Sinister: The World Is Not A Bus

[idleberry]

Hello all.

Here I am again, busy writing to you while I ought to
be working. But hey, a girl’s got to live up to her
nick, hasn’t she?

The lovely  archel  said…

i hope that subject line doesn't cause any raised
eyebrows from 
employers
looking over you naughty people's shoulders...

well, it did make me giggle. But cos everyone’s behind
me right now (a bunch of six or so people hovering in
this rather supernatural way discussing stuff) 
they’re ignoring me. I think actually, it might be the
bright PINK sinister page that could give away that
I’m doing stuff I shouldn’t be.

Archel then went on to say

i
have to get the bus to work now and it's always late
and full of a) 
smelly
people
talking into carrier bags or b) students. (these
categories are not
mutually exclusive.) also i get sick on them (just
check the archives).

i know it's b&s fan treason, but i prefer trains.  i
think that they're
psychologically healthier, with more space
to escape loonies.

I prefer trains too. I had an argument a few weeks ago
with this so-called “revenue inspector” (thats a posh
name for ticket inspector, really, isn’t it?) on a
citylink bus. I hate buses. Still very very tempted to
start up a website called I-HATE-BUSES.co.uk. I had
loads of ideas for it. I guess that’s cos I’m getting
old and am beginning to find more faults with the
world in which I live and therefore increasing my need
to complain. I thought about an annual “crap bus
company of the year” thing, where you could vote by
region. Regional heats followed by an overall national
winner. But I just know Stuart Murdoch would be there
begging you all to vote for stagecoach, and oh, how
you would. I would too. 

And the prize?  A little matchbox toy bus painted in
poo brown with crap bus company of the year tippexed
on, in a sort of graffiti artist way.

And then have a game as well, where you’d have this
gun, and have to blow up buses while you stood at the
bus stop. For each one you blew up, you’d get points
for good deeds to society. And if you missed, they’d
splash you and get “dry cleaning bill” points. 

But archel was right. Lets not go there.

But they do suck.

Question:

Why does David Moore know so much? 

Next thought…

I’ve started writing a story. I do these things every
so often.. I go out, and stand in WH Smiths or Office
World or Paper Tiger (or Borders.. which has now
become a new haven for me..) drooling over notebooks
and fancy pens with cool nibs and stuff, then buy one
and feel the need to be inspired. There are only two
notebooks I’ve ever filled up. So many notebooks that
end up half filled with ideas and thoughts.
Talking of Borders, I noticed in the magazine section
this pink magazine which I had a flick through. Very
funny. Oh and something written by Sarah Martin in it
too. Its £1.50, and its on the right hand side, near
the stationery in the Glasgow branch (I never stray
too far from the stationery, Borders have the coolest
things.. and I want it all. If you need to think about
my Christmas Pressie, may I recommend something from
the Borders stationery dept.
Anyway, the magazine thing, can’t remember its name,
but I have a feeling someone might have mentioned it
before, because you lot are usually a little sharper
than me on picking up on stuff like that.
Or more obsessive.

Went to see Amelie (I think that’s how its spelt) last
weekend and I love that film. Put me in a calm happy
mood. She belongs in sinister, I reckon.

Anyway, I’m skiving working at the moment, and paper
shuffling every few minutes to pretend to look busy.
And now its nearly time to go home. J

How to waste a day, my dears, how to waste a day.

Love 

Idles


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