Sinister: If I could be a song...

[steve peet]

Has anyone ever just thrown away something they have given over a fair 
portion of their lives and savings to collecting?  Today I started to throw 
away nearly ten years worth of mountain biking magazines.  It probably seems 
insignificant, but all my contorted teenage feelings of freedom and escapism 
are tied up in that collection... not to mention £3 a copy.  But mater and 
pater have decide they want the space from my old room in their house to put 
emptiness in, and there just isn't room in my poky flat for all those 
cardboard boxes, so out they must go.
Not before I tear out all the Mint Sauce cartoons though, pretty sad I know 
living your life according to the antics of a mountain bike riding cartoon 
sheep and his farmyard friends, but hey, somethings just reach ot and touch 
your soul don't they?

A bit like "my Girl's Got Miraculous Technique".  I've been sitting on the 
fence about the latest offerings, but there's something about that line, "If 
I could be a song I would be something that would snake in to your room and 
be with you the whole night long..." that just does it for me.  The idea of 
snaking in to someone's room fitting perfectly with the sinuous, sultry 
rhythm.  Mmmm...

Well I'm going back to my afternoon of nostalgia, the B&S back catalogue, 
old magazines, fresh coffee, crumpets and Simon Armitage poems.  Forget the 
pile of washing up, the overflowing linen basket and the bath that needs 
cleaning.  Tomorrow I'm going to get up early and go for an epic ride, those 
tunes and pictures in my head, I'll try and make some reality of it all.

Thanks for letting me share my reverie.

PeetSketchSteve
"some bloke in a cardigan"
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