Well Alison... I do hope you make it out ok

an answer to the Massive Attack question, that would be the 1998 landmark classic, Mezzanine, and the singer featured on the single with the fetus video, Teardrop, is not in fact Esthero, but Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins fame- though she is listed as a similar artist to Esthero on Allmusic.com
the music world meanwhile is patiently awaiting the next Esthero record which was slated to be released at the beginning of fall.

sorry pam/jess, I guess I just got caught up in the moment...

Is there anyone else out there wanting to form a curling team? Paras is on board, so that leaves two more spots, and I know someone out there's just itching to play some curling. (Nudge, nudge.)

As for the music thing, lately I've been listening to Mars Volta, Godspeed..., Elbow, Broken Social Scene and Stereolab, just to name a few.

To whom it may concern It may interest some of you to know, that someone invilved somewhere in the process has delayed the release of the new mario cart. This means, that we will have to wait until the 18th for some action. That's a tuesday for those of you who are interested. This pisses me off, but doesn't surprise me. Every major title for the game cube has been nocked back at least a week about a month before it is released. It's starting to piss me off. But I'm not an angry guy, so I'll let it slide. At least I'm not angry yet... Maybe later though... Or whenever I feel like it. So now. Now I guess I'm angry... Or is it my overuse of those three stupid dots...??

I think it's amazing that Pam asked a question about superheroes and their illnesses, and that Jess was the one who got an answer.

As for electricity from benzene, I'm not sure that it's common, because pure benzene doesn't just gush from the ground (unlike coal, which bursts forth from geyser-esque formations spewing electricity everywhere, or so I'm told.) It could, potentially generate electricity, I guess. It's a hydrocarbon with a fairly high heat of combustion (and that delightfully carcinogenic odour everyone loves).

Finally, in honour of my November which went from smooth to fuck, I'm going to end this post without a thought worthy of the finally at the start of this sentence. Moreover, this is not the end of the post. The fact that this is the end of a very long day and I'm only slightly more insane than usual will be my closing thought... or maybe big sugar and cream (mmmm!)

okay chemistry buffs... is it possible to generate electricity from benzene? I always just thought it was an incredibly harmful chemical...

hey all, I'm just at work right now. thats right, your SU fees are paying me to type these words! haha, anyways to answer your question jess, some can, some can't. take spiderman, he gets the cold all the time, 'cause he doesn't have any powers to protect him from such things. But wolveriene with his super human healing ablilities probably only gets super human illnesses, 'cause he could heal anything else. I know the Tick got really really sick when he had to fight a snot monster cloned from a used tissue, and I'd be superman doesn't get earth illnesses because of our yellow sun, but he could probably get a virus from the planet kyrpton or some thing. so yeah I hope that answers your question, 'cause if anything, I'm be paid to answer questions.

my family crest doesn't exist... grr! oh well, whatever.

music i'm listening to these days: Coldplay, Massive Attack (whatever the orange cd is, with Esthero and the singing foetus song), Cat Stevens, um... the radio, and bird calls galore

I'll try to come out for soccer... haven't done that in a long time, should be fun.

Bands I'm listening to are those weird J-rock bands Yellow Monkey and TM revolution. You guys probally never even heard of them... Oh well... where's my family crest?