Sinister: animals, 2x2

[Christine Irene]

it has rained so much here lately.  in Illinois, i
would guess that we get most of our rainfall in
springtime (ie, march/april).  this year, we have
gotten most of it in july.  granted, this makes me
happier than the hundred degree temperatures, but i am
really waiting for noah to go sailing by in his lil
ship.

i made some mix tapes this weekend.  one for our very
own dirty vicar, and another for a non-sinister
friend.  it's funny.  i intended to make all of these
cd's for people, then my burner went haywire and i
scrapped my intentions.  it never occurred to me that
i could still make a tape.  i forgot just how time
consuming mixtape production can be. 
first you have to select the perfect "set list."  then
of course, you  must determine the order....that is so
pivotal.  after that, you may begin recording and hope
that you have things timed just so.  in the event you
run out of space, you must shift the set order and
rethink things all together.  i suppose many would
just leave off a song, but you can't do that.  no no
no.  as previously mentioned, the order is everything.
 you can't just assume that since you ran out of tape
during beck, that you can either a) leave it off
entirely or b) make it the first song on the b side.
no.  that just will not do.  while you may leave it
off, you still need to re-do the entire b side track
listing.  
insane.
i hope they like them though.  i should make a mix
tape for mark c.  :o)  he loves me you know.

have any of you heard This Mortal Coil?  i had never
heard of them until Dirty vicar sent me a radio
programme that gavin friday did in dublin.  he played
this mortal coil.  amazing!  i was just doing a little
bit of digging on them and found out that the song i
fell in love with (song to the siren) is a tim buckley
song.  weird.  and they apparently use different
singers all the time.  liz frasier of cocteau twins
fame, sings the song i first heard (amazingly i might
add). and others are done by members of modern
english, dead can dance...and others i think.

you can check them out here
http://www.open.hr/~dalbor/tmc/tears.html

i hope you all had a nice weekend. i did

i don't know if i have mentioned this onlist...i am
going to be volunteering at a domestic violence family
shelter.  in order to do that i must get certified by
the state of illinois.  my course began a couple of
weeks ago and runs until 23 august, and, upon
completion, i will be certified to assist the clients
with escape plans, placing them in one of the
shelters, helping with any legal matters (restraining
orders, custody fights, etc), finding a job, etc. 
it'll be nice to help people.

ah well.  that sums up the excitement in my life more
than adequately...no it doesn't!!!

this thursday i get to see my 2nd (or 3rd...well, top
5) favourite singer...dave gahan!!! i am
sooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!  yay!  i
hope i can meet him.  what ever will i say?  eek!

~stine



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