussein? Someone who has no regard for the lives of his citizens, the rules and guidelines set by the UN, all of that stuff? I don't know. I really don't see any point in wars of any kind. It does seem to be the only language that many understand. Unfortunately those are the people who rule the world. Enough of that. Ya know what I have been thinking about a lot lately? How absolutely inadequate the US educational system is. I got an email from DV the other day and he was telling me about Bloody Friday. Until he said this, I had no idea of it. I seem to recall coming across it in a book, but a book I was reading for pleasure. I was in honours courses in school and we never ever learned about the English/Irish conflicts. We never learned anything about the kings and queens of england, back in the day when they did more than throw big ol'concerts. We never studied the Byzantine empire...or the Roman empire really. What a let down. Very often I find myself reading things I feel I should have learned in school. I also was fortunate in that, the school I went to had a lot of money. It is in an affluent area with lots of tax money as well as grants from the state and federal gov't. I can only imagine the education recieved by those in less fortunate schools. insane. This morning the eldest of my charges had to be picked up from school. She is having a gluntenous reaction it seems so we are having a TV day. Nothing too strenuaous. I made some very yummy smoothies and now am going to watch "Snoopy Come Home." "Men marry out of boredom. Women marry out of curiosity. They both end up disappointed." Oscar Wilde ~stine __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+