Sinister: happiness is a warm crumpet

[Anastasia Signoretta]

good morning, good midday, good evening lovely listees!

hi there...i feel like i haven't posted in quite some time, though i 
probably wrote something yesterday and just don't remember posting it.  i'm 
quite scatterbrained lately.  anyhow, nothing much new to report...i fell 
asleep on the bus *again* this morning.  oh, and i cut my hair off and i'm 
wearing my 'study at stow' t-shirt under a grey cardie at work today and 
people keep trying to read what my shirt says while at the same time trying 
to talk to me, it's very cute.  

so, some things:

1) cyberfriends/cyberreality: i studied postmodernism extensively (don't 
worry though, i'm not getting into that!) and cyberreality a bit in college,
 so i have many opinions on this topic (just ask mark c.).  basically, what 
i want to tell all of you is, as we move into the 21st century, new 
technologies (oh dear it sounds like i'm writing an essay) will allow us 
more and more to break away from 'traditional' ways of doing things, and 
therefore will make new, not necessarily less valid, 'realities' exist in 
our lives.  some people (including myself) have theories that this 
'physical' reality, the one we experience with our bodies, our 'physical' 
identity or what have you, is only another 'version' of 
'reality'...cyberrealities (you all know, as we have created a 'virtual 
community' right here in 'sinsterworld') do exist and just because they 
aren't 'physical' doesn't mean they are less valid.  i know this is a 
difficult concept to swallow, but i really feel that this is the way things 
are progressing.  in essence, this progression allows us to form 
'relationships' that might never manifest in the physical, but can still be 
as meaningful as the ones we form in 'physical' reality.  now, i'm still 
not convinced that these relationships are as *satisfying* as the ones 
formed in 'physical' reality, but then again some of you may beg to 
differ...sometimes i wonder if in years we will not need our 'physical' 
selves at all...?  in any case, i think we've established, making friends 
in cyberreality is just as legitimate as making friends in 'physical' 
reality.  we're not sad, really!  :)  a concept like this is difficult for 
my parents to understand (they think it's creepy) but then again they are 
not part of this computer generation.  this stuff will be second nature to 
our kids.

wow, that was a bit wanky.  anyhow...

2) 'velvet goldmine' (for the non-twee among us): PHWOAR!  rather, jonathan 
rhys meyers = PHWOAR!!!  with pink hearts and glitter stars and lots of 
exclamation points.  the film wasn't too awful either, if you take it for 
what it is.  though (smut content) i was disappointed that the only naked 
male we see is ewan mcgregor, whose goods we've already been allowed to 
peek at in 'trainspotting.'  :(   now, my real question: is that fab 
soundtrack available in the states?

3) tiswas in nyc: please come to dance.  every saturday night at don 
hill's.  please, the place needs some adorable people, and of course i'm 
calling on you.

4) list crush: disappointed to see i still hold only one vote.  *sigh*  
well, whoever you are, cheers...

and now, for some belle and sebastian content, more or less...

5) what this list is about: i mean, that's for each of us to decide 
individually, and if what goes on makes you happy, then yay happiness joy.  
personally, i adore our virtual community, i like being part of a list 
about belle and sebastian *fans* as well as belle and sebastian themselves, 
because i think we're all pretty special, don't you?

6) seymour stein: the real man, not the song.  i saw him on some vh-1 
special, 'before they were famous' or something like that.  he was talking 
about how he discovered *madonna*.  oh dear.  he is the prototypical 'label 
exec' and i just...well, i just can't imagine what he and b&s talked about 
over dinner...

7) 'is it wicked not to care?' video: i didn't see it.  :(

8) 'modern rock song' ep: this is a 'david and katrina question' (tm), 
perhaps...is the ep available in the states *now*?  you've probably 
answered this already and i should just go look in the archives and 
apologies apologies.  

9) mark's ink polaroid of me: cheers luv!  that polaroid is all true, it 
really happened, and it was a really lovely moment.  but what was that bit 
about being 'up honey's bum' all about?

10) 'physical' reality crushes (this *is* related to b&s, sort of): i met 
this, this...*embodiment* of physical perfection complete with tongue 
piercing this past weekend, and now he's a bit glam rock, yet when i asked 
him if he likes belle and sebastian he replied, 'well i think it's good 
music to listen to when you're going to sleep...'  oh dear...should i 
pursue this relationship?

er, right.  enough from me.  you win the prize if you reached the end of 
this message.

kisses, stasia

 

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