Sinister: * That's a rather odd birthmark you have there.

Wed Feb 9 06:00:03 GMT 2000

It's amazing the silly things you cherish once you have to go without them. 
Last week (for the first time in a couple of weeks), I finally ventured the 
roads (that were impassable due to ice and snow) to get out of the house and 
go to work. It was so good to see people outside of my family again and I 
realized that I appreciate even the small meaningless phrases that people 
use commonly. Something as simple as "You make it seem so easy" (except when 
referring to Blake Hamilton, hehe) is just priceless.

While at the bookshop, I was bopping my head along to the great tunes of 
IYFS (starting at # 3 and skipping the title track so as not to offend 
anyone). B&S make even work fun. So, then I started making a mental list of 
places where b&s would not be good to listen to. I didn't think that I would 
be able to think of many but then I had to stop after number one -- which 
was in an exercise video. After picturing a peppy blonde Kathy Smith 
reminding people to breathe along to the sounds of ample sized bum Belle and 
scrawny Sebastian, well I couldn't stomach it anymore. Of course, I'd rather 
slit my wrists and do push ups in saltwater than to think of Richard Simmons 
involved in a b&s aerobic concert.

Anyway, I just realized that I still have quite a bit more to say but the 
topics in no way correlate with each other. From here on out I'm switching 
to the tres fashionable heading format.

**I've Got Rhythm, I've Got Music**
I do believe that I am indebted forever to Sinister for music forever. It 
never fails that if someone from the list has made me a mix tape it is 
always just ACE. This past week was like Christmas for me. Not only did Jim 
Gilmer (who is the Tape God. Someone please make that boy an idol) send me 
Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (which is tops) but Angelic Alexander Borgia 
finally delivered the goods with all of Belle and Sebastian's songs on MP3 
format. Oh, it was just too good to be true. Plus, the cd and cd cover were 
amazing aesthetically. I usually just slap a mix tape together but you 
kiddies on here make a scratch tape into an art form.

**Trends May Change But A Girl's Designs Will Always Stay The Same**
Since the posting of the picture that will forever taint my mental image 
whenever I hear the word tummy, I have switched allegiance from the bodypart 
page to Miss Scarlett's "Hey Hooch, Your slip ain't the only thing showing" 
(rough translation). Unfortunately, I hear there haven't been many 
contributions to this piece of art in the form of a webpage. So, whether 
it's those tight red fit for a 70's porn film flares, those go-go boots you 
haven't been able to take off since reading Robbins' "Skinny Legs and All", 
or those fuzzy leopard print slippers that you wear out to the ABC store get 
off your clothed bums and send Miss Erica some pictures. I hesitate to 
wonder if the boy sporting his beautiful pro delgado chest
will defect from the bodyparts page. It's so great though it should be at 
both.

**RA RA REE (Is Showing More Than Her Knees)**
I hope that all of you have gotten the chance to talk with the lovely Marie 
Elia (aka Ree, aka Minxy Milkmaid, aka I didn't know you could hike a skirt 
up that far) . You can look at her picture on the sinister page at 
http://www.belleandsebastian.org/honey/sinister/people/MarieEliaLittleArsonist.html 
Isn't she the most adorable looking creature you've ever laid eyes upon? She 
seems so innocent, so sweet, so darling.. Ha! My sinister friends, this is 
where you learn the valuable lesson of never judging a book by it's cover. 
You get a clue when you realize her e-mail address is "little arsonist". It 
should be a hint to the fact something is awry. But you never know the full 
extent of what the little minx is capable of until you put her in with a 
bunch of young impressionable milk maids. She 'whips' out chapter 27 and 
your whole operation goes to pot. At least, she crochets instead of
doing the k word.

**Laura's Feeling Just Ideal: (I'm a Libra)**
I think we cleared up Iris's pining about no good rhymes for her name with 
"shy kiss", "pure bliss", and "takes the piss". Even if that doesn't work, 
Iris, you'll always have the title of a Goo Goo Doll's song. Then Fiona 
chimes in with no good rhymes for hers either. I couldn't think of any 
charming ones myself. But be calm, Fiona, you do have a great song by The 
Gerbils with the charming lyrics of "Fiona smiles and she says my life is 
like a garbage can. Fiona laughs when she finds out I'm just a boy 
pretending to be a man." Why that's kind of snappy eh? Oh well. It could be 
worse. You could be a Laura where you're relegated to the rhymes of 'tiara' 
and 'whore-a'. Even if you do get a song where they don't rhyme your name 
with anything the Laura is usually dead (ie "Think of Laura" Even though 
Laura is dead, it wouldn't be too bad of a song except for it's sung by 
Christopher Cross), the person who loves Laura dies ("Tell Laura I Love Her 
by Ray Peterson) or Laura's a p-s-y-c-h-o  p-s-y-c-h-o  p-s-y-c-h-o and 
psycho  was her name-o (Billy Joel's song).

**Por Favours: (Look Ma! I'm two lingual)**
I have a couple of quest-ions that I was wondering if anyone could answer. 
Actually, there not questions as much as they are just wanting opinions on a 
couple of different things. The first one is a book by Laurence Sterne by 
the name of "Tristam Shandy". I was just wondering if anyone on the list had 
read this and if so what you had thought about it. I will be ecstatic to 
hear someone's opinion on it. The subject of my other question is the group 
Silversun. The same person who recommended Belle and Sebastian to me a 
couple of years ago also really loved the group Silversun. For the past two 
years, I have been trying to find something by them over here in the states 
but it has been impossible (im-pos-siblay: that was said in my faux Spanish 
accent). Are they worth checking out? I don't know a thing about them. So, 
please forgive my ignorance.

**US/CANADA SINISTER DIRECTORY:(Another Favor. This time in English)**
Some time ago, I posted about wanting to make a Sinister Directory for all 
of the listees that live in the US or Canada (or Anartica for that matter). 
I dutifully gathered all of the information that everyone graciously 
e-mailed me & put it together in a nice little program. Unfortunately, the 
person who was suppose to help me post it on the web has been suffering from 
computer problems and can no longer do it. I was wondering if anyone out 
there would like to help me put it together. I must admit that it would take 
some amount of work and would be an on-going project (due to people subbing 
and wanting to be added).

*Spilled Milk: The Spoiled Years**
I need to apologize to y'all. It seems as if I have made a grievance against 
someone on here and because of that it reflected negatively on the list. It 
seems as if I were most inconsiderate and rude to someone due to just not 
thinking. I just want to say to that person and to everyone that I'm sorry. 
Nobody (except maybe Will Porter) is perfect and I know that I personally am 
highly flawed (Heck, when I live by myself I drink the milk right from the 
carton. That's right. I don't even pretend like I'm going to get a glass). 
The last intent of my heart is to make anyone feel as if what they are (or 
what they do for others) is less than great. I'm sincerely sorry that I made 
someone here feel that way. I am thankful that they came to me with this 
problem instead of silently seething about it & cursing my name or flaming 
me to the list as they could have done. So, if I have wronged anyone else 
please let me know so that I can try to do my best to make it up to you.

Well, that's my 2 cents. If I were you, I'd be looking for some change.

Laura
"meeting all of your Laura Llew needs since 1977"

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