Sinister: Nowhere is a tacky place

[Peter Carter]

I sent this e-mail about 16 hours ago and it never appeared, so forgive me
if this ends up posting twice. It's also pretty boring, so I'd advise
skipping to the next one unless you're really bored.


Hannah Brown shocked me by saying:

>I bought "the perks of being a wallflower" yesterday and i have read too
>much of it already. It's pretty good but it cost me £6.99 and if i finish
>it on wednesday (which is very possible) then the book will seem all that
>more expensive, roughly £1.75 worth of reading a day. So i am going to try
>and read it slower so that i feel as if my money is going further.

And my dear Hannah, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a little more than
quite good! To be honest, if every page cost my £6.99 I would have felt I'd
got my money's worth. Mind you, it'd have cost me over £700, so I'd probably
be broke.

Less shocking was Sam's assertion that:

>I wrote to say that I thought
>Will's post was the most poignant, touching, incredibly heart-felt post
I've
>read on Sinister, ever.

Because it was wonderful, it really was.

I haven't been posting much recently, you may or may not have noticed. It's
a combination of a few factors. Firstly I'm a lazy git. Secondly, I've been
responding to people's posts personally, instead of over the list, and
thirdly, well, I think I'm becoming something of a corporate whore. Not only
have I been looking into advertising for Fast Cow, I've also been dabbling
in merchandise. Yes, you heard me right, there is now a selection t-shirts,
mugs, and even a fastcow baseball cap, all at ridiculously high prices. Does
anybody know the point at which something officially becomes a business, or
is a difficult judgement to make?

I'm also stuck in the middle of nowhere with a housemate who plays The Sound
of Muzak, Annie and Dirty Dancing 7 or 8 times a day. To get away from all
that for a few hours costs me about £5 in bus fare, plus an hour travelling
time, and the last bus leaves at 10.30. So, the upshot of that is that I
haven't been getting out much, and I don't really have any interesting
stories at a point when Sinister is pretty much full of them. The highlight
of my week was getting 'Looks Like a Russian' by Sodastream in the post.
Which isn't quite as bad as it seems, as anyone who's actually heard the
album will probably attest. I'm looking for a new house. I'm looking forward
to the Brighton meetup.

Oh, and I found out there are at least three Moldy Peaches fans who live in
Bath.

www.fastcow.co.uk
www.eurosexuals.co.uk
Peter

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