The Whitby Manifesto...

[mrph]

Blame imago for starting a new trend. Still, it beats the endless rounds of surveys.. :-)

So, anyway, this Whitby I will...

- Attempt to see the Abbey in daylight, for once.

- Stay well away from the Red Bull and other taurine-based vileness. I don't need to spend another Sunday night as a twitching heap on the Laughtons floor.

- Try to see most, if not all, of the bands. Swarf, Rome Burns, Finger-Puppets and D.U.S.T. are all pretty good, and the Saturday line-up looks... promising.

- Do little, if any, clothes shopping. I need my money for other things. Although another new pair of trousers would be nice.

- Sleep at some point.

- Try to be well behaved in the Elsinore.

- Stay away from the Java internet access. I don't need to check my e-mail. Especially not my work e-mail. And /goth field reporting is just tacky...

- Only buy CDs I actually want, preferably based on a list drawn up beforehand.

- Be cheerful and social. No, really.

- Stay relatively sober. No drinking contests with ~Matt~, Gh0st or Fuzzy Dave. And no green chartreuse this time (but absinthe is ok:).

- I shall not overspend. No, really...

- Generally try not to do anything (or anyone :) I'll regret too much later. The trauma and woe roadshow can go elsewhere this year.

- enjoy myself, party like a loon, and ignore any and all of the above guidelines should I feel so inclined. Well, except the one about trying to outdrink Gh0st and fuzzy. I'm not that crazy.