Sinister: merry christmas from the depths of lurkerdom

[Rachel]

WHYS AND WHEREFORES
Well, i guess the subject line really says it all.  But as it's my 
first time posting, i'll add a couple of lines that most of you 
probably won't read because most of you probably have better things 
to do on Christmas day... oh well.

WHY NOT BEFORES
Hi.  I really meant to post long ago, when i first got out of the 
nursery a couple of months ago... but what happened was this:  I sent 
off a wonderful long witty(in my dreams) introductory post... in 
coded HTML.  What can i say?  I am computer-retarded.  Anyways, after 
that i was just too damn lazy to write it all out again, and then 
along came midterms and i let my email go down the drain for a few 
weeks... came back to 500 new messages.  And, as i didn't want to 
post not knowing all the current and relevant and crazy stuff, i 
decided to catch up on all the past posts, which has taken me a long 
long long time.  Ah well, that's what christmas vacation is for, eh?

MY SPARKLING SELF
Sooo... my name is Rachel, i'm 17.  I live in the smelly crowded 
dorms of the University of Victoria usually, but at the moment i'm 
freezing my bum off in the yukon.  No, we don't live in igloos, yes, 
we have running water.. but i like to fit the stereotypes,so i went 
dogsledding yesterday (for the first time!)  It was tons of fun 
except for the frostbite.  

CONTENT
It is so lovely just to sit at the fireplace with a rum and eggnog 
and stuart murdoch singing fox in the snow... i imagine my parents 
are counting the moments till i board the plane back to uni so they 
won't have to hear belle & sebastian again for another three months.  
My brother is equally antsy - his tastes run more to eminem et al.
Content may also be awaiting me under the tree- t-shirts and badges 
graced my wishlist!

NON-CONTENT
A very merry christmas and a happy new year to all you wonderful 
people whose posts i have enjoyed so much even if i read them all 
about three weeks late!

Lots of love and rum and eggnog and mistletoe,
 from The New Girl
Rachel

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