Sinister: for the protection of our bridal gowns, please remove your shoes.

[caleb ben moore]

so i'm sitting here listening to an absolutely
SWINGING cd called "uh-oh!" by a group called
Tipsy.  it's totally tiki lounge music full of
water bubble noises and strange vocal samples
from old exotica records.  i feel like i should
be sipping a triple zombie on a white beach
surrounded by groovy hipsters and the occassional
foreign spy.
in a word: KEEN.  check it out.  especially the
songs "sweet cinnamon punch" and "neon tetra"

anyway.  its a grey day here in the bustling
metropolis of minneapolis.

there has been alot of talk, primarily by a
certain sinisterine, about the bad qualities of
Goths.  well.  he's right about all those bad
qualities he listed.  they are BAD. truly.

   BUT!

seriously, dont those same BAD attitudes apply to
ALL people who tend to pigeonhole themselves into
some genre of society?
be they goths, indiekids, punks, whatever.

people need to be judged on their personalities,
not on their dress or amount of eye-makeup.
   i love many old goth bands.  i love many indie
bands.  i love scandinavian folk music.  i love
zydeco.  i dress like me.  thats my pigeonhole.

you are all right, there ARE alot of avant-goths
out there who are very snobby and pretentious. 
but i beg you all to see that there are just as
many avant-indiekids also.  and they are just as
pretentious as the others.  
   guys: who of us hasnt met a beautiful girl who
is keenly dressed, introduced ourselves, and
breathed a silent sigh of dissappointment and
yes, JUDGEMENT, when she said "oh yeah i just got
back from the EMINEM concert, it was ACE."
   you see?  it easy to be judgemental.  i'm very
guilty of it myself at times. 

i would hate to be judged harshly as being an
"avant-goth" by indiekids cause i have dyed black
hair and write poetry and occassionally listen to
bauhaus and sometimes wear a Dead Can Dance
t-shirt.


   we are all different people, with different
backgrounds and different friends, and we all
need to IGNORE all the snobs out there, WHOEVER
they are, and just make sure that WE ourselves
arent being snobby or pretentious.
  
     whenever we point a finger, there are three
pointing back at us.
  assumption starts with an ASS.
 
   ok , thanks for listening to my little
ranting.  i really have no ill-will toward
anyone, especially not my fellow honorary rachel
joe vester.  i just hate people making blanket
statements about people thats all.

props to DAHLING for reading "a heartbreaking
work of staggering genius"  its awesome isnt it?
  i love love love it!!

i'm currently reading "100 years of solitude" by
gabriel garcia-marquez.  its prolly my 5th time
through it but its so full of detail i love it
more each time.

i send my love to all of you, but especially:

ULLA for having such an adorable sleepy voice.
JOE VESTER for getting me to think.
ELISE in madison---you're not mad at me are you?
SHAWN KRUEGER in MI.
VU sleeper---sorry i havent called you, i've been
really busy, but we must get together soon!
           
       ummm.....oh yeah

KRISTEN KENYON for writing such beautiful and
engaging posts.

MARC in the netherlands for getting the sinister
translation game off and running.
LINDSEY BAKER for having a strong heart.

thats all folks.......till next time, dont forget
to blow out the candles before bed.

     -----caleb ben


 

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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a 
harder battle." ~Plato


"Love does not consist of gazing at each other, 
but in looking together in the same direction." 
                       -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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