Sinister: We were born before the wind

[Christine Irene]

Yesterday was odd.  There was a layer of fog over the
area.  The sort of fog where, if you extended your arm
in front of you, you would be hard pressed to see it. 
Whilst driving through this starnge and misty haze, I
had "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, playing in my
car.  Though it wasn't intentional, I don't think I
could have chosen a more perfect song for the weather
as well as my mood.  It honestly felt like a scene in
which unicorns should be floating overhead.  Very
bizarre.  Very lovely.  That reminds me, I once
convinced this boy from Ireland that Van Morrison was
in the Chieftans.  :o)  I was so proud of myself. 

Today is very cold.  bitter cold.  my 2 year old
associate is pretending that the mouse is a telephone.
 this sounds like a surprisingly interesting idea to
me.  

I have really enjoyed reading the posts of late.  I
love when everyone is in a posting mood.  Then I don't
feel so badly about taking up list space.  
That reminds me of something.  I vehemently hate
online journals.  Dead Journal.  Live Journal. 
Whatever.  I guess I just have a problem with friends
saying "I want you to be interested in what I do.  I
am so amazing.  Please, go out of your way to read
about my life, even though I have no intention of
spending time to inform you of the goings on in a more
personal manner."  I have many friends who deemed it
appropriate to use an online journal in lieu of actual
human interaction.  Then it occured to me that
sinister is very much like that.  But then I
determined that sinister is better. I mean, yes, we
all post...some of us really personal things, some of
us just everyday meanderings, others just sort of go
on about various things.  But we don't use this list
in lieu of actual conversation and "real life"
friendships....at least not the friends I have from
sinister.  All of my sinister friends and I
communicate off list more than on list.  Weird.  I
still hate online journals.

Oh well.  I just got an email from this man on my
James Joyce mailing list.  I joined with the notion
that I would read these amazing conversations about
Ulysses and it would give me the impotus to read the
book, so I could get involved.  I just got invited to
lead a page by page analysis of Ulysses with this
man.... I haven't the heart to say I haven't read it
yet......  Grrrr.  Why oh why did Mr. Joyce have to
make that book so long?  He should have kept it nice
and short, like Oscar Wilde did.  
By June I will have read Ulysses.  I promise.  Yes,
June.

It's official.  Celine Dion is from mars.

~stine



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