Sinister: i'm waiting on the rain, i'm waiting for the frogs to fall, down on me
So it's almost Christmas time. One of my favourite times of the year. If not THE favourite. I'm sick again. Well, i've always been sick I suppose, but this is in the physical sense. I'm sick a lot out here. Especially the last month and a half or so. It's terrible. And it always pops up right around the time each of the essays for my courses are due. I was so excited about this Scottish History Essay. I was picking out the books with a childish glee, really. Just the thought of immersing myself for a few days in the early stewart kings of Scotland, learning the treachery brewing around James I, the unfortunate Black Douglas incident of James II, That bitch of a battle at Flodden for poor James IV. But the day I picked out my first few books, it hit me. I was dizzy and tired and couldn't concentrate. I was coughing so much I couldn't read the book properly. I couldn't take anything in. Today is the first day I haven't really been coughing since then. I know I'm getting better, but I'm constantly tired and have a killer headache. Why does this keep happening to me? I don't think Glasgow likes me. I really don't. It's a lovely town, it really is, but I don't take advantage of it by any means. I probably should, and I just might, if I wasn't sick all the damn time. Or broke because an ATM took my bank card, and I have to wait six weeks to get a new one. Or I'm just too lazy. Sure the people are great, and I meet lots of interesting people all the time (although I can never remember who they are). And NPL and especially the Winchester Club <cough>fridaythethirteenthpeople!<cough> are brilliant fun, but I never got ill back home. I think when I'm better, I'm going to go to woolworths and get myself some christmas decorations. It's a great time of year. Brings back lots of good memories. And I love the winter. I love the cold. I'll be going home for Christmas in a few weeks. I'll decide when I get back if I want to stay here. I probably will. I don't like giving up that easily. I haven't even been to Stirling or Falkirk or Edinburgh yet. Or Berwick or even Langside. I have to do that. Glasgow and I will have to come to some sort of understanding. I think we could be really good friends. I really do like the weather here. -Matt P.S. On a belle and sebastian note, does anyone know why "MS." House and Sarah Martin were thanked at the end of the Pavement documentary "Slow Century"? I have to admit, that's the real reason behind this long, rambling, and somewhat depressing e-mail. And I think my headache had something to do with it as well. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Matthew Henderson