You really should be nice to stupid people. Obviously, not the stupid people who *think* they're smart when really they're stupid, cause they're just annoying. I'm talking about the truly stupid who do stupid things all the time and get themselves into horrible frustrated screaming-inducing situations ALL THE TIME. This unfortunate segment of society gets tired very easily, because it's exhausting to constantly do things wrong that would have been just peachy if only their brains weren't so crap. So, where did this outpouring of sentiment come from, you might ask? Well, although it's not nearly as serious and worthy as ME/CFS, it's still an affliction that affects me in a very painful and personal way. Hi, everyone. My name is marisa, and I am stupid on purpose. It's been four days since my last stupid mistake (thinking I could move a tree in a pot on my own, and ultimatly dragging it over my foot, catching and ripping my left big toenail, thus giving myself serious uglyfoot for TWO HEMISPHERES WORTH OF SUMMER). My biggest recent mistake concerns airline tickets. *collective groan. here at this support group, we've all been there. air travel is the least forgiving of all* About a week ago, I booked my flight from Toronto to Melbourne for early September. No problem there. The thing is...there are four flights per day going to LAX to catch the only daily flight to Melbourne...and for some reason not relating to anything but stupidity, I booked the first early morning flight out of Tdot. *gasp!* Yes, I will be leaving my house for YYZ at about 4 am in order to arrive in LA bright and early at 10 in the morning so that I'll have looooooooooooooooooots of time to catch my connecting flight to Melbourne. Which leaves at 11 pm. *disbelieving yet sympathetic groans and exclaimations* The only thing I could do to get out of it is to cancel my ticket ($500) and get a new one for the latest flight out of Toronto ($1000), which is way too much money to spend for being stupid. So, Hollywood here I come! (I think...is Hollywood in LA? Does it even really exist? These are not things I know, most likely due to my extreme stupidity) So...Sinister. Sinister my friends!! um... What does one do in LA for 10 hours? Keep in mind I am a) Poor (so no Rodeo Drive) b) Over 100lbs (so no beach) c) Not Lame (so no tours of the stars' homes), and d) Friendless, LA-wise (so no meeting for cocktails) The worst of it is, it's a Tuesday. So I'm not begging people to take the day off work to squire me around or anything, just for some suggestions. Hey, if you work somewhere cool, give me directions and maybe I'll come bug you. Or something. Please, I'm grasping at straws here. After about an hour and a half of wishing I was Edward Norton in Fight Club so I could beat the shit out of myself, I have decided that I will use these lemons to...well, I guess I'm not expecting lemonade, but I'd like to do something other than rub the juice into my wounds, if possible. And if anyone finds themselves in Toronto (before Sept 6) or Melbourne (after Sept 8), let me know and I'll build up/pay back some stranded karma. The Green Room? Is awesome. And I'll take you to Soundscapes and Rotate This. That's...uh...that's all I know. Yes. Thank you, my chickens/ducks/other assorted barnyard animals. Please help me not wander into CrackLand. Sure, I'm from Toronto, but here even the bums say 'please' and 'thank you'. No joke. with love and residual shaking frustration, marisa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+