"I just remember your techer at school, what was her name, umm, pal something or other..." "Palgrave" "Yes, Palgrave. I remember at parent evening her telling me 'I've never met such a dreamer. I'm not sure what world she lives in but I'm sure its nicer than ours.'" I was surprised. My mum had never told me that before. I hadn't really realised that other people knew I was a dreamer. I hadn't realised that daydreamed more than any other 6 year old. I think that my teacher was right though the world I lived in was nicer than the real world. If I had lived in the real world while I was at school I might I would have had been the shy girl, with few friends, who was ever so slightly bullied. But I wasn't that girl at all. I was the girl who knew that one day she would land up in the middle of a famous five type adventure. Or that she really would eventually understand what animals were saying, or discover a secret door somewhere in the school that lead directly to a magical land. I was happy. Throughout my life I have learnt things, gained experiences, made some of my dreams into reality and occassionally wandered into the world where other people live, but I don't think I have ever changed that much. What has happened though, is I have met more people. Other dreamers, other people who would rather imagine a crazy daydream than a mundane reality. "You were and Belle and Sebastian fan before they even existed" My dad once said.Belle and Sebastian is music written for dreamers perhaps even by dreamers. I don't need to do anything to become a Belle and Sebastian fan it just fits with who I am. And if my dad knew other Belle and Sebastian fans well enough I'm sure he would have said it to them too. I have met more dreamers within sinister than in any other place I have ever encountered. Its nice I have found that I can share my thoughts with them, and though we may be living lives which run parrel to other people we are not living them alone any more. An outsider looking at my life might see a shy girl who lives alone with few freinds. But I'm not that girl. I'm the girl who dreams of being in a band, or writing a book, or winning the lottery and travelling the world with one of the best friend she has ever had. And I am happy. Take Care, Rachel _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+