Sinister: Mistaking fists for flowers

[Dean Gillon]

Hi everyone, hope you're all well.

Instead of a normal post, or whatever passes for a
normal post, I've done a list of 20 GOOD THINGS. 
There's some clues in there about what I've been up
to, but mostly they're just GOOD THINGS.  Hope this
doesn't piss off anyone who insist that lists aren't
allowed on the list (huh?)

In fact, thinking about it, I hope it does piss them
off.  *hwar hwar*  Was it not Noam Chomsky who said
"for fucks sake Dean, just get on with it and let
those good people get back to their tiramisu". 
They're not in any particular order.  I think everyone
should do a list too.  But no B&S songs; I think we'd
probably all agree on those (apart from "Beyond the
Sunrise" which always gets skipped by me :o) )

Here we go.

1.  Motorised screwdrivers;
2.  When you play Grand Theft Auto - Vice City for
that long that when you're driving you think, just for
a split second, of driving your car off bridges, over
car carrier thingies and mowing down old ladies (ps -
did anyone hear the rumour that eminem is going to
play Tommy in a Vice City movie?);
3.  Scooping the inside out of a jacket potato, mixing
with cheese and butter, mashing it up with a fork, and
serving it on toast - sounds weird, actually pretty
good.  You could probably add some tuna too;
4.  The Rocky Horror Picture Show;
5.  Driving through the English countryside too fast
when it's sunny, singing along to "Come on Feel the
Lemonheads" at the top of your voice.
6.  When you put your trousers in the wash and check
your pockets beforehand and pull out a twenty pound
note you didn't know you had;
7.  The new Canyon CD - Empty Rooms;
8.  Halibut in a white wine and stilton sauce, served
with even more white wine, asparagus and potatoes;
9.  Moving in with your girlfriend within two weeks of
knowing her after the blind date mentioned in the
previous post about a month back;
10.  A good beer garden;
11.  Writing posts to a Belle and Sebastian mailing
list with very little Belle and Sebastian content
whatsoever - um, apart from this and the bit above
*natch*;
12.  Last weekend's stag do in Newcastle despite the
enormous expense, and another weekend away in Whitby a
couple of weeks ago, despite the enormous expense;
13.  Arguing with stupid fuckwitted councillors who
insist that things should operate in a certain way
because that's the way they've always been done;  
14.  My brilliant new Elvis cufflinks;
15.  Going to see an outdoor production of Merchant of
Venice, in the sun, with yet more wine.  And noisy
peacocks too which become part of the play in a weird
manner;
16.  Watching Blair squirm about this dodgy
intelligence dossier;
17.  Being really snobby about people who watch Big
Brother;
18.  Eddie Izzard - particularly his older stuff;
19.  Dogs, particularly large stupid drooly ones like
golden retrievers and labradors;
20.  Babangida the flying Nigerian winger in
Championship Manager 4.

Have fun

Dean X

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