Sinister: when you're 21 you're no fun

[Genevieve Wesley]

A ChristoperLeonard post! That makes my heart feel happy. There have been 
some good posts. I want more travel narratives from The Pinefox though.

I have a new kitten fresh from the barn! Despite being straight out of one 
of those "Hang in there!" posters he's not twee. His momma killed a weasel! 
I don't know what to name him though.

So Belle and Sebastian have a new album coming out. There is something about 
discovering a band at a certain age, when the band themselves are beginning, 
and following them throughout that makes you loyal. I have not experienced 
this with other bands. I like this quotation: "Time is the enemy of all 
lovers. Obsession has a life of its own: the object, however irreplaceable 
and particular it seems, can change, though it is in the nature of obsession 
not to recognize that."
Of course, all these glowing reviews are great. It seems like it has been a 
while since there has been this kind of anticipation for a new album, so now 
I am looking forward to it even more. I like the photo on the amazon site 
that someone posted but I don't think this is the photo they have decided? I 
would like to think that Struan has empathy for waitresses. Ugh, scrambled 
eggs on your tights, in your hair and sore feet. I only lasted two months.

I love the goldenness of September. That nice start to the year when 
notebooks are still tidy and you haven't been swallowed up by your own 
procrastinating. I was thinking of YOU in late August. As the Duke reminded 
me: (look in the archives if you¹re a youngster, or in the deepest recesses 
of your memories if you¹re a Sinister ŒOriginal¹ ­ for which read Œold 
git¹). A good thing about Sinister, it is strange...the people I have known 
in school, all those proms etc and those couples have broken up. On this 
list it is the opposite. There are more marriages or am I just exaggerating? 
It is a strange thing to see the two separate voices on the internet, and 
then...
It only makes me a tiny tiny bit bittersweet, more to do with the inevitable 
passing of time, (or maybe the feeling of being passed by). I can't help but 
measure myself not by Jan 1sts but by summers. This will be my second time 
studying "Leda and The Swan" being on Sinister. I am in this lovely poetry 
class this year where we are supposed to bake and bring in treats. I am 
dying to share "My Beloved Compares Herself to a Pint of Stout" trademark 
Sinister/poetryplace2. This reminds me, did someone kill the parrot? He was 
flying around for a while there, but sort of disappeared.

It's funny you know, we were out at this little club and they actually 
played Me and The Major. It was no Winchester but there was a girl in a 
pleated skirt, knee socks and heavy glasses dancing like crazy and mouthing 
the words. Not a big deal but in a dreary little government town it's all 
still a bit exotic. And it just seemed a nice little moment with the 
anticipation of new album and tour.

Ree wrote:
belle & sebastian in dee-troit Again?! i imagine the kids
will pull together an after-party again or something, but if anyone wants to 
do anything
else, you know, i'll organize.

I will be going to the Toronto show but I am not sure about Detroit. I don't 
know if I will have transportation to get across the border. Are there any 
on here that will be going to both? In 2002 it was a whirlwind trip of 4 
cities! That Detroit after party was a nice taste of glamour. Even if I just 
leaned against the wall, perma-flustered. Hey! Dancing Twins, where are you? 
Is Ken returning? He can attempt to dance-lure Belfast Bob again.

I am supposed to be reading The Faerie Queene so I suppose I should get back 
to that. There's not many faeries at all now is there? No orphan Honeys in 
tattered gowns being locked in barns with deadbolts ominously sliding shut.

xoxo Genevieve


p.s.
I think Keith has taken the starring role of The OC and not told us.

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