Sinister: teenage republicans

[Molly Belinski]

Colin said:
 >  Didn't Stuart leave us with shitty songs like Chickfactor and Wooskie?
And this serves no other purpose than to remind me of Genevieve's post 
(deleted and therefore non-quotable) in which she said she liked little 
phrases of songs. She doubted her expression of it, but I totally 
understand.  My sister puts Seymour Stein on repeat because of "you liked 
Chris's jacket". Something that to me is outstanding is in Simple Things, 
"Subtle as the wind is gray". A long time ago Youn said something terrific 
about this line, which I had never noted before. She also talked 
about  gray bridal dresses, very non frou-frou, and the two things just go 
together in my mind now. A faceless person in a simple gray dress on a 
beach, her hair windswept. And of course, blue veins. The things that one 
remembers.

  M Styer spake thus:
 >I may finally be able to answer the time old question, "What kind of 
music do you listen
 >to?," without scaring people off ("Oh...it's...ah....er, interesting, yeah").

Not that every day I am approached, being asked what kind of music I listen 
to, but this is something that gives me trouble. I can never think of 
something to say that won't sound cheesy or be misunderstood. I usually 
just open my eyes really wide and say "it's really good" nodding my head to 
emphasize the solemn enthusiasm my huge eyes alone would not convey. I 
don't like to generalize, and a lack of a definite answer makes me out to 
be passive-ish. Or so I think. In the right context I can say old fashioned 
pop in an effort to separate everyday-commercial-radio-station-pop with 
what I mean. But it never works out, because I remember that by old 
fashioned pop I mean old fashioned like my grandmother making bread in 
black and white,  and not like the Supremes. But I mean that too.  So M 
Styer, when you get a good answer, call me.

A while ago I realized that when I talk to myself in my head I construct 
sentences mostly in the past perfect.  I attributed this as a subconscious 
first draft of what would later be an email to some poor soul. This is what 
I thought of when Steve C talked about getting away from his computer and 
buying a car. My solution is to move and never bother to hook up the phone. 
Dependency dwindles when imaginary people are looking over your shoulder on 
a public-use computer, waiting for their turn.

On Canada:
I've only been to the Toronto airport a few times, but it is glued into my 
mind that it is a very chic city, filled with very chic people. Especially 
the Torontonians on the list, doubly the former (or are they still here?) 
listees jessicaxo and teri, whom used to (still do?) have beautiful 
websites. I used to go to these in order to admire hair that looks better 
than mine and cuter block prints than I thought I could imagine. What was 
my point? It all goes back to associations. Mention Canada as a whole and I 
think of milk in a bag and Tim Horton. Mention Tornonto and it's all glam 
and style.


Love to you,
Molly

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