Sinister: Some thinking going on

[Mark Casarotto]

Hey up sinister. Things have changed a bit round here since I last
posted properly, which is probably why I fancy having a go. I'm not
really the type to be struck with random thoughts, and I haven't had a
Sinister dream in a long time. sinister dreams I can do - there are
shadows ("on me lungs?") on the ceiling which are decidedly non-scary
but my mind fucks shit up and I wake up, staring at the shadows, and my
bedroom becomes a place of terror and loathing (as any girls who've been
in there would agree, boom boom). Only for a few minutes. Though.

I've developed permanent neckache from using my computer while lying on
my bed. I have to stare perpetually to the right. Can you get RSI
without moving? I can, but then I'm an old fucker. Gosh, it feels good
to swear today. Though I did call Jennifer Lopez a cunt earlier without
meaning to - it just slipped out. I meant to say "cow". No-one heard.
They seldom do.

I followed Daf's link to Stuart's writing, and while it's not the most
profound thing I've ever read (cf. the sleevenotes to the records -
verging on the twee, but nice all the same) there's a cosiness about
them which makes it a pleasure to spend a few moments perusing, and
coming away feeling like one more decent thing has happened in the
world. I'm looking forward to reading more. It's a really sound website
they've got there now - it makes you feel good, it's unpretentious, and
it's Belle and Sebastian. A big plus in anyone's book.

This kind of lazy Sunday writing style I seem to have picked up is
probably a result of Stuart's prose influencing the subconscious.
Writers do that to me - Stephen Fry the most obviously, JK Rowling not
at all, Joseph Heller affects my thinking processes rather than the way
I speak. Still, lazy Sunday is better than moody fucker, which is how
the rest of the day's been spent - now that blessed redundancy is in the
offing (a Sinister disease, that redundancy), I'm Not Working Hard
Enough, as the piles on my arse, erm, desk make evident. Not working
hard makes me sad, but as with so many things, only I can sort it out.
What a con.

I used to do the stream of consciousness thing a lot on Sinister, but
nowadays I just lurk. Still, I'm only a dozen digests behind now, so
maybe things are taking an upturn. I even socialised the other day! Chu
was there, of course. As was the flighty Ben Apps, the sultry SGS and
the exquisitely cheekboned JDH. And Paul and his midfield Skeez.
Sinister's still the place to be.

Bye friends,
Markx



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