Sinister: i don't know where you think you're going without your socks on

[jessica]

hi all,

alix's story about her walkman being stolen reminded me of a time when i
loaned my cure tape "standing on the beach" to a boy i barely knew (this was
about 6 years ago, now...geez, i feel old) and he didn't give it back for
ages and ages, and when it was approaching 6 months that he had it, i asked
if maybe i could have it back and it turned out that he had been mugged and
his walkman had been stolen with my tape in it. and there i was thinking
that he had fallen in love with it and just didn't want to give it up.
although there are much better cure albums to adore (oh, i should stop
myself here, but i still can't get enough of disintegration or wish), i was
pleased that he showed some interest in a band that i liked. the cure was
really my first big music obsession, i bought one of their albums because a
boy i was crushing on at the time liked them, and i ended up getting sucked
in and buying album after album and teeshirts and seeing them in concert and
tracking down rare recordings...i went a little nutty, and although i've
never been that way about any band since (i think everyone is limited to
just one obsessive band reaction) b+s gives me that same feeling, of there
being a whole world out there that i don't know about that's better than
what's here. it's like all of a sudden things were in technicolor from black
and white, like the wizard of oz, where you don't really see what's missing
and then one thing changes and your whole life seems to have been retouched
and misty but clear at the same time. i'm rambling now, but i'm having a
slightly sentimental moment after ahren telling me that he'll miss me over
new year's, since he's going to montreal and i'm not. <sigh> that boy is
just such a cutie.

i got the most amazing book for christmas, it's just called 'plastic' and
it's about the whole history of plastics and how they're used and they're
totally necessary now, and the different people that discovered their
different uses by adding camphor and stuff to make them more pliable. i'm
such a geek, i know, but it's the coolest thing! and my family was saying,
"so you really wanted this book? you weren't just joking?". i also got 'girl
goddess #9' by francesca lia block (of weetzie bat fame) and a book about
jeopardy! that gives stories about alex trebek and contestants. hey, my mom
got it at a library book sale for 50 cents, don't knock it.
oh, and an electric toothbrush! whirr, whirr and my teeth are sparkly!
that's also been so much fun that i now brush my teeth, like, four times a
day. but there's nothing wrong with that.

i think this will be my last post of the year, i feel like i should be
writing up some sort of "favourite records" list, but for now i'm just going
to swoop out of here with an evil "bwa-ha-ha" and a twirl of my cape. every
girl needs a cape, i tell ya. even if it's only made from a furry blanket.

toodles,
jessicaxo

ps. i couldn't help but notice that i'm slipping on the list crush poll.
that may be because you all didn't see me in my ice princess coat, but come
on, people. imagination! just close your eyes and see what happens. and then
vote for me and massage my ego. virtually, of course. who knows what sorts
of germs you can pick up out there.
pps. party like it's 1999! oh, please, you knew you were thinking it.

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