Sinister: She'll Talk To You With No One Else Around.

[a.s.t.r.i.d at xxx.com]

Helloooooooo Sinister!

(That was, just for your information, a verbal
imitation of a really bad Swedish artist, and most
probably no one of you will understand my great sense
of humour by doing that as my introduction since you^Òre
not Swedish so sod it. But anyways.)

I have my easter break now, haha it is so nice! I^Òm
listening to music, sleeping, watching daytime
television, eventually wanting to buy every single
thing from ^ÓTV-SHOP^Ô, and ^ÓNordic Shopping^Ô. I^Òve had
the crave for the Mitsu Knife since I was a kid. And
the world^Òs smallest Juicepress, which you have gotten
for free if you call within ten minutes since 1993. And
the SuperStyler. And Quick N Brite. I don^Òt even have a
car to polish, but damn people, that stuff is amazing. 

[I am not mental. It^Òs just that once you get stuck in
front of that stuff you^Òll want it. Even though it^Òs
completely useless. I^Òd never buy it though.]

Oh God. I really AM in the television-generation. When
I was little my parents used to tell me that I^Òd get
squareshaped eyes if I watched too much television.
It^Òs not happened yet, but even then, I was sort of
like ^ÓI guess I could handle that.^Ô Slightly scared
though.

One thing that^Òs not bad television, though, is Six
Feet Under. I really love that show, it is absolutely
fabulous.

So, what have I been doing the last couple of weeks
then? Well, I^Òve hung with both the band Interpol from
New York, and one of my favourite artists, Jesse Malin.
They were both playing, Interpol on a Friday, Jesse on
a Saturday, and since it was at this bar and Amanda (my
best friend who^Òs also my dad^Òs girlfriend^Òs daughter)
and I couldn^Òt get in, her dad (who^Òs a producer and
has got about five billion weird contacts throughout
Stockholm^Òs music business) made it possible for us to
go and see the soundchecks instead and hang with them.
AH! How lovely it was. I love Jesse Malin, he^Òs so
wonderful. A truly sweet man. He was going to play Ryan
Adams (his best friend) mine and Amanda^Òs demo version
of Ryan^Òs song Tomorrow, because I gave it to him. It
was all really great, until I got home, played it to my
mum and sister, realized how shitty it was and went out
on the balcony to cry for a while because I had just
handed it to Jesse and there was no return.

Then I realized I was acting spoilt and all and so I
decided to be really thankful for it instead. So there
goes. Hurrah!

On Wednesday, I^Òm going to see Bounce Street Dance
Company and their new show. How street of me, I already
feel down with da hiphop. Yo.

This got me thinking about one period in my life when I
would walk around saying ^ÓAre you down with da
hiphop?!^Ô in a really aggressive tone to pale,
pretentious indiekids just to be a bit politically
incorrect. Oh, I found so much joy in doing that. I
don^Òt do it anymore. Why? I should start doing it
again, it really is amusing. 

Oh, by the way, why didn^Òt anyone warn me about the
amount of time needed in trying to get a summer job
when you^Òve never worked in your entire life before? It
is so hard. Ok, not really. I^Òm just really lazy as
usual, and I want to work as a gardener at the local
graveyard, it seems sort of cool, except that I can
never send in the application because I^Òm so good at
procrastinating, and because I don^Òt know shit about
gardening. I just imagine myself having use of this
since I will 
A)	At least be working my arse off for a bad wage
outdoors and not locked up somewhere
B)	Have a funny story to tell when I get famous with my
band (helloooo confidence). I can just see it ^ÓWhen I
was 16 I spent my summer at the graveyard.^Ô And people
will think I^Òm crazy. I don^Òt know why that would be a
good thing, but what the hell.
C)	Become deep and start thinking about life and death
and blah blah blah.

I^Òve applied for a job at a café ten minutes from my
house, and then I might have to work at a hospital as a
cleaner. If I^Òm so lucky. Hrrrrrr.

It would be so much easier if I got a record deal and
got to record this really good album and get just
enough money to keep me alive during the summer months.
Ah, it is a nice dream.

I^Òm not going to talk more about myself now, but since
I can^Òt really think of anything more to write [about
myself] I will let you all go now. Read the next mail,
you fools. Why did you read this far? I am dull.

Take care,
Stars and Easter Eggs

Astrid x

PS. This is my way of saying hello to people TRL-style:
OH MY GOD my name is Astrid and I^Òm from Stockholm,
Sweden, wooohooo!!! I want to give a shout out to all
my friends at sinister, Anders (come back home soon),
Fran (letter is on its way), Miss Alex (I am thinking
about if I should be re-doing the mixtape or not, sorry
for being so lazy) and everyone else, woohooo!!!
PPS. For those of you who don^Òt know, TRL or Total
Request Live is an awful show with a top ten list of
the most popular videos in the USA with TONS of
obnoxious teens screaming their guts out and scaring
celebrities coming there to promote themselves. It is
hosted by actually-quite-ugly Carson Daly and other
chirpy types. Most of the show consists of a background
sound of ^ÓIIIIIIIHHHHHHH^Ô. Teenage Girls Gone Wrong.
Very Scary. 

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