To: nihilists
Subject: quite the sortie
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:06:26 -0500
From: Nicholet Vermillion <nagisa>


        (I have a feeling I'm going to do this a lot: send random emails about
        how I'm doing or being to this list, which currently has a lot of
        my friends on it, as roast gets closer and closer and I have no time to
        actually talk to anyone. If you mind, just 
        athena% blanche -d $USER nihilists.  If you want to hear from me from
        now on, send email!  Email is key.)

        Yesterday (or two days ago, I forget) i was in the m66 cluster. I had 
        eaten some gooseberry's and there was an empty stereoform container 
        and an empty soy milk plastic bottle by the machine I was using. I 
        went to leave and left the trash there.  As I reached the door, the 
        media lab dude who was sitting next to me ran up to me and told me 
        in a british accent to throw my trash away, that it was inconsiderate 
        to those in the cluster, not very accusatory, actually sorta nice.  
        But I hate being told I'm wrong.  It leads me to want to deny and
        screw back, even when I know I'm wrong.  Unforunate. So, I took the 
        trash and put on top of the printer, knowing that the british media 
        lab dude wouldn't see it immediately but would on his way out. 
        Nerve.  I smiled as I left the cluster. 
        
        Then today, I got a package by express mail. It was from 
        "concerned users/ 77 Mass Ave. / Cambridge, MA 02139".  It was 
        lumpy. I opened it up, having no idea what was inside. Inside was 
        another package, saying "I believe you may have left this behind 
        by mistake". Inside this package was my trash. Postage of $5.65.  

        Oh my lord.  This human has made me so happy.  Such nerve I have 
        rarely seen.
        My life isn't empty, it's too full. I must meet this person.

        Nich